Events

"Teaching Shakespeare with The Bard in the Borderlands: Part III" will take place on Zoom from 5:00–6:30 p.m. CT on November 20. In partnership with the Borderlands Shakespeare Colectiva, this webinar will feature Shakespeare's works from Borderlands perspectives. The webinar will draw on Volume 2 of the open-access anthology The Bard in the Borderlands: An Anthology of Shakespeare Appropriations en La Frontera. The webinar will be team-taught by the cofounders of the Borderlands Shakespeare Colectiva: Katherine Gillen and Adrianna M. Santos of Texas A&M University–San Antonio and Kathryn Vomero Santos of Trinity University.

In the last decade, archeologists have made a number of fascinating new discoveries about the way Paleoindians lived and even how they arrived in the land we now call Texas. These first peoples passed on knowledge and traditions through the generations, eventually giving rise to many culturally distinct Tribes and Indigenous American communities. Some Indigenous Americans traditional stories say that their ancestors were always here. Archeologists, who study objects and evidence left behind from early cultures, believe people have lived here for at least 16,000 years. Both ways of understanding the past are important to the study of Paleoindian history. A Time Before Texas considers both current science and cultural tradition to explore what life was like for the first people to call early Texas home. A Time Before Texas is created by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and ciruculated in partnership with Humanities Texas. For more information contact the Historic Upshur Museum.

At 6:30 p.m. on December 6, the San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum will continue their family- and community-oriented film series with the film The Black Power Mixtape: 1967–1975. The screening will be followed by a scholarly panel discussion. For more information, contact the San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum.

On June 19, 1865, General Orders No. 3, was issued in Galveston, announcing to the people of Texas that, in accordance with the Emancipation Proclamation, “all slaves are free.” This day—which has since become known as Juneteenth—is now celebrated nationwide as the day that marked freedom for all Black Americans. Juneteenth presents engaging text accompanied by dynamic works of art, photographs, and historical documents to chronicle this pivotal period in U.S. history.