Academy of American Franciscan History

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         The Academy is a research institute affiliated with the Franciscan School of Theology at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA. The Academy is dedicated to the encouragement of the study of the Franciscan Order in the Americas. It does this through the publication of monographs, documents,  a scholarly journal, as well as sponsoring seminars, conferences, and public lectures.

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Upcoming Events

• Dr. Jaime Lara, Associate Professor of Christian Art & Architecture at Yale Divinity School will present: Christian Texts for Aztecs: Art and Liturgy in Colonial Mexico on Oct 11 at 2pm at the GTU Library, 2400 Ridge Rd., Berkeley, California, 94709 (parking available down the street).
  

         Respondents:Mia Mochizuki, JSTB, Jeanette Peterson, UC          Santa Barbara, Stafford Poole,CM.

• 2nd ANNUAL TIBESAR LECTURE
  

The Academy of American Franciscan History has selected Clara Bargellini of the Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México to deliver the second annual Tibesar lecture. Her topic will be “Franciscan Mission Art in Colonial New Spain in the 17th and 18th Centuries.” Clara is a distinguished scholar who has currently developed a travelling museum show featuring art from the missions of New Spain. The exhibit will open in Los Angeles at the Autry Museum on October 9. The lecture will be hosted at the Franciscan School of Theology on November 1, 2008 at 7 PM. The location of the school is: 1712 Euclid Avenue, Berkeley, California 94709. A reception for the lecture will follow.