Book Talk: Richard I. Jobs on In the Land of the Lacandón

by DENISE WOLFE

Exploration, history, anthropology and comics come together in Richard I. Jobs’ new graphic history, In the Land of the Lacandón: A Graphic History of Adventure and Imperialism.

The book recounts the story of French explorer and filmmaker Bernard de Colmont, who traveled to the Mexico-Guatemala border in 1933 and 1935 to study, film and record the Lacandón people. At the time, the Lacandón were considered a “lost tribe,” believed to be the closest living relatives of the Maya.

Jobs’ work explores how Western explorers and scientists characterized indigeneity and imperialism, while also examining broader questions of inquiry, knowledge production and identity.

Please join us on:

Monday, Sept. 22, 2025 
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. 
Capen 107

This event is sponsored by the Department of Anthropology, the Department of Indigenous Studies, the University Libraries and the Honors College.