Schedule of Events
2022-2023
2022-23 Mellon Humanities Pathways Program
Spring Schedule of Events
Important Dates:
January 17 – First Day of Classes
March 13-17 – Spring Break
May 10 – End of Term
January 16, 2023
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Holiday Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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January 19-22, 2023 |
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
Crystal City 1969
(Extra Credit) |
January 27, 2023 11:30 am Via Zoom |
Student Success Center
Mario Vela – Vice Provost
University Career Center – Student Professional Development
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February 1, 2023 4:00-5:30 pm
MH 4.04.26
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Intro to Chicanx Historical Pedagogies and The Importance of Mentorship in Academia
Presenting: Jerry Gonzalez |
Through February 5, 2023 |
McNay Art Museum
Margarita Cabrera: Blurring Borders October 6, 2022 – February 5, 2023
(Extra Credit)
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February -March 2023
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Individual Meetings with Dr. Gonzalez
Fellows will meet individually for 30 min sessions with Dr. Gonzalez to discuss the progress of your research and mentorship.
Rebecca will reach out to coordinate meetings with you.
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February 22, 2023
2:30 – 4:30pm JPL LCC 3rd Floor |
Meeting with the Librarians
Part 1: JPL Database Workshop Part 2: Special Collections Archive Tour
Learn about accessing library resources and UTSA archives.
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February 15, 2023 |
Research Meeting TBA |
March 13-15, 2023 Time TBD |
Graduate School and Writing Workshop
Day 1: Intro to Graduate School and the Academy Day 2: Create and write drafts of your Statements of Purpose Day 3: Create and write your CV
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March 21-23, 2023 |
COLFA Conference
The purpose of the College of Liberal and Fine Arts Spring Research Conference is to showcase the research, scholarly, and creative works of Undergraduate and Graduate students in COLFA. All students are encouraged to apply to participate. All submissions must fall within the College of Liberal and Fine Arts disciplines.
You are encouraged to apply or attend in support of fellow students.
(Extra Credit)
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March 23-25, 2023 UTRGV |
NACCS Tejas Foco The NACCS-Tejas Foco Conference invites scholarly/creative submissions which address internalized colonialism/oppression/racism/colorism, as well as within our Chichanx/Latinx communities.
You are encouraged to apply or attend in support of fellow students.
(Extra Credit)
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March 25, 2023 Witte Museum
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Texas and the Civil War
John L. Nau III Conference on Texas History
(Extra Credit)
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March 29, 2023 |
Topic TBA |
April 2023 |
PENDING Guest Lecture |
Summer Workshop
Summer School Visits Research Workshop 2023 TBD May |
Summer Research Workshop Student Poster Conference
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Past Events

UTSA Mexico Center Mellon Humanities Pathways Program Presents
Romeo Gúzman, author of East of East: The Making of Greater El Monte, Co-authored with C. Fragoza, A. Cummings, and R. Reft.
Thursday, July 29, 2021 from 4:00 to 5:00pm
Join us for a virtual Zoom discussion.
For more information, please email andres.borunda@utsa.edu or sophia.ortiz@utsa.edu

What Did the Indigenous Think of Malintzin? Aztec Commentaries on the Most Famous Woman of their Time
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM (central time)
with Dr. Camilla Townsend (Author of Malintzin’s Choices)
This event is co-hosted by The Mexico Center and the UTSA Department of History

Mellon Humanities Pathways Program Cohort 5 Spring Break (Virtual) Workshop
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
March 8 – 11, 2021

Schoolboi: A Queer Educational Journey from La Habra to Limerick
Thursday, February 4, 2021
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm (central time)
w/ Dr. Melissa Mora Hidalgo (Mozlandia: Morrissey Fans in the Borderlands)
This event is presented by the Mellon Humanities Pathways Program, in collaboration with the UTSA Mexico Center, the Department of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and the UTSA Women’s Studies Institute.

