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Event 19
Natalia Sobrevilla and Alberto Vergara in conversation with María Luisa del Río
Peru explained
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Centro Cultural Peruano Norteamericano (auditorio)
Explaining the past helps us to understand the present, and even more so when dealing with a country as complex as Peru. Natalia Sobrevilla and Alberto Vergara will be the ones to undertake this challenge, in a conversation that will begin with their recent publications. Perú global, co-edited by Vergara and Adrián Lerner, is the first volume in a series to cover the issue of Peru in the world. Around 20 researchers analyse key moments from the country’s past, set in a global context. Sobrevilla has written about the life of Ramón Castilla in Los años de Castilla (1840-1865), telling us about the figure who was president of the republic on two occasions. In conversation with María Luisa del Río.
Pascal Riviale in conversation with Mario Rommel Arce Espinosa
French ethnology in Peru
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Colegio de Arquitectos (auditorio)
The remains of the civilisations of ancient Peru were a great attraction for the French adventurers, dealers and explorers who crossed the Atlantic in search of its mysteries. Pascal Rivialerecreates the history of these ethnological journeys in Los viajeros franceses en busca del Perú antiguo (1821-1914). A unique view of French archaeology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Peru. In converation with Mario Rommel Arce Espinosa.
The Archivo General de Indias, or Indies Archive, is one of the world’s most important documentary funds. Created in 1785 with the goal of keeping at a single site all the documents related to the Indies, it was the Spanish government’s main archive covering the New World. Its director, Esther Cruces, will talk about its history, its role in the construction of memory, and the challenges of rereading the bundles, maps, plans and documents held there. Presented by Santiago Rojas, Northern Regional Manager and Representative of CAF Peru.
LSP Peruvian Sign Language interpretation available
Thomas Reinertsen Berg in conversation with Ignacio Medina
The special thing about spices
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Centro Cultural Peruano Norteamericano (teatro)
Today it is possible to buy almost any kind of spice cheaply in supermarkets and markets around the world. Yet there was a time when cinnamon was worth more than gold, and with enough nutmeg you could buy an island. Thomas Reinertsen Berg (Norway) explores the history of humanity via society’s link with spices in To the Ends of the Earth. This book takes us on a fascinating journey along the trade routes that were the engines of empire, discoveries and conflicts. In conversation with Ignacio Medina.
Simultaneous interpretation from English to Spanish available
Melissa Siles, Yesenia Silva and Patricia Villanueva in conversation
Colonial Peru
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Plaza San Francisco
A journey into the past to discover what happened when the Spanish reached the Incas. How did life, beliefs and habits change in the Inca Empire with the new government? Melissa Siles, Yesenia Silva and Patricia Villanueva present Perú virreinal, a way of understanding this cultural encounter, and of cultivating a critical look at a past that marks the Peruvian identity of the present day.
The children that take part in this workshop will receive sheets to colour in, with printed characters from the colonial period —leaders, intellectuals, clergy…—. They will also be able to paint the frames with motifs taken from the Cusco School. An activity for getting to know one’s past, boosting creativity and relating it to respect and national identity. With Melissa Siles and Yesenia Silva.
