Brenden W. Rensink

Historian of the North American West, Borderlands, Indigenous Peoples, and Environment

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Native but Foreign now available!

At long last, my book Native but Foreign: Indigenous Immigrants and Refugees in the North American Borderlands was published over the summer. This book has been about 10 years inContinue readingNative but Foreign now available!

Native But Foreign, My Book, Is Finally Coming Out

  It is entitled Native But Foreign: Indigenous Immigrants and Refugees in the North American Borderlands and will be part of the Connecting the Greater West Series of Texas A&MContinue readingNative But Foreign, My Book, Is Finally Coming Out

From the Bookshelf: Linking the Histories of Slavery – North America and Its Borderlands

Linking the Histories of Slavery: North America and Its Borderlands Edited by Bonnie Martin and James F. Brooks (cross-posted at the Borderlands History Blog) Students and scholars of the NorthContinue readingFrom the Bookshelf: Linking the Histories of Slavery – North America and Its Borderlands

My Interview with KBYU

A couple of weeks ago I did an interview with KBYU’s wonderful “Thinking Aloud” program. Marcus Smith and Mark Burns run a great show. We talked about my forthcoming book,Continue readingMy Interview with KBYU

From the Bookshelf: Joseph Smith Papers – Council of 50 Minutes

  Administrative Records Vol. 1, Council of Fifty Minutes, March 1844-January 1846 The Joseph Smith Papers Salt Lake City: Church Historians Press, 2016 Available for PURCHASE now. The Council ofContinue readingFrom the Bookshelf: Joseph Smith Papers – Council of 50 Minutes

Q&A with Michel Hogue about “Metis and the Medicine Line: Creating a Border and Dividing a People”

Cross-published at the Borderlands History Blog. On October 5, 2015, the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University hosted Michel Hogue (Associate Professor of History at CarletonContinue readingQ&A with Michel Hogue about “Metis and the Medicine Line: Creating a Border and Dividing a People”

From the Bookshelf: James F. Brooks – Mesa of Sorrows

Mesa of Sorrows: A History of the Awat’ovi Massacre James F. Brooks W. W. Norton Press, 2016.   Back in February, I was fortunate to host James F. Brooks onContinue readingFrom the Bookshelf: James F. Brooks – Mesa of Sorrows

Q&A with Sujey Vega about LDS Latinos and Ethnic Religious Belonging in Arizona

I just posted this over at the Borderlands History Blog and will share here as well.   On March 10, 2016, the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at BrighamContinue readingQ&A with Sujey Vega about LDS Latinos and Ethnic Religious Belonging in Arizona

Comparative History Call for Papers – Panel at 2016 AHA-PCB at Waikoloa Beach, Hawaii

The 2016 American Historical Association – Pacific Coast Branch conference will be held August 4-6 at Waikoloa Beach, Hawaii. The conference theme is Uncharted Terrain: The Challenge of Re–Imagining TravelingContinue readingComparative History Call for Papers – Panel at 2016 AHA-PCB at Waikoloa Beach, Hawaii

Borderlands and Transnational History at the 2015 Western History Association Conference

  Each year I like to make a list of the borderlands and transnational history panels at the Western History Association annual conference. This year we will be in PortlandContinue readingBorderlands and Transnational History at the 2015 Western History Association Conference

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