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The Americas and the Generative Power of Fire: Panel Discussion and Exhibition Opening
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Friday, April 28, 2017
John Carter Brown Library, Brown University
Providence, RI
Panel: The Americas and the Generative Power of Fire
Exhibition Opening: The Americas on Fire
The Americas and the Generative Power of Fire was a special panel discussion and a feature of the IBES event What Fire Does. This discussion was organized by Lenore Manderson (Brown University/University of the Witwatersrand) and chaired by JCB Director and Librarian Neil Safier. The panel featured presentations by Andrew Scherer of Brown University ("Ceremonies of Smoke and Flame among the Ancient Maya"), Matt Liebmann of Harvard University ("When the Little Firekeeper Ran Away: Pueblo People, Franciscan Missions, and Wildfires in 17th Century New Mexico"), Guilhem Olivier of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ("The New Fire Ceremony: Religion and Power in Ancient Central Mexico"), and Alessandra Russo of Columbia University ("Fury and Beauty: Fire in the Limits of Conquest"). Following the panel discussion, Jake Frederick (Lawrence University) presented the exhibition The Americas on Fire, co-curated with Júnia Furtado (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais).
Brown University
April 28, 2017
John Carter Brown Library, Brown University
Providence, RI
Panel: The Americas and the Generative Power of Fire
Exhibition Opening: The Americas on Fire
The Americas and the Generative Power of Fire was a special panel discussion and a feature of the IBES event What Fire Does. This discussion was organized by Lenore Manderson (Brown University/University of the Witwatersrand) and chaired by JCB Director and Librarian Neil Safier. The panel featured presentations by Andrew Scherer of Brown University ("Ceremonies of Smoke and Flame among the Ancient Maya"), Matt Liebmann of Harvard University ("When the Little Firekeeper Ran Away: Pueblo People, Franciscan Missions, and Wildfires in 17th Century New Mexico"), Guilhem Olivier of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ("The New Fire Ceremony: Religion and Power in Ancient Central Mexico"), and Alessandra Russo of Columbia University ("Fury and Beauty: Fire in the Limits of Conquest"). Following the panel discussion, Jake Frederick (Lawrence University) presented the exhibition The Americas on Fire, co-curated with Júnia Furtado (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais).
Brown University
April 28, 2017