Calendar

Lectures, symposiums, artist open houses, colloquiums, field trips, and many other events are regularly sponsored by the School for Advanced Research (SAR). These are available to SAR members, and many also are open to the general public. All upcoming events are listed below.

August 2010
	Exhibit Thursday, August 12–Friday, December 31, 2010 Freetown, Sierra Leone Photography by Julie Graber Photojournalists say that the most compelling pictures are of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, or extraordinary people doing ordinary things. Julie Graber’s 2003 images from Freetown, Sierra Leone do both.
September 2010
	Colloquium Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 12:00–1:00 pm Introductory Presentations by 2010–2011 SAR Resident Fellows
	Sparks Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 3:00–4:00 pm Pageants and Parades: The Battle for Fiesta Nancy Owen Lewis In 1919, the Santa Fe Fiesta began a major transformation under the leadership of Edgar Lee Hewett, director of SAR and the Museum of New Mexico.
	Colloquium Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 12:00–1:00 pm Scaloria Cave: Found, Lost and Found Again Ernestine Elster, Research Associate, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles, and SAR Visiting Research Associate Neolithic underground ritual is examined in this presentation on Scaloria Cave in Italy, a site discovered in the 1930s, but subsequently lost and found. The relationship between the cave and the Neolithic villages on the Tavoliere Plain is discussed.
	Field Trip Friday, September 17, 2010, 9:00 am–2:30 pm Spectacular Comanche Gap This Trip is Sold Out! Guided by Dr. Polly Schaafsma
	Colloquium Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 12:00–1:00 pm Pilgrims Drawn to Sacred Power: Santiago de Compostela Douglas W. Schwartz, Senior Scholar, SAR Who and why are pilgrims and what occurs during their journeys? After a general introduction, a detailed look follows at one major pilgrimage that has continued for a thousand years to Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain.
	Colloquium Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 12:00–1:00 pm Reassembling the Collection: Indigenous Agency and Ethnographic Collections Advanced seminar chairs Sarah Byrne, University of London; Annie Clarke, University of Sydney; Rodney Harrison, Open University; and Robin Torrence, Australian Museum Museum collections are established through a complex series of interactions in which indigenous peoples play a key role. The preliminary results of current research are discussed.
October 2010
	Lecture Thursday, October 7, 2010, 6:30–7:30 pm Cave, City, and Eagles Nest: Rediscovered Mexican Codex Davíd Carrasco (Harvard University) Dr. David Carrasco, historian of religions, presents an illustrated lecture on a recently recovered early 16th century Mexican Codex.
	Field Trip Friday, October 8–Saturday, October 9, 2010 El Morro and Zuni Pueblo This Trip is Sold Out! Guided by Dr. Jim Kendrick and Randy and Milford Nahohai, with an overnight in Zuni Pueblo
	Sparks Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 3:00–4:00 pm Native America Calling Harlan McKosato Native America Calling is the nation's first and only electronic talking circle. Mr. McKosato's talk will allow participants to engage in a conversation about Native issues.
November 2010
	Lecture Thursday, November 4, 2010, 6:30–7:30 pm Africa’s Diamond Mines and the Contradictions of Visual Anthropology Daniel Hoffman (University of Washington) For Dr. Daniel Hoffman, the anthropologist with a camera, the diamond mines of West Africa present definite contradictions.
	Sparks Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 3:00–4:00 pm Los Arabes de Nuevo México Monika Ghattas Beginning in the late 1880s, Syrian-Lebanese immigrants began arriving in the New Mexico territory, looking for economic opportunities.
	Artist Talk Thursday, November 11, 2010, 5:30–6:30 pm Aric Chopito: Artist Talk, Reception, and Open Studio 2010 Rollin and Mary Ella King Native Artist Fellow Aric Chopito is one of the few weavers practicing at Zuni Pueblo today. While at the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC), Aric plans to create a kilt using a semi-brocade technique.
December 2010
	Sparks Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 3:00–4:00 pm Albert Fountain and the Spiderweb Trail Karl Laumbach On February 1, 1896, Albert Jennings Fountain, prominent attorney and politician, and his 8-year-old son were run off the road between White Sands and Las Cruces, presumably murdered.
March 2011
	Lecture Thursday, March 10, 2011, 6:30–7:30 pm Breaking New Cinematic Ground: Aboriginal Canadian Experimental Videos Kristin Dowell (University of Oklahoma) Dr. Kristin Dowell presents a multimedia look at experimental video production among Aboriginal media artists whose unconventional approach is redefining Canadian media practice.
April 2011
	Lecture Thursday, April 14, 2011, 6:30–7:30 pm Archaeological Virtual Reality: Building the True Digital Museum Doug Gann (Center for Desert Archaeology) Doug Gann takes a critical look at the evolution of virtual archaeology, examining the techniques used to virtually share archaeological research with the public.
May 2011
	Lecture Thursday, May 19, 2011, 6:30–7:30 pm The Big Pueblo at Arroyo Hondo and the Intriguing Stories It Tells Doug Schwartz (School for Advanced Research) Around A.D. 1300, a great new pueblo of 1,000 rooms emerged at Arroyo Hondo, just south of what is now Santa Fe.