Clements Center Evening Lecture Series
During the academic year the Clements Center organizes evening lectures for ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵfaculty, 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