Location
McCune Conference Room, HSSB 6020
The Coming of the Kingdom (Cambridge University Press, 2024) explores the experiences of the Indigenous Muisca peoples of the New Kingdom of Granada (Colombia) during the first century of Spanish colonial rule. Focusing on colonialism, religious reform, law, language, and historical writing, Juan F. Cobo Betancourt examines the introduction and development of Christianity among the Muisca, who from the 1530s found themselves at the center of the invaders' efforts to transform them into tribute-paying Catholic subjects of the Spanish crown. The book presentation will feature commentary by Yanna Yannakakis (Emory, History).