Conferences

Centeotzintli: Sacred Maíz – A 7,000-year Ceremonial Discourse



March 31 – May 9, 2008
The University of Arizona

Exhibit, Symposium & Documentary Showing
April 2-5, 2008

April 2 – Wednesday
Nugent Bldg., Rm. 205
NASA/Indigenous Thinkers reception for Nahuatl elder, Maestra Angelbertha Cobb

April 3 – Thursday
Main Library
2:30 pm: Opening Blessing/Danza Maestra Cobb
3:00-3:45 pm: Library Exhibit/Tour
Dr. Patrisia Gonzales, Marisol Badilla, Libia Luevano, Norma Ballesteros, Jesse Johnson

4:00 pm: Map Tour (Jessica Chavez & Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez)
Chicano/Hispano Center lounge, César Chávez Bldg., 2nd Floor

4:30-5:30 pm: Reception - César Chávez Bldg., 2nd Floor
Dr. Antonio Estrada, Director, MASRC

5:30-7:30 pm: Symposium, Chávez Bldg., 205
Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez, MASRC; Dr. Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez, MASRC, Maestra Angelbertha Cobb; Zotero Amavizca, respondent

April 5 – Saturday
6:30 pm: Map Tour, Chávez Bldg., 2nd Floor
Shiras Manning

7:00 pm: Opening speakers Patrisia Gonzales and Dominique Calza, Chávez Bldg., 2nd Floor

7:30 pm: Chávez Bldg., Rm. 111
Documentary film Amoxtli San Ce Tojuan (We Are One)

8:30 pm: Commentary by Angelbertha Cobb and Nahuatl educator, Paula Domingo.

April 25 – Friday
Chávez Bldg., Rm. 205
NOON: In Lak Ech/Mujeres de Maíz
Performance/Readings

For background information, go to: http://masrc.arizona.edu/news/Centeotzintli_Info.php

For more information, write to: Rodrigu7@email.arizona.edu or call 621-7551