31st Annual Maya Weekend
Friday evening April 19 and Saturday April 20, 2013
at the Penn Museum
April 19, Friday, 5:00 pm: Maya Weekend Keynote Lecture
Ancestors at Copan and Quirigua: Acts of Remembrance, Dr. Wendy
Ashmore, University of California,
Riverside/ Acts of veneration for Maya royal ancestors at
Classic Copan have rightfully received much
attention in recent years. Equivalent acts at Classic
Quirigua are less widely known. Dr. Wendy Ashmore,
Professor of Anthropology, University of California
Riverside, reviews traditions for recalling ancestors in
each place, from K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo' and his
counterpart at Quirigua, to Waxaklahun-Ub'ah-K'awil, at
Copan and Quirigua lord, K'ak' Tiliw' Chan Yo'at.
Cash
bar available. Admission: $25. For more information, call
215.898.2680.
April 20, Saturday, 9:00 am - 6:00 pm: Maya Weekend 2013 Symposium
Recalling the Ancestors: Maya Traditions Across Time
For ancient and contemporary Maya alike, ancestors are
ever-present and fundamental to the sense of identity, heritage,
power and place. Guests are treated to a full day of special
Maya-related programming, with lectures from speakers including Dr.
Charles Golden, Brandeis University, and Dr. Payson Sheets,
University of Colorado Boulder; a Maya hieroglyph workshop from
Simon Martin, Associate Curator, American Section; and much more.
Admission: $75, general public; $65, Penn Museum
members. Registration required;
to register, visit penn.museum/mayaweekend.
For more information, call 215.898.2680.
30th Annual Maya Weekend
Maya 2012: Lords of Time
May 4-6, 2012
at the University of Pennsylvania Museum
It will closely correspond with the exciting new exhibit: "MAYA
2012: Lords of Time," which opens May 5. The exhibit will be
curated by Simon Martin and Dr. Loa Traxler. Information about the
30th Anniversary Maya Weekend information is available at http://www.penn.museum/college-and-adults/201-maya-weekend.html.
29th Annual Maya Weekend
The Ancient Maya in 21st Century -
Advances in Analysis and Presenting the Past
April 15-17, 2011
at the University of Pennsylvania Museum
This year's Maya Weekend explores the advances in the fields of
scientific analysis and visual presentation of ancient Maya culture.
Specialists in 3-dimensional modeling of architecture and remote
sensing join archaeologists focused on the close study of materials
and physical remains from ancient kingdoms of the Classic Maya, as
well as the customary interactive hieroglyphic workshops at all
levels.
Registration is now open on the Museum website: http://penn.museum/college-and-adults/201-maya-weekend.html
There will be no Saturday Evening Banquet this year. A list of
recommended places to eat will be available in your registration
packet.
28th Annual Maya Weekend
Maya Women: Figures of Enduring
Strength and Power
April 9, 10, and 11, 2010
Friday, 6:00 pm; Saturday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm; Sunday 9:00 am - 1:00
pm
at the University of Pennsylvania Museum
For more information, click
here.
27th Annual Maya Weekend
Maya Crossroads - Classic Ideas and Goods in Motion Across the
Verapaz
Friday through Sunday, April 3 - 5, 2009
at The Univsersity of Pennsylvania Museum
This spring, Penn Museum's 27th Annual Maya Weekend presents "Maya
Crossroads: Classic Ideas and Goods in Motion Across the Verapaz," a
program focused on the dynamic trade and cultural expression in the
Maya highlands during the Classic period. Our program complements a
new exhibition, Painted
Metaphors: Pottery and Politics of the Ancient Maya, the
opening of which will be a special highlight for the event. Our Maya
Weekend program combines illustrated talks by world-renowned
scholars and interactive workshops exploring the cultural traditions
of the Maya.
Hotel: Rooms are available at the Sheraton University City ($189
plus tax), 36th and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104,
215-387-8000. Identify yourself as a Maya Weekend attendee to
receive our special rate.
Program brochures with full details have been mailed. Call 215
898-4890 or fax 215 573-4263 to request additional information.
Information is also available on the Museum website: www.museum.upenn.edu/mayaweekend
26th Annual Maya Weekend
The Future of the Maya World
Friday through Sunday, April 11 - 13, 2008
Program brochures with full details have been mailed. Call 215
898-4890 or fax 215 573-4263 to request additional information.
Information is also available on the Museum website: www.museum.upenn.edu/mayaweekend
25th Annual Maya Weekend
Theme: Dawn of Maya Civilization
Friday through Sunday, April 13 - 15, 2007
Speakers will include Richard Hansen, William Saturno,
Barbara Arroyo, Dave Grove, Simon Martin, Eleanor King,
Marcello
Canuto, Norman Hammond, Francisco Estrada-Belli, and Karl
Taube.
