The WHA is located in the Department of History at the University of Kansas. • Graphic violence, language, and/or sexuality in the West/western As a nation, we’ve shown a reluctance not only to learn our own history but to learn from it, which helps to explain why we continue to witness—and set aside as exceptional—egregious forms of human-rights abuses in case after case. We are also happy to have increased accessibility with an online environment. The organizer must submit an overview of the Roundtable in an abstract of no more than 250 words. Jeweler at Santo Domingo Handcrafted Indian Jewelry, PhD Scholar at Panjab university Chandigarh, 330 Tijeras Ave NW Albuquerque NM 87102 USA, Click to find events happening in your location, California Extreme Precipitation Symposium, Southwest Catholic Charismatic Conference.

All applications and accompanying materials are due by September 4th. Practical, innovative and interesting ideas for your classroom. Many of us have been shifting much of what we do to online formats, and so we trust that this extension will prove welcome and reassuring. An extensive array of leading exhibitors. 2020 Annual Report The Western Governors' Association 2020 Annual Report highlights the past year’s policy work of the governors on topics such as expanded access to broadband in rural communities, states' authority over water, responsible forest and rangeland management, and the launch of the Western Invasive Species Council. If you encounter any problems with this site, please contact the webmaster, Sabine Barcatta, at, deadline for submissions is July 15, 2020, Conference Ad and Book Exhibit Information, Western Literature Association Presidents, Editorial Fellowships at Western American Literature, Literature and cultures of the American West, Western Literature Association Conference, http://www.westernlit.org/black-lives-matter/. Due to concerns that there could be a renewed wave of infections in the fall and the possibility of declining university support for conference travel, we have decided to transition our October 2020 meeting to an online format.

Abstracts for Lightning Talks should be 200 words. We are committed to sharing past, present, and future works that reflect the special strengths of the University of Arizona and support its land-grant mission. Beautiful, central location of Trinity College. Our offices are located on the fifth floor of the Main Library building, to your right as you exit the elevators. Enslavers acted with impunity to punish and “discipline” enslaved people. Public Intellectual Panels – (Preformed Panels Only) 3 presenters each with a 15-minute maximum for a talk designed particularly for an audience drawn from the general public.

Please submit questions to Rebecca M. Lush or Kerry Fine at WLAConference2020@westernlit.org. The WHA is grateful to KU's History Department and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for their generous support! Published by the Western Literature Association, Western American Literature is the leading journal in western American literary studies. Then, as now, “outside agitators” were accused of infiltrating a community and inciting violence, an old canard familiar to historians of the anti-slavery movement, the Civil Rights struggle, and protests against the Vietnam War. The WHA is located in the Department of History at the University of Kansas. https://www.conftool.pro/wla-conference-2020/. Enter your email below to receive news and updates about the MHA. For a transcript of the video clip, click here. Roundtables typically take the shape of a larger discussion or debate based on the brief comments of the presenters. Rebecca M. Lush, California State University, San Marcos, Copyright © 2013 Western Literature Association. • The work of Distinguished Achievement Award Winner Juan Felipe Herrera Each scheduled conversation will have 2 or 3 leaders to share responsibility for its focus, depth, concreteness. Membership, renewed annually, includes: **The "Donor" category is one designated for a certain membership category. Well into the mid-20th century, white supremacy was enforced by lynch mobs that murdered black men, women, and children on the flimsiest of pretexts or no pretext at all. We are excited to be participating in the virtual Western History Association conference!