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September 28th, 2019 | Argyros Forum, Room 209 Sponsored by Cross-Cultural Engagement
La Frontera/The Border Conference
November 14th - November 16th, 2019 | Various Locations This three-day-long conference welcomes leading scholars, artists, and journalists with expertise in border issues to campus for public and free panels, lectures, and engagement with memory and art. The Thursday keynote presentation features Francisco Cantú, former border patrol agent whose memoir, A Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border, won the 2018 Los Angeles Times Book Award. The conference also offers space for student presentations of their research and creative activity on this topic. By engaging in multidisciplinary examination of this topic, we hope our community will come away better informed and prepared to be engaged global citizens.
Keynote Presentation - Francisco Cantú
November 14th, 2019 | Memorial Hall
Faculty and Guest Speakers
November 15th, 2019 | Beckman Hall, Room 404
Border Flows Panel
Featuring Dr. Georgiana Bostean, Dr. Rafael Luévano, & Dr. Carolina Prado
The Border Now Talk
Featuring James Frederick
Border Artivism Panel
Featuring Bovey Lee, Tom Kiefer, Tanya Aguiniga, and Luis G. Hernandez
Borders Here, There, Everywhere Panel
Featuring Dr. Hilmi Ulas, Dr. Karina V. Korostelina, Dr. Prexy Nesbitt, and Dr. Mateo Jarquin.
Law, Policy, & Philosophy Panel
Featuring Dr. Bas van der Vossen, Dr. Marisa Cianciarulo, and Dr. Stephen Nuño.
Responses to the Border
Featuring José Ángel N., Ronald Rael, Gabriel Thompson, and Dr. Lisa Leitz.