SMU’s History Department, Center for Presidential History, and Clement’s Center for Southwest Studies sponsor many interesting events and lectures throughout the semester. You may receive extra points added to your in-class grade by attending these events and submitting a blog post about what you learned. I will accept up to two blog posts, worth 5 points per blog/event, for a total of up to 10 points. Approved events are listed below.
Guideline for earning extra credit:
- Attend the event. I expect you to be there for the entire time including questions at the end.
- Write a 500 word blog post review of the event. In your blog, be sure to include: 1) the name of the speaker(s), the title of the talk and the qualifications/institutional affiliation of the speaker(s), 2) a summery of the lecture, 3) several interesting facts or details you learned, 4) how this event influenced your personal viewpoint (ie. How does this information apply to your life?, Do you have firsthand experience with something that was included in the presentation? Or perhaps your opinion on some subject was altered because of this presentation), 5) your critique/evaluation of the presentation (ex. It was really helpful/interesting when the speaker talked about X, OR Something I think could have made it even better was X)
- Post your blog to your website. Turn in the URL for your blog post in Canvas no more than one week after the event.
Approved Events:
Wednesday January 24, 2024
Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia
Natasha Lance Rogoff
6 PM, Online Webinar (Register Here)
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Countryside of AIDS: Rural HIV Politics in Texas, 1981-2000
Jennifer Holland, Clements Senior Fellow for the Study of Southwestern America
6 PM, The Texana Room, Fondren Library
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
The Renegade Movement in Northern New Spain, 1680-1780
Max Flomen, Summerfield Roberts Fellow for the Study of Texas History
12 PM, The Texana Room, Fondren Library
Thursday, February 8, 2024
In Search of Reconciliation on America’s Stolen Lands
Margaret Jacobs, University of Nebraska
6 PM, The Texana Room, Fondren Library
Monday February 19, 2024
The Triumph of Broken Promises: The End of the Cold War and the Rise of Neoliberalism
Fritz Bartel, Texas A&M
6 PM, McCord Auditorium, Dallas Hall 306
Thursday, February 22, 2024
A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community
Natalia Molina, University of Southern California
6 PM, The Texana Room, Fondren Library
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Exploring Wilson’s Legacy
Thomas Knock, Southern Methodist University
6 PM, Jones Great Hall, Meadows Museum
RSVP Here
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
The Allure of Empire
Chris Suh, Emory University
6 PM, Moody Hall
Wednesday March 20, 2024
The Army Under Fire: The Politics of Antimilitarism in the Civil War Era
Cecily Zander, Texas Woman’s University
6 PM, McCord Auditorium, Dallas Hall 306
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Spanish Fashion in the Age of Velasquez
Amanda Wunder, Lehman College
6 PM, Smith Auditorium, The Meadows Museum
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Black Social Movements in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands: The Story of Little Liberia
Laura Hooton, Angelo State University
12 PM, The Texana Room, Fondren Library
Thursday April 18, 2024
The Liberty to Take Fish: Atlantic Fisheries and Federal Power in Nineteenth-Century America
Thomas Blake Earle, Texas A&M – Galveston
6 PM, McCord Auditorium, Dallas Hall 306
Monday, April 22, 2024
Perceiving the Unknown: Uncertainty in Early America
Phillip Bax, Tim Seiter, and Christopher Walton
12:30-1:30pm, Visualization Lab, Gerald J. Ford Hall
