What It Means to Disagree, Admit a Degree of Uncertainty, and Maintain a Robust Friendship: A Dialogue
Event Date: November 20, 2020
Patty Limerick, director of the Center of the American West, and Jennifer Ho, director of the Center for Humanities & the Arts, talked about what it means to disagree. The partisan politics and extreme divisiveness of our current society have made many of us wary about entering into provocative subjects.
The Party of Practicality: An Innovative and Pragmatic Conversation on Immigration, Part II
Event Date: November 13, 2020
A post-election follow up conversation with Penn State University Professor, Mary Mendoza, and Stanford University Sociology Professor, Tomás Jiménez.
The Center of the American West teamed up with the CU Latinx Law Students to orchestrate a virtual event, that brought two noted scholars of immigration into a consequential conversation.
Lunch with Limerick – The Post Office’s Central Role in American Life: An Advocate for 21st Century Voting by Mail and a Historian of the 19th Century U.S. Post Get Acquainted
Event Date: October 2, 2020
Featuring Former Oregon Secretary of State, Phil Keisling, and Author, Cameron Blevins
Without the Center of the American West, Keisling and Blevins would never have met. In a prime demonstration of the Center’s status as a place of improbable—but actually very logical!—convening, Keisling, the practitioner and Blevins the scholar got together with Patty Limerick, to unite their understandings of the many meanings of the U.S. Post Office.
Lunch with Limerick – Getting Sick and Getting Well: How Americans Have Understood Disease and Health
Event Date: October 1, 2020
Featuring Boston College Historian, Conevery Valencius
Her conversation with Patty Limerick did not deliver a comprehensive diagnosis of the nation’s condition, but proposed new interpretations and raised insightful questions addressing ideas about health and disease that many Americans now take for granted. And matching up to local issues, Professor Valencius is currently working on a book about the science of induced seismology (a.k.a. earthquakes!) and hydraulic fracturing.
Lunch with Limerick – “Bipartisanship Happens”: How Western Governors Set an Example for the Nation’s Leaders
Event Date: September 25, 2020
Featuring Executive Director of the Western Governors’ Association, Jim Ogsbury
On September 25, when Patty Limerick interviewed Jim Ogsbury, the Executive Director of the Western Governors Association (WGA), the Center offered one such remedy. In a time of intense polarization and divisiveness, the Western Governors Association has charted a distinctive course in confronting serious problems and steering clear of the traps set by antagonism, grandstanding, and acrimony.
Lunch with Limerick – Rescuing a Nation: Advice from a “Turnaround Artist”
Event Date: September 18, 2020
Featuring Accomplished “turnaround artist”, Gus Halas
In a conversation with Center Faculty Director Patty Limerick, business turnaround artist Gus Halas offered stories and insights drawn from the years he has spent observing the capacity of human beings to stop short of the brink of calamity. He lead us on a searching exploration of our nation’s dilemmas and an appraisal of the craft of leadership required to address those dilemmas.
Water and Energy in Colorado: Emulsifying Two Great Challenges in Four Parts
Event Date: August 20, 2020
Part IV: Future Pathways
The Colorado Scientific Society, in collaboration with the Center of the American West, presents Water & Energy in Colorado. This four-day virtual symposium, hosted by the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, will focus on the science and cultural issues at the interface between water and energy in Colorado.
Water and Energy in Colorado: Emulsifying Two Great Challenges in Four Parts
Event Date: August 18, 2020
Part III: Technology Addressing Current Challenges
The Colorado Scientific Society, in collaboration with the Center of the American West, presents Water & Energy in Colorado. This four-day virtual symposium, hosted by the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, will focus on the science and cultural issues at the interface between water and energy in Colorado.
Water and Energy in Colorado: Emulsifying Two Great Challenges in Four Parts
Event Date: August 13, 2020
Part II: User Community Perspectives
The Colorado Scientific Society, in collaboration with the Center of the American West, presents Water & Energy in Colorado. This four-day virtual symposium, hosted by the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, will focus on the science and cultural issues at the interface between water and energy in Colorado.
Water and Energy in Colorado: Emulsifying Two Great Challenges in Four Parts
Event Date: August 11, 2020
Part I: Resource Providers
The Colorado Scientific Society, in collaboration with the Center of the American West, presents Water & Energy in Colorado. This four-day virtual symposium, hosted by the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, will focus on the science and cultural issues at the interface between water and energy in Colorado.
Why are we stuck on dealing with climate change and how do we get ‘unstuck’?
Event Date: February 6, 2020
Moderated by the Faculty Director of the Center of the American West, Patty Limerick, this panel will feature speakers with backgrounds in politics, energy, advocacy, and psychology.
Shoebox Stories Live: UndocuAmerica Series
Event Date: January 15, 2020
Shoebox Stories is a story-holding project where you stand in another person’s shoes by reading aloud their story, saying their words, and holding, for a moment, the weight that they carry.
Bipartisanship (and Friendship) Happen!
Event Date: December 10, 2019
An evening with Congressman Bob Beauprez and Senator Mark Udall
A public conversation between former Republican Congressman Bob Beauprez and former Democratic Congressman and Senator Mark Udall.
