In 1970 former SAR president Douglas Schwartz began test excavations at the fourteenth-century Pueblo site of Arroyo Hondo, located approximately five miles south of Santa Fe. Earlier this year, SAR made the decision to transfer its only archaeological collection to the Center for New Mexico Archaeology, the state repository for such collections, where it will be able to receive more specialized care.
In a conversation with SAR’s director of communications and public programs, Ruth Van Dyke describes how the Ancestral Puebloan builders in Chaco Canyon tried to create a “sense of place that emphasized Chaco as the center. Chaco was the fulcrum, and you can see this on the landscape.”
With the nation’s social and political turmoil as well as an ongoing pandemic, 2020 revealed how now more than ever the perspectives of social science scholars and Native American artists matter. In today’s post, we reflect on the last year and invite you to join us for online programs in the new year.
To celebrate the publication of SAR Press’s most recent Advanced Seminar volume, Archaeologies of Empire (2020), we have brought together editors of this book and our previously published Imperial Formations (2007) to discuss new insights and intersections in their work.
Although almost any aspect of life can be understood as political in some way, SAR Press has chosen five books on traditionally political subjects—sovereignty, democracy, language revitalization, elections, and walls—for our latest top reads.
We are pleased to announce SAR’s 2020–2021 resident scholars. Fellows develop their work on our unique campus, which provides a combination of solitude, freedom from institutional responsibilities, and lively exchange of ideas.
The School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is pleased to welcome five new members to the board of directors: Helen Brooks, Elizabeth Glassman, June Lorenzo, Rick Vaughan, and Scott Waugh.
“In the time of the pandemic, SAR has created thoughtful, interesting online programs with internationally renowned scholars that provide the participants and speaker the opportunity for conversation with each other.” Lauren Prescott reflects on SAR’s newest program of virtual happy hours with leading scholars and artists. Read on to learn how you can join the conversations.
Every year SAR welcomes a new cohort of resident scholars, who spend nine months studying, writing, and participating in the intellectual life of the campus. As usual, the 2019–2020 scholars brought with them a variety of interests and projects, but they came together in their appreciation of the time, the place, and the community they found here.
SAR Artists Live with Amber-Dawn Bear Robe will take place Wednesday, April 21st at 4pm (MST). Tune in to another Anne Ray intern-hosted in-depth conversation on Indigenous Fashion with Amber-Dawn Bear Robe (Blackfoot), a multi-talented[...]
REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT HERE Join Theresa Pasqual, Paul F. Reed, and Gary M. Brown, of Aztec, Salmon, and the Puebloan Heartland of the Middle San Juan (SAR Press, 2018), for a virtual book talk[...]
Join Joy Harjo, internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States, for a virtual event where she will discuss her project, Living Nations,[...]
SAR Artists Live with Jami Powell will take place Wednesday, April 28th at 4 p.m. MDT. During the month of April on the SAR Instagram, the 2020-2021 Anne Ray Interns, Emily Santhanam (Chickasaw) and Sháńdíín[...]
REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT HERE Join former co-host of Radiolab, Robert Krulwich for this virtual presentation and live Q&A. Krulwich is one of the most original and widely listened to broadcasters in the world. His[...]
A Conversation with Robert Krulwich led by Fred Dust A special event following this year’s annual President’s Lecture Date: Wednesday, May 5, 2021 Time: 4:00 p.m. MDT Location: Zoom (registrants will be sent a Zoom link[...]
President’s Circle Virtual Happy Hour “Museums are Changing: Collaborative Museum Work with Native American Art and Archaeology” with Joseph “Woody” Aguilar As members of the President’s Circle, Founders’ Society, and Legacy Circle, you are cordially[...]
Virtual Happy Hour presented by SAR and the Santa Fe Symphony “Tate Meets Mozart” with Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate and Daniel Crupi As members of SAR’s President’s Circle, Founders’ Society, and Legacy Circle, along with[...]