Kislak Fellows in Review: Presented by Claire Lavarreda
Lavarreda’s research investigates Indigenous labor, expertise, and intellectual authority in the production of Catholic texts in New Spain from 1570 to 1810. Her forthcoming dissertation uses a book history approach to show how Catholic works functioned as sites of blended epistemologies, shaped not only by European clerics but also by the Indigenous artists, scribes, translators, and printers who materially created, revised, and circulated them.
During her residency with the Kislak Collection, Lavarreda focused on a chapter of her dissertation that examines woodcuts and copperplate engravings in Marian texts to trace Indigenous artistic contributions and visual influences. She will highlight two items from the Kislak Collection that were especially valuable to her research: Francisco de Florencia’s “La Estrella De El Norte de Mexico” (1688) and “La Milagrosa Invención de un Tesoro Escondido” (1683).
Following the presentation, there will be a Q&A with the online audience.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Claire Lavarreda is a Ph.D. candidate at Northeastern University specializing in book history and Indigenous studies. She earned a B.A. in history and social sciences from Eastern Connecticut State University in 2021, and an M.A. in public history from Northeastern University in 2023.
Lavarreda has received several research fellowships, including awards from the American Philosophical Society, the Newberry Library, and the John Carter Brown Library. She is passionate about public history and has interned and worked for a variety of organizations, including the Association on American Indian Affairs, the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, and the University of South Florida’s Special Collections.
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