Rescuing the West and the Nation: How Thinking Like a Historian Can Save Us From Ourselves
Event Date: December 10, 2019
with Char Miller
This event is part of a Mellon funded program in Applied History entitled “Weekends with the Accomplished.” In addition to the lectures, the Applied History program provides a number of other opportunities for graduate students and recent Ph.D.s to hone their outreach skills.
Immigrant Workers, Roads, and Nation Building: Legacies of the Transcontinental Railroad on its 150th Anniversary
Event Date: October 30, 2019
Art and the Transcontinental Railroad
In Center of the American West fashion, this program will also draw on “CU Boulder talent” reflecting on the larger lessons for the building of infrastructure (in China as well as in the U.S.) as well as the power of art to invoke deeper thinking about history.
Immigrant Workers, Roads, and Nation Building: Legacies of the Transcontinental Railroad on its 150th Anniversary
Event Date: October 30, 2019
Empire, Infrastructure, and Labor
In Center of the American West fashion, this program will also draw on “CU Boulder talent” reflecting on the larger lessons for the building of infrastructure (in China as well as in the U.S.) as well as the power of art to invoke deeper thinking about history.
Redemption and Reconciliation: The West in Words and Images
Event Date: October 15, 2019
A public conversation with the accomplished Western landscape photographer Peter Goin, exploring his bravery and enterprise in taking on topics ranging from the West’s nuclear landscapes to the legacy of abandoned mines.
Special Stegner Award & Humor Initiative event with Sheriff Dave Ward
Event Date: October 3, 2019
The Center of the American West is proud to present a special Stegner Award & Humor Initiative event honoring Sheriff Dave Ward.
A Commemoration honoring the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Publication of Vine Deloria, Jr.’s, Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto
Event Date: September 13, 2019
Session IV - Leader, Influencer, and Mobilizer
Join us for a tribute to Vine Deloria, Jr.’s enormously influential book, Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto, and a recognition of the proud heritage of Vine Deloria, Jr.’s long association (as a recipient of a law degree and as a professor of history) with the University of Colorado.
A Commemoration honoring the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Publication of Vine Deloria, Jr.’s, Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto
Event Date: September 13, 2019
Session III - Lawyer, Litigator, Discoverer of Documents and Precedents with Promise
Join us for a tribute to Vine Deloria, Jr.’s enormously influential book, Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto, and a recognition of the proud heritage of Vine Deloria, Jr.’s long association (as a recipient of a law degree and as a professor of history) with the University of Colorado.
A Commemoration honoring the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Publication of Vine Deloria, Jr.’s, Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto
Event Date: September 13, 2019
Session II - Writer, Reader, Thinker
Join us for a tribute to Vine Deloria, Jr.’s enormously influential book, Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto, and a recognition of the proud heritage of Vine Deloria, Jr.’s long association (as a recipient of a law degree and as a professor of history) with the University of Colorado.
A Commemoration honoring the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Publication of Vine Deloria, Jr.’s, Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto
Event Date: September 13, 2019
Session I - Initiator, Instigator, Warrior
Join us for a tribute to Vine Deloria, Jr.’s enormously influential book, Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto, and a recognition of the proud heritage of Vine Deloria, Jr.’s long association (as a recipient of a law degree and as a professor of history) with the University of Colorado.
Second Annual Lucile Berkeley Buchanan Lecture Featuring Professor Quintard Taylor
Event Date: April 18, 2019
From the Pages of BlackPast.org: Six African American Women You have Never Heard of Who Changed the West (and the World)
In this lecture, Professor Taylor will examine six little-known black women whose experiences help challenge and redefine the basic narrative of the black historical experience.
H.W. Brands – The West & The Growing Pains of Democracy
Event Date: February 21, 2019
The Center of the American West and National History Day in Colorado are proud to present noted historian and author, H. W. Brands for his talk: The West & The Growing Pains of Democracy.
Josh Kun
Event Date: January 24, 2019
The Art of the Crossfade: Music, Archives, and California
The American Music Research Center and the Center of the American West are proud to present a public talk with Professor Josh Kun. Josh uses the DJ method of crossfading to explore and animate historic sheet music, vinyl LPs, and restaurant menus as tools in addressing contemporary issues of gentrification, urban redevelopment, and racial inequality, among others.
Voices from Bears Ears
Event Date: November 8, 2018
Seeking Common Ground on Sacred Land
On December 4, 2017, President Donald Trump shrank the monument by 85 percent. A land rich in human history and unsurpassed in natural beauty, Bears Ears is at the heart of a national debate over the future of public lands.
An Evening with Ken Burns
Event Date: October 2, 2018
An Evening with the Nation’s Most Influential Documentary-Maker, Ken Burns
Every year, the Center of the American West presents the Wallace Stegner Award to an individual who has made a sustained contribution to the cultural identity of the West through literature, art, history, lore, or an understanding of the West. This year’s recipient is Ken Burns.
NEH Chairman Jon Peede
Event Date: September 18, 2018
An Evening of Conversation with the Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Jon Parrish Peede
Chairman Peede will join the Center of the American West’s Faculty Director Patty Limerick, who was confirmed by the Senate as a member of the National Council for the Humanities in November of 2015, for a wide-ranging discussion of tradition and change in the work of the National Endowment for the Humanities...
The New Normal: Conflict, Polarization, and Incivility
Event Date: May 2, 2018
In conversation with Center of the American West Faculty Director Patty Limerick, Mr. Sondermann will share his distinctive understanding of our political moment, providing keen insight, as well as opportunities for optimism.
