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"La Conquistadora: A Tale of Two Seas, the Virgin Mary, Muslims, Christians, Jews, and Indians"

Amy Remensnyder, Associate Professor of History, Brown University

Professor Remensnyder's lecture examines the Virgin Mary as a prominent icon of military conquest and spiritual conversion in ways that shaped - and continue to shape - religious, political, and ethnic identity on both sides of the Atlantic.

Reception will follow lecture in the library galleria. 

Free and open to the public.