Casa Herrera is a program of The Mesoamerica Center
Welcome
The Casa Herrera is a new research, conference and teaching facility located in the heart of Antigua, Guatemala, operated by the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin in collaboration with the Fundación Pantaleón.
As an extension of the university’s Mesoamerica Center, the Casa Herrera focuses on the varied and inter-related disciplines that contribute to the study of Pre-Columbian art, archaeology, history and culture. Its larger mission is to create new opportunities for education and research, facilitating learning and dialogue in many fields of study, among scholars and students from many institutions and nations in Central America and beyond.
News and Announcements
2010 Maya Meetings at Casa Herrera
We are very pleased and excited to announce that the 2010 Maya Meetings will take place at Casa Herrera. Since 1977 international students and scholars have gathered in Austin each year to learn and discuss the latest findings in Maya research. We are now able to take the Maya Meetings to the land of the Maya, to expand this spirit of learning and exchange.
Learn more about the Maya Meetings »
2010 Casa Herrera Resident Scholars Announced
The Casa Herrera is pleased to announce that the following scholars have been selected for the 2010 Residency Program: Creighton Chandler (University of Texas at Austin), Diana Davies (Tulane University), James Doyle (Brown University), Beth Ferguson (University of Texas at Austin), Lucia Henderson (University of Texas at Austin), and Melanie Kingsley (Brandeis University).