During the academic year the Clements Center organizes evening lectures for members of the community, SMU faculty, staff, and students who are interested in topics related to the Texas, the American Southwest and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. Presentations are wide-ranging and interdisciplinary, often reporting on current research, recent publications, or new exhibitions
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Casey Gerald, author
There Will Be No Miracles Here: A Memoir
7:30 pm lecture
Arts & Letters Live, Dallas Museum of Art
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Ben Masters, director
"The River & The Wall" Documentary Screening
5:30 pm reception followed by 6:00 screening and discussion
Vesper Hughes Auditorium, Caruth Hall #147, SMU
Tuesday, October 24, 2019
Eric Perramond, Professor of Environmental Sciences at Colorado College
Unsettled Waters: Rights, Law, and Identity in the American West
5:30 pm reception followed by 6:00 lecture and book signing
Texana Room - Fondren Library, 6404 Robert S. Hyer Lane, SMU
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Paul Freedman, Yale University
BBQ, Potlucks, and ‘Tex-Mex’: the Regional Roots of American Cuisine
5:30 pm reception followed by 6:00 lecture and book signing
McCord Auditorium, Dallas Hall #306, 3225 University Blvd., SMU
Tuesday, November 14, 2019
Kirby Warnock (writer producer) , Roman McAllen and Richard Ribb (historian)
5:30 pm reception followed by 6:00 screening and discussion
Vesper Hughes Auditorium, Caruth Hall #147, SMU
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Nathaniel Rich, author
Losing Earth: A Recent History
5:30 pm reception followed by 6:00 lecture and book signing
McCord Auditorium, Dallas Hall #306, 3225 University Blvd., SMU
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
William deBuys and Murat Eyuboglu, co-screenwriters
"The Colorado" Documentary Screening with original music
5:30 pm reception followed by 6:00 screening and discussion
Vesper Hughes Auditorium, Caruth Hall #147, SMU
Monday, February 10, 2020
Darren Dochuk, University of Notre Dame
Anointed with Oil: How Christianity and Crude Made Modern America
5:30 pm reception followed by 6:00 lecture and book signing
McCord Auditorium, Dallas Hall #306, 3225 University Blvd., SMU
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Matthew Sakestewa Gilbert, Winner of the 2018 Weber-Clements Prize
Hopi Runners: Crossing the Terrain Between Indian and American
5:30 reception followed by by 6:00 pm award ceremony, lecture, and book signing
Texana Room - Fondren Library, 6404 Robert S. Hyer Lane, SMU
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Sam Haynes, Clements Senior Fellow for the Study of Southwestern America
The End of Alamo-centrism: Creating a New Narrative for 19th Century Texas
5:30 pm reception followed by 6:00 lecture and book signing
Texana Room - Fondren Library, 6404 Robert S. Hyer Lane, SMU