55th Annual Conference | 2015 Portland, Oregon
2015 Conference President: Elizabeth Jameson |
"There is a scene in my favorite movie, Lone Star (1996), which compresses the social and spatial boundary lines of western history. Lone Star
, according to writer/director John Sayles, is “a story about borders.”
“In a personal sense,” Sayles elaborated, “a border is where you draw a
line and say ‘This is where I end and someone else begins.’ In a
metaphorical sense, it can be any of the symbols that we erect between
one another—sex, class, race, age.” 1 Eagle Pass, Texas, where Lone Star
was filmed, becomes the fictional town of Frontera—“frontier” in the
sense of border. In Frontera, the Anglo minority has long dominated the
ethnic Mexican majority and the smaller African American community.
Borders there both exclude and protect: the international border, the
racial neighborhoods and cafés, local class lines, the intimate
boundaries of sex, the narrative lines of contested histories, of
personal lives..." more |
Please click the image to view the program. | 2015 Program Committee Program Co-Chairs Benny Andrés | University of North Carolina, Charlotte |
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2015 Local Arrangements Committee | 2015 Tours Grand Emporium of the West: Fort Vancouver National Historic Site Walking Tour" The World of Portland's Progressive-Era Women Walking Tour: Race and Place in an Historically "White" City Portland's Best Brews Pub Crawl |
Click each image to watch a video clip provided by C-SPAN3 Elizabeth Jameson talked about her research into the roles of women in western American history. She also spoke about her role as president of the Western History Association and the...
African American Slavery in California Professor Jean Pfaelzer talked about African-American slavery in California. She spoke about how and when slaves were brought West and talks about California’s role in the Civil… ![[alt text]](http://images.c-spanvideo.org/Files/665/20151213183858003_hd.jpg/Thumbs/height.135.no_border.width.240.jpg)
Western History Myths History professors talked about some of the prevailing myths about western history. The panel was titled “Doing Battle with the Zombies of Western History.” ![[alt text]](http://images.c-spanvideo.org/Files/50c/20151206034029003_hd.jpg/Thumbs/height.135.no_border.width.240.jpg) Native American Osage Tribe
Professor Tai Edwards talked about the history of the Native American Osage tribe. She spoke about why the tribe was moved from their ancestral lands in modern-day Missouri, and why… ![[alt text]](http://images.c-spanvideo.org/Files/f17/20151205091114003_hd.jpg/Thumbs/height.135.no_border.width.240.jpg) 19th Century Detectives Luke Willert talked about 19th century detective work and the role detectives played in the settlement of western territories. He spoke about why detectives went west and why many of… ![[alt text]](http://images.c-spanvideo.org/Files/66e/20151128154234003_hd.jpg/Thumbs/height.135.no_border.width.240.jpg) Professor Sarah Keyes talked about her book project on the Oregon Trail. She spoke about the threats people faced on the trail, and explained how they dealt with death along the… Christopher Foss talked about his research on congressional politics and globalization in the Pacific Northwest. He discussed the definition and origin of globalization in the region… Thank you to our 2015 Sponsors! Lewis & Clark College Library of Congress Linfield College The Oregon Historical Society Portland State University University of Alaska Fairbanks University of Calgary University of Oregon
The WHA wishes to thank the T.Buckley Trio for providing outstanding entertainment at the T. Buckley Trio |
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