#  Tatiana Proskouriakoff Lecture 

 



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Most recent public lectures are video-recorded. Click the title for the speaker name, a full description of the talk, and a transcript.



 

  [### Video: One Woman's Fight to Protect Ancient Maya Legacy

 ](/video-one-womans-fight-protect-ancient-maya-legacy) 2025 Tatiana Proskouriakoff Lecture When the looting and illicit trade of cultural artifacts surged In the 1960s, one voice rose in defense of archaeological sites in the Americas—Clemency Coggins. A pioneering art historian and legendary figure in Maya... 

 

 

   [### Video: Run, Don’t Walk: Sacred Movement among the Classic Maya

 ](/video-run-don%E2%80%99t-walk-sacred-movement-among-classic-maya) The Classic Maya made a critical distinction between the ordinary daily movement of humans and sacred, formal movement. Stephen D. Houston examines a rich inventory of glyphic references, imagery, and formal routes to show how linear movement formed the...