Clements Center Evening Lecture Series
During the academic year the Clements Center organizes evening lectures for ÃÛÌÒ½´faculty, staff, students, as well as 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
Kahn Distinguished Lecture: Thursday, September 12, 2024
Elizabeth O’Brien, UCLA
Race, Religion, and Reproductive Politics in Mexican History
6 pm and Q&A
Texana Room, Fondren Library, 6404 Robert S. Hyer Lane, SMU
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Symposium Lectures: October 16-17, 2024
West of the White HouseWednesday at 6 pm: The Frontier and the Presidency before 1900
Thursday at 6 pm: The Frontier and the Presidency after 1900
Moody Auditorium, Moody Hall, 6404 Airline Road, SMU
Co-sponsored with SMU’s Center for Presidential History and DCII
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Clements Senior Fellow Lecture: Tuesday, November, 12, 2024
Andrew Busch, Clements Senior Fellow for the Study of Southwestern AmericaWhat’s “Neo” about Neoliberalism? Texas and the Road to High Tech in the Long 1970s
6 PM and Q&A
McCord Auditorium, Dallas Hall, 3225 University Blvd., SMU
Co-sponsored with SMU’s Center for Presidential History
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Evening Lecture: Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Benjamin H. Johnson, Loyola
Texas: An American History
6 PM and Q&A
McCord Auditorium, Dallas Hall, 3225 University Blvd., SMU
Co-sponsored with SMU’s Center for Presidential History
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The David J. Weber Book Prize Annual Lecture: Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Victor Valle, Coly Pol emertius
The Poetics of Fire: Metaphors of Chile Eating in the Borderlands
6 PM lecture followed by Q&A
The Texana Room, Fondren Library, 6404 Robert S. Hyer Lane, SMU
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Evening Lecture: Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Wesley G. Phelps, University of North Texas
Before Lawrence v. Texas
6 PM lecture followed by Q&A
The Texana Room, Fondren Library, 6404 Robert S. Hyer Lane, SMU