Event Details

End: November 1, 2022
Contact: jlbryan@lamar.edu
More Info: http://www.lamar.edu/historyandculture

From the Calusa of Florida to the Maya of Isla Jaina, the greater Gulf sustained hundreds of Indigenous cultures for thousands of years. They faced climate change, devastating epidemics, European imperialism, and other transformative forces. With varied consequences, the many Indigenous communities of the greater Gulf adapted, contested, endured, and revived. Their oral traditions, art, literature, material culture, and history tell us much about their uniqueness and yet informs us of their shared experiences with all Indigenous people of North America.

The Center for History and Culture of Southeast Texas and the Upper Gulf Coast will convene an interdisciplinary symposium at Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, on April 4, 2023, to consider the many experiences and expressions of the Indigenous Gulf and publish this work in The Texas Gulf Historical and Biographical Record. The Center invites proposals from scholars who seek intersections between art, economics, ethnicity, gender, history, literature, material culture, public health, and other modes of inquiry.

To apply, submit a 300-word proposal for a single paper and a brief c.v. (2 pages maximum) by November 1, 2022. Pre-circulated drafts due March 1, 2023. The Center provides lodging, food, and $750 (paid upon receipt of pre-circulated draft). For submissions or inquiries, contact Jimmy L. Bryan Jr.: jlbryan@lamar.edu