Michael Brescia, PhD: Head of Research and Curator of Ethnohistory, Arizona State Museum; Professor of history, University of Arizona
Monday, November 3, 2025,
*Note Time – 2:30 – 4:30 p.m,
ASA Great Room ASA & Zoom
Migration of peoples has characterized North America for millennia. The establishment of human-made political borders to control, in part, the movement of peoples, goods, and ideas, however, took off and hardened with the rise of the nation-state in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Michael Brescia examines the interconnected histories of the United States and Mexico across the vast Borderlands and the various ways that the diverse peoples, cultures, and environments have both collided and converged. He will explain the multiple historical features that make up what he calls “Mexamerica” and the trend since the late-20th century toward a shared culture. As citizens living near the border, this information may help us consider the changes that might occur between our nations as a result of a border wall and changing regulations.
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