Remembering Lucile
Event Date: April 4, 2018
A Virginia Family’s Rise from Slavery and a Legacy Forged a Mile High
In 1918 Lucile Berkeley Buchanan Jones received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado, becoming its first African American graduate (though she was not allowed to “walk” at graduation, nor is she pictured in the 1918 CU yearbook).
Alan, Ann, Pete, & Lynne Simpson
Event Date: December 17, 2017
Wallace Stegner & Fools for a Day Awards Recipients
The University of Colorado Boulder’s Center of the American West is proud to present the Wallace Stegner & the Humor Initiative’s Fools for a Day Awards to Senator Alan Simpson, Pete Simpson and their wives Ann and Lynne.
Belle Turnbull and the Legacy of Colorado Poetry: A Symposium
Event Date: November 8, 2017
Belle Turnbull (1881-1970) was the first strong poet to live in and write about the mountains and high mining towns of the Colorado Rockies.
The Social Implications of Technological Change
Event Date: October 18, 2017
In this program, Edmund Russell, a Professor of History at Boston University now working on a project evaluating the development and impact of the telegraph, will present his work on the topic.
Puzzled and Perplexed by Populism? An Evening of Expert Guidance and Conversation
Event Date: September 21, 2017
The Center of the American West presented the influential and accomplished American historian, Michael Kazin, a professor of history at Georgetown University, and the author of The Populist Persuasion: An American History (originally published in 1995), an exploration of the changing meanings and practices of populism through the course of American history.
Comradeship, Moral Injury, and the Legacy of the Vietnam War: The Need for the Humanities to Close the Gap between the Veterans and their Nation
Event Date: Setember 7, 2017
When Americans, whatever their age or record of military service, can convene to speak honestly to each other about the experiences of veterans of the Vietnam War, the benefits of that conversation ripple in dimensions beyond estimation. Adams will also reflect on his recent return visit to Vietnam as a parable of memory and return.
Book release: Enduring Vietnam: An American Generation and Its War by James Wright
Event Date: April 18, 2017
A Vietnam War Commemoration event
Joined by colleagues from co-sponsoring campus units, Stewart Elliott, Director of the CU Office of Veteran Services, and Patty Limerick, Faculty Director of the Center of the American West, are proud to present James Wright’s talk in a series allied with the Vietnam War Fiftieth Anniversary Commemoration.
Fools for a Day Award: Ian and Cora Frazier
Event Date: April 4, 2017
Father and Daughter duo Ian Frazier and Cora Frazier, both humorists who write for The New Yorker magazine as well as a host of other prominent publications, will join Patty Limerick for a discussion—and many demonstrations!
Fools for a Day: Shane Mauss, Adam Bradley, and Peter McGraw
Event Date: March 8, 2017
Join comic Shane Mauss (From Conan, Jimmy Kimmel, Showtime, Comedy Central, Netflix and host of the science podcast “Here We Are”) and CU professors Adam Bradley (author of The Poetry of Pop and director of the Laboratory for Race & Popular Culture, the RAP Lab) and Peter McGraw (co-author of The Humor Code and director of the Humor Research Lab, HuRL) for an evening of learning and laughter.
Modern Indian Identity: Featuring Burns Paiute Former Chairwoman Charlotte Roderique
Event Date: February 21, 2017
“Charlotte Roderique is a forthright and inspirational leader, and also one of the American West’s most gifted practitioners in the art of using wit and humor to put fresh and disarming ideas into play,” Patty Limerick, Faculty Director of the Center of the American West, observed. “Anyone who joins us on February 21st will remember her visit for years to come.”
FrackingSENSE: TIMNATH
Event Date: Ocotber 20, 2014
What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Risk, Regulation, and Citizen Concerns
FrackingSENSE:TIMNATH What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Risk, Regulation, and Citizen Concerns.
Robert G. Stanton
Event Date: Ocotber 9, 2014
Former Director of the National Park Service
The Center of the American West is proud to present former National Park Service Director Robert Stanton giving the 2014 Randy Jones Lecture, October 9, in celebration of the centennial of Rocky Mountain National Park.
FrackingSENSE: GREELEY
Event Date: May 12, 2014
The Regulatory Environment for Oil & Gas
FrackingSENSE: GREELEY What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Oil & Gas Development.
FrackingSENSE: GREELEY
Event Date: April 28, 2014
Risk Assessment & Modern Life, with Air Quality Emphasis
FrackingSENSE: GREELEY What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Oil & Gas Development.
FrackingSENSE 2.0 with Josh Joswick
Event Date: April 15, 2014
The Theology of Fracking: God Only Knows
FrackingSENSE 2.0: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Oil & Gas Development. The Center of the American West, in conjunction with the AirWaterGas Sustainability Network and Boulder County are proud to introduce the Spring edition of FrackingSENSE 2.0.
FrackingSENSE: GREELEY
Event Date: April 14, 2014
Drilling Practices & an Overview of the Issues
FrackingSENSE: GREELEY What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Oil & Gas Development.
FrackingSENSE 2.0 with Norman Warpinski
Event Date: April 1, 2014
Hydraulic Fracturing: Where Does the Research Lead Us?
