Gilman 308

The Program in Latin America, Caribbean and Latinx Studies is glad to present

Camilla Townsend (History, Rutgers University) for a talk on Aztec Imperialism.

Camilla Townsend argues that Aztec imperial policies were not so much based on their “cosmovision” as on Realpolitik. She makes this assessment drawing on her research in sixteenth-century writings in the Aztec language of Nahuatl. These sources yield a picture quite different from one stemming from statements made by Spaniards or Indigenous people working closely with Spaniards, or one based primarily on the archaeological remains found at the Templo Mayor.

For access to the pre-circulated paper, please contact prof. Diego Javier Luis: dluis1@jh.edu