{"id":919,"date":"2023-05-30T17:40:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T17:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/emsi\/?page_id=919"},"modified":"2026-05-28T04:07:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T04:07:35","slug":"borderlands","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/seminar-series\/borderlands\/","title":{"rendered":"Borderlands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Seminar Co-Leaders:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/history.ucr.edu\/people\/alejandra-dubcovsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alejandra Dubcovsky<\/a>, University of California, Riverside<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/history.ucr.edu\/people\/steven-hackel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steven Hackel<\/a>, University of California, Riverside<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Details about our 2026-2027 programming will be available in late 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Organized with generous support from the USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute. 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