Robert Martinez -Mulattos of Cochiti: Caste and Race in Spanish Colonial New Mexico

Описание: Immediately following the airing of this video today, Robert Martinez will join Ben Woodbury of the Friends of History for at live Q&A on the museum's facebook page. You can find that at   / newmexicohistorymuseum  



On the 1st Wednesday of every month, the Friends of History and the New Mexico History Museum present a lecture on New Mexico history.
For June 2020, NM State Historian, Robert Martinez gives a talk on the Casta, or Spanish caste system present in colonial New Mexico.


This presentation examines the role of racial mixing, identity, and the categorizing of humans living in Spanish Colonial New Mexico. The approach will be through the lens of the casta, or caste system. Historical research, genealogy, and DNA all converge to provide a clearer understanding of Hispano roots in New Mexico, as well as in Latino-Meso America and Hispanic Europe.

State Historian Rob Martinez is a native New Mexican born and raised in Albuquerque. A graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.B.A. in International Business Management, Rob went on to pursue his interest in New Mexican culture and history at UNM, earning an M.A. in Latin American history, with an emphasis on church, cultural, and social practices of the Spanish Colonial period in New Mexico. Mr. Martinez worked for fourteen years as a research historian for the Sephardic Legacy Project, scouring civil and church archives in New Mexico, Mexico, Spain, France, Italy, Cuba, and Puerto Rico, analyzing documents for a research and publishing project about the Crypto-Jewish phenomenon in New Mexico and the Caribbean.


Friends of History is a volunteer support group for the New Mexico History Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Its mission is to raise funds and public awareness for the Museum’s exhibitions and programs. Friends of History fulfills its mission by offering high quality public history programs, including the First Wednesday Lecture Series.
For more information, or to join the Friends of History, go to friends-of-history.org or email us at nmhmfriendsofhistory.org


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