The Betty Strong Encounter Center will present “Maya
Prophesies of 2012” with Dr. Gail Ament at 2 p.m. Nov. 4. Admission will
be free.
The program will explore popular culture predictions, including the end of the world, based on a system of calendars developed by the Maya more than 2,300 years ago.
Ament specializes in contemporary Mayan literature, language and culture and has published extensively on the subject. She served as one of several consultants to the Center’s cultural encounter exhibit, “Maya People in Siouxland.”
Ament is professor of Spanish and chair of the Modern Languages Department at Morningside College. She was a Fulbright Scholar to Guatemala from 1995 to 1996. In 2000, she was one of 25 U.S. scholars selected to participate in a study tour of “The Maya World,” including Guatemala, Honduras, and Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.
The Center is located on the Missouri Riverfront, exit 149 off I-29. For more information visit www.siouxcitylcic.com or call (712) 224-5242.
The program will explore popular culture predictions, including the end of the world, based on a system of calendars developed by the Maya more than 2,300 years ago.
Ament specializes in contemporary Mayan literature, language and culture and has published extensively on the subject. She served as one of several consultants to the Center’s cultural encounter exhibit, “Maya People in Siouxland.”
Ament is professor of Spanish and chair of the Modern Languages Department at Morningside College. She was a Fulbright Scholar to Guatemala from 1995 to 1996. In 2000, she was one of 25 U.S. scholars selected to participate in a study tour of “The Maya World,” including Guatemala, Honduras, and Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.
The Center is located on the Missouri Riverfront, exit 149 off I-29. For more information visit www.siouxcitylcic.com or call (712) 224-5242.
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