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Public Speaking

An educator, I enjoy public engagement and consider it a key part of a healthy society.

Experience

With over twenty years teaching in both public and private universities, I know how to engage an audience. Whether large venues of over 100 or small workshops, I am equally at home at scholarly conferences and with local community organizations. In the last several years I have spoken at elementary schools and universities, historical societies and church groups.

Topics

Below are samples of the topics I can address:

  • California and its Cultural Heritage
    • Native Americans
    • Spanish Exploration
    • Colonization of California
    • Missions and Missionaries
    • Migrations and Immigrations
    • Women in Spanish and Mexican California
  • Literature and Culture
    • Don Quixote
    • Explorers and Their Books
    • Kerouac and Cervantes: Brothers Across Time
    • Native Voices in Colonial Latin America
  • Education
    • The Humanities Crisis: Skills vs. Knowledge
    • The Liberal Arts and Higher Education
    • The Value of Learning Foreign Languages
    • Technology the Humanities

Recent Conferences and Symposiums

  • Latin American Studies Association (Barcelona, Spain)
  • California Missions Foundation (San Diego, California)
  • Franciscan University (Steubenville, Ohio)
  • Foothill College (Los Altos, California)
  • University of Nebraska, Omaha

Recent Local Speaking Engagements:

  • Mission San Luis Obispo Docents
  • California Pioneers of Santa Clara County
  • Half Moon Bay Historical Society
  • Sonoma Valley Historical Society
  • De Vargas Elementary School, San José, California
  • Vargas Elementary School, Sunnyvale, California
  • Arroyo Seco Elementary School, Livermore California
  • Sacred Heart Elementary School, Saratoga, California

I would be happy to discuss your speaking needs. For more information about topics and rates, contact me at damian@californiafrontier.net (write “Speaking” in the subject line). I look forward to hearing from you.

I’m Dr. Damian Bacich, and I started the California Frontier Project. Learn more about me and the project here.

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