The Mississippi State College of Arts and Sciences’ Institute for the Humanities and the IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Awareness) committee will cohost Carlos Cañas Dinarte, the director suplente of the Academia de Historia (National Academy of History) of El Salvador for a special presentation on Hispanic Heritage Month titled “Luis de Moscoso y Alvarado: desde San Miguel de la Frontera hasta el río Mississippi (Luis de Moscoso y Alvarado: From San Miguel de la Frontera to the Mississippi River).”

One of the most important expeditions in the South was led by Hernando de Soto and his second in command Luis de Moscoso y Alvarado. While history textbooks have often negated Spanish presence during the 16th century, Dinarte’s talk aims to establish connections between these expeditions and Spanish involvement in Central America.

The in-person discussion is scheduled for 3 p.m. Monday [Oct. 17] in Old Main Academic Center’s Room 2180. Guests can also visit https://www.facebook.com/msu.humanities.institute at that time for a virtual option.

For more information, contact Melanie Loehwing, interim director of the Institute for the Humanities, at 662-325-8264.