2024 Triennial Symposium

The coordinating partners of the "Primeros Libros de las Américas" project held the project's 2024 triennial symposium at the Francisco de Burgoa Library in Oaxaca, Mexico, on Friday, October 11, 2024. Below is the program and recordings of the sessions:

Thursday, October 10, 2024

9:30–10:30 Project Report

10:45–11:45 Keynote Lecture: "The Ñayevui yonanducu tnuhu sanaha Mixtec Philology Seminar: The Christian Doctrine in the Mixtec Language by Friar Benito Hernández (1567-1568)"

  • Alicia Guzmán Ortiz, Psychologist (San Miguel Progreso, Oaxaca)
  • José Carlos Jiménez Hernández, Bilingual teacher (Santiago Apoala, Oaxaca)
  • Juana Mendoza Ruiz, PhD student, UNAM (Alcozauca, Guerrero)
  • Elodia Ramírez Pérez, Mixtec language text consultant, SATNU Mesoamerican Philological Repository & BIJC-FAHHO (Santa María Peñoles, Oaxaca)
  • Michael Swanton, Director, SATNU Mesoamerican Philological Repository & BIJC-FAHHO / IIFL-UNAM

12:00-13:30 Panel 1: Analysis of 16th-Century Mexican Prints

  • "The Uniqueness of the Second Part of the Book 'Advertencias para los Confessores de los Indios' Held at the Franciscan Library", Dra. Circe Hernández Sautto, Franciscan Library, UDLAP
  • "The Early Modern Atlantic in a Sacred Pen: Routes and Chorographies in 'Luz de Navegantes' by Vellerino (1592)", Rafael David Nieto-Bello, University of Texas at Austin

13:30-14:00 Special Guest: "Rediscovering Early American Prints: Peruvian Constitutiones in the Collection of the Biblioteca Statale di Lucca (1617-1675)"

  • Antonio Carlomagno, Head of Cataloguing, Biblioteca Estatal de Lucca
  • Federico Caruso, Head of Exhibitions and Events, Biblioteca Estatal de Lucca
  • Dr. Margherita Montanari, Manager of Manuscripts, Biblioteca Estatal de Lucca

17:15-18:00 Book Presentation: "Routes of Engraving in the Novohispanic Printed Book", Dra. Guadalupe Rodríguez Domínguez, Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí

Friday, October 11, 2024

9:30-10:45 Panel 2: Early Printers

  • "Conquest Technologies: Editing, Image, and Typography of García de Palacio's Diálogos Militares (Mexico, Pedro Ocharte, 1583)", Dra. Marina Garone Gravier, IIB-UNAM
  • "An Approach to the Material Study of the Doctrina Christiana in the Mixtec Language Printed by Pedro Ocharte", Lic. Ana Luisa Rinconcillo Franco y Lic. Carlos Alberto Sevilla Pérez, Apoyo al Desarrollo de Archivos y Bibliotecas de México
  • "Antonio de Espinosa, María de Espinosa: Father and Daughter?", Dr. Kenneth Ward

11:00-12:00 Panel 3: American Prints and Their Circulation

  • "And Everyone Brings Their Memories to New Spain: Circulation of 16th-Century Mexican Prints", Dr. María Idalia García Aguilar, IIBI-UNAM y Anna Karmen Tinoco López
  • "Stealing to Read in the 16th Century?: The Case of an Indigenous Sacristan in Zacatecas", Mtra. Lilia Rosas Martínez, Center for Historical and Cultural Research and Documentation of Coyoacán

12:15-13:30 Panel 4: Mexican Bibliography and Provenance of 16th-Century Books

  • "Blessed is the Fruit of Your Womb, Jesus: Biblioiconographic Analysis of the Virgin Mother in Novohispanic Works", Lic. Alejandra Nájera Escobar, Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí
  • "16th-Century Mexican Prints from the Cervantina Library Tecnológico de Monterrey", Dra. Marcela Beltrán Bravo, Tecnológico de Monterrey
  • "Provenance Testimonies of 16th-Century Mexican Prints in the Francisco de Burgoa Library", Elvia Acosta Zamora, Francisco de Burgoa Library