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ArgumentGenerations of scholars have studied the multi-faceted experiences of the Franciscans in Mexico and the ways in which the Franciscan order shaped New Spain and the early Mexican republic. This conference examines the range of Franciscan influence and analyzes new scholarship that focuses on the multiple discourses with which friars engaged native peoples, creole populations, the vice-regal authorities, and other actors throughout the Spanish empire.&#160; The conference brings together junior and senior scholars to study the long Franciscan experience in Mexico on the eve of the commemoration of the quincentenary of the Spanish&#8212;and thus the Franciscan&#8212;presence in Mexico.The conference further honors the work of the eminent historian Fr. Francisco Morales, OFM, on the occasion of his eightieth birthday in September 2017.&#160;&#160; Morales&#8217;s studies of the Franciscans in Mexico and his promotion of the field have encouraged the work of several generations of historians of colonial and nineteenth-century Mexico.&#160; With this in mind, our program includes scholars whose research &#160;applies the methodologies of linguistic, social, and cultural history to the study of Nahua-Franciscan relations. Morales was one of the pioneers of this interdisciplinary approach during his years as a scholar at the Academy of American Franciscan History and in subsequent years as director of the Biblioteca Franciscana in San Pedro Cholula, Mexico (the library is housed in the Convento de San Gabriel, one of the first Franciscan churches in Mexico).Conference ProgramFriday, October 1310:00-12:00 Tour of Library of Congress (participating scholars and organizers)2.45: Welcome and Introduction3:00-4:30 Session 1: Rhetoric, Philosophy, and TheologyChair: Nelson Minnich, The Catholic University of AmericaHilaire Kallendorf, &#8220;Visions in the Service of Virtue: Rhetorical Mysticism in Motolin&#237;a&#8217;s Memoriales&#8221;Ver&#243;nica Murillo Gallegos, &#8220;El pensamiento franciscano entre Espa&#241;a y Nueva Espa&#241;a. Temas, problemas y autores del siglo XVI&#8221;Jos&#233; Refugio de la Torre Curiel, &#8220;De la celebraci&#243;n al retraimiento: cambios en el discurso sobre el martirio de los misioneros franciscanos en el centro y norte de la Nueva Espa&#241;a, siglos XVI-XIX&#8221;5:00-6:00 Keynote Address: Jaime Lara, &#8220;The Friars&#8217; Mosques: The Franciscan Architectural Imagination in Jerusalem and Cholula&#8221;6:00-7:00 ReceptionSaturday, October 149:30-11:00 Session 2: Pastoral Ideals and PracticesChair: Jeffrey Burns, Academy of American Franciscan HistoryRose Marie Beebe and Robert Senkewicz, &#8220;The Franciscan Missionary Experience in Baja California&#8221;Steven W. Hackel, &#8220;The Missions of the Sierra Gorda before Serra: 1600 to 1750&#8221;Karen Melvin, &#8220;Tierra Santa in New Spain: Franciscans, alms, and the santos lugares de Jerusal&#233;n&#8221;11:30-1:00 Session 3: Franciscans as Cultural and Religious IntermediariesChair: Emanuele Colombo, DePaul UniversityMatthew Restall, &#8220;The Landa Conundrum&#8221;Cecilia Sheridan, &#8220;Mediadores de la interculturalidad: la mirada misionera sobre los otros en el contexto de la evangelizaci&#243;n franciscana en los espacios fronterizos novohispanos&#8221;Jonathan Truitt, &#8220;Franciscans, Nahuas, and the Games They Played&#8221;1:00-2:30 Lunch2:30-4:00 Session 4: Art, Music, and SpiritualityChair: Arthur Dunkelman, Jay I. Kislak FoundationPedro &#193;ngeles Jim&#233;nez, &#8220;Franciscanism, art and history in New Spain and Mexico&#8221;Kristin Dutcher Mann, &#8220;Marking Time &#38; Space: Bells in the Missions of Northern New Spain&#8221;Manuel Ramos Medina, &#8220;Fundaci&#243;n de la Orden Tercera de los Siervos de Mar&#237;a Sant&#237;sima de los Dolores&#8221;4:00-4:30 Closing RemarksAll sessions are free of charge and open to the public.OrganizersThomas M. Cohen, The Catholic University of AmericaJay T. Harrison, Hood CollegeDavid Rex Galindo, Max Planck Institute for European Legal HistoryKeynote Speaker: Jaime Lara, Arizona State UniversityContributorsPedro &#193;ngeles Jim&#233;nez, Universidad Nacional Aut&#243;noma de M&#233;xicoRose Marie Beebe, Santa Clara UniversitySteven W. Hackel, University of California, RiversideHilaire Kallendorf, Texas A&#38;M UniversityKristin Dutcher Mann, University of Arkansas, Little RockKaren Melvin, Bates CollegeVer&#243;nica Murillo Gallegos, Universidad Aut&#243;noma de ZacatecasManuel Ramos Medina, Centro de Estudios de Historia de M&#233;xico CARSO, Mexico CityMathew Restall, Pennsylvania State UniversityRobert Senkewicz, Santa Clara UniversityCecilia Sheridan, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropolog&#237;a Social, Unidad Noreste, MonterreyJos&#233; Refugio de la Torre Curiel, Universidad de Guadalajara/Colegio de JaliscoJonathan Truitt, Central Michigan UniversityMajor SponsorsJay I. Kislak FoundationAcademy of American Franciscan HistoryInstitutional SponsorsOmohundro Institute for Early American History and Culture, College of William and MaryShirley Connor Hardinge Center for Global and International Studies, Hood CollegeClements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist UniversityPartnersEarly Americas Working Group of Washington, D.C.Library of CongressMexican Cultural InstituteNational History Center, American Historical Association