3rd Annual Madrid Collection Lecture

Please join us for the 3rd Annual Madrid Collection Lecture, "Reimagining a Map to the Other Side," featuring Dr. Estevan Rael-Gálvez Principal, Creative Strategies 360˚

Wednesday,
October 9, 2019
5 - 7 pm
Ben lujan Library

Event Agenda

5:00  Refreshments

5:30  Welcome by Dr. Richard Bailey, President, NNMC

5:45  Introduction of Speaker  by Dr. Arturo Madrid

6:00  Lecture by Dr. Rael-Gálvez: "Reimagining a Map to the Other Side"

6:45  Q & A moderated by Dr. Arturo Madrid

7:00  Closing Remarks by President Richard Bailey

A native son of New Mexico, with ancestral connections to both Hispano and Native American communities, Dr. Rael-Gálvez is currently a writer, creative strategist and the founding principal of Creative Strategies 360°, which supports transformative work within communities, governments, universities and cultural based organizations. In this capacity, he has designed and implemented several national and local initiatives, including the Manitos Community Memory Project, ¡PRESENTE! and Culture Connects Santa Fe. Prior to this work, Dr. Rael-Gálvez has led a full career as a successful senior executive administering cultural institutions at national non-profit organizations and government agencies, including serving as Senior Vice President of Historic Sites at the National Trust for Historic Preservation; Executive Director of the National Hispanic Cultural Center; State Historian of New Mexico. A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, Rael-Gálvez received a Ph.D. in American Cultures from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he completed his dissertation, “Identifying Captivity and Capturing Identity: Narratives of American Indian Slavery,” focused on the meanings of American Indian slavery and a unique legacy and identity in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado, and is currently working on the manuscript, The Silence of Slavery.