Specialization:
Areas of Concentration: Precolumbian Art and Architecture
Faculty Advisor: Alicia Boswell
M.A. Thesis: "Romancing the Aztec: Emanuel Leutze's The Storming of the Teocalli by Cortés and His Troops" (Art History, Diana Strazdes, completed 2024)
Bio:
Lawrence Stallman is a scholar of the pre-Columbian past whose research revisits the framing of Nahua histories to unpack the colonial legacies embedded within their scholarly interpretation. He is a continuing student of the Nahuatl language at the Instituto de Docencia e Investigación Etnológica de Zacatecas (IDIEZ), a Nahua-led research and teaching institute based in Mexico that centers the preservation, revitalization, and contemporary teaching of Nahuatl, with a particular focus on Modern Huasteca Nahuatl. Lawrence’s research interests include Older (Classical) Nahuatl paleography, Nahua performance, Aztec metallurgy and regalia, as well as the Mayan Revival architectural style.