Welcome to Tulane University’s Maya Symposium webpage. Since 2002, Tulane University has hosted a weekend of talks and workshops dedicated to the study of the Maya civilization of Mexico and Central America. This yearly meeting has called upon scholars from a wide spectrum of specialties—archaeology, art history, cultural anthropology, epigraphy, history, and linguistics—to elucidate the many facets of this fascinating Mesoamerican culture. In developing a broad approach to the subject matter, we aim to draw the interest of a wide ranging group of people—from the expert to the beginner.
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16th Annual Tulane Maya Symposium

The Center Could Not Hold:

The Lowland Maya and Collapse

February 14-17, 2019

New Orleans, Louisiana

As in past years, MARI will take the reins in organizing the Maya Symposium. With MARI located in a renovated Dinwiddie Hall, we continue to expand the scope and range of activities offered by the Symposium. In fact, throughout the weekend, we will feature MARI's exhibit, Faces of the Maya, located in the MARI Gallery in Dinwiddie Hall.

In collaboration with Tulane's Stone Center for Latin American Studies and the New Orleans Museum of Art, we hope to develop a diverse set of activities and topics for the symposium’s participants and attendees for many years to come, such as hosting a viewing of the Precolumbian collection and an introductory hieroglyphic workshop at NOMA. Finally, the Latin American Library houses a collection of Merle Greene Robertson's rubbings, which may be viewed upon request.

PLEASE JOIN US! We invite you to join us in New Orleans, LA, February 14-17, 2019, at Tulane University and the New Orleans Museum of Art to learn of the recent developments in Maya studies as they relate to the broader topic of Mesoamerican studies.

More details will be posted to the site as they become available!