Roundtable:

This roundtable discussion brings together leading scholars of the Spanish Borderlands of North America -- Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California -- to debate the future directions of research, teaching, and public education in the field. One central organizing
theme will be to link up with initiatives currently underway within the National Park Service in their search for an overarching interpetive framework for the dozens of Spanish Borderlands sites under that organization's purview, with special attention to the Indian and Spanish heritage within our national patrimony.

Participants:

Juliana Barr, Rutgers University
Amy Turner Bushnell, Brown University
Marie Duggan, Keene State College
Steve Hackel, Oregon State University
James K. "Jake" Ivey, National Park Service
David Weber, Southern Methodist University
Moderator: James F. Brooks, UCSB

First Annual Symposium: Presidios
Saturday, April 20 / 9:30 am to 6pm
El Presidio Chapel
Canon Perdido Street
Santa Barbara

Morning Session: 9:30 - 11:30
Amy Turner Bushnell (Brown University)
"Gastos de Indios: A Calculus of the Chiefdom-Presidio Compact."
Juliana Barr (Rutgers University)
"Negotiating Fear at San Sabá"

Lunch 11:30 - 1:30

Afternoon Session: 1:30 - 3:30
Steve Hackel (Oregon State University)
"Slaves could not have been treated worse": The Problem of Presidial Labor in Spanish California"
Marie Duggan (Keene State College)
"The Shock of 1810: De la Guerra, the Chumash, and Fr. Martinez adapt to a New Economy"

Keynote Address: 4:00
David Weber (Southern Methodist University)
"Santa Barbara's Presidio in Imperial Perspective: Citadel and Theater Set"

Reception at Casa de la Guerra: 5:00 -- 6:00 pm

This event is cosponsored by the University of California Multicampus Research Incentive Fund, UCSB Department of History, Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, Public History Program, Office of Research, and Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation.