Calendar

Lectures, meetings, and shows on the Maya. Checked November 6, 2026. Check each link before going. Back to the white road map.

Coming up

Saturday, November 14, 2026, 1.30 pm Eastern

Carl D. Callaway, Pre-Columbian Society at the Penn Museum

Callaway teaches at Austin Community College. His topic will be announced. The talk is on Zoom, free and open to the public, with no sign-up listed. Meeting ID 380 468 5493. The society page gives the time as EDT, but that week is on standard time.

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Friday, December 4, 2026, 7.00 to 8.15 pm Eastern

Where Does Mesoamerica End? Rock Art and Cultural Boundaries in Ancient Honduras

Alejandro Figueroa, PhD, University of Missouri, for the Pre-Columbian Society of Washington DC. The December monthly meeting, on Zoom. Honduras sits at the southern edge of the Maya world. Sign up for the Zoom link on the society page.

Events and sign-up Washington society

Friday, January 8, 2027, 7.00 to 8.15 pm Eastern

The Pepper Paradox: Unearthing the Origins of a Global Obsession

Katherine L. Chiou, PhD, The University of Alabama, for the Pre-Columbian Society of Washington DC. The January meeting, on Zoom. On the chile pepper and where it began. Sign up for the Zoom link on the society page.

Events and sign-up Washington society

February 18 to 20, 2027

Tulane Maya Symposium and Workshop, New Orleans

The 21st symposium, on the theme “Great Stories from an Unlikely Place: Sak Nikte’ in the Maya World.” The Middle American Research Institute is the sponsor. Venue, fee, and an online option are not yet posted. A trip here can take in the MARI collections too.

Register Symposium MARI

March 5 and April 2, 2027

Pre-Columbian Roundtables, Dumbarton Oaks

Most Dumbarton Oaks events are by invitation. Ask how to attend.

Upcoming at Dumbarton Oaks

October 8 and 9, 2027

Pre-Columbian Symposium, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington DC

Organized by Barbara E. Mundy and Mary Elizabeth Haude. The theme is not yet posted. Ask about the Bliss Symposium Award, which helps students travel to the symposium.

Pre-Columbian events Pre-Columbian Studies

2027, dates to come

Mesoamerica Meetings, UT Austin

Registration for the 2026 meetings on Tikal closed before there was a chance to sign up. Sign up for the newsletter and register the day it opens.

Mesoamerica Meetings 2026 meetings

On view

Ongoing, since May 17, 2025

Latin American Art / Arte Latinoamericano, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

Two Maya burial urns colored with Maya blue, a scent station with copal, and 3D-printed Maya glyphs to touch. Free.

Walters

November 7, 2026 to January 24, 2027

Luxury & Loss: Feather, Shell, Tusk, Horn, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

Kingfisher feathers, tortoise shell, rhinoceros horn, and elephant ivory, from the Asian, European, American, and African collections. The page does not say whether any work comes from the ancient Americas. A stop on the same visit as the Latin American galleries.

Luxury & Loss

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