Susan Lee Johnson (History) was joined by UNLV faculty colleagues Michael Alarid, William Bauer, Raquel Casas, Kendra Gage, Michael Green, Andy Kirk, Mark Padoongpatt, Tyler Parry, and Grace Wong-Padoongpatt — and by a host of UNLV grad students — at the Western History Association conference in San Antonio last week. Generous support for the conference came from the College of Liberal Arts, the history department, and the Harry Reid Endowed Chair, and this support was acknowledged repeatedly over the four days we met.
Johnson organized a Presidential Plenary on "Queer Western History in the Age of Pandemic and Protest"; created three presidential sessions on gender-based violence, the Frontier Hotel and Casino strike, and western slavery and captivity; and presented a presidential address, "The Many Faces of Josefa Jaramillo: (Mis)Identifications and Historical Longing in the Colonial Present."