FrackingSENSE 2.0: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Oil & Gas Development. The Center of the American West, in conjunction with the AirWaterGas Sustainability Network and Boulder County are proud to introduce the Spring edition of FrackingSENSE 2.0.
FrackingSENSE 2.0 with Rebecca Watson
Event Date: March 18, 2014
Is the oil and gas industry exempt from major environmental laws and what about that “fracking” loophole?
FrackingSENSE 2.0: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Oil & Gas Development. The Center of the American West, in conjunction with the AirWaterGas Sustainability Network and Boulder County are proud to introduce the Spring edition of FrackingSENSE 2.0.
FrackingSENSE 2.0 with Pete Morton
Event Date: March 11, 2014
Redefining Responsible Oil and Gas Development
FrackingSENSE 2.0: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Oil & Gas Development. The Center of the American West, in conjunction with the AirWaterGas Sustainability Network and Boulder County are proud to introduce the Spring edition of FrackingSENSE 2.0.
FrackingSENSE 2.0 with Tim Wirth and Jim Martin
Event Date: March 10, 2014
Thinking About Fracking and Other Mysteries
FrackingSENSE 2.0: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Oil & Gas Development. The Center of the American West, in conjunction with the AirWaterGas Sustainability Network and Boulder County are proud to introduce the Spring edition of FrackingSENSE 2.0.
FrackingSENSE 2.0 with Roger Fragua
Event Date: February 25, 2014
Natural Gas Development and Indian Country
FrackingSENSE 2.0: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Oil & Gas Development. The Center of the American West, in conjunction with the AirWaterGas Sustainability Network and Boulder County are proud to introduce the Spring edition of FrackingSENSE 2.0.
FrackingSENSE 2.0 with Barbara Green
Event Date: February 11, 2014
Oil and Gas Permitting: Who's in Charge? Does it Matter?
FrackingSENSE 2.0: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Oil & Gas Development. The Center of the American West, in conjunction with the AirWaterGas Sustainability Network and Boulder County are proud to introduce the Spring edition of FrackingSENSE 2.0.
FrackingSENSE 2.0 with Howard Boigon
Event Date: December 10, 2013
Tradition and Innovation in the Oil and Gas Industry: Reflections and Observations
FrackingSENSE 2.0: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Oil & Gas Development. The Center of the American West, in conjunction with the AirWaterGas Sustainability Network and Boulder County are proud to introduce the Spring edition of FrackingSENSE 2.0.
FrackingSENSE 2.0 with Robert Martin
Event Date: December 3, 2013
Hydraulic Fracturing On Tribal Lands: A Weight Of The Evidence Approach
FrackingSENSE 2.0: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Oil & Gas Development. The Center of the American West, in conjunction with the AirWaterGas Sustainability Network and Boulder County are proud to introduce the Spring edition of FrackingSENSE 2.0.
Words to Stir the Soul:
Event Date: November 12, 2013
A Tribute to the Work of Ed Quillen
The Center of the American West presents, Words to Stir the Soul: Deeper into the Heart of the Rockies. A book release event honoring the late Denver Post Contributor and Preeminent Western Public Intellectual, Ed Quillen.
FrackingSENSE 2.0 with Congresswoman Diana DeGette
Event Date: November 5, 2013
Federal Laws, Legislation in Congress and Oil and Gas Development in Colorado
FrackingSENSE 2.0: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Oil & Gas Development. The Center of the American West, in conjunction with the AirWaterGas Sustainability Network and Boulder County are proud to introduce the Spring edition of FrackingSENSE 2.0.
FrackingSENSE 2.0 with Will Fleckenstein
Event Date: October 29, 2013
Frac’ing (Fracking) – What is it?
FrackingSENSE 2.0: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Oil & Gas Development. The Center of the American West, in conjunction with the AirWaterGas Sustainability Network and Boulder County are proud to introduce the Spring edition of FrackingSENSE 2.0.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Over The River & The Mastaba
Event Date: October 17, 2013
Christo, an internationally renowned artist, will present a lecture on two works in progress: Over The River, proposed temporary work of art that will suspend 5.9 miles of silvery, luminous fabric panels high above the Arkansas River in south-central Colorado.
FrackingSENSE 2.0 with George King
Event Date: October 15, 2013
Hydraulic Fracturing and Well Developments: What are the Factual Risks?
FrackingSENSE 2.0: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Oil & Gas Development. The Center of the American West, in conjunction with the AirWaterGas Sustainability Network and Boulder County are proud to introduce the Spring edition of FrackingSENSE 2.0.
FrackingSENSE 2.0 with Matt Sura
Event Date: October 8, 2013
Planning for 1,600 Oil Wells in Greeley
FrackingSENSE 2.0: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Oil & Gas Development. The Center of the American West, in conjunction with the AirWaterGas Sustainability Network and Boulder County are proud to introduce the Spring edition of FrackingSENSE 2.0.
FrackingSENSE with Bernie Goldstein
Event Date: May 21, 2013
Does Living Near Hydrofracturing Activity Put Our Health at Risk?
FrackingSENSE: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Natural Gas Development. The Center of the American West, Boulder County, and the AirWaterGas Research Network invite you to a new lecture series.
FrackingSENSE with Dan Grossman
Event Date: May 14, 2013
EDF – An Environmental Perspective
FrackingSENSE: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Natural Gas Development. The Center of the American West, Boulder County, and the AirWaterGas Research Network invite you to a new lecture series.
