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Landscapes and Languages: Exploring the Cultural Contours of La Florida and Beyond

Flagler IV Conference Schedule March 24-26, 2023
Flagler College, Saint Augustine, Florida

Tibesar Keynote Speakers

Franciscan Affects and Landscapes of Loss in Sixteenth-Century Mexico

Jennifer Scheper Hughes, University of California-Riverside

Date: March 24, 2023
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Virginia Room

The Tears in My Eyes do not Allow Me to Speak: A Maya Performance of the Passion

Mark Christensen, Brigham Young University

Date: March 25, 2023
Time: 11:45 a.m.
Location: Virginia Room

Conference Events

Friday Evening (March 24th)

Tibesar Keynote Lecture

Moderator

Timothy J. Johnson, Flagler College

Franciscan Affects and Landscapes of Loss in Sixteenth-Century Mexico
Jennifer Scheper Hughes, University of California-Riverside

Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Virginia Room

Reception following Keynote One for Registered Conference Participants

Date: March 24th
Time: 8:00 pm (Following Keynote Lecture)
Location: Solarium

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Saturday (March 25th)

Session 1

Moderator

Nicholas Miller, Flagler College

The Spiritual Landscape of 16th Century Mexico City: Franciscan & Indigenous Collaboration in the Uppsala Map (c. 1540)
Jennifer R. Saracino, University of Arizona

Mission and Kivas – a Cultural Landscape as Symbol of Coexisting of Old and New Religious Cultures?
Helmut Flachenecker, University of Wuerzburg (Germany)

Time: 8:30 am
Location: Virginia Room

Coffee Break

Time: 9:45 am - 10:00 am

Session 2

Moderator

John D. Young, Flagler College

Mother Luisa de la Ascensión and the Missionaries
Jane D. Tar, University of Saint Thomas (Saint Paul)

Sor Maria’s Intellectual Reach: A Circumoceanic View
Anna Nogar, University of New Mexico

Eros, Ministry, and Motherhood: The Gendered Landscape of Franciscan Evangelization
Timothy J. Johnson, Flagler College

Time: 10:00 am
Location: Virginia Room

Tibesar Keynote Lecture

The Tears in My Eyes do not Allow Me to Speak: A Maya Performance of the Pass
Mark Christensen, Brigham Young University

Time: 11:45 am
Location: Virginia Room

Lunch*

Time: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm

Session 3

Moderator

Mimi Ensley, Flagler College

Unearthing Mocama Landscapes, Writing Mocama History
Keith Ashley, University of North Florida Denise I. Bossy, University of North Florida

Who (or what) is Utina? Understanding Timucua Names and Titles
George Aaron Broadwell, University of Florida Alejandra Dubcovsky, University of California-Riverside

The Corrections: Pareja’s 1614 Arte
Doug Henning University of North Florida Seth Katenkamp, University of Florida

Time: 2:00 pm
Location: Virginia Room

Break

Time: 3:45 pm – 4:00

Session 4

Moderator

Craig B. Woelfel, Flagler College

“Learned” Friars who Rejected Study? Learning and Education among the First Generations of Franciscans in the Americas
Francisco Javier Rojo-Alique, Instituto Teológico de Murcia OFM

The Timucua as Implied Audience in Fr. Gregorio de Movilla’s
Explicacion de la Doctrina, 1635

Viviana Díaz Balsera, University of Miami

Locating the Epic: Translating Genre in Alonso Gregorio de Escobedo's La Florida
Thomas Hallock, University of South Florida

Time: 4:00 pm
Location:
Virginia Room

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Sunday (March 26th)

Session 1

Moderator

Jessica Jenkins, Flagler College

The First Franciscan Convent in the Americas
Carlos Clemente, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares

Fish, Fowl, and Fruit: Foodways and Subsistence Interactions Associated with the Franciscan Mission System in North Florida.
Lee Newsom, Flagler College/Pennsylvania State – University Park

Race, Grace, and Place: Contested Landscapes at Fort Mose
Lori Lee, Flagler College

Time: 10:00 am
Location: Mission Nombre de Dios

Conclusion

Time: 12:30 pm

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Participants are invited to choose among the many fine cafes and restaurants within walking distance of the Flagler College campus to eat.