This year at AUC, we are recreating this blended (mestizo) cultural celebration for faculty, students, and visitors interested in learning more about this colourful and unique Mexican cultural tradition.

• Speaker: Dr. Martha Montero-Sieburth, cultural anthropologist and AUC lecturer, will present an overview of this celebration.
• Convenor: Dr. Hilla Dayan, political sociologist and AUC lecturer
• This event is being sponsored by the Social Science Department with support of Dr. Julia Hoffman.

The presentation will feature an altar created by the members of the Tule Educational Project, a group dedicated to helping parents teach Spanish and maintain Mexican culture using the free textbooks of Mexico provided by the Embassy of Mexico in the Netherlands.

All are invited to bring a memento or a photo of loved ones to place on the altar to join with “ofrendas,” offerings of food, candles and mementos placed for the enjoyment of the spirits.

You are also invited to partake of the traditional bread of the dead, be welcomed by the “Catrina” and listen to a special live presentation of traditional Mexican music relating to the Day of the Dead.

Speaker

Dr. Martha Montero-Sieburth, cultural anthropologist and AUC lecturer, will present an overview of this celebration. 

Convenor

Dr. Hilla Dayan, political sociologist and AUC lecturer

Contributors

• Duo "Del Tingo al Tango": acoustic singer-songwriter, Juan Carlos Salvia and guitarist, Fabrizio Quissanga.
• Tule Educational Project: Maria Eugenia Calvo, Julieta Castro Cook, Rossana de Bruin, Ángela Báez
• “Catrina,” Elisa Rosas-Hofstee, editorial designer and creative contributor to Mexican projects
• Bread of the Dead by Angélica Cabrera, owner of Más que Pan, a bakery specializing in Mexican breads and food.

Location

Amsterdam University College
Common Room
Science Park 113
Amsterdam 1098 XG