Conference Program
Organizers:
Thomas M. Cohen, The Catholic University of America
Jay T. Harrison, Hood College
David Rex Galindo, Max Planck Institute for European Legal History
Keynote Speaker:
Jaime Lara, Arizona State University
Contributors:
Pedro Ángeles Jiménez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Rose Marie Beebe, Santa Clara University
Steven W. Hackel, University of California, Riverside
Hilaire Kallendorf, Texas A&M University
Kristin Dutcher Mann, University of Arkansas, Little Rock
Karen Melvin, Bates College
Verónica Murillo Gallegos, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas
Manuel Ramos Medina, Centro de Estudios de Historia de México CARSO, Mexico City
Mathew Restall, Pennsylvania State University
Robert Senkewicz, Santa Clara University
Cecilia Sheridan, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, Unidad Noreste, Monterrey
José Refugio de la Torre Curiel, Universidad de Guadalajara/Colegio de Jalisco
Jonathan Truitt, Central Michigan University
Major Sponsors:
Jay I. Kislak Foundation
Academy of American Franciscan History
Institutional Sponsors:
Omohundro Institute for Early American History and Culture, College of William and Mary
Shirley Connor Hardinge Center for Global and International Studies, Hood College
Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University
Partners:
Early Americas Working Group of Washington, D.C.
Library of Congress
Mexican Cultural Institute
National History Center, American Historical Association
Friday, October 13:
10:00-12:00 Tour of Library of Congress (participating scholars and organizers)
2.45: Welcome and Introduction
3:00-4:30 Session 1: Rhetoric, Philosophy, and Theology
Chair: Nelson Minnich, The Catholic University of America
Hilaire Kallendorf, “Visions in the Service of Virtue: Rhetorical Mysticism in Motolinía’s Memoriales”
Verónica Murillo Gallegos, “El pensamiento franciscano entre España y Nueva España. Temas, problemas y autores del siglo XVI”
José Refugio de la Torre Curiel, “De la celebración al retraimiento: cambios en el discurso sobre el martirio de los misioneros franciscanos en el centro y norte de la Nueva España, siglos XVI-XIX”
5:00-6:00 Keynote Address: Jaime Lara, “The Friars’ Mosques: The Franciscan Architectural Imagination in Jerusalem and Cholula”
6:00-7:00 Reception
Saturday, October 14:
9:30-11:00 Session 2: Pastoral Ideals and Practices
Chair: Jeffrey Burns, Academy of American Franciscan History
Rose Marie Beebe and Robert Senkewicz, “The Franciscan Missionary Experience in Baja California”
Steven W. Hackel, “The Missions of the Sierra Gorda before Serra: 1600 to 1750”
Karen Melvin, “Tierra Santa in New Spain: Franciscans, alms, and the santos lugares de Jerusalén”
11:30-1:00 Session 3: Franciscans as Cultural and Religious Intermediaries
Chair: Emanuele Colombo, DePaul University
Matthew Restall, “The Landa Conundrum”
Cecilia Sheridan, “Mediadores de la interculturalidad: la mirada misionera sobre los otros en el contexto de la evangelización franciscana en los espacios fronterizos novohispanos”
Jonathan Truitt, “Franciscans, Nahuas, and the Games They Played”
1:00-2:30 Lunch
2:30-4:00 Session 4: Art, Music, and Spirituality
Chair: Arthur Dunkelman, Jay I. Kislak Foundation
Pedro Ángeles Jiménez, “Franciscanism, art and history in New Spain and Mexico”
Kristin Dutcher Mann, “Marking Time & Space: Bells in the Missions of Northern New Spain”
Manuel Ramos Medina, “Fundación de la Orden Tercera de los Siervos de María Santísima de los Dolores”
4:00-4:30 Closing Remarks
All sessions are free of charge and open to the public.