Andean Concepts of Good Life in Seventeenth-Century Peruvian Chronicles: Guaman Poma de Ayala and Garcilaso de la Vega, el Inca.
Kirsten Mahlke
Professor of Comparative Literature and Latin American Studies, University of Konstanz
Friday, September 25, 2026
2:00-4:00PM
Humanities Hall 344
This lecture explores seventeenth-century Andean concepts of "buen vivir" (good life) through a comparative reading of the chronicles of Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala and Garcilaso de la Vega, with particular attention to the intersections of Indigenous and European intellectual traditions, colonial historiography, and literary representation.
Sponsored by the Departments of Comparative Literature and Latin American & Iberian Cultures and Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, University of California Irvine.