FrackingSENSE with Gov. John Hickenlooper
Event Date: May 2, 2013
Natural Gas Development in Colorado
FrackingSENSE: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Natural Gas Development. The Center of the American West, Boulder County, and the AirWaterGas Research Network invite you to a new lecture series.
FrackingSENSE with Nick Flores
Event Date: April 30, 2013
Economic Issues of Shale Oil and Gas Development
FrackingSENSE: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Natural Gas Development. The Center of the American West, Boulder County, and the AirWaterGas Research Network invite you to a new lecture series.
Elliott West
Event Date: April 25, 2013
2013 Wallace Stegner Recipient
The Center of the American West is proud to announce the 2013 Wallace Stegner Award Winner: Western American Historian and Author, Elliott West.
FrackingSENSE with Jana Milford and Gabrielle Pétron
Event Date: April 23, 2013
Atmospheric Perspectives on Oil and Gas Operations
FrackingSENSE: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Natural Gas Development. The Center of the American West, Boulder County, and the AirWaterGas Research Network invite you to a new lecture series.
Powell to Powell
Event Date: April 17, 2013
Portraits of the Upper Colorado
In June 2012, four adventurers started at the headwaters of the Colorado River in Rocky Mountain National Park and headed downstream for the next 800 miles. This is their story. Join us for a film presentation and a Q&A with Expedition Manager, Zak Podmore.
FrackingSENSE with Joe Ryan
Event Date: April 16, 2013
What Do We Know and Not Know about the Risk of Oil and Natural Gas Development to Our Water Supplies
FrackingSENSE: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Natural Gas Development. The Center of the American West, Boulder County, and the AirWaterGas Research Network invite you to a new lecture series.
FrackingSENSE with Kirby Wynn
Event Date: April 2, 2013
Garfield County’s Lessons Learned about Oil and Gas Development: Building Relationships with...
FrackingSENSE: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Natural Gas Development. The Center of the American West, Boulder County, and the AirWaterGas Research Network invite you to a new lecture series.
TINY: A Story About Living Small
Event Date: March 21, 2013
The makers of the film TINY: a story about living small, Merete Mueller and Christopher Smith, discuss the small house movement, good design, the nature of home, and the changing American Dream.
FrackingSENSE with Charles Davis
Event Date: March 19, 2013
The Politics of Fracking
FrackingSENSE: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Natural Gas Development. The Center of the American West, Boulder County, and the AirWaterGas Research Network invite you to a new lecture series.
FrackingSENSE with Reagan Waskom
Event Date: March 12, 2013
Water for Energy: How much does it take? How much will we need?
FrackingSENSE: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Natural Gas Development. The Center of the American West, Boulder County, and the AirWaterGas Research Network invite you to a new lecture series.
FrackingSENSE with Susan Tierney
Event Date: March 5, 2013
Unconventional Natural Gas: Trends, Opportunities, and Challenges with America’s New Energy Resource
FrackingSENSE: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Natural Gas Development. The Center of the American West, Boulder County, and the AirWaterGas Research Network invite you to a new lecture series.
FrackingSENSE with Patty Limerick
Event Date: February 26, 2013
The West Beneath Its Surface: Natural Gas Development in the Big Picture of Western Extractive Industry
FrackingSENSE: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Natural Gas Development. The Center of the American West, Boulder County, and the AirWaterGas Research Network invite you to a new lecture series.
Ghost Dances
Event Date: February 21, 2013
Book signing with Josh Garrett-Davis
The Center of the American West is proud to present Josh Garrett-Davis, author of Ghost Dances: Proving up on the Great Plains, for a reading and book signing.
Watershed Film Screening
Event Date: December 5, 2012
As the most dammed, dibbed, and diverted river in the world struggles to support thirty million people and the peace-keeping agreement known as the Colorado River Pact reaches its limits, this film introduces hope for the future. Come join Watershed’s Producer, James Redford, and award-winning Filmmaker and Director, Mark Decena, as they chat about the film.
A Ditch in Time Book Discussion
Event Date: October 23, 2012
The Center of the American West is proud to announce a discussion about and book signing of A Ditch in Time: The City, the West, and Water, with the Center’s very own, Patty Limerick.
The Nation Possessed: Roundtable Conversation, Part 1
Event Date: September 14, 2012
Turning Hindsight into Foresight: The Past & Future of America’s Public Lands
Roundtable Conversation: Turning Hindsight into Foresight: The Past & Future of America’s Public Lands, Part 1. How should policy makers think about the public lands in the future? What might be the terms of connecting the well-being of the public lands to the well-being of the nation?
The Nation Possessed: Roundtable Conversation, Part 2
Event Date: September 14, 2012
Turning Hindsight into Foresight: The Past & Future of America’s Public Lands
Roundtable Conversation: Turning Hindsight into Foresight: The Past & Future of America’s Public Lands, Part 2: Next Steps. How should policy makers think about the public lands in the future? What might be the terms of connecting the well-being of the public lands to the well-being of the nation?
The Nation Possessed: Lunch & Special Address
Event Date: September 13, 2012
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar
Lunch & Special Address: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar
The Nation Possessed: Session 3
Event Date: September 13, 2012
Reconciling the Treasures of Resources with the Treasures of Beauty and Biology: The BLM and the Art of American Energy
When we make decisions about the development of traditional and renewable energy on public lands (or of federally managed subsurface resources), we face the crucial challenge of balancing the partial recovery of the economy, the reliance on foreign oil, the needs of endangered species, the landscape enthusiasms of the American public, and the uncertainties of climate change.
