Brownbag Lecture by Karen Marrero, “Independent Nations and Neutral Powers: Stories of Emerging Identities in the Early 19th-Century Midwest,” July 12, 2012

Karen will discuss her current project, which examines the construction of national identities at the U.S./Canadian border in the Midwest in the period following the War of 1812 until the mid-nineteenth century. Karen will also discuss how her work in the collections of the Clements is shaping her project.