The Chimalpahin Conference 2007:

Colonial and Post-Colonial Remembering and Forgetfulness

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Conference Location:  Mexico Press Club, A.C. FILOMENO MATA 8 COL. CENTRO HISTÓRICO  CP. 06000 MÉXICO D.F. DEL. CUAUHTEMOC About the Conference Location and How to Get There

Chimalpahin 2006

The Chimalpahin Conference 2006: Colonial and Post-Colonial Remembering and Forgetfulness organized by Enkidu Magazine took place in the Mexico City Press Club A.C. between the 16th and the 18th of October, 2006. During these 3 days, 38 papers were presented by scholars representing 24 academic institutions in 8 countries. The organising committee would like to thank all the speakers for their outstanding presentations, each and every attendee for their participation in the conference and the many lively discussions, and EVERYONE for their contribution to making this conference an interesting and fruitful event in a truly multicultural, multilingual and multidisciplinary academic environment. 

The artist of the conference was Mexican pop artist Edwin Daniel who shared with the delegates his perspectives on pop art and post colonialism both through his exhibition in the conference center and a special lecture on the 17th of October. 

Conference Program 2006
Monday 16. October 2006	Tuesday 17. October 2006	Wednesday 18. October 2006
Chimalpahin 2006 Por Pablo Herrera Historia, memoria, arte, cultura e identidad; son algunos de los elementos que encontramos en el ciclo de conferencias “CHIMALPAHIN 2006: EL RECUERDO Y EL OLVIDO COLONIAL Y POST-COLONIAL”... más

Chimalpahin 2007

In 2007, a second edition of this conference cycle will take place between Monday 15, October and Thursday 18, October. The conference cycle „Sensing the Other, Living in Nepantla: Colonial and Post-Colonial Remembering and Forgetfulness“ is dedicated to the Nahua Historian Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin (1579-1660), who more than a century after the Spanish conquest narrated and mediated in his native language Nahuatl, the history of Central Mexico and in particular his own altepetl (ethnic state unit in Central Mexico before and after the conquest) Chalco.  

This conference cycle is devoted to colonial and post colonial remembering and forgetfulness viewed from a wide range of different interdisciplinary perspectives with particular attention to communicative issues and reflections on „self“ and „otherness“, memories, historical myths and other expressions of historical and political memory. The conference will focus on conceptualizations and representations of cultural categories in colonial and post colonial realities, and the ways in which individuals have understood and enacted these frameworks in their lives.

Call for Papers and information for conference delegates