Art History Society at CSULA

02/13/2023

Our next symposium is less than a month away! Join us as we discuss the importance of Moche art. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/459891226037

11/08/2022

Our Madam President giving opening remarks for our Fall Symposium Códice Maya de México! We are so pleased to have had such amazing speakers discussing the codex authenticating process and new discoveries. Truly an amazing event to share with The Getty Research Institute📚

We will having an event coming soon so please stay tuned for information on our future Andes Symposium!

11/03/2022

Schedule for this Saturday's Fall Symposium: Códice Maya de México: Discovery and Authenticity of the Oldest Maya Codex 📚 Presenting with Getty Research Institute!
link to registration: https://linktr.ee/arthistorysocietycsula

Schedule of speakers:

8:00 am: Symposium registration, Check-in.

9:30 am: WELCOME AND INTRODUCTORY REMARKS by Dr. Manuel Aguilar-Moreno (Cal State LA), Dr. Mary Miller (GRI), Dr. Andrew Turner (GRI) and Ms. Channing Moore (AHS).

Master of Ceremonies: Dr. Manuel Aguilar-Moreno

10:00 am The Códice Maya de México and the early 1960s by Dr. Mary Miller (Director of the Getty Research Institute)

10:25 am Códice Maya de México: Su Andar (Maya Codex of Mexico: its Gait) (English Subtitles or Translation) by Dr. Baltazar Brito (Director - Library of Anthropology and History of the National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico)

10:50 am Códice Maya de México: Tracking Venus in Twelfth-Century Mesoamerica by Dr. Andrew Turner (Getty Research Institute-Researcher)

11:15 am BREAK

11:30 am An Exploration of Venus Almanacs in Mesoamerican Codices by Dr. Gabrielle Vail (UNC – Chapel Hill)

11:55 am The AMS 14C Dating of the Códice Maya de México and its Meaning by Dr. Gerardo Gutiérrez (University of Colorado, Boulder)

12:20 pm 1 Ajaw 18 Wo: the most likely base date of the Maya Codex of Mexico (English Subtitles or Translation) by Dr. Erik Velásquez García [National University of Mexico (UNAM)]

12:45 pm Amate, main material of the pictographic support of the Códice Maya de México (English Subtitles or Translation) by Prof. María Susana Xelhuantzi López, Prof. José Luis Alvarado, and Prof. Fernando Sánchez-Martínez [Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH)].

1:10 pm LUNCH

2:30 pm Chemical and Mineralogical Characterization of the Pictorial Layer of the Códice Maya De México (Virtual Talk-Zoom)(English Subtitles or Translation) by Prof. Alba Azucena Barrios Ruiz and Prof. Ricardo Sánchez Hernández [National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH)].

2:55 pm A Comparative Look at the Materiality of Códice Maya de México by Dr. Davide Domenici (University of Bolonia, Italy)

3:20 pm How a Serious Skeptic Became Convinced of The Maya Codex of Mexico’s Authenticity by Dr. Bruce Love (Independent Scholar)

3:45 pm Authenticating el Códice Maya de México: Gods and Motifs of Early Postclassic Mesoamerica by Dr. Karl Taube (University of California, Riverside)

4:10 pm BREAK

4:25 pm The Style and Iconography of the Códice Maya de México (English Subtitles or Translation) by Dr. Saeko Yanagisawa (Independent Scholar, Mexico)

4:50 pm The Maya Codex of Mexico: Socio-Political and Metaphysical Considerations in the Development of Mesoamerica’s Post-Classic International Art Style and Communication System by Dr. John Pohl (Cal State LA)

5:15 pm CLOSING CEREMONY

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10/31/2022

Click on the images to learn about about our speakers for our Fall Symposium this Saturday!! We are please to have Dr Saeko Yanagisawa and our own Dr John Pohl speaking with us! 📚


Use the link below to save your free registration:
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10/27/2022

Meet our Speakers!📚

Click on the images below to learn about our speakers Dr.Bruce Love and D Erik Velásquez Garcia!
They will be joining us on Nov.5th for our Fall Symposium learning about the Códice Maya de México!

Get your reservation here : https://linktr.ee/arthistorysocietycsula

10/26/2022

Meet the Speaker! 📚
Make sure to save your reservation for Nov. 5th! We are please to welcome Dr. Davide Domenici to CSULA. From him we will learn about the material composition of the codex!

Be sure to use the link below for your reservation!

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10/20/2022

Meet the Speakers! 📚
We are pleased to have Researcher Gabrielle Vail joining us in Nov 5th for our Fall Symposium: Códice Maya de México!
Join us and learn about the rich Mesoamerican culture and traditions!

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10/18/2022

Please to announce Dr.Gerardo Gutiérrez will be presenting at our Nov 5th Synposium! Please make sure to save your reservation at : https://linktr.ee/arthistorysocietycsula. 📚

10/14/2022

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Meet our speakers for our Fall Symposium!
Join us with the link below! 📚

Andrew D. Turner is a Senior Research Specialist, Getty Research Institute. He is well known archaeologist and art historian, who has focuses on ancient Mesoamerican material culture, symbolism, and cross-cultural interaction. He earned a PhD in Anthropology at UC Riverside in
2016, and has since held positions at Yale University and the University of Cambridge.

He will be presenting on: Códice Maya de México: Tracking Venus in Twelfth-Century Mesoamerica

Save your reservation for our free event on Nov.5 !
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10/14/2022

Join us for our FREE event on Nov. 5th !
Here is the list of speakers we will have! 📚

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10/14/2022

Meet our speakers for our Fall Symposium!
Join us with the link below! 📚

Andrew D. Turner is a Senior Research Specialist, Getty Research Institute. He is well known archaeologist and art historian, who has focuses on ancient Mesoamerican material culture, symbolism, and cross-cultural interaction. He earned a PhD in Anthropology at UC Riverside in
2016, and has since held positions at Yale University and the University of Cambridge.

He will be presenting on: Códice Maya de México: Tracking Venus in Twelfth-Century Mesoamerica

Save your reservation for our free event on Nov.5 !
Use the link : https://linktr.ee/arthistorysocietycsula

10/12/2022

Meet the Speakers for our Fall Symposium!

Mary Miller is the Director of the Getty Research Institute. Lead expert in Mesoamerican art, and a specialist of the art of the ancient New World, Miller is currently focusing her work on the Maya city of Chichen Itza, Yucatán, Maya figurines, and the history of the market in pre-Hispanic art, particularly in California. Miller was the Yale chair of the Department of History of Art, chair of the Council on Latin American Studies, director of Graduate Studies in Archeological Studies, and as a member of the Steering Committee of the Women Faculty Forum.

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