The conference schedule is now up! This year’s conference is November 11-12, 2022 on Sul Ross State University campus at the Morgan University Center. The conference brings together historians, archaeologists, folklorists and other researchers studying the past and present of the Big Bend region and northern Mexico. The silent auction will continue Saturday during the conference followed by our annual banquet on Saturday night. This year, CBBS is thrilled to welcome renowned border historian C.J. Alvarez, author of Border Land, Border Water: A History of Construction on the U.S.-Mexico Divide as Keynote Speaker this year.

Conference Registration:

  • Member tickets -$55
  • Lifetime Member – FREE
  • Non-member – $60
  • SRSU Student/Staff/Faculty – FREE

Join us for what is certain to be an engaging and thought-provoking presentation by author and professor, C.J. Alvarez. Our Keynote Speaker is an Associate Professor with the Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Alvarez is an environmental historian who writes about deserts, the built environment, and the U.S.-Mexico border. He received his doctorate in history from the University of Chicago, and studied art history at Harvard and Stanford.

His Keynote Presentation, “Border History, Desert History,” will explore the history of political borders and environmental boundaries in the region we know today as the Big Bend. It will focus on the political and environmental history of the region, but is also intended to challenge the audience to think in more expansive ways about the artificiality of borders, the independence of the non-human environment, the connections and dislocations between political borders and environmental boundaries, and what we mean when we talk about “History” itself.

Make sure you do not miss out – purchase your Banquet tickets today!

Banquet Registration:

  • Member/Lifetime Member – $45
  • Non-Member – $50
  • SRSU Student/Staff/Faculty – $50

You can also be recognized as an Official Sponsor of our Conference, and help us provide a memorable experience for our Conference attendees, or be a Vendor.

Click here to see the mini schedule of our conference events and presentations. 

We look forward to seeing you there!