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You are invited to join a free "Calendar in the Sky" webinar on Friday, July 27, 2012, at 11am PT/12pm MT/1pm CT/2pm ET. 

"Calendar in the Sky" is a NASA-funded project led by UC Berkeley to engage the American public, particularly Latino audiences, in NASA science (space exploration, astronomy, planetary and Earth sciences, etc.) via the broad interest in Maya culture. We are conducting a series of webinars for educators on NASA science and Maya astronomy. Following the webinars, attendees will be given access to private discussion boards on the project website (www.calendarinthesky.org) where they can discuss the webinar topics and exchange ideas and resources for educational programming with colleagues. The webinars will be recorded and archived on the website. This will be the second webinar in the series.

Title: What is going to happen in December 2012?
Presenter: Mark Van Stone, Ph.D., Professor of Art History, Southwestern College
Date: Friday, July 27, 2012
Time: 11am PT/12pm MT/1pm CT/2pm ET
Duration: 90 minutes
Format: Online Webinar (60 min presentation with 30 min discussion period)
Registration: Please register for this webinar at https://cc.readytalk.com/r/qevljqawuu1p.
 
Description:
Did the Maya really predict the end of the world? Does their calendar really come to an end? Why is everyone so worried? It is almost impossible not to have been confronted with these scary rumors, and the clamor is rising to a climax. What should we do? Dr. Mark Van Stone has spent the last few years examining Ancient Maya beliefs about prophecy, their calendar, and their concepts of Time, Creation, Re-Creation, and especially their ideas about 2012. His book, "2012: Science and Prophecy of the Ancient Maya" explores this topic in thorough and entertaining ways. His presentation will explain the way their complex calendars work and will examine all the relevant evidence they left us. You will be reassured to learn that, just like us, the Ancient Maya really did not predict, nor did they even expect, an "end" to their calendar.

Presenter Bio:
After earning his Bachelor's in Physics, Dr. Van Stone spent twenty years as a calligrapher and scholar of world paleography, earning a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1988. He entered the University of Texas to study Maya Hieroglyphs with Linda Schele in 1994. He co-authored Reading the Maya Glyphs with Michael Coe in 2001, and published 2012: Science and Prophecy of the Ancient Maya in 2010. His dual background in science and art provides a unique understanding of Maya calligraphy, and to the development of every writing system.

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