Community College Faculty Pathways
Thursday, October 29, 2020
4:30 pm – 6:30 pm (central time)
w/ Drs. Sandra D. Garza (Assistant Professor and Coordinator, Mexican American Studies Program, Northwest Vista College); Lisa Y. Ramos (History Co-Coordinator & Mexican American Studies (MAS) Coordinator, San Antonio College); and Gilbert Estrada (Associate Professor of Latin America and United States History, Long Beach City College)

Bad Mexicans: A Conversation with Dr. Kelly Lytle Hernández
Thursday, August 20, 2020
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm (central time)
w/ Dr. Kelly Lytle Hernández (City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles 1771-1965)

Metropolitan Context and Immigrant Rights Experiences: DACA Awareness and Support in Houston
Thursday, July 16, 2020
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (central time)
w/ Dr. Shannon Gleeson (Accountability Across Borders: Migrant Rights in North America)

Atomik Postcards: Writing, Resistance, and Place
Thursday, June 25, 2020
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm (central time)
w/ Sesshu Foster (City Terrace: Field Manual; Atomik Aztex; Elabatl)

[CANCELLED] Book Presentation and Panel Discussion of Double Ethnicity: Mexican Americans and the Ethnic Core
Friday, March 6, 2020
10:30 am (central time)

Erika Pani: “Those Ungrateful Sons of Ours: A Mexico City View of the Texas Revolution” and “In the Laboratory of Politics: The Confederate States of America and Mexico’s Second Empire”
Tuesday, March 2, 2020
“Those Ungrateful Sons of Ours: A Mexico City View of the Texas Revolution”
2:00 pm (central time)
Main Campus, Ballroom 1 – HSU 1.106
“In the Laboratory of Politics: The Confederate States of America and Mexico’s Second Empire”
6:30 pm (central time)
Downtown Campus: El Paseo Conference Rm. A

Dr. Roberto “Cintli” Rodriguez
Thursday, February 27, 2020

A War Against Poor People: Dirty War, Narcotics, and the Cold War Roots of Mexico’s Contemporary Drug Violence
Thursday, January 30, 2020
UTSA SU 2.01.26 Pecan Room
2:00 pm (central time)
Alexander Aviña (Specters of Revolution: Peasant Guerrillas in the Cold War Mexican Countryside)

Latinx Civil Rights Discussion with The Esperanza Center
Saturday, November 23, 2019
The Esperanza Center
3:00 pm to 6:00 pm (central time)
Guest Speaker: Graciela Sanchez

Crafting A Republic for the World: Scientific, Geographic, and Historiographic Inventions of Colombia
Monday, November 18, 2019
UTSA Harris Room, HSU 2.212
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm (central time)
Dr. Lina del Castillo

Academy Fellows Speaker Series: The Role of Mexican & U.S. Universities: Societal Fatigue & Frustration in an Era of Change
Thursday, November 14, 2019
UTSA Downtown Campus, La Villita Room, Durango Bldg. Room 1.116
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm (central time)
Dr. Sergio Alcocer

Ficciones Subversivas: Una Presentación de la Dra. Lorena Ventura
Thursday, October 24, 2019
UTSA, HM 3.01.28
7:00 pm (central time)
Lorena Ventura es Doctora en Letras por la UNAM y autora de libros de teoria literaria: La enunciación en el ensayo (2009) y de poesía: Marcas de viaje (2014). En esta presentación se analizarán estrategias de representación narrativa empleadas en la literatura, el cine y el cómic que permiten cuestionar la relación entre la ficción y la realidad, tema de su último libro: Metaléptica: Lógica y sentido en la ficción (UNAM, 2019).
This event was hosted by the UTSA Department of Modern Languages & Literatures

Presentación del libro Marcas de Viaje de Lorena Ventura
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Auditorio de la UNAM San Antonio
7:00 pm (central time)
Participan:
Isaura Contreras
Grecia Cuevas
Lorena Ventura
This event was co-hosted by the UTSA Department of Modern Languages & Literatures and UNAM-San Antonio.

The Central Maya Highlands of Guatemala: Kaminaljuyu, New Research and Results
Friday, October 11, 2019
UTSA Main Campus, BSE 2.102
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm (central time)
Dr. Barbara Arroyo (Director of the Kaminaljuyu Archaeological Project and a Research Associate at the Museo Popol Vuh, Universidad Francisco Marroquín)
This event was presented by the UTSA Department of Anthropology.

A Conversation with Elsa Florez Almaraz
Friday, October 25, 2019
Pecan Room SU 2.01.26
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm (central time)
This event is sponsored by the UTSA Mellon Humanities Pathways Program, the UTSA Department of History, and the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center.