Book Cover. Courtesy/UNM Press, 2023

NMHM News:

Friends of History First Wednesday Lecture Series will feature professors and co-authors Enrique R. Lamadrid and José A. Rivera online noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 3.

They will discuss their 2023 edited book Water for the People, which features 25 essays by world-renowned acequia scholars and community members that highlight acequia culture, use and history in New Mexico, northern Mexico, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Spain, the Middle East, Nepal and the Philippines, situating New Mexico’s acequia heritage and its inherent sustainable design within a global framework.

Free registration and link: https://bit.ly/3yLY34g

About Friends of History:

Friends of History, a nonprofit organization of volunteers dedicated to supporting the New Mexico History Museum, offers the public monthly programs from a diversity of speakers who are leading experts in their fields and have contributed to New Mexico’s history.