Oct 20 2022
Rethinking Maya Heritage: Past and Present (Free Hybrid Lecture)

Rethinking Maya Heritage: Past and Present (Free Hybrid Lecture)

Presented by Harvard Museums of Science and Culture and Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology at Geological Lecture Hall

Richard M. Leventhal, Professor, Department of Anthropology and Executive Director, Penn Cultural Heritage Center, Penn Museum, University of Pennsylvania

The story of Maya culture as a once-great civilization that built towering pyramids in the jungles of Central America was developed and popularized by national governments, anthropologists, and archaeologists. Previously unable to control the story of their own culture, Maya communities today are actively reframing their heritage and centering their most recent history—not the distant past—to regain power and self-determination. Richard Leventhal will discuss the importance and role that the nineteenth-century Caste War—one of the largest and most successful Indigenous rebellions—is playing in the Maya’s contested heritage.

Free parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage

Presented by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology and Harvard Museums of Science & Culture in collaboration with the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University 

Admission Info

Registration is required for both in-person and Zoom attendance.

Phone: 617-959-3481

Email: hmscpr@hmsc.harvard.edu

Dates & Times

2022/10/20 - 2022/10/20

Location Info

Geological Lecture Hall

24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138

Parking Info

Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage.