SUMMER COURSE

Women of the Lost Territory
with Professor Flannery Burke

Join Flannery Burke, PhD, for three-days of learning and discussions on the historic SAR campus in Santa Fe. Dr. Burke will illuminate the legacies of New Mexican women, past and present, and teach about the unique experiences of women of the Lost Territory, the sacred lands of Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico.

Earlier this year, Dr. Burke gave a presentation with Dr. Vanessa Fonseca-Chávez on “Women of the Lost Territory” to a sold-out audience in Santa Fe. This course is a natural follow-up to that event and is designed for in-depth learning and engagement.

Each day will focus on a different topic. The stories of Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s Sabrina & Corina will serve as a springboard each day. Participants will be provided with PDF format reading materials (see “Reading List” below) in advance.

Classes will be held each morning in the historic Administration Building from 9:30 a.m. to noon. After class, enjoy lunch on the tented patio with a view of the President’s Garden and terraced grounds at the heart of the campus. Afternoons are free with an option to join Dr. Burke for a late-afternoon excursion around town, possibly to an historic site or a museum. Excursions are included in the course tuition; however, participants are asked to pay any applicable entrance fees, such as to a museum.

Class size is limited to twenty participants.

Upon request, SAR will organize tours of the SAR campus and Indian Arts Research Center for course participants.

Special Note: Housing is available on the SAR campus for course participants. See “Residential Option,” below.

Registration Deadline: Monday, June 26

Cancellations and Refunds: Requests for refunds will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Virgen de Guadalupe, circuit board art, Marion Martinez. Image courtesy of Marion Martinez.

Wednesday, July 5 through Friday, July 7
9:30 a.m. to Noon and optional afternoon excursions

INSTRUCTOR
Flannery Burke, PhD

LOCATION
School for Advanced Research
660 Garcia St., Santa Fe, NM 87505

CONTACT
Mary G. Madigan, Director of Public Programs and Communications, (505) 954-7223, madigan@sarsf.org

Flannery Burke, PhD, is an associate professor at Saint Louis University in the Department of American Studies. Her books include A Land Apart: The Southwest and the Nation in the Twentieth Century and From Greenwich Village to Taos: Primitivism and Place at Mabel Dodge Luhan’s. Burke is committed to sharing the Indigenous and Spanish-speaking cultures of the American Southwest widely and incorporating those cultures and their histories into the regional, national, and global stories that scholars tell. Her current book project is a history of how twentieth-century writers in the American West imagined the American East.

DAILY SCHEDULE

9:30 a.m. to Noon
Class in Dobkin Boardroom

Noon
Lunch on Dobkin Patio

4:00 p.m.
Optional meet-up with Flannery
and Vanessa for excursions
around town

Dobkin Boardroom, Administration Building

Dobkin Patio outside Administration Building

READING LIST

Stories from Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

The following core reading materials will be provided in PDF format:

Flannery Burke, “Boom Towns: The Nuclear Southwest” from A Land Apart

Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Woman of Light excerpt

Vanessa Fonseca-Chávez, “’We Were Always Chicanos,’ or ‘We Did it Our Way’: Situated Citizenship in the Equality State”

Myrriah Gómez, “Erasing Querencia from Los Alamos: Racist and Sexualized Portrayals of New Mexican Women and Place in the Television Series Manhattan” from Querencia: Reflections on the New Mexico Homeland

Margaret Jacobs, “The Eastmans and the Luhans: Interracial Marriage between White Women and Native American Men, 1875-1935” from Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, Vol. 23, No. 3, 2002

TUITION

$500 for new members (includes classes, lunch, and SAR membership for one year)
$450 for current SAR members (includes classes and lunch)

Registration Deadline: Monday, June 26

REGISTER HERE

Seminar House Living Room

Seminar House Dining Room

Seminar House Bedroom

RESIDENTIAL OPTION:
STAY ON CAMPUS AT SAR

Course participants have the option to stay on the SAR campus in the rustic Schwartz Seminar House where scholars have gathered since 1969 to explore important topics in human culture, history, biology, archaeology, and creativity. The Schwartz Seminar House is structured with two hallways of bedrooms (queen or twin beds) with shared baths, a kitchen, dining room, living room, and interior courtyard with covered seating areas.

The room rate is $125/night for single occupancy (shared bath), $175/night for double occupancy (shared bath), and includes a continental breakfast. Lunch is included in the course tuition. Dinners are on your own, so you have a chance to enjoy the many delicious eateries in Santa Fe.

RATES
Arrival on Tuesday, July 4 and departure on Saturday, July 8
Single occupancy for the course (four nights) $500
Double occupancy for the course (four nights) $700

(Participants may add a Saturday-night stay at the end of the course to enjoy more time in Santa Fe. Single occupancy for the course plus extra night (five nights) $625. Double occupancy for the course plus extra night (five nights) $875.)

WEATHER AND ALTITUDE IN SANTA FE
In July temperatures in Santa Fe range from 55 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit; hot and sunny during the day and cold when the sun goes down. It is also the beginning of “monsoon season” with passing thunderstorms in the afternoons.

Santa Fe is situated at an altitude of over 7,000 feet. This can cause fatigue, headache, and nausea that is not typical at sea levels. The key is to be well rested and stay hydrated.

TRANSPORTATION TO SANTA FE
The closest major airport is the Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ), a one-hour drive on Interstate 25 from Santa Fe. The Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) also operates a limited number of commercial flights. Limited public transportation is available within Santa Fe by bus. For greater flexibility, a rental car is recommended.