Junípero Serra: Context & Representation (1713-2013)

Steven Hackel discusses “The Rock and the Crucifix: Junípero Serra Then and Now”. Hackel is Professor of History at University of California Riverside. This discussion was included in the conference session topic, “Representations”.

Michael Komanecky discusses "Junípero Serra and the California Mission Myth". Komanecky is the Chief Curator at the Farnsworth Art Museum. This discussion was included in the conference session topic, “Representations”.

Dr. José Refugio de la Torre Curiel discusses "Mission Government as a Franciscan Utopia in Northwestern New Spain". Dr. José Refugio de la Torre Curiel is an educator at the Universidad de Guadalajara / El Colegio de Jalisco. This discussion was included in the conference session topic, “Missions to Indians”.

Rose Marie Beebe and Robert Senkewicz discuss “Junípero Serra's Approach to the Native Peoples of the Californias”. Rose Marie Beebe and Robert M. Senkewicz teach Spanish and history, respectively, at Santa Clara University. This discussion was included in the conference session topic, “Missions to Indians”.

Cynthia Lewis discusses "Between Worlds: Junípero Serra and the Paintings of José de Páez". Lewis teaches Art History at Rio Hondo College in California. This discussion was included in the conference session topic, “Art”.

Pamela Huckins discusses "Junípero Serra's Tastes: Art and Architecture of the California Missions", a paper she co-authored with Clara Bargellini. Huckins is a Historian of Art and Architecture. Bargellini is a faculty member at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. This discussion was included in the conference session topic, “Art”.

Karen Melvin discusses “Serra Among the Faithful: The Popular Mission”. Melvin is Associate Professor of History, Latin American Studies at Bates College. This discussion was included in the conference session topic, “Mexico”.

Matt O'Hara, Ph. D., discusses "Mexico City in the Time of Serra". O'Hara is Associate Professor of History, Latin American & Latino Studies, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at University of California, Santa Cruz. This discussion was included in the conference session topic, “Mexico”.

Anna Nogar discusses Junípero Serra's Mission Muse: Sor María de Jesús de Ágreda and Her Writings. Nogar is Assistant Professor of Hispanic Southwest Studies at The University of New Mexico. This discussion was included in the conference session topic, “Inspirations and Institutions”.

David Rex Galindo, Ph. D., discusses The Collegio de Propaganda Fide de San Fernando: A Prelude to to the Missionary Program in Alta California. Galindo is Assistant Professor of History at Stephen F. Austin State University. This discussion was included in the conference session topic, “Inspirations and Institutions”.

Josep Juan Vidal discusses the geographical setting where Serra was formed: Mallorca during the first half of the eighteenth century. Vidal is Professor of Historical Arts Theory at the Universitat de les Illes Balears. This discussion was included in the conference session topic, “Mallorca”.

Dr. Antoni Picazo discusses "Father Junípero Serra's Education and Ideology". Dr. Picazo is Associate Professor of Historical Sciences and Art Theory at the Universitat de les Illes Balears. This discussion was included in the conference session topic, “Mallorca”.

John Dagenais discusses Junípero Serra's Mallorcan class notes on Ramon Llull. Dagenais is Professor of Medieval Literature and Hispano-Latin manuscript culture at University of California, Los Angeles. This discussion was included in the conference session topic, “Mallorca”.

Steve Hindle and Steven Hackel welcome participants and attendees to the “Junípero Serra: Context & Representation, 1713-2013" conference, held at the Huntington Library in September 2013. Hindle is the W. M. Keck Foundation Director of Research at The Huntington and Hackel is Professor of History at University of California Riverside.