Reverberations of Memory, Violence, and History
A Conference for the Centennial of the 1919 Canales Investigation
January 31, 2019 - February 1, 2019
Over ninety years ago, a border native and the only Mexican American serving in the state legislature, José Tomas ‘JT’ Canales called for an investigation into state-sanctioned violence unleashed on the predominantly Mexican-origin community in the state’s southern border.
This two-day conference held on the centennial of that investigation will dive deep into that investigation and its ongoing legacies in the state of Texas.
Event Details
The Bullock Museum is pleased to host a FREE two-day conference exploring the 1919 Canales Investigation and its ongoing legacies in Texas. Presentations will feature internationally-recognized scholars and researchers from the United States, Mexico, and the United Kingdom, who will deliver different perspectives on the history of lynching and other extralegal violence in Texas, the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, and the U.S. South. Topics of discussion will include the relationship between Mexican American communities and the Texas Rangers, women’s anti-lynching activism, histories of racialized state violence, and the importance of civil rights struggles throughout the twentieth century, all set within broader considerations of borderlands and transnational history.
Sessions run 8:30am-5:30pm on Thursday, January 31st and 8:30am-4:30pm on Friday, February 1st. Click here for preliminary session and presenter details. Click here to download the conference program.
Online registration is closed for this week's conference. There are still walk-up registration slots available for both conference days.
The 1919 Canales Investigation Conference is co-sponsored by:
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Bullock Texas State History Museum
- Initiative for Digital Humanities, Media, and Culture
- Glassock Center for Humanities Research
- Clements Center for Southwestern Studies, Southern Methodist University
- Latino & Mexican American Studies @ Texas A&M University
- The Center for Mexican American Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
- Refusing to Forget
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this forthcoming conference and subsequent edited volume, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Support for the Bullock Museum's exhibitions and education programs provided by the Texas State History Museum Foundation.
