Noon Lecture Series

During the semester the Clements Center organizes monthly programs for ÃÛÌÒ½´faculty, staff, graduate students, and members of the community who are interested in topics related to Texas, the American Southwest and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.  Presentations are wide-ranging and interdisciplinary, often focusing on current research, recent publications, or new exhibitions.

Unless otherwise specified, these presentations are held on Wednesdays at noon in the Texana Room of Fondren Library Center, 6404 Robert S. Hyer Lane.  No registration necessary.

Noon Talk: Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Jonathan Angulo, ACLS Leading Edge Fellow
The Las Palmas Swap Meet: Establishing an Open-Air Market on the Imperial-Mexicali Borderlands, 1969-1990
12 noon to 1 PM
The Texana Room, Fondren Library, 6404 Robert S. Hyer Lane, SMU 
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Noon Talk: Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Alyssa Quintanilla, David J. Weber Fellow for the Study of Southwestern America
Digital Mourning: Memorializing Deaths in the Sonoran Desert

12 noon to 1 PM
The Texana Room, Fondren Library, 6404 Robert S. Hyer Lane, SMU 
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Noon Talk: Wednesday, February 19, 2025

ToniAnn Treviño, Summerlee Fellow for the Study of Texas History
Outcries in the Barrio: Chicano Visions for Drug Rehabilitation and Community Recovery in San Antonio

12 noon to 1 PM
The Texana Room, Fondren Library, 6404 Robert S. Hyer Lane, SMU
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Noon Talk: Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Kevan Malone, Clements Fellow for the Study of Southwestern America
City Limits: San Diego, Tijuana, and the Gravity of Urban Planning at the U.S.-Mexico Divide

12 noon to 1 PM
The Texana Room, Fondren Library, 6404 Robert S. Hyer Lane, SMU