The Nation Possessed: Session 4
Event Date: September 13, 2012
Science vs. Emotion: Making Informed Decisions in the Midst of a Stampede
This session will explore the experiences of land managers who are committed to taking science into account when dealing with issues that carry intense cultural, emotional, and political charges. What are the best strategies for using science to resolve conflicting demands for the use and protection of public lands?
The Nation Possessed: Session 5
Event Date: September 13, 2012
Respecting Posterity’s Property
In the course of the last century, there have been several movements to privatize public lands or to return them to the states. What would be the costs and benefits of such a vast change in our current arrangements?
The Nation Possessed: Session 6
Event Date: September 13, 2012
Orchestrating Tradition and Change: Emphasizing Conservation in the BLM
This session will explore BLM’s unique approach to conservation in a multiple use environment, with particular attention to the National Landscape Conservation System.
The Nation Possessed: Reenactment/Preenactment Event
Event Date: September 13, 2012
The Public Domain and the Public Lands: 1812, 1912, 2112
The Public Domain and the Public Lands: 1812, 1912, 2112 Reenactment/Preenactment Event with Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and a Visitor from the Future
The Nation Possessed: Session 1
Event Date: September 12, 2012
Clerks and Cowboys: The General Land Office and the Shaping of the United States
Three historians will explore the origins of the General Land Office, as well as the most famous land law of all, the Homestead Act.
The Nation Possessed: Session 2
Event Date: September 12, 2012
Burning Man Meets Managing Man: The BLM and the Energy of American Art
The stories of the BLM’s response to the “management challenge” posed by the Burning Man Festival, and the Festival’s response to the “bureaucratic challenge” posed by the BLM permitting process provide a prime case study in the important ties between American art and the public lands.
The Nation Possessed: Interview Event
Event Date: September 12, 2012
"Reflections of a Former BLM Director"
Interview Event: “Reflections of a former BLM Director”
A Ditch In Time: Book Release
Event Date: September 5, 2012
The Center of the American West is proud to announce the release of A Ditch in Time: The City, the West, and Water, written by the Center’s very own, Patty Limerick with Jason Hanson.
Kent Haruf
Event Date: April 25, 2012
2012 Wallace Stegner Award Recipient
Interview Event: “Reflections of a former BLM Director”
Great Colorado Bear Stories
Event Date: April 17, 2012
Book Release
Are you coming out of hibernation? Ready for spring? So, too, are the bears in our environs. And really, how much do you know about the bears that occupy our state?
Bunky Echo-Hawk
Event Date: February 16, 2012
Modern Indian Identity
The Center of the American West invites you to a special Modern Indian Identity Event featuring multi-talented artist, activist, and public speaker, Bunky Echo-Hawk.
Words to Stir the Soul: A Tribute to the Work of Reg Saner
Event Date: December 7, 2011
Words to Stir the Soul
The Words to Stir the Soul events spotlight some of the region’s best writing by providing a unique opportunity for both readers and attendees to deepen their appreciation of the region in which we live
John McPhee
Event Date: October 27, 2011
2011 Wallace Stegner Award Recipient
The Center of the American West is proud to award John McPhee its highest honor, the Stegner Award, on October 27th at 7:00 in the evening in Old Main Chapel on the CU campus.
Dan Wildcat
Event Date: September 29, 2011
Modern Indian Identity
The Center is pleased to announce Dan Wildcat as the ninth guest in the Modern Indian Identity series.
John Stocke
Event Date: September 14, 2011
Native American Skies
Join Dr. John Stocke at 7:00pm Wednesday evening September 14th for an “Arts and Culture Week” presentation of “Native American Skies”, the view of the sky as seen by the people of three Western US tribes.
Muffy's War
Event Date: June 8, 2011
A General's Daughter Tells the Tales of Bataan and Corregidor
Accompanied by photos and video clips produced by her son, acclaimed documentary filmmaker Randy Olson, Muffy will tell stories that breathe new life into a fading era.
John Stocke
Event Date: March 29, 2011
Native American Star Lore
Because of the event’s overwhelming popularity, Astronomy Professor John Stocke will be presenting again for anyone who missed the show.
Words to Stir the Soul and Reckon with Reality
Event Date: March 14, 2011
The Six Month Anniversary of the Fourmile Canyon Fire
The Center of the American West was honored to host Words to Stir the Soul and Reckon with Reality: The Six Month Anniversary of the Fourmile Canyon Fire.
John Stocke
Event Date: March 2, 2011
Native American Star Lore
John Stocke, Astronomy Professor in the Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences Department at the University of Colorado, and board member of the Center of the American West, presented “Native American Skies” at the Fiske Planetarium on the CU campus at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 2.
Charles Wilkinson
Event Date: January 27, 2011
Book Release
Charles Wilkinson is Distinguished Professor and Moses Lasky Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School. He is also the co-founder of the Center of the American West.
Walter Echo-Hawk
Event Date: December 2, 2010
Modern Indian Identity
We are pleased to announce Walter Echo-Hawk, a lawyer, tribal judge, scholar, and activist, as the eighth guest in our Modern Indian Identity series.
