Classical Learning and the Missions

Chair: Daniel P. Dwyer, OFM, Siena College

• Verónica A. Gutiérrez, Hildegard College    “Herodotus in Huejotzingo, Thucydides in Tlaxcala: Echoes of the Ancients in Historical Texts Produced in Colonial Mexico”
• Nenette Arroyo, University of Virginia    “Mapping the New World: Christian Cosmography and Early Modern Cartography”
• Javier Eduardo Ramírez López, El Colegio de México    “Franciscan Treasures for Sale: The Commercialization of Manuscripts and Books from the Convent of San Francisco in Mexico”

Modern Franciscans

Chair: Jeffrey M. Burns, Academy of American Franciscan History

• Ryne Clos, Bellarmine University    “Recognition and Imitation: The Spread of New Missionary Practices in Latin America, 1955-1975”
• Matthew Ford, Fresno State University    “Capuchin Missionaries and Waorani Integration in the Ecuadorian Amazon”

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Full Conference Schedule: https://www.aafh.org/in-the-footsteps-of-the-twelve-the-500th-anniversary-of-the-franciscan-arrival-in-mexico/