Monday, January 27, 7 – 8:30pm,

Cornerstone Arts Center Film Screening Room

The Language of Flowers and Colonial Mexico’s Portraits of ‘Crowned-Nuns

by James Córdova

James Córdova is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Colorado-Boulder.

Dr. Córdova examines the 18th century Mexican tradition of producing portraits of nuns on their profession day,

a tradition that combines European & Mesoamerican imagery and ritual practices.