Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal 2010, vol. 5 295 Conference Review by Graduate Students “Attending to Early Modern Women: Conflict, Concord” University of Maryland, November 5–7, 2009 Graduate students at the University of Maryland in the field of Early Modern Studies often share the experience of waiting in eager anticipa- tion for their first “Attending to Early Modern Women” conference. The wide-ranging and thought-provoking plenary lectures, spirited workshop discussions, and warm fellowship provided by the 2009 “Attending to Early Modern Women: Conflict, Concord” surpassed our expectations. This review combines the perspectives of five graduate students from Art History, History, and English after attending their first “Attending.” The first day, Thursday, opened with an excellent plenary lec- ture session, “Negotiations.” In “Conquistadora of the Spirit, María de Jesús de Ágreda,” historian Juliana Barr shared the fascinating story of a Franciscan nun, recorded by Friar Alonso Benavides, who experi- enced spiritual vision journeys to the Americas. Barr first related how Benavides’s account unites Spanish tales of Ágreda’s vision journeys with reports of native Indian requests for baptism inspired by visions of “the lady in blue.” She then explored several aspects of negotiation in her talk: the shared and divergent interpretations of iconography from Spanish and Indian perspectives, Benavides’s mediation and elaboration of Ágreda’s story in his written account, and of course, Benavides’s ultimate project of negotiation: to establish a Franciscan history of peaceful conversion in New Mexico to contravene years of violent conquest. Coincidentally, Ágreda’s story was also taken up by conference keynote speaker Silvia Evangelisti in her discussion of women’s spiritual influence, in this case