Program brochures with full details have been mailed. Call 215
898-4890 or fax 215 573-4263 to request additional information.
Information is also available on the Museum website: www.museum.upenn.edu
24th Annual Maya Weekend
Maya Shamans - Magic Heroes, Spirit Healers
Friday through Sunday, April 7 - 9, 2006
This spring, Penn Museum's 24th Annual Maya Weekend presents
"Maya Shamans, Magic Heroes and Spirit Healers," a program focused
on shamans and religious leaders whose traditional medicine has
long sustained the health and well-being of Maya society. Our
program combines illustrated talks by top scholars, engaging
films, and interactive workshops exploring the cultural traditions
and hieroglyphic writing of the Maya. Our speakers include David
Freidel, Simon Martin, Marianna Kunow, William Saturno, Karen
Bassie, Allen Christenson, John Chuchiak, Linda Brown, and Robert
Laughlin. Workshops include explorations of Maya medical
practices, hieroglyphic study with leading epigraphers, and our
Educator' Worshop on Maya culture. Our workshop leaders include
Kathryn Josserand, Nicholas Hopkins, Gabrielle Vail, John Harris,
Elin Danien, Marc Zender, and Christopher Jones. Come experience
the rich traditions of the Maya people with scholars and novices
alike!
Hotel: Rooms are available at the Sheraton University
City ($145 plus tax), 36th and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia,
215/387-8000. Be sure to identify yourself as a Maya Weekend
attendee to receive the special rate.
Program brochures with full details will be mailed in January. Call
215/898-4890 or fax 215/573-4263 to request additional brochures.
Information is also available on our website: www.museum.upenn.edu
23rd Annual Maya Weekend
Maya Chocolate and Precious Delights
April 8 - 10, 2005
Penn Museum’s 23rd Annual Maya Weekend presented “Maya
Chocolate and
Precious Delights,” a program focused on the exotic finery and
delicacies of
Maya society. The program combined illustrated talks,
workshops, and films
exploring the exotic foods, hieroglyphic writing, and
iconography of the Maya.
The speakers included David Stuart, Elin Danien, Cameron
McNeil, Simon Martin,
Karl Taube, Dorie Reents-Budet, David Lentz, Patricia McAnany,
and Jeffrey
Hurst. Workshops included hieroglyphic study with Barbara
MacLeod, Marc Zender,
and John Harris, a new Educators’ Workshop on Maya culture and
cuisine (with
Continuing Education credit), and tastings of Maya chocolate
and other
pre-Columbian foods. David Freidel spoke at the banquet
of
Latin cuisine and chocolate delights following the Saturday
evening fiesta.
It explored the rich traditions of Maya culture with scholars
and novices
alike.
22nd Annual Maya Weekend
Ancient Masks & Modern Eyes
New Views on Maya Traditions
March 26 - 28, 2004
The Museum's 22nd Annual Maya Weekend presented new research on
Maya religion and social traditions past and present.
Exciting discoveries from current excavations and new research on
Maya cultural traditions highlighted the program which combined
talks, films, and workshops on Maya writing, iconography, and
textiles. The speakers included Marc Zender, Linda Brown,
William Saturno, Lisa Lucero, Maury Hutcheson, Harriet Beaubien,
Charles Golden, Ellen Bell, Greg Borgstede and Simon Martin.
A special exhibition of Maya textiles and painting by Winifred
Godfrey was on display for the weekend, and a banquet of Latin
cuisine followed the Saturday evening fiesta.
21st Annual Maya Weekend
Yax Mutal (Tikal)
Friday April 4 - Sunday April 6 2003
20th Annual Maya Weekend
A Maya Katun Celebration!
Friday April 5 - Sunday April 7 2002
For
the ancient Maya, the completion of 20 years, or a
"katun,"
was an auspicious time-and the Museum continues
that
ancient tradition with a special 20th annual weekend.
Friday
night begins with a colorful festival of Maya textiles
with
specialists from the United States, Mexico, and
Guatemala.
Maya epigraphers (hieroglyph specialists) and
archaeologists
from the field share their latest discoveries in
an
immersion weekend of Maya culture! The Weekend
features
illustrated talks by scholars, workshops on
deciphering
Maya writing, receptions to meet and mingle, and
an
optional Saturday evening fiesta with traditional Maya
cuisine.
19th Annual Maya Weekend
Four
Corners
of the Maya World
Friday
March
23 - Sunday March 25
18th Annual Maya Weekend
Portraits of the Maya - Life Stories
Across Time
Friday March 31 - Sunday April 2, 2000
17th Annual Maya Weekend
Maya Epigraphy: Progress and
Prospects
April 9, 10, and 11, 1999
16th Annual Maya Weekend
Natural and Supernatural: The Many
Worlds of the Ancient Maya
April 4 and 5, 1998
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