Shaking the Family Tree Book Release
Event Date: October 21, 2010
Join us as Center of the American West affiliate and local historian, Buzzy Jackson, releases her newest book, Shaking the Family Tree: Blue Bloods, Black Sheep, and Other Obsessions of an Accidental Genealogist. “Who are you and where do you come from?”
Ted Turner
Event Date: September 28, 2010
2010 Wallace Stegner Award Recipient
Patty Limerick interviewed the 2010 Stegner Award recipient, Ted Turner, for a morning of engaging discussion. Each year, the Center celebrates the life and achievements of an individual who has made a sustained contribution to the cultural identity of the West through literature, art, history, lore, or an understanding of the West.
Lover’s Guide to the West
Event Date: April 15, 2010
Living with Energy
This is a Center of the American West event you can enjoy in the privacy of your own home! Make some popcorn, gather the family, and make an evening of it.
NLCS
Event Date: April 14, 2010
10th Anniversary Celebration of the National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS)
The two-day event focused on learning about this great national resource and envisioning its future.
An Entirely Synthetic Fish Book Release
Event Date: March 4, 2010
How Rainbow Trout Beguiled America and Overran the World
CU-Boulder Professor, award-winning journalist, and aquatic ecologist Anders Halverson celebrated the release of his newest book, An Entirely Synthetic Fish: How Rainbow Trout Beguiled America and Overran the World, with the Center of the American West on March 4, 2010.
Conversations With History: Theodore Roosevelt
Event Date: February 25, 2010
An Interview with Theodore Roosevelt, as portrayed by Clay Jenkinson
Theodore Roosevelt was the twenty-sixth President of the United States and is remembered for his leadership of the Progressive Movement as well as his “cowboy” image.
Conversations With History: Thomas Jefferson
Event Date: February 24, 2010
An Interview with Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by Clay Jenkinson
Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States, an avid inventor, and principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
Remedies for a New West Book Release
Event Date: November 12, 2009
The Center celebrated the release of its newest book, Remedies for a New West: Healing Landscapes, Histories, and Cultures.
Former Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Bob Barbee
Event Date: September 30, 2009
Reflections of a National Park Manager – 42 Years on the Griddle
The lecture series honors former park Superintendent Randy Jones, who had a reputation for negotiation and mediation. Jones’s long and distinguished career with the federal government spanned over 30 years, primarily with the National Park Service.
Sesquicentennial Celebration Panel Discussion
Event Date: September 23, 2009
Separated at Birth: Insights from Kindred Communities
Moderated by Patty Limerick, panelists from “kindred communities” will share their stories and help us all reflect on where Boulder might be headed in the coming years.
Jim Enote
Event Date: September 17, 2009
Modern Indian Identity
Zuni farmer, museum director, and interrupted artist Jim Enote spoke at the University of Colorado at Boulder September 17 as part of the Center of the American West’s Modern Indian Identity series.
Stephen Pyne
Event Date: September 3, 2009
Flame and Fortune: A Brief History of Fire in America
One of the foremost experts on the environmental history of fire, Stephen Pyne discussed fire in America, addressing the issues that it raises about the interface of wild lands and urban development.
Sesquicentennial Celebration Panel Discussion
Event Date: May 13, 2009
Legends of Progress and Loss: Boulder from 1959 to 2009
Moderated by Patty Limerick of CU’s Center of the American West, panelists Albert Bartlett, Sonny Flowers, Doris Hass, Bill Reynolds, and Dorothy Rupert will wrestle with that question.
David Treuer
Event Date: April 23, 2009
Modern Indian Identity
The Center was proud to welcome David Treuer as the sixth guest in our Modern Indian Identity series.
Amy Irvine
Event Date: March 11, 2009
Amy Irvine is a nationally-ranked competitive rock climber and for five years was the Development Director at the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance.
Tom McGuane
Event Date: February 26, 2009
2009 Wallace Stegner Award Recipient
The Center of the American West presented Western author Tom McGuane with the prestigious 2009 Wallace Stegner Award in an engaging evening.
What Most Analysts Tell You About Renewable Energy is Wrong
Event Date: February 19, 2009
Rethinking Energy, Power, and Policy in the Context of Climate Change
Willett Kempton is Associate Professor in the College of Marine and Earth Studies, and Director of the Center for Carbon-free Power Integration, at the University of Delaware.
Public Lands – Private Ceremonies
Event Date: January 21, 2009
Native American Religious Practices and Public Lands in the West
This evening highlighted the issues that arise when traditional and cultural land use issues come into conflict with non-religious and oftentimes profit-motivated uses of the land.
Words to Stir the Soul
Event Date: November 12, 2008
Immigration
This special evening celebrated the literature of immigration, rather than the policies of immigration. A large crowd listened as community members, politicians, public servants, professors, and a host of others read selections from a literature that has played a crucial role in the formation of the narrative of the West.
Western Literature Week
Event Date: October 1, 2008
The Western Literature Association and the University of Colorado’s Center of the American West hosted a celebration of contemporary Western writing in conjunction with the Western Literature Association’s 43rd Annual Conference.
Gerard Baker
Event Date: September 17, 2008
Modern Indian Identity
The Center welcomed Superintendent Gerard Baker, the highest-ranking Native American in the National Park Service, to both the University of Colorado and to Rocky Mountain National Park.
