Teófilo Ruiz Lecture

Start Date:  2/16/2012 Start Time:  7:00 PM End Date:  2/16/2012 End Time:  9:00 PM Event Description Teófilo Ruiz Lecture February 16, 2012 Phi Betta Kappa Visiting Scholars Talk: "The Other 1492" Sponsored by the departments of Romance Languages and History, with the generous support of Honors program Latin American Studies, CAE, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, VCLE 1492 has long been seen as the “miracle year” of the Spanish realms. This lecture addresses the importance of 1492 from different perspectives and focuses on Jews, Conversos, Muslims, Moriscos, and the natives of the New World. BY looking at them, the talk considers how the new 1492 represented a radical and catastrophic change in their individual and collective lives. Location Information: Villanova University Main Campus - Connelly Center Room: Cinema Contact Information: Name: Adriano Duque Phone: 610-519-4680 Email: adriano.duque@villanova.edu