Sin Fronteras: Mapping and Writing on Labor, Immigration, and Revolution in Southern California

Dr. Aguilar will be presenting on a new digital humanities archive, the Sin Fronteras (Borderless) Project, the first multimedia repository and public history resource to document and map the histories of labor and social movements in the US-Mexico borderlands from 1848 to the present. Using archival documents from his new book project, Inland Against Empire: Class Solidarity, Racial Terror, and the Mexican Revolution in Southern California, Dr. Aguilar will discuss the historical legacies of multiracial labor movements in the Inland Empire region of Southern California and its broader impact on global history. Dr. Aguilar’s research highlights the important role that public history can play in contemporary labor and social movements in the region and offer insights on how such resources can mitigate political polarization locally and globally.