Dr. William M. Scholl Centerfor American History and CultureAtlas Pintoresco e Historico de los Estados,

Unidos Mexicanos Ayer 655 .59 G2 1885, ca. 1885

All activities of the Scholl Center are supported in part by the Dr. Scholl Foundation. newberry.org/borderlands|scholl@newberry.org

All papers are pre-circulated electronically to those who plan to attend the seminar in person. For a copy of the paper, e-mail the Scholl Center at scholl@newberry.org. Please do not request a paper unless you plan to attend.

September 27, 2013, 3:00-5:00 pm“Linking Race and Empire: Railroad Construction as ‘Peaceful Conquest’ in the Borderlands Region”Michael Calderon-Zaks, Independent Scholar“‘A Place of Great Importance’: American Expansionism, Mexican Investments, and Los Angeles, 1829-1885”Jessica Kim, California State University“The Bygone Borderland: Henry Keller’s San Isidro Ranch and the Rise of Nationalism”Andrew Offenburger, Yale University

November 9, 2013, 9:00 am-3:00 pmBorderlands and Latino Studies Fall Mini-ConferenceDecember 6, 2013, 3:00-5:00 pm“Space, Identity and Memory in Queer Chicana/o, Latina/o Los Angeles: Finding Sequins in the Rubble”Eddy Alvarez, University of California, Santa Barbara“‘You’re Killing Us!’ Sexuality, Identity, and Ideology in California M.E.Ch.A., 1970s-1990s”Gustavo Licon, Ithaca College“El Tecolote vs. The Big Mac: The Mission District Does Not Want Fries With That”Lindsey Passenger Wieck, University of Notre Dame

February 7, 2014, 3:00-5:00 pm“Conflicting Notions of Settlement: Plyler v. Doe and Mexico’s Encuesta Nacional de Emigración, 1977-1982”María E. Balandrán-Castillo, University of Chicago“Containing Threats to the Nation in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico”Lisa Pinley Covert, College of Charleston“Making Patriotic and Stateless Mexicans in the U.S. during Porfirio Díaz’s Regime, 1880s-1890s”Maria Duarte, University of Texas at San Antonio

March 7, 2014, 3:00-5:00 pm“Accents, Bilingualism, and Concept-Staging: The ABCs of Performing Latinidad Through Shakespeare”Carla Della Gatta, Northwestern University“Counterconquest, Blackness, and Andean Hip-Hop as New World Baroque”Karl Swinehart, University of Chicago

April 5, 2014, 9:00 am-3:00 pmBorderlands and Latino Studies Spring Mini-Conference

Seminar on Borderlands and Latino Studies Sponsors: Indiana University’s Latino Studies Program, Northwestern University’s Program in Latina and Latino Studies, The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s History Department, The Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame, the Center for Latino Research at DePaul University, and the

Katz Center for Mexican Studies at the University of Chicago.Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton St., Chicago, IL