Clements Center Evening Lecture Series

During the academic year the Clements Center organizes evening lectures for SMU 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 House
Friday at 6 pm: The Frontier and the Presidency before 1900
Saturday 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 America
What’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: Date TBA

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6 PM lecture followed by Q&A
The Texana Room, Fondren Library, 6404 Robert S. Hyer Lane, SMU