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2012-2013 Brown Bags

William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies Brown Bag Lecture Series


in the Texana Room of the DeGolyer Library
on the campus of Southern Methodist University
6404 Hyer (formerly Hilltop) at McFarlin Blvd.12 noon to 1 p.m.


During the semester the Clements Center organizes monthly programs for SMU faculty, staff, graduate students, and members of the community who are interested in topics related to the Southwest.  Presentations are wide-ranging and interdisciplinary, often reporting on current research, recent publications, or new exhibitions.  Don't forget to bring your lunch!


September 19, 2012

The Piņon Pine Story

John Ubelaker
Professor of Biological Sciences, Southern Methodist University and
Director Emeritus, SMU-inToas


October 24, 2012

A Lager Landscape:
The Cultural Economy of Beer in the Great Southwest


Paula Lupkin
Clements Fellow for the Study of Southwestern America


November 14, 2012

The Beloved Communities:
Mexico's Melting Pot and the Making of American Civil Rights


Ruben Flores
Clements Fellow for the Study of Southwestern America



January 30, 2013

Hippies and Indians: The New Mexico Story

Sherry L. Smith
University Distinguished Professor of History and Associate Director of the Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University


February 13, 2013

Houston Bound:
Space, Sound, and the Making of a Multiracial City


Tyina Steptoe
Summerlee Fellow for the Study of Texas History


March 27, 2013

Saved by Christ, Sanctified by Crude:
Texas Oil and the New Evangelicalism in Cold War America

Darren Dochuk
Clements Center Senior Fellow for the Study of Southwestern America



April 17, 2013

Tracing Apache Captives from the Southwest Out in the Eighteenth Century

Paul Conrad
The David J. Weber Fellow for the Study of Southwestern America