Witches in Ancient History
‘Night at the Museum’ Oct. 20
Sept. 30, 2011 :: No. 35/mkc
What: “Noche en El Museo (Spanish for Night at the Museum): Witchcraft and Authority in Colonial Michoacán, México” explores the world of witchcraft in medieval Spanish and Phurépecha “cosmovisions.” A tour of Cal State Fullerton’s Anthropology Teaching Museum exhibit “Cultural Treasures of Mexico: The Phurépecha of Parangaricutiro, Michoacán,“ a film and a discussion will be featured as part of the free, public event.
When: Thursday, Oct. 20, 6-10 p.m.
Where: CSUF's Anthropology Teaching Museum in McCarthy Hall, Room 424, and McCarthy Hall, Room 121
Cal State Fullerton, 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton, 92831
Schedule/Locations:
6-7 p.m. Docents will lead groups through the exhibit “Cultural Treasures of Mexico.” Anthropology Teaching Museum
7:30-9 p.m. Phurépecha experts will discuss witchcraft and religious beliefs in the 16th and 17th centuries. Speakers are: Tricia Gabany-Guerrero, Cal State Fullerton assistant professor of anthropology; Stephen Neufeld, CSUF assistant professor of history; Gerardo Sánchez Díaz, director of the Instituto de Investigaciones Históricos de La Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo in Michoacán; Amaruc Lucas Hernández, a professor at La Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo. McCarthy Hall, Room 121
9 p.m. Screening of the short film, “Auikanime: La Que Tiene Hambre” in Phurépecha with Spanish subtitles. McCarthy Hall, Room 121
Media Contacts:
Tricia Gabany-Guerrero, Anthropology, 657-278-3393 or tgabany-guerrero@fullerton.edu
Mimi Ko Cruz, Public Affairs, 657-278-7586 or mkocruz@fullerton.edu
