María Verónica Iglesias-Swanson, National Hispanic Cultural Center researcher and curator, presents, “The Cultural Traditions Related to the Mesoamerican Codex,” on Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 12:30 p.m. at the UNM Latin Americana and Iberian Institute, 801 Yale NE.
The talk is an introduction to the cultural importance of the codex in the Mesoamerican area and explores the cosmovision and the relation between the word and the writing of the codex. Iglesias-Swanson will also talk about the sacred codex, its elaboration and the formation of the scribes and different types of codex.
Iglesias-Swanson received her bachelor's degree in librarianship from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, and her master’s degree in Mesoamerican Studies from UNAM, as well.