HESCAH Co-Sponsored Event | Thomas Cummins, Keynote Speaker, 1st Colloquium on Guaman Poma at UF
Venue
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art
Address
3259 Hull Rd
Gainesville, FL 32608
March 5 @ 6:00 pm – March 6 @ 6:00 pm
Dr. Thomas Cummins (Art History – Harvard U.)
“From the Beginning: Guaman Poma and Martín de Murua and the true genesis of Nueva Coronica i Buen Gobierno“
March 6, Harn Museum at 6:00 p.m.
First Colloquium on Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala at UF: Colonial and Indigenous History, Art, and Literature Intertwined
March 5 – 6, 2026
This two-day colloquium will bring together leading scholars of the Indigenous Peruvian intellectual Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala to explore the art, narrative, and historical significance of his 1615 manuscript. The event will convene three distinguished keynote speakers, along with 23 scholars from institutions across the United States, Latin America, and Europe. Presentations will engage in a wide range of perspectives, including literature, history, art history, anthropology, linguistics, political science, digital humanities, and creative writing.
Keynote Lectures:
Dr. José Carlos de la Puente (History – Texas State U.)
“Echoes from Chiara: Guaman Poma Two-Hundred Years After”
March 5, Keene Faculty Center at 6:00 p.m.
Dr. Rocío Quispe Agnoli (Literature – Michigan State U.)
“Guamán Poma guiña a sus lectores: Nueva Corónica y los intersticios de una pluriversalidad andina.”
[Guamán Poma winks at his readers: New Chronicle and the interstices of Andean pluriversality]
March 6, Smathers 100, at 11:30 a.m.
Dr. Thomas Cummins (Art History – Harvard U.)
“From the Beginning: Guaman Poma and Martín de Murua and the true genesis of Nueva Coronica i Buen Gobierno“
March 6, Harn Museum, at 6:00 p.m.
Sponsors:
- Harn Eminent Scholar Chair in Art History (HESCAH)
- Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere
- Center for Latin American Studies
- Departments of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, Art History, History, and Anthropology
- Latin American and Caribbean Collection and Special Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
- LASA – Colonial Section
- Harn Museum of Art
For more information:
Dr. Paola Uparela – puparela@ufl.edu
Dr. Derek Burdette – dburdette@arts.ufl.edu
More Information:
https://people.clas.ufl.edu/paolauparela/guaman-poma-uf/
