Bratislava Maya Meetings

10 events2009 – 2019Bratislava

Annual event combining a scholarly conference with hands-on workshops in Maya hieroglyphic writing, organized by the Center for Mesoamerican Studies at Comenius University. Held continuously from 2009 until 2019, the event draws Slovak and international researchers in epigraphy, archaeology, and Maya studies.

Bratislava Maya MeetingEuropean Maya ConferenceAutumn Academy

  1. 9th Bratislava Maya Meeting

    • ConferenceMesoamerican Worldviews
    • BeginnersHow to Read Maya Hieroglyphs
    • Intermediate IMesoamerican Writing Systems: A Graphic Analysis
    • SpecialLate and Terminal Classic Uaxactun in Regional Context

  2. 8th Bratislava Maya Meeting

    • ConferenceLights and Shadows of Xibalba: Reading the Maya Otherworld
    • BeginnersIntroduction to Maya Hieroglyphs
    • Intermediate IJubuy utookʹ upakal: Ancient Maya Warfare in the Epigraphic Records
    • SpecialPaleography of Colonial Documents in Maya Area

  3. 7th Bratislava Maya Meeting

    • ConferenceImago Mundi: Conceptualization of Space in Mesoamerica
    • BeginnersWhere the White Flower Grows: Toponyms in the Classic Maya Inscriptions
    • Intermediate IAnimals in the Maya Imagery and Writing
    • SpecialKings of Canyons and Rivers: Epigraphic History of Piedras Negras

  4. 6th Bratislava Maya Meeting

    • ConferenceMaya Ritualism
    • BeginnersKings of the Usumacinta Valley
    • IntermediateIn the Shadow of Teotihuacan – Early Classic Inscriptions of Uaxactun and Surroundings
    • AdvancedMaya Grammar
    • SpecialTuʹux ku binoʹob le kuoʹoboʹ: An Ethnographic and Epigraphic Examination of Maya Deities

  5. 19th European Maya Conference

    • ConferenceMaya Cosmology: Terrestrial and Celestial Landscapes
    • BeginnersHow to Read Maya Hieroglyphs?
    • IntermediateGodly Stories and Earthly Matters: Hieroglyphic Narratives on Gods and Men
    • AdvancedMethods in Maya Hieroglyphic Studies
    • SpecialU Uich Ku: Tracking Maya Deities in the Codices and Ethnohistorical Sources
  6. Era II — 2009–2013Founding yearsAutumn Academy of Maya Hieroglyphic Writing

  7. 5th Autumn Academy of Maya Hieroglyphic Writing

    • BeginnersInscriptions of Naranjo
    • IntermediateMethods in Epigraphic Analysis
    • SpecialInscriptions from Uaxactun and Its Powerful Neighbors

  8. 4th Autumn Academy of Maya Hieroglyphic Writing

    • ConferenceAt the Close of Time: Maya Cycles and Periods
    • BeginnersInscriptions of Naranjo
    • IntermediateInscriptions of Piedras Negras, Yaxchílán and Toniná

  9. 3rd Autumn Academy of Maya Hieroglyphic Writing

    • BeginnersThe Inscriptions of Piedras Negras
    • Intermediate IThe Palace Schools of the Northeastern Petén – dedicatory formulae and imagery on Classic Maya ceramics
    • Intermediate IIEarly Classic monumental inscriptions of Northeastern Petén

  10. 2nd Autumn Academy of Maya Hieroglyphic Writing

    • BeginnersInscriptions of Piedras Negras
    • Intermediate IInscriptions of Caracol
    • Intermediate IIInscriptions of Yaxchílán

  11. 1st Autumn Academy of Maya Hieroglyphic Writing

    • BeginnersInscriptions of Piedras Negras
    • IntermediateInscriptions of Caracol and Palenque