Communication in Mesoamerica

Rome, 3–5 April 2025

What?  A forum to discuss in a semi-informal way facets of Mesoamerican studies under the theme “communication” from the perspective of all possible disciplinary and inter- and transdisciplinary viewpoints. Communication will be discussed very broadly, from human to other-than-human communication, language to writing systems, art and architecture, avenues of communication (roads, rivers, etc.), communication within the built environment, communication inside a single Mesoamerican culture & between different cultures, contact-period & colonial era communication between Indigenous peoples and Europeans, communication as representation (literature), communicating Mesoamerica today in schools & media, communication through outreach and experience interchange, etc. The 1st Rome Mesoamerica Forum “EMCito” is organized in cooperation with Wayeb, the European Association of Mayanists, and Sapienza University in Rome, with contributions by the Mexican Embassy in Rome.

How?  Contributors give 20-minute presentations, followed by a round table. Topics and short descriptions of the presentations have been disseminated among the presenters in advance. Besides the presenters, also the audience is encouraged to take part in the discussions.

Who?  Luis Barba (National Autonomous University of Mexico); Lucy Bell (Sapienza University of Rome); Valeria Bellomia (Sapienza University of Rome); Dorota Bojkowska (Jagiellonian University, Kraków); Sergio Botta (Sapienza University of Rome); Arianna Campiani (Sapienza University of Rome); Giulia Cantisani (Sapienza University of Rome); Gaia Carosi (Centro Studi Americanistici “Circolo Amerindiano”); Michela Craveri (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart); Martha Cuevas García (National Institute of Anthropology and History, Mexico); Andreas Frech (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München); Liz Graham (University College London); Christophe Helmke (University of Copenhagen); Harri Kettunen (University of Helsinki & Wayeb); Panos Kratimenos (University College London); Felix Kupprat (National Autonomous University of Mexico); Alessandro Lupo (Sapienza University of Rome); Mayco Mayo Juárez (National Institute of Anthropology and History, Mexico); Esteban Mirón Marván (Independent Researcher); Natalia Moragas (University of Barcelona); Carolina Muriello (Sapienza University of Rome); Agustin Ortiz (National Autonomous University of Mexico); Alessandra Pecci (University of Barcelona); Eric Pirger (Sapienza University of Rome); Maria Felicia Rega (Institute of Cultural Heritage Sciences, CNR, Italy); Elena Ritondale (Sapienza University of Rome); Alejandra Roche (Leiden University); Daniel Salazar Lama (Paris 1-Panthéon Sorbonne); Ángel Sánchez Gamboa (National Institute of Anthropology and History, Mexico); Sanja Savkic Sebek (Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas & Max-Planck Institut); Stefano Tedeschi (Sapienza University of Rome); Mirko de Tomassi (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München); Verónica A. Vázquez López (University College London); Eponine Wong (University College London); Claudia Zehrt (British Museum) & Jarosław Źrałka (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) with Luisa Migliorati, Prof. Arianna Punzi (Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Sapienza University of Rome), Prof. Alessandro Saggioro (Director of SARAS, Sapienza University of Rome) & Dr. Carlos García de Alba (Ambassador of Mexico in Rome).

Where?  Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.

When?  April 3–5, 2025.

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