AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SYMPOSIUM
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA & PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART
PHILADELPHIA , NOVEMBER 9-12, 2006
PROGRAM
Thursday, November 9
Seminar Room, Philadelphia Museum of Art
4:00-5:00 Lecture by Joseph Rishel , Philadelphia Museum of Art, Curator of the Exhibition
5:00-7:00 Private Exhibition visit: Tesoros/Treasures/Tesouros: The Arts of Latin America, 1492-1821
7:00-9:00 Supper, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Friday, November 10
McNeil Center for Early American Studies, Stephanie Grauman Wolf Room , University of Pennsylvania
9:15-9:30 Welcome: Daniel Richter, Director, McNeil Center Introduction: Nancy Farriss & Antonio Feros, University of Pennsylvania
9:30-12:30 First Session. Chair: Edward Sullivan , New York University , U.S.A.
Panelists:
Luisa Elena Alcalá, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, Sources and Meaning in Colonial Historical Images: the Case of the Paracas and Pantasma Reducciones.
Ramón Mujica, Universidad Mayor de San Marcos, Peru, Semiótica de la imagen sagrada: la teurgia del signo en clave americana.
José Antonio Mazzotti, Tufts University, U.S.A., Barroco y santidad en el Imperio del Perú: el caso de Rodrigo de Valdés.
Commentators: Kenneth Mills, University of Toronto, Canada
Claudio Lomnitz, Columbia University, U. S. A.
Summary: Ann Farnsworth-Alvear, University of Pennsylvania , U.S. A.
12:30-2:00 Lunch Break
2:00-5:00 Second Session : Chair: David Brading, Cambridge University , U.K.
Panelists:
Juan Carlos Estenssoro, Universit é Charles-de-Gaulle, Lille III, France, Forjar una corona y un rey para el Perú: La aparición del inca y de sus atributos políticos en las representaciones plásticas, 1532-1548.
Gabriela Ramos, Cambridge University, UK, Los tejidos de cumbi y la sociedad colonial andina.
Maria Elena Martinez, University of Southern California, U.S.A., Indigenous Texts and Images: Communal Histories and Genealogies from Central Mexico.
Commentators:
Susan Deans-Smith, University of Texas Austin, U.S.A.
John Monaghan, University of Illinois at Chicago, U.S.A.
Summary: Gary Tomlinson, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
5:30 – 8:30 Reception & Buffet Supper, Humanities Center, 3619 Locust Walk, University of Pennsylvania
Saturday, November 11
McNeil Center, Stephanie Grauman Wolf Room
9:30-12:30 First Session: Chair: Sabine MacCormack, Notre Dame University, U.S.A.
Panelists:
Alejandro Cañeque , Durham University, UK, Imaging the Empire: The Visual Construction of Royal Authority in Habsburg New Spain.
Natalia Majluf, Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru, De banderas, estandartes y trofeos: señas de identidad y poder en la crisis de la Independencia. Perú, 1808-1825.
Jaime Cuadriello, Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, UNAM, Mexico, La Virgen como territorio: Los títulos primordiales de Santa María Nueva España.
Commentators:
Solange Alberro, Colegio de Mexico, Mexico
Diana Fane, Brooklyn Museum of Art, U.S.A.
Summary: Greg Urban, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
12:30-2:00 Lunch Break
2:00-4:00 Second Session: Chair: Raquel Chang-Rodríguez , CUNY , U.S.A.
Panelists:
Cynthia Stone, College of the Holy Cross, U.S.A., Figuring the Body: Correspondences between Verbal and Visual Metaphors in Anahuac and Michoacan.
Alessandra Russo, EHESS, France, Paredes vacías, “papeles” monumentales. La multiplicación de los graffiti en la Nueva España.
Commentators:
Kris Lane, William and Mary College, U.S.A.
Ilona Katzew, Los Angeles County Museum, U.S.A.
4:00-4:30 Concluding Remarks
Nancy Farriss, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Antonio Feros, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
5:00 – 7:00 CLAR reception & visit Under European Eyes Exhibit, Old Main Entrance, University Museum
Welcome: Fred Luciani, Editor, Colonial Latin American Review
7:00 – 9:00 Supper, Lower Egyptian Gallery, University of Pennsylvania Museum
Sunday, November 12
Seminar Room, Philadelphia Museum of Art
10:00-12:30 Round Table:
Chair: Clara Bargellini, Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico
Panelists:
Rolena Adorno, Yale University, U.S.A.
Elizabeth Boone, Tulane University, U.S.A.
Tom Cummins, Harvard University
Enrique Florescano, Consejo Nacional para el Arte y la Cultura, Mexico
Frank Salomon, University of Wisconsin, U.S.A.
