Digital presentation via Zoom. Register HERE.

Presentation will be in Spanish with English Interpretation

Archaeologists have extended the history of corn in what is now Sonora to four thousand years. Since then we have consumed this cereal in various forms and to date it occupies an essential place on the Sonoran table. In this talk we will explore a bit of history and something more about the ideas and dishes that we make with corn. 

José René Córdova Rascón  is a professor in the Anthropology degree at the University of Sonora and at the Escuela Normal Superior, Hermosillo campus. He is the author of the book  Sonorans in Arms: the National Guard in Sonora in the 19th century”  and several articles and conferences on the history and anthropology of Northwest Mexico. He is a Social Anthropologist graduated from the National School of Anthropology and History, Master in Public Health with a specialty in Public Policy from the University of Arizona in Tucson and graduated with a Master's in History from El Colegio de Michoacán, with a Diploma in Legislative Process from the UNAM-Chamber of Deputies. He has been curator of the renovation of the permanent exhibitions of the

Museo de los Seris (Museo Comcaac) and the Regional Museum of Ures and
has organized exhibitions of old maps and photography as head of the Map Library of the Sonoran History Society (2018-2022). As an environmental activist, he was coordinator of the Border Health and Environment Network and ALCOSTA, Alliance for the Sustainability of the Northwest Coast.