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Symposia and Symposia Books
Since 1996 the Clements Center has
organized a wide variety of annual symposia related to
the Southwest and the borderlands. Each result in a book
of essays published by an academic press intended for
classroom use as well as for the general reader.
The lengthy process involved in the
creation of these books is critical to their success.
Every symposium begins with an important question posed
by the organizers/editors in their call for papers.
Selected participants prepare chapters related to this
question and convene in the fall to discuss their first
drafts and the volume in general. Some of these fall
gatherings include a public presentation.
In the spring, scholars meet at SMU to
analyze revised drafts and discuss how, in a book of
essays, each chapter will engage the others.
Participants give public presentations at the Clements
Center’s spring symposium and later finalize their
essays. The end product is a cohesive collection with a
scholarly introduction by the organizers/editors.
Announcing Upcoming Symposia:
2012-2013
Uniting the Histories of
Slavery in North America
Co-sponsored with the
School for
Advanced Research (SAR) in Santa Fe.
October
12, 2012, SAR, Santa Fe
April 6, 2013, Southern Methodist
University, Dallas
2013-2014
The American West
and the Civil War Era
Co-sponsored with
the
Institute for the Study
of the American West at the Autry National Center
Fall 2013 (Date
TBD), Southern Methodist University, Dallas
Spring 2014 (Date TBD), The Autry National Center
2014-2015
Food Across Borders
Co-sponsored with
the
Center for Comparative
Border Studies at Arizona State University
Call for papers TBA.
2015-2016
Violence in the Borderlands
Co-sponsored with the
Instituto Mora - Mexico City
Call for papers TBA.
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