H-Borderlands is the H-Net home for global borderlands historians.  Originally a forum for scholars of the US-Mexico borderlands, it has grown to a wider community of researchers of continental and global border regions.  We welcome transnational historians and scholars in many different disciplines who study historical and contemporary borderlands and border issues.

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Discussion published by Sheila McManus on Thursday, July 2, 2020

news from the Clements Center for Southwest Studies

For nearly a quarter-century, the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies at Southern Methodist University has promoted research, publishing, teaching, and public programming in a variety of fields of inquiry related to Texas, the American Southwest, and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.  Central to our mission is the annual sponsorship of four postdoctoral fellows, and we are thus pleased to announce the competition for our 2021-22 cohort.  Please see the descriptions below, while noting two major changes from past application cycles:

Discussion published by Kelly Douma Kaelin on Friday, June 12, 2020

CfP: "Women on the Move: Gender and Migration in the Early Modern Period" Renaissance Society of America, April 7-10 2021, Dublin. DEADLINE AUGUST 1, 2020

“Women on the Move: Gender and Migration in the Early Modern Period”

Call for Papers – 67th Annual Renaissance Society of America Meeting, 2020

Discussion published by María de los Ángeles Picone on Monday, June 1, 2020

ABS Summer Seminar

Dear colleagues,

I hope this email finds you and loved ones healthy and well.

I don't know how many of you are subscribed to the Association for Borderlands Studies listserv so I thought I'd share the following with you. 

ABS is hosting a 2-day Summer Seminar this upcoming week, June 3-5 2020. The program features a strong transnational array of scholars in the field of border studies. 

The event is free but registration is required.

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