The Institute for Medieval History at Boston University presents:

THE CULTURE OF WATER: HISTORY AND HISTORICAL PRESERVATION

Sunday, April 9, 2000 - Monday, April 10, 2000

Schedule:

Sunday, April 9

9:15 Coffee

9:45 Introduction: Thomas F. Glick, Boston University

10:00-12:00 "Historic Polders of Holland: History and Preservation"
Jan J. J. M. Beenakker, University of Amsterdam

1:30-3:00 "The Chinampas of Mexico: Past, Present, and Future"
Teresa Rojas Rabiela, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS), Mexico City

3:30-5:00 "The Palmeral of Elche: An Irrigated Landscape Inherited from Al-Andalus"
Luis Pablo Martínez, Generalitat Valenciana

Monday, April 10

9:30 Coffee

10:00-12:00 "Community Acequias of New Mexico and Colorado"
José A. Rivera, University of New Mexico

1:30-3:00 "Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Antonio Missions National Historical Park: A Case Study"
Rosalind Rock, San Antonio Missions National Park

3:30-5:00 "Litigation and Preservation: The Case of the San Juan Ditch, San Antonio, Texas"
José A. Rivera

THE SYMPOSIUM WILL BE HELD IN:
ROOM 102
704 COMMONWEALTH AVE.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY
BOSTON MA.

The symposium is FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT SPACE IS LIMITED.

Please call Beth Forrest at 617.358.0226 or e-mail her at bforrest@bu.edu to reserve
your space, or if you have any questions.

The CULTURE OF WATER is an ongoing program of the Institute for Medieval History at Boston University to address the history of historically significant agricultural landscapes and strategies for their preservation. A forthcoming event is the session on "Technological Exchange, Modes of Production and Water Utilization in Europe and Latin America (from Ancient Times to the Twentieth Century)" at the XIII International Economic History Meeting (Buenos Aires, July 22-26, 2002).

A dossier of articles and documents related to the [Culture of Water] case studies is available for $12 postpaid from the Institute.

For information, see the session's web page: www.eh.net/XIIICongress/English/Sessions/session17.html