Interviews
KTAL Radio
Interview with Peter Goodman and Shirley Baca on the KTAL Community Radio program, “Speak Up Las Cruces. August 10, 2022.
Conversation with Kristin Otto and Peter Goodman about “When a Woman Rises: Maya Weavers Creating Relationships Through Textiles” at the NMSU University Museum on “Speak Up Las Cruces,” August 11, 2021.
Conversation with Stuart Kelter, June 19, 2019. lccommunityradio.org, archives, “Sunday Show.”
KRWG TV
Conversation with “Fronteras” host, Anthony Moreno, September 19, 2019. https://www.krwg.org/post/fronteras-921-when-woman-rises-dr-christine-eber
KRWG Radio
Conversation with “Puentes” host, Emily Guerra, September 12, 2018. https://www.krwg.org/post/when-woman-rises-novel-dr-christine-eber
Hechoencalifornia1010.com
Conversation with Eusebio R. Gutierrez, Sept. 26, 2018
2024 Readings & Events
Casa de La Cultura
Presentation of Cuando una mujer se levanta in the Casa de La Cultura (House of Culture) in Chenalho’, Chiapas, February 15, 2024. The photo below shows some of the students who came to the presentation.
2023 Readings & Events
Aztlander Magazine of the Americas.
Zoom presentation for Aztlander Magazine of the Americas. https://youtu.be/EyYtpA6aivA
March 17, 2023.
Branigan Library
March 4, 2023. “Maya Weavers of Chiapas Weaving a New World.” Branigan Library Lecture series, Las Cruces, New Mexico. March 4, 2023. March 4, 2023.
2020-2021 Readings & Events
Branigan Library Meet the Author
Presented my novel, Cuando una mujer se levanta. September 19, 2021. Las Cruces, New Mexico
Poetas del Sur
Presented my poem, “Hoodies,” with twenty poets in a live zoom webinar featuring poets from Southern New Mexico. Sponsored by the New Mexico Poet Laureate Program and the Southwest Festival of the Word. April 11, 2021.
Forward into the Past: 30th Anniversary, Central Connecticut State University Anthropology Department
Presented in a live zoom webinar, “Challenging Colonialism Through Writing and Advocacy: One Anthropologist’s Journey.” March 10, 2021.
Latin American Solidarity Committee & Rochester Committee on Latin America
Panel participant with Bill Jungels and Tom Potts in “Update on Chiapas and the Zapatista’s Continuing Struggles. Zoom webinar, March 3, 2021.
Riverside Salem Church, Buffalo
Presentation via Zoom about Weaving for Justice and Maya women weavers in Chiapas, January 10, 2021.
American Association of University Women, Las Cruces
Presentation via Zoom about Weaving for Justice and Maya women weavers in Chiapas, Mexico. January 9, 2021.
Unitarian Universalist Church Roundtable
Lecture presentation, “Maya Weavers Creating Alternatives to Capitalism in Chiapas, Mexico.” Unitarian Universalist Church, Las Cruces, New Mexico.” March 3, 2020.
Bisbee Fiber Arts Guild
Presentation, “Maya Weaving: A Journey.” Bisbee, Arizona. February 20, 2020.
2019 Readings & Events
United Nations Association Center.
Invited lecture, “Weaving a New World: Maya Weavers in Highland Chiapas, Mexico.” Tucson, Arizona. November 12.
Humanistic Sociology Association Annual Meeting.
“Books as Bridges,” invited panelist. El Paso, Texas. November 2.
Meet the author
Branigan Library event celebrating local authors. September 8, 2019, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
La Abuelita Book Shop
Reading, August 8, 2019. San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.
Guest on Powells Books Blog
“Books as Bridges,” https://www.powells.com/post/original-essays/books-as-bridges
(Also on this website blog)
International Latino Book Awards ceremony
When a Woman Rises receives silver medal for most inspirational book of fiction. Conversation with Michelle Hemestaff, September 21, 2019. Los Angeles, California.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucoVi8xZog8&feature=youtu.be
Nelson/Boswell Readings Series
Reading in Sociedad de las Artes 2019 Writers Series, New Mexico State University, September 12, 2019. Las Cruces, New Mexico. Bobby Byrd, of Cinco Puntos Press, read his poetry and I read from my novel, When a Woman Rises. Photo at left of my publishers Bobby and Lee Byrd at Nelson Boswell Reading
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EXO Roast Café, Tucson:
Tuesday, March 5th, Christine will read from When a Woman Rises at EXO Roast Café, 403 N. 6th Ave. in Tucson, Arizona. The reading will be from 4:30-5:15.
