Coffee With the Curator: Attire, Identity, and Power in the Spanish Imperial World
Thursday, February 19, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Join us every third Thursday of every month at 9:00 AM for Coffee With the Curator at the Museum of World Treasures!
Event Details
- Date: Thursday, February 19, 2026
- Time: 9:00 AM
- Location: Museum of World Treasures [Get Directions]
Program Fee
- Museum Members: Free
- Non-Members: $4 per person plus tax
25% Off Memberships Through Feb. 25
Coffee With the Curator, and all other MOWT lectures, are free for Museum members. You are welcome to join or renew in person during your visit, or view membership details online.
Attending Information
- Open to all ages
- No need to register; simply walk in!
- Light refreshments provided.
This month's Talk
Fashion Police?
Attire, Identity, and Power in the Spanish Imperial World
Dr. Schroer will be speaking about her current research, which explores the tensions between sumptuary laws – statutes that barred select groups from wearing certain garments or using socially charged items – and the ways in which the diverse residents of colonial Mexico used clothing and status items to craft notions of their own identities in public life.
This month's speaker
Dr. Haley Schroer
Haley Schroer is an Assistant Professor of Latin American and Latinx History at Wichita State University. She earned her PhD from the University of Texas at Austin in 2023, where she specialized in the intersection of race and material culture in colonial Latin America. Her book project, Sartorial Subversions: Appearance, Identity, and Sumptuary Legislation in the Spanish Empire, explores the tensions between sumptuary laws – statutes that barred select groups from wearing certain garments or using socially charged items – and the ways in which marginalized populations crafted their own socio-racial identities. In addition to her academic work, Dr. Schroer has experience working in private collections, with a focus on Texana, U.S.-Mexico borderlands, and American rare books and manuscripts. At WSU, her teaching interests include Latin American history, material culture, and the interconnected histories of the Americas.