On Oct. 29, 2022 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Cathedral Square in Tucson, the Kino Heritage Society will sponsor a symposium including a presentation on the present pathway to Kino’s canonization. The keynote address: Finding Father Kino on the Trail between History and Hagiography.

Our keynote speaker is Dr. Michael Brescia, head of research and curator of ethnohistory in the Arizona State Museum, with faculty affiliations in the Department of History, James E. Rogers College of Law, Division for Late Medieval and Reformation Studies, and the Southwest Center. He teaches a wide range of courses at the UA, such as Mexican history, comparative history of North America, world history, and historical research methods. Michael is the co-author of two books that examine the broader historical forces that have shaped our continent from Pre-Columbian times to the present: the fourth edition of Mexico and the United States: Ambivalent Vistas (with W. Dirk Raat, University of Georgia Press, 2010), and North America: An Introduction (with John C. Super, University of Toronto Press, 2009). His research, teaching and public outreach have attracted support over the years from various international and national groups and agencies, including, for example, the Fulbright Scholars Program (Canada and Mexico), Autry Museum of the American West (Los Angeles), T.C. Beirne School of Law at the University of Queensland (Australia), El Colegio de San Luis (Mexico), and the Southwestern Mission Research Center (Tucson), among others.