Events Archive

Faculty and Graduate Student Colloquium with Professor Joel S. Baden (Yale University) What does it mean when, in the Hebrew Bible, God’s first words to humanity are “be fruitful and mulIply”? More importantly, what does it mean for those who are unable to do so? What kind of response does...

"Science, Evolution, and Islam in the Modern Middle East” will be held on 21 March from 11:00am-12:15pm in Room 245 of UMC. "The Rational Sciences in Seventeenth Century Morocco: Philosophy, Incommensurability, and History" will be held on 21 March from 5:00-7:00pm in Room 415/417 of UMC.

Join the CU English Department for the 3rd Annual Doug Berger Lecture in Medieval and Early Modern Literature on Thursday, March 16, 2017 at 5:00 PM in Norlin Library's Center for British and Irish Studies Room. Reception prior to lecture at 4:30PM.

Two experts present two sharply contrasting views of the ethics of gun control: not the legalities but the rights and wrongs of limiting access to firearms. Where can a reasonable government draw the policy line to reduce the gun violence we see in the news every day?

"1492: Columbus, the Jews, and the Messiah in Spain" with Matt Goldfish Thursday, 03/16/2017 7:00-8:30PM Old Main University of Colorado Boulder Goldish will focus on three enormous events that occurred in Spain during 1492: the end of the centuries-long war to stop Muslim rule in the Iberian Peninsula, the voyage...

The Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy presents: Can Conservatives Support Diversity? Tuesday, 3/14/2017 6:00:00 PM-8:00:00 PM Hellems 201 University of Colorado Boulder Free and open to the public Elizabeth Corey will outline two competing notions of diversity on campus: “Truth Diversity” and “Social Justice Diversity.” In many ways...

"Cities for Sale: Communal Patrimony and the Limits of Alienability in the Ancient Greek World" 03/13/2017 4:30PM Eaton Humanities 135 University of Colorado Boulder "Cities for Sale: Communal Patrimony and the Limits of Alienability in the Ancient Greek World" is presented by Emily Mackil of University of California, Berkeley. The...

“The Rise of the Low: Classics and the Study of the Abject” Keynote Address to the "Transgressive Language in the Ancient World" CU Boulder Classics Gradaute Colloquium by Dr. Amy Richlin, UCLA is made possible through support from a CWCTP Faculty Grant. Results: In her talk, Richlin traced the history...

Featuring: Francis Beckwith, 2016-7 Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy | Donald J. Trump’s presidential victory was as much a shock to conservatives as it was to liberals and progressives. For conservatives, especially among literary and academic types, Trump’s campaign seemed to confirm all the worst stereotypes about their movement that they had thought would surely doom his campaign and against which they had fought for decades.

Through a CWCTP Faculty Grant, Dr. Nancy Marino, Distinguish Professor of Spanish at the Department of Romance and Classical Studies at Michigan State University, visited CU Boulder from January 25 to 28, 2017. On January 26, she delivered a talk and taught a graduate seminar open to faculty too. On January 27, she mentored graduate students about the profession and the job market at a lunch. She also spent some time with graduate students who requested a meeting with her.