EMSI LA2026 “Historical Memory, Federal Agencies, Mission Conservation”

A virtual conversation with Yve Chavez (Associate Professor of Art History, University of Oklahoma) and Sarah Montoya (Co-Director, Indigenous Humanities Lab, Virginia Commonwealth University), moderated by Julia Lewandoski (Assistant Professor of History, University of California, San Diego). Panelists will consider Indigenous responses to Spanish colonial heritage in California, including public art, national trails, and historic sites. LA2026 is presented by the USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute. It brings together members of the public and humanities scholars for eighteen conv…