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The Desert Stones Speak: Women, Men, and Cycles of Evangelism in the SW Borderlands
April 25, 2013 @ 12:00 am
This event is co-sponsored by the History Associates and the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2013. The cost is $8 for HA members, $10 for non-members.
Four “big ideas” swept across the Southwest borderlands of North
American in the thousand years preceding the consolidation of the
Spanish colony of New Mexico. The Chaco Phenomenon, the Katsina
Religion, Franciscan Catholicism and Po’Pay’s Peublo Revolt used
evangelical methods to effect a dynamic reorganization of popular
religious, cultural, and political beliefs. In this illustrated lecture, Dr.
James Brooks explores how these “big ideas” continue to resonate in
regional memories and life ways.
About our speaker
Dr. James Brooks is president of the School for
Advanced Research in Santa Fe. A gifted scholar
and lecturer, Dr. Brooks is the recipient of more
than a dozen national awards. His 2002 book,
Captives & Cousins: Slavery, Kinship and
Community in the Southwest Borderlands
focused on the traffic in women and children
across the region as expressions of intercultural
violence and accomodation. Dr. Brooks served on
the UCSB History faculty from 2000 to 2003
and currently is teaching a graduate seminar here.
Museum of Natural History
2559 Puesta del Sol
The Museum is located off Mission St., just beyond
the Old Mission. We will meet in Farrand
Hall. There is ample free parking.
Coffee and cookies will be provided.
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