UNAM and King’s have had significant joint research experience in areas such as political sciences, Brazilian studies, Latin American studies, public health, chemistry, migration, dentistry, cancer research and others.
Looking Into the Archives, Samantha Colorado
https://brazilinstitute.squarespace.com During my studies at King’s College London this year, I had the opportunity to take a class on Latin American history, which is where I first learned about this…
What’s so colourful about death?
24 November 2021 It is well known that Mexico used to be a country colonized by the Spaniards, not only politically, but also spiritually. Fortunately, the Mesoamerican culture was so…
The Legend of the Suns
27 October 2021 The Mexica Empire existed between 1375 and 1521. Although there were towns that refused to submit to the Mexica, Tenochtitlan was the strongest state in this part…
Shared Horizons: Approaches to Mesoamerican Calendars
20 October 2021 By Lucrecia de la Puente Morales The Centre for Mexican Studies, UNAM-UK, had the pleasure of virtually hosting Dr Rubén Morante López’ lecture, “Natural and cultural calendars,…
Caves for the ancient Maya of Yucatan: deliberate choices. Solar phenomena, the profane and the sacred
13 October 2021 Dr. Luis Alberto Martos López, archaeologist and PhD in anthropology from the National School of Anthropology and History, Hispanic literature graduate and researcher at the Direction of…
The Pyramid of Chichen Itza: A Vestige of the Mathematical Wonders in the Mayan Culture
6 October 2021 By Jorge Alberto Hernández Sánchez In this occasion, Arturo Montero, Mexican archaeologist, presents us a fascinating analysis of Chichen Itza’s pyramid; why it is, in his own…
A Mexican Flutist in London: My Story
17 September 2021 It all started in elementary school. I remember playing the recorder -the instrument that most Mexicans “learn” to play in elementary schools. My fascination with such an…
Felids in pre-Hispanic Mayan art
15 September 2021 By Jorge Alberto Hernández Sánchez On September 15th, 2021, this lecture about the influence of felids in Pre-Hispanic art took place, hosted by Dr. Carlos Rafael Castillo…
Vipers in the Hills and the Waters: An Approach to the Figure of the Serpent in the Worldview of El Salvador
8 September 2021 By Jorge Alberto Hernández Sánchez El Salvador is a country with an area of barely 20,000 km2 that was strongly influenced by various Mesoamerican cultures during the…
Commemorating the Conquest in Colonial Mexico
7 September 2021 Any young Mexican has heard about the literary work of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz throughout their basic education, either by analysing her challenging verses or…
The bat in the Mesoamerican context
1 September 2021 On Wednesday, September 1, began the second module of the webinar Tlaloc, the Jaguar and the Serpent: Art and Archeology in indigenous America. The aim of this…
The Great Tenochtitlán on 13 August 1521
13 August 2021 13 August 1521, 500 years ago, is the date when the Mexica decided to capitulate to the Spanish conquerors and hand over the splendid city then known…