"Race and Identity in the New World" is the title of the 42nd Annual Walter Prescott Webb Lecture Series.
Speakers will include:
Professor John Garrigus, Department of History, UTA
Visiting Professor Sidney Chalhoub, Department of History, University of Chicago
Professor Trevor Burnard, Chair, Department of American Studies, University of Sussex, GB
Professor Rebecca Scott, Charles Gibson Distinguished University Professor of History and
Professor of Law, Department of History, University of Michigan
Walter Prescott Webb (1888-1963) was intimately associated with The University of Texas, but his influence extended far beyond Austin to embrace Texas, the Southwest, and the world. His roots were in Texas, but his inquiry encompassed time and space from the Rio Grande to the Great Plains and the Great Frontier. Webb's association with The University of Texas at Arlington was long and close. He repeatedly asserted that this institution had a bright future, urged his and other graduate students to join its faculty, and followed its growth in size and stature with the special interest of a man seeing his prophecies fulfilled. The Department of History respectfully dedicates these lectures to the memory of Walter Prescott Webb. Originally, the Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures and their publication were made possible by a generous endowment from C.B.Smith, Sr., a longtime Austin business leader.
For more information about previously published volumes or upcoming lecture series, please write Joyce S. Goldberg, Chair of the Webb Lectures Committee, Department of History, Box 19529, UTA, Arlington, TX 76019-0529. Or contact her by telephone (817) 272-2863 and/or email: [email protected] .
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Lectures Schedule
9:30 a.m. (Rio Grande Ballroom)
Professor John Garrigus, Department of History, UTA
11:00 a.m. (Rio Grande Ballroom)
Visiting Professor Sidney Chalhoub, Department of History,
University of Chicago
1:30 p.m. (Rio Grande Ballroom)
Professor Trevor Burnard, Chair, Department of American Studies,
University of Sussex, GB
7:30 p.m. (Rosebud Theatre)
Professor Rebecca Scott, Charles Gibson Distinguished
University Professor of History and Professor of Law,
Department of History, University of Michigan
Official Website: http://www.uta.edu/history/webb.htm