our speaker today is a guy named matthew restall. i want to read his title. it's kind of ponderous, not like matthew, i don't want to leave anything out. the edwin earl sparks professor of latin american history and director of latin american studies at penn state. he was educated at oxford, ucla, and he's published numerous books and articles on the african diaspora and spanish america and the spanish conquest period. some of you might recognize his name and some of the themes he's going to be touching on from our last dome where he has an article on how montezuma just keeps surrendering in different ways in the art of the capitol, and its historical implications. from his various titles and the subjects of his books, you might infer correctly that he's not an art historian per se. but this after all is a chance for us to highlight how interdisciplinary approaching the capitol is and allowing us to hear various stories, it takes a village to tell the story of the capitol. he is publishing a book when montezuma met cortez, the true story of the meeting that c

capitol, and up next on american history tv, penn state university history professor matthew restall talks about the art and architecture at the u.s. capitol including the statue of freedom on top of the capitol dome. other topics include how christopher columbus, native americans and females are depicted. mr. restall has served as a fellow of the u.s. capitol historical society. >>> welcome to the lunchtime lecture series. i