Mexicanos, Latinos settling in Heartland to be Olson Seminar topic

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By the Lincoln Journal Star

“The Search for Space and a Sense of Place: Mexicanos/Latinos Settle in the Heartland” will be the topic Jan. 18 of the next Paul A. Olson Seminar in Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Miguel A. Carranza, professor of sociology and ethnic studies at UNL, will deliver the seminar from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q St.

Since the late 1800s and early 1900s, there has been a migration trail from Mexico, Central America, and South America to the United States. Carranza’s presentation will focus on the movement from these regions to the northern Great Plains.

Much emphasis has been placed on the early mass migration north to the U.S. from 1920 to 1940 and the more recent surge from 1980 to 2000.

Carranza will explore what happens to the immigrants’ sense of place in these predominantly white, English-speaking communities, and ask if the earlier Mexican immigrants were integrated into these communities.

He also will examine how their experiences differed from those of more recent Latino immigrants from a more diverse group of countries.

Carranza’s lecture and a 3 p.m. reception in the museum are free and open to the public. His is the first of four spring semester Olson Seminars, all from 3:30-5 p.m. in the Great Plains Art Museum.

* Feb. 15 — “Teaching in Eden: The Cedar Point Lessons,” John Janovy Jr., Paula and D.B. Varner distinguished professor of biological sciences, UNL.

* March 22 — “The Nebraska Legislature: Still Progressive after All These Years,” Charlyne Berens, associate professor of news-editorial, UNL.

* April 6 — “Mari Sandoz and the Making of a Plains Historian: Life at the Raucous and Eccentric University of Nebraska and Nebraska State Historical Society, 1923-1933,” John R. Wunder, professor of history, UNL.