From H-West:
Hi All,
I am looking to put together a *Borderlands Agriculture and Economy* panel for next year’s Agricultural History Society annual meeting in Banff. I am interested in papers from any period of time and any place in the world, but which focus specifically on agriculture and economy in a borderland space. Continue reading
Columbus, NM: A Study in the Creation of a Border Place Myth, 1888-1916
Brandon Morgan, PhD Candidate, University of New Mexico
Thursday, October 11, 4pm Continue reading
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Southwestern Historical Association
CALL FOR PAPERS
New Orleans, March 27-30, 2013
You are cordially invited to join the Southwestern Historical Association, in conjunction with the Southwestern Social Sciences Association, for our annual meeting in New Orleans, LA, March 27-30th. Faculty, independent scholars, public historians, and students may submit proposals for panels, papers or roundtable sessions in any area of history. Papers may also be submitted for awards honoring outstanding research and for publication in the Chronicle of Historical Studies. Continue reading
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
NEW MEXICO-ARIZONA JOINT HISTORY CONVENTION
April 18-21, 2013
Las Cruces Convention Center, Las Cruces, New Mexico
The program committee invites proposals for presentations on any aspect of Arizona or New Mexico history for delivery at the New Mexico-Arizona Joint History Convention, which will be held at the Las Cruces Convention Center. The format of the convention includes approximately twenty-four 75-minute sessions of three 20-minute presentations. We encourage both individual submissions and proposals for related topics that would comprise a complete session. Continue reading
I got a kick out of an excerpt from a letter written by Hugh Nibley (1910-2005), a Mormon educational figure who taught at Brigham Young University for several decades (and a fairly prominent social critic in U. S. Mormon circles). In the letter, Nibley describes passing through Yellowstone National Park and into Canada after having left his wallet and identification at home in Utah. According to his account, Nibley passed because ubiquitous Mormon gatekeepers recognized him, and this was ID enough. In particular, I thought Nibley’s reference to family members as “notorious border-jumpers” interesting–perhaps a reference to family members involved in polygamy who left the United States in the late 19th century to settle in Canada to escape pursuing U. S. marshals. Continue reading
Our friends at the Religion in American History Blog posted the following CFP:
Call For Papers: The Historical Society of the Episcopal Church, the Episcopal Women’s History Project, and National Episcopal Historians and Archivists announce the 2013 Tri-History Conference theme, “The Episcopal Church on the Borderlands,” and issue a call for papers or panels that explore those places in the Southwest where different cultures and institutions have met in the Episcopal Church. Continue reading
I read this fascinating post the other day from historian Ann Little. Among other points, the author discusses women’s history in borderlands literature. She writes:
I am so tired of reading “new” histories of the North American borderlands and “new” conceptualizations of “empire” that read just like anything that Francis Parkman or Frederick Jackson Turner ever wrote, except minus the racism. Now, that “minus the racism” part is important, don’t get me wrong. But is it really an intervention for which modern historians should be congratulated when we assume that historical Native Americans were rational and had their own politics?
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Thank you for the heads up, Catherine!
Culture and the Canada-US Border: CALL FOR PAPERS
Straddling Boundaries: Hemispherism, Cultural Identity, and Indigeneity
Visit: http://www.kent.ac.uk/ccusb/events/algoma.html Continue reading
From American Studies H-Net list. Hat tip, Jeff Shepherd.
Youth, the Borderlands, and the Spaces In-Between
*Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles, CA
(9-13 April, 2013) *
Conveners: Denise Goerisch (Department of Geography, San Diego State University and UC Santa Barbara) and Blake Hawkins (Department of First Nation Studies and Geography, University of Northern British Columbia) Continue reading
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