Professor Susan Sleeper-Smith Chairs Session at OAH on “Borderlands History in America”
On Thursday March 26, 2009, Professor Susan Sleeper-Smith chaired the first session at the Organization of American Historians in Seattle, Washington. Professor Sleeper-Smith moderated a discussion by Professors Alan Taylor, Juliana Barr and Jane Merritt on “Borderlands History in America.” This session designated as a “State of the Field Session” explored how borders, borderlands, shifting borders and bordering crossing have shaped the dynamics of identity, community, and governance in United State History. The authors discussed how conceptual and spatial conceptions of borders have shaped their own work and they explored the wider ramifications of “borderlands” for the future of historical research, as territorial borders receive renewed attention in this era of transnational mobility and globalized cultures.
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