CENTER FOR THE ARTS IN SOCIETY

Maya Apocalypse: 1562 or 2012?

Monday, November 28, 2011

6:00 pm, Rangos 1, University Center

"The debate over the Maya doomsday prediction has become an international industry. But was there really an ancient Maya prophecy that the world would end in 2012? If not, how did 2012ology come about? The authors of *2012 and the End of the World: The Western Roots of the Maya Apocalypse* offer answers to these questions, emphasizing the surprising role played by sixteenth-century Spaniards."

Speaker information:

Amara Solari is an Assistant Professor of Art History and Anthropology at Penn State University.

Matthew Restall is the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Colonial Latin American History, Anthropology and Women's Studies at Penn State University.