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
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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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