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Western History Association President David Wrobel talked about novelist John Steinbeck’s work in relation to the American West from the New Deal to the Great Society. He argues that Steinbe…

Outgoing Western History Association President Martha Sandweiss gave an illustrated talk about how historians can use photographs, and the stories behind the photographs, to study and unders…

A panel of historians discussed controversial monuments in the West. Topics included 19th century statues and plaques in the American West that honor missionaries, early settlers, and U.S. m…

The Western History Association hosted this panel on defining the American West geographically, culturally and politically. The five scholars also investigated the role of regions in underst…

Nicholas Villanueva, author of The Lynching of Mexicans in the Texas Borderlands, talked about how Texans' fear of Mexican revolutionaries often turned to violence during the 1910s. American…

A panel of historians discussed the ways white settlers, federal troops, and Native Americans interacted and challenges these groups faced on the Western Frontier. Topics included gender ide…

Five Spanish missions make up the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Texas A & M Humanities Librarian Joel Kitchens spoke about their history and th…

A panel of historians discussed the treatment of Native Americans in the West during the Civil War Era. Topics included the Dakota War of 1862 and the mass hanging of 38 Dakota men, land pol…

Western History Association president Donald Fixico described current areas of study for western historians and how the field of Native American history has changed over the past decade. He …

Historian Alicia Gutierrez-Romine of La Sierra University talked about abortion during the mid-20th century, especially in California. She described abortion restrictions, access to illegal …

University of Texas at Austin history Professor Erika Bsumek talked about land use and water access on the Colorado Plateau, highlighting the differences between Navajo and Mormon settlers i…

The first fence along the U.S.-Mexico border, intended for cattle, was built in the early 1900s. Penn State professor Mary E. Mendoza talked about how immigration and border barriers changed…

Oklahoma State University Professor Jared Eberle talked about Native American activism in the 1970s, including the Red Power Movement, and the occupation of Alcatraz and Wounded Knee. Americ…

At the turn of the 20th century, African Americans moved to Los Angeles for jobs, community, and the promise of equality. Marne Campbell, author of Making Black Los Angeles: Class, Gender, a…

Historian Alice Baumgartner talked about the tension along the border between Mexico and the Republic of Texas during the mid-19th century because of differing laws over slavery. American Hi…

Professor Matthew Garcia talked about the history of the labor movement in California. He is the author of the book, A World of Its Own: Race, Labor, and Citrus in the Making of Greater Los …

History professors talked about some of the prevailing myths about western history. The panel was titled “Doing Battle with the Zombies of Western History.” The zombies, they explained, are …

Professor Jean Pfaelzer talked about African-American slavery in California. She spoke about how and when slaves were brought West and talks about California’s role in the Civil War.

History professors talked about how they became interested in labor and working class history and how best to bring that topic into universities.

Professor Tai Edwards talked about the history of the Native American Osage tribe. She spoke about why the tribe was moved from their ancestral lands in modern-day Missouri, and why its remo…