Student, Writer, and Cultural Critic
This semester I have the pleasure of chairing the Education panel for the Center for Mexican American Studies Spring 2013 Symposium. The Mexican American Archival Enterprise at the Benson Latin American Collection: An Historical Appraisal symposium will be held Thursday and Friday, April 18 & 19, 2013. Each panel will be chaired by a graduate [...]
The more I learn about LBJ, the more context is given to his accomplishments, and the more racists try to dismantle his work, the more I feel like he is my favorite of American Presidents. And, like all American presidents, he was responsible for equally terrible things like the escalation of the police action in [...]
Once I turmed around after talking to the #BDS group I saw a group of campus police standing around between the Israeli/Palestinian groups. This is quite the analogy for the real situation. Israel, with the support of the U.S. (UT Police in this case) over-powers and out-numbers Palestinians. Yet! they still feel the need to [...]
Last fall I submitted photos to thw LLILAS/Benson Collection Summer Photo Exhibit. I submitted a few photos, and these were the ones chosen. It’s my first “gallery” showing. The photos are from the 40th Reunion of La Raza Unida Party that took place in June of 2012. Other photos from that event are in my [...]
Via H-Net Grad: The Harry Middleton Fellowship supports scholarly work in Presidential studies and honors former LBJ Library director and Johnson speechwriter Harry Middleton. Fellowship recipients must conduct research at the LBJ Library and at least one other facility of the National Archives and Records Administration. Post-doctoral fellows may apply, but preference is given to [...]
This is by no means a comprehensive list of resources for oral historians, but it offers a great place to start. Oral History Association Oral History: Defined Oral History: Centers and Collections Oral History in the Digital Age Oral History in Education Human Subjects and IRB Review Bibliography: Historians and Institutional Review Boards H-Net Oral History [...]
I have always been a night owl, and when I combine that with a beautiful night in the middle of Texas I find it hard to feel more at home anywhere else. Since I’ve had my camera there have been numerous nights on a drive to or from Austin and Houston when I stopped to [...]
I received the following notice from the NACCS-Tejas email list. I think I might apply. The Center of Study and Investigation for Global Dialogues (Barcelona, Spain) is now accepting applications for its two-week summer institute (TAUGHT IN ENGLISH) open to advanced undergraduate/graduate students, post-doctoral candidates, junior faculty and professionals on decolonial thought and knowledge. DECOLONIZING [...]
I am a second year Master of Arts student in Mexican American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. You can find me here or at my culture and arts blog: FunkNBeans.com.
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