Visiting Scholar Lecture: Dr. Gabrielle Vail

Visiting Scholar Lecture: Dr. Gabrielle Vail

When:
September 27, 2017 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
2017-09-27T18:00:00-04:00
2017-09-27T19:00:00-04:00
Where:
Abrams Planetarium
Michigan State University
755 Science Rd, East Lansing, MI 48824
United States
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Jacquelynn Sullivan
5174323961
Visiting Scholar Lecture: Dr. Gabrielle Vail @ Abrams Planetarium | East Lansing | Michigan | United States

Dr. Gabrielle Vail specializes in Mayan archaeology, epigraphy, and ethno-history. Deciphering indigenous astronomies and cosmologies as seen in pre-Hispanic Mayan texts and textile designs will be the focus of her talk. Vail is based at UNC, Chapel Hill where she is the Program Director for InHerit: Passed to Present in the Research Labs of Archaeology.

 

This lecture is additionally sponsored by the Abrams Planetarium, the Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures, American Indian and Indigenous Studies, and the Department of Anthropology.