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

Saturday, September 18, 2010 Book Symposium
at the Franciscan School of Theology at  2pm
1712 Euclid Ave, Berkeley
Kristin Mann will speak on her new book, The Power of Song: Music and Dance in the Mission Communities of Northern New Spain, 1590-1810 (AAFH and Stanford University Press) click here
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The Fourth Annual Antonine Tibesar OFM Lecture: November 6, 2010
7pm
Franciscan School of Theology
"The Franciscan Missionary Enterprise in the Nineteenth Century Latin America"

To Be Presented by Dr. Erick Langer, Georgetown University

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Saturday, November 20, 2010 Book Symposium
Patricia Lopes Don of San Jose State University will speak on her new book Bonfires of Culture: Franciscans, Indigenous Leaders and the Inquisition in Early Mexico, 1524-1540.
She will be joined by James D. Riley who will discuss his latest book, The Inquisition in Colonial Latin America: The Selected Writings of Richard E. Greenleaf(Published by the Academy)















Photos of last year's lecture
with Dr. David Weber