You are invited to the Brown Bag Lecture Series
Wednesday, April 5, 2006
12 noon to 1 p.m
FROM VICTIMS TO VICTORS: CHANGING PARADIGMS FOR TEJANO HISTORY IN DE LEÓN: A TEJANO FAMILY HISTORY
Caroline Castillo Crimm
Associate Professor of History, Sam Houston State University
In the Texana Room, DeGolyer Library
(6404 Hilltop Ln. & McFarlin Blvd)
Based on years of research in both the US and Mexico, Dr. Carolina Castillo Crimm provides a detailed and carefully documented history of the success of the early Spanish settlers in Texas during the nineteenth century. She focuses on the De León clan, a pivotal Hispanic/Tejano family, to disprove the negative and simplistic view of victimization portrayed by authors of works on borderlands history and in U.S. History textbooks. Tejano families fought hard for their families, their land, and their culture, and their success is still evident in Texas today.
Copies of Dr. Crimm's book, De León: A Tejano Family History (Austin, UT Press: 2003), will be available for purchase.
For more information or if you need special accommodations, please call 214-768-3684 or email swcenter@smu.edu.
Please visit our website at www.smu.edu/swcenter.