La Florida Missions

1300 Memorial Drive,Coral Gables FL 33146

07 April, 2022

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Join us for La Florida Missions: Spaces of Globalization, Resistance, and Transformation. The Spanish Florida missions were established in 1587 and lasted for more than a century and a half. Outstanding scholars in precontact and early modern Florida anthropology, archaeology, cultural studies, ethnohistory, linguistics, literature, and theology will convene in this symposium to share their efforts in documenting the story and struggles of the indigenous peoples of Florida as they were drawn into a tumultuous web of colonial missionary and global connectivities that changed their world forever. The symposium is co-sponsored by the University of Miami's Libraries, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Martha S. Weeks Chair in Latin American Studies, Center for the Humanities, Department of History, Department of Anthropology, and the Joseph Carter Memorial Fund. This symposium is free and open to the public. Please note that personal bags, food, and drinks are not allowed in the Kislak Center at the University of Miami. Symposium ScheduleThursday, April 7, 2022 - 5:30 p.m. (EDT)Indians and Europeans; Documents and Artifacts: Discovering the Two Hundred Year History of Spanish Florida Missions Keynote presented by Dr. Jerald T. Milanich | Curator Emeritus in Archaeology, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida Friday, April 8, 2022 - 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (EDT)La Florida Missions: Spaces of Globalization, Resistance, and Transformation Symposium Presented by Traci Arden | University of Miami Viviana Díaz Balsera | University of Miami Keith Ashley | University of North Florida Denise Bossy | University of North Florida George Aaron Broadwell | University of Florida, Gainesville Raquel Chang-Rodríguez | City University of New York Alejandra Dubcovsky | University of California, Riverside Thomas Hallock | University of South Florida Timothy J. Johnson | Flagler College John E. Worth | University of West Florida Friday April 8, 2022 - 5 p.m. (EDT)Closing Remarks by Chief Arthur Bennett | Talimali Band, Apalachee Indians of Louisana