Seminar Co-Leaders:
Alejandra Dubcovsky, University of California, Riverside
Steven Hackel, University of California, Riverside
10th Annual Workshop: New and Emerging Studies of the Spanish Colonial Borderlands
This workshop, held on Friday, March 12, 2027, seeks to bring together advanced graduate students in the field of the Spanish Borderlands to bolster intellectual exchange and create community among graduate students and interested faculty working on similar or related topics. Successful workshop presentation proposals should highlight new and emerging research on the Spanish Borderlands and focus on some aspect of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Florida, or related regions from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries.
The USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute will book and cover the expense of airfare and lodging. Participants agree to submit a 25 to 35-page, footnoted paper of ongoing dissertation research (not previously published or already submitted work) by February 26, and attend the all-day workshop on Friday March 12, 2027.
For full consideration, please submit a proposal and CV by December 4, 2026 to emsi@dornsife.usc.edu. Paper proposals should be no more than 300 words and include a brief (not more than two-pages) bibliography of primary and secondary sources. Please put all materials in a single pdf/word document.
For more information, contact Steve Hackel and Alejandra Dubcovsky.
Organized with generous support from the USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute. Additional support offered by the the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West, UC Riverside Department of History, and The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
Image: Millard Sheets, Mural for the Home of Fred H. and Bessie Ranke, 1934. Courtesy of The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
