The Institute for Historical Studies in the Department of History and the Center for European Studies EVENT

The Institute for Historical Studies in the Department of History and the Center for European Studies invites you to:


"'They Have Always Worn Spanish Clothes': Indigenous Elites and Sumptuary Legislation in Seventeenth-Century New Spain"


A virtual workshop by
Haley Schroer
Graduate Fellow, Institute for Historical Studies, and
Doctoral Candidate, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin
https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/history/graduate/gradstudents/profile.php?id=hs26428

Monday, November 1, 12noon-1:30pm Central Time
Webinar registration: https://utexas.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xKl9FiPORdiDcnc9W22qLg


At the start of the seventeenth century, colonial Mexico experienced the rise of discriminatory sumptuary legislation – statutes that barred select ethnic groups from wearing certain dress or using particular items. This article evaluates the positions of indigenous individuals who requested clothing exemptions and the local authorities who sought to deny those privileges... Learn more on the website or visit the workshop to get engaged.