Date Nov 30, 2021, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Location via Zoom Related link Event registration link Speakers Karin Rosemblatt Affiliation University of Maryland Presentation “Investigating Cuauhtémoc’s Bones: Politics, Truth, and Mestizo Nationalism in Mexico” Paul Gillingham (discussant) Affiliation Northwestern University Sandra Rozental (discussant) Affiliation UAM-Cuajimalpa Paula López Caballero (moderator) Affiliation CEIICH-UNAM Details Event Description Part III: Seminar on Indigeneities in the Era of Development In 1949, a villager from Ixcateopan, Guerrero, produced documents that seemed to indicate that Cuauhtémoc, the last Mexican emperor, was buried in the village church. When bones were subsequently found under the church altar, a very public controversy ensued. Did the bones in fact belonged to the nobleman? In answering that question, villagers and experts engaged the place of science, religion, and local tradition in Mexico’s past and present. Karin Rosemblatt discusses how official Mexican nationalism and the post-revolutionary state’s politics of mestizaje informed conflicting positions regarding the authenticity of the bones. She also explores how gender and sexuality shaped perceptions of scientific authority and national identity during the Cold War era. Register via Zoom. Sponsor Program in Latin American Studies