**NOTE TO OUR REGISTERED VIRTUAL ATTENDEES**
The streaming link and password information to watch and access the live streamed Symposium will be emailed to all our registered virtual attendees by Thursday, February 9th. Thank you for your patience!
Below is the complete list of speakers and talks of the symposium.
This year's theme is Waterscapes in Maya Art, Cosmology, and Environment. In-person attendees will gather at the Glickman Conference Center (located in Patton Hall - RLP, 1st floor) for the Symposium, while virtual attendees can engage in Symposium activities by watching the live streamed presentations.
Registration fee for the Symposium is $75 (for both in-person and virtual attendees). For more information about how to register, please visit our Registration Information page.
The full program schedule with abstracts and speaker biographies is available for download by clicking here.
*Note: All times listed below are in Central Standard Time (CST), UTC/GMT-6 hours.
Event Links
In-Person Attendee Specific Information
Symposium Day 1: Friday, February 10, 2023
In-Person Attendee Check-In
9:00 - 10:00am CST
Glickman Conference Center, 1.302D
Opening Remarks / Live Stream Begins
10:00 - 10:15am CST
Glickman Conference Center, 1.302B
Lisa J. Lucero, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Ancestral Maya Waterscape of Reservoirs and Pilgrimage
10:15 - 11:00am CST
Glickman Conference Center, 1.302B
Megan McDonie, The University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley
Swirling Waters and Azure Lands: Balancing the Lacustrine Environments of Highland Guatemala
11:00 - 11:45am CST
Glickman Conference Center, 1.302B
Lunch Break
11:45am - 1:45pm CST
Julia Guernsey, The University of Texas at Austin
Watery Worlds of the Preclassic Pacific Slope of Mesoamerica
1:45 - 2:30pm CST
Glickman Conference Center, 1.302B
Alejandro Sheseña, Universidad de Artes y Ciencias de Chiapas
Lágrimas Cayendo: La Lluvia en la Cosmovisión Maya
Tears Are Falling: Rain in the Maya Worldview
2:30 - 3:15pm CST
Glickman Conference Center, 1.302B
**Presentation will be given in Spanish
Coffee Break
3:15 - 3:45pm CST
Guillermo de Anda, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH)
Rituals on the Submerged Sacred Geography in Central Yucatan
3:45 - 4:30pm CST
Glickman Conference Center, 1.302B
Q&A Session with Speakers
4:30 - 5:00pm CST
Glickman Conference Center, 1.302B
Symposium Day 2: Saturday, February 11, 2023
Kirk French, Pennsylvania State University
The Pools of Palenque, the Springs of Chamula, and Documenting the Indigenous Perspective
9:00 - 9:45am CST
Glickman Conference Center, 1.302B
Mónica Chávez Guzmán, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán (UADY)
Perspectives of Water and its Management by the Inhabitants of the Yucatan Peninsula through Time
9:45 - 10:30am CST
Glickman Conference Center, 1.302B
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00am CST
Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach and Timothy Beach, The University of Texas at Austin
Long-Term Human and Hydrologic Interactions in the Maya Lowlands: A Multi-Proxy Approach
11:00 - 11:45am CST
Glickman Conference Center, 1.302B
Lunch Break
11:45am - 1:45pm CST
Heather McKillop, Louisiana State University
Ancient Maya Flooded Landscapes: Underwater Archaeology and 3D Technology at the Paynes Creek Salt Works, Belize
1:45 - 2:30pm CST
Glickman Conference Center, 1.302B
Mary Clarke, Getty Research Institute
Myth, Ritual, and the Classic-period Maya Sweat Bath
2:30 - 3:15pm CST
Glickman Conference Center, 1.302B
Coffee Break
3:15 - 3:45pm CST
Harri Kettunen, University of Helsinki, Finland
The Transparent Made Visible: Water in Maya Art and Writing
3:45 - 4:30pm CST
Glickman Conference Center, 1.302B
Q&A Session with Speakers
4:30 - 5:00pm CST
Glickman Conference Center, 1.302B