Noon Lecture Series

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 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.

Unless otherwise specified, these presentations are held on Wednesdays at noon in the Texana Room of Fondren Library Center, 6404 Robert S. Hyer Lane.  No registration necessary.

Noon Talk: Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Andrew R. Graybill, Professor of History and Director of the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies
What's so Great About The Great Plains? 
12 noon to 1 PM
The Texana Room, Fondren Library, 6404 Robert S. Hyer Lane, SMU

Noon Talk: Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Nick Myers, David J. Weber Fellow for the Study of Southwestern America
Raiders and their Afterlives: A Historical Geography of Apachería
12 noon to 1 PM
The Texana Room, Fondren Library, 6404 Robert S. Hyer Lane, SMU


Noon Talk: Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Katherine Bynum, Summerfield Roberts Fellow for the Study of Texas History
"We Got Black Power and That's Gonna Go a Long Way;" Using Black Power and the War on Poverty to Build a Multiracial Coalition 
12 noon to 1 PM
The Texana Room, Fondren Library, 6404 Robert S. Hyer Lane, SMU

Noon Talk: Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Tiffany Jasmin González, Clements Fellow for the Study of Southwestern America
Breaking Bread to Coalesce and Network: How Chicanas Redefined American Politics in the Late Twentieth Century
12 noon to 1 PM
The Texana Room, Fondren Library, 6404 Robert S. Hyer Lane, SMU