The Southwest Center 2024 Spring Lecture Series launches with Dr. Hsain Ilahiane’s account of one of the most fascinating, and least understood, men in the history of the American Southwest: the Moroccan “slave” known as Estevan de Dorantes in sixteenth century Spanish accounts of New Spain. This free lecture will be held on Thursday, February 15, 2024 from 3:30-5:00 pm at the University of Arizona campus, Kiva Room – Student Union Memorial Center. No reservation is needed.