UTA Center for Southwestern Studies

09/02/2026

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

09/02/2026

Join Center fellow Dr. Cristinas Salinas in this 2 day interconnected workshop. If students wish to only attend one workshop, it is advised to choose Tuesday, September 8.

Migration is more than a headline – it's a human story. 🌎💬

Join the Center for Mexican American Studies for a one-of-a-kind bilingual workshop that explores contemporary migration through dialogue, creativity, and play.

🗓️ Two dates to choose from:
📆 Tuesday, September 8 | 2:00 PM
📆 Tuesday, September 29 | 2:00 PM

📍 Location: UTA Planetarium – 3rd Floor, Room 303

Led by Dra. Diana Irina Córdoba Ramírez from UNAM, this interactive workshop invites you to think about migration in a whole new way – with games, storytelling, and conversation.

Open to all students, faculty, and staff! No Spanish required – but bilingual vibes are welcome. 💛

Questions or need accommodations? Email [email protected]

¡Les esperamos! We hope to see you there! 🙌

08/31/2026

Center fellow Dr. Kelsey Hanson co-directed the 2026 CRM Field School with Dr. Jim Potter at Crow Canyon Archaeological Center this summer. They had 11 students this year who learned how to identify, document and evaluate cultural resources through field training at the Hawkins Preserve and Indian Camp Ranch in Cortez, CO. Notably, student Citlali Co**ha, who graduated this spring from UTA, has just been hired into an entry level CRM position at Integrated Environmental Solutions in Denton, TX. Congratulations, Citlali!

08/26/2026

What I Did on My Summer Vacation: Center Fellows Edition

08/20/2026

We are pleased to share our Call for Papers on what promises to be an engaging and vibrant conference in the RGV. For all the information on the Call for Papers, and other news as it comes available, visit www.atxh.org/2027-conference

Please share our announcement with your friends and colleagues.

08/19/2026

Online talk featuring Center fellow Kelsey Hanson.

Amerind Free Online Talk
Thursday, September 10, 2026
12:00 pm (AZ time)
To register, visit: www.amerind.org/events

Please join us for a free online talk: "Tradition, Innovation, and Technology: Living Legacies of Juan Quezada and the Mata Ortiz Ceramic Community". with Maren P. Hopkins and Kelsey E. Hanson.

Juan Quezada (1940–2022) is celebrated internationally for pioneering the modern pottery tradition of Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua, through his extraordinary experimentation with local clays, pigments, and firing techniques inspired by the ancient ceramics of Paquimé. In this presentation, we explore Juan's stories, memories, and observations about the places where he gathered clay. We compare his lifetime of experience with scientific compositional analyses of those clay sources. Together, these perspectives reveal that Juan's artistry was more than technical skill—it emerged from a deep relationship with the land, shaped by curiosity, exploration, experimentation, and lived experience.

Maren Hopkins is an archaeologist and ethnographer with more than 26 years of experience leading cultural resource, ethnographic, and heritage projects throughout the U.S. Southwest and Mexico.

Dr. Kelsey Hanson is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas at Arlington. Integrating interdisciplinary scientific methods with collaborative, community-based approaches to archaeology, her research explores the social roles of technology, materiality, and knowledge in the Greater Southwest and beyond.

We hope you will join us!

08/04/2026

The Society of Southwest Archivists (SSA) Professional Development Committee (PDC) is accepting proposals for its virtual workshop/panel presentation series.

07/22/2026

The new issue of the Journal for Texas History is out, and includes the article “Albert Parsons and the Nonpareil Strike of 1871: Race and Labor in Reconstruction Texas” by former Center fellow George Green.

Print copies of Volume 2, No 1 of the Journal of Texas History are now available for print-on-demand. The cost is $15 plus shipping. Place your order at https://www.jtxh.org/journal-volumes

Volume 2, No. 1 of the Journal of Texas History is now available online.

The JTxH is an open-access, scholarly journal published by the Alliance for Texas History through the University of Texas at Arlington Library.

This issue features three articles, nine book reviews, five public history reviews, and one Vantage Point essay.

Read the new issue at www.jtxh.org

07/17/2026

07/13/2026

Celebrate the life of Dan Utley, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Cook-Walden/Capital Parks Funeral Home & Cemetery.