Textiles from weaving co-ops in Chiapas, Mexico will be for sale before and after the reading – from 4-4:30 and again from 5:15-6 pm. My friend Gail Ryser who helped set up this reading is making her famous wheat-free lemon polenta cakes for the event. Coffee and tea will also be available for purchase in the café.
Phone: (520) 777-4709
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El Museo de Las Americas, Denver
Friday, April 5th at 7 pm Christine will read from my novel at El Museo, 861 Santa Fe Drive. Textiles from weaving co-ops in Chiapas will also be for sale before and after the reading.
Phone: (303) 571-4401
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Hijos del Sol, Denver
Saturday April 6th weavings will be for sale at Hijos del Sol from 11-4 pm, 2715 W 8th Ave.
https://www.hijosdelsol-denver.com/
Phone: (720) 353-2233
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APRIL 2019 SHOWING OF “MAYA FACES IN A SMOKING MIRROR” IN DENVER
Saturday April 6th tentatively 5 pm). Bill Jungels, director of “Maya Faces in a Smoking Mirror,” will join Christine in Denver to show the film at the Xicanindie Film Festival at Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center. The XicanIndie Film Fest is an annual festival that showcases the best in Chicano independent film as well as featured Latino World Cinema.
For the festival schedule please go to http://suteatro.org/xicanindie-film-fest/
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2018 Readings & Events
Reading and pachanga to celebrate the release of When a Woman Rises, Casa Camino Real Bookstore, 314 S. Tornillo, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Friday, 28, September 2018, 6-8 pm. Reading at 7 pm. Weaving for Justice will have an assortment of weavings by Maya women from Chiapas, Mexico for sale. Please stop by to help me celebrate my novel and to browse the wonderful books, many in Spanish, at the bookstore. (575) 523-3988
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Christine will be in Sweden visiting family and friends when her debut novel, When a Woman Rises, is released. Her friend Heidi Moksnes has kindly arranged a couple events to share the book with her colleagues and the public:
* Book release and talk, The English Bookshop, Svartbacksgatan 19, Uppsala, Sweden, 7 pm. , 12 September, 2018.
* “Why would an anthropologist write a novel?” Talk at the Socialantropologiska institutionen, University of Stockholm, 13:00- 14:30, 11 September, 2018.
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“Maya Faces in a Smoking Mirror,” a documentary co-produced by Bill Jungels and Christine Eber will be shown in Anapra, Juárez on Saturday, July 14th from 10 am – 12 noon at PARROQUIA DE CORPUS CHRISTI ANAPRA, Cangrejo 10723, Puerto de Anapra, 32107 Ciudad Juárez. Christine, Sarah Murphy, and Sally Meisenhelder from Weaving for Justice, will be at the event to answer questions and to show weavings from Maya co-ops in Chiapas.
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The documentary film, “Maya Faces in a Smoking Mirror,” will be shown followed by a Q&A with co-producer Christine Eber, as well as a sale of textiles from Tsobol Antsetik, a cooperative featured in the film. La Mujer Obrera, 2000 Texas Ave., El Paso, Texas, Thursday, February 22, 6-8 p.m. www.mujerobrera.org
March 8th, 1:30 International Women’s Day, “Maya Faces in a Smoking Mirror” will be shown as part of the Las Cruces International Film Festival at the Cineport 10 Theatres in the Mesilla Valley Mall, Las Cruces. Christine Eber, co-producer and member of Weaving for Justice, will be present for a Q&A after the film.
Latin American Solidarity Committee of Western New York, Coffee House, Monday April 23, 7-9 p.m. Canisius College, Science Hall, Buffalo, New York
Furthering Educational Opportunities for Mayas in Chiapas, Belize and Guatemala
Christine Eber and Laura McClusky
Christine Eber and Laura McClusky will discuss the efforts of educated Mayas in Belize and Chiapas to create educational opportunities for Maya children and youth and the many obstacles to schooling, such as finances and racism. Laura will focus on Belize, Christine on Chiapas. They will also provide an historical perspective on education, Laura by comparing experiences of students in Belize with those of their teachers and mentors; Christine by reading excerpts from her forthcoming novel about women in Chiapas, When a Woman Rises. Both are anthropologists and current and past board members of the Maya Educational Foundation (MEF) which provides scholarship support to programs in Belize, Chiapas, and Guatemala.
