Clements Center for Southwest Studies

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Congratulations to Refusing to Forget co-founder Dr. Sonia Hernández on her recent election as President of the Alliance for Texas History! Her leadership and dedication to preserving Texas' rich history will undoubtedly have a lasting impact on the organization. We are excited to see all the great work she will continue to do in this new role, and we wish her the best in her presidency! https://www.alliancefortexashistory.org/

Come visit the Clement center booth at the OAH in Chicago. Learn about our fellowships, our symposia, our book series, our book prize, public events, and the books published by our fellows. And meet our new assistant director, Ashton Reynolds!

Celebrating the life of Edward Countryman on April 29 at SMU. I

For more information about this exciting symposium, see https://www.smu.edu/dedman/research/institutes-and-centers/swcenter/symposia/current

🏆 The David J. Weber Prize offers $2500 for the best non-fiction book on Southwestern America. Applications are due by April 15th! Apply for it here: https://www.westernhistory.org/awards/weber

Join us tomorrow as we host Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Victor Valle, winner of the David J. Weber Prize for Best Book on Southwestern History, for his award lecture, “The Poetics of Fire.” For more information or to register, see https://www.smu.edu/dedman/research/institutes-and-centers/swcenter/book-prize/current-winners.

Join us next Tuesday, March 2 when we host Ben Johnson and the launch of his new book, Texas. Co-sponsored with SMU’s Center for Presidential History and Friends of the SMU Libraries. See https://www.smu.edu/dedman/research/institutes-and-centers/swcenter/events/lectures/mar-4-bhjohnson

Come join us on Wednesday, February 19th when Clements Center fellow ToniAnn Trevino will talk on her current research project.

https://www.smu.edu/dedman/research/institutes-and-centers/swcenter/events/afternoon-talks/feb-19-trevino

Call for papers: Indigenous Histories and Crossings in the Age of Global Change, hosted at our campus in Taos, New Mexico by the Clements Center for Southwest Studies at SMU.

💰💰FUNDING OPPORTUNITY💰💰: The Charles Redd Center for Western Studies has multiple awards and funding opportunities. Applications are due March 15. You can check out the list of opportunities here: https://westernhistory.org/news/13456070

The Clements Center welcomes its new assistant director, Ashton Reynolds. Ashton is finishing up his PhD at SMU while taking on this new role. To learn more about Ashton and his work see https://www.smu.edu/dedman/research/institutes-and-centers/swcenter/about-us/contact-info/ashton-reynolds

Tell your friends, tell your family. Clements Center fellowship applications due on January 6, 2025. For more information see

Fellowships The William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies welcomes applications for its four residential research fellowships, which provide junior and senior scholars with an essential element for producing successful books: time. As Pauline Yu, former President of the American Council of Learned Societ...

Also tonight at SMU. Why we need Native American Heritage Month.

Clements Center fellow Alyssa Quintanilla is a guest participant at today’s Lunch & Learn on campus. See https://cglink.me/2vb/r384014

Join us this Tuesday, November 12 at 6 pm for our Annual Clements Senior Fellow Lecture. Andrew Busch will talk about his current research and book project. For more information and to register, see https://www.smu.edu/dedman/research/institutes-and-centers/swcenter/events/lectures/nov-12-busch

Former Clements Center fellowship fun Ariel, Laura, Neil, Ruth Ann, Max. Missing Khalil.

Come join us next Wednesday, October 30 at noon to hear Clements Center fellow Alyssa Quintanilla give a talk on her research. See https://www.smu.edu/dedman/research/institutes-and-centers/swcenter/events/afternoon-talks/oct-30-quintanilla

Congratulations to Clements Center fellow Amy Kohout for winning both the Rothman and the Utley Prize from the Western History Association for her book she furthered during her fellowship year, "Taking the Field."