An American Faust
Event Date: July 16, 2008
Patty Limerick Interviews J. Robert Oppenheimer
Patty Limerick, Ph.D., award-winning historian and Chair of the Board at the Center of the American West, University of Colorado, interviewed J. Robert Oppenheimer as portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson, award-winning humanities scholar and author.
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
Event Date: April 17, 2008
2008 Wallace Stegner Award Recipient
The Center of the American West, in conjunction with the University of Colorado Law School, was proud to present one of the most influential, and interesting, Westerners of our time, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, with the 2008 Wallace Stegner Award.
Robert Mirabal
Event Date: March 19, 2008
Modern Indian Identity
This was a very special evening with Grammy Award-winner Robert Mirabal.
National Sacrifice Zone: Colorado and the Cost of Energy Independence
Event Date: February 28, 2008
Film Screening and Conversation
This film screening was followed by a panel discussion moderated by Patty Limerick. The respectful and positive exchange reflected on the current opportunities and challenges surrounding energy development in the West.
Living Beyond Lament
Event Date: February 7, 2008
Rethinking George Catlin's Vanishing America, featuring Professor John Hausdoerffer
George Catlin was a self-taught artist who dedicated himself to painting Indians and their culture. Professor John Hausdoerffer discussed the impact these paintings have had on Indians and the popular conception of them.
Words to Stir the Soul
Event Date: November 17, 2007
Public Servants, hosted by Mayor John Hickenlooper
This year, the Center honored the tireless, and oftentimes thankless, exertions of Colorado’s public servants. With Mayor John Hickenlooper as our host, we celebrated the dedicated spirit that drew these exceptional individuals into their challenging line of work.
Eva Marie Garroutte
Event Date: October 25, 2007
Modern Indian Identity
The Center presents Dr. Eva Marie Garroutte in this fall’s Modern Indian Identity lecture.
Ivan Doig
Event Date: September 27, 2007
2007 Wallace Stegner Award Recipient
The Center was proud to present internationally-acclaimed author Ivan Doig with the 2007 Wallace Stegner Award. Mr. Doig spent the evening in conversation with Center of the American West founders Patty Limerick and Charles Wilkinson.
New Geographies of the American West Book Release
Event Date: April 26, 2007
The changing patterns of land use in the American West and problems of land use planning and growth management are the subject of a talk by University of Colorado at Boulder geographer William Travis on April 26.
Phil Deloria
Event Date: April 16, 2007
Modern Indian Identity
University of Michigan Professor Phil Deloria will lecture at the University of Colorado at Boulder April 16 as part of a Center of the American West series aimed at improving understanding between Indians and non-Indians.
The Randy Jones Lecture Series with Richard West Sellars
Event Date: March 12, 2007
Past Perfect? Historic Preservation in the National Park System
The inaugural event in the Randy Jones Memorial Lecture Series is free and open to the public. The lecture is sponsored by the CU-Boulder Center of the American West.
Annie Proulx
Event Date: November 29, 2006
2006 Distinguished Lecturer
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx presented the Center of the American West’s Distinguished Lecture at 7:00 p.m. on Nov. 29 in the Glenn Miller Ballroom at the University of Colorado at Boulder
John Echohawk and Billy Frank, Jr.
Event Date: November 2, 2006
2006 Wallace Stegner Award Recipients
Native American activists John Echohawk and Billy Frank, Jr., were honored by the University of Colorado at Boulder’s Center of the American West on Nov. 2 at 7:00 p.m. at the Glenn Miller Ballroom.
Celebration of the Centennial of the Antiquities Act
Event Date: October 9, 2006
Former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt celebrated the centennial of the Antiquities Act – used by U.S. Presidents to declare national monuments and thereby protect millions of acres of land – in a talk at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Oct. 9.
Words to Stir the Soul
Event Date: September 5, 2006
Readings from the American West
The CU-Boulder Center of the American West celebrated the rich literary heritage of the region Sept. 5 with its 10th annual “Words to Stir the Soul: Readings from the American West” at 7:00 p.m. in Old Main Chapel.
Tonight! Buffalo Bill!
Event Date: August 14, 2006
Portrayed by Bill Mooney
Two-time Grammy and two-time Emmy nominee Bill Mooney of Boulder performed an original one-man show as famed frontier showman William F. Cody in “Tonight! Buffalo Bill!” Aug. 14 at Chautauqua Auditorium. The show was written by Mooney especially for the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Harry Lewis Presents “Excellence Without a Soul”
Event Date: July 25, 2006
How a Great University Forgot Education
Harry R. Lewis, a Harvard Professor and former Dean of Harvard College, offers his provocative analysis of how America’s great universities are failing students and the nation.
Greg Franta
Event Date: June 19, 2006
The Center’s next event, part of its summer lecture series on energy, will feature Greg Franta, principal architect and team leader of the Rocky Mountain Institute/ENSAR Built Environment Team.
Mark Trahant
Event Date: June 12, 2006
Modern Indian Identity
Hoping to make at least a small contribution to the cause of better understanding between Indians and non-Indians, the Center now launches a series of speakers: contemporary Indian people telling their stories in ways that confirm the compatibility of tradition with innovation.
Rebecca Watson
Event Date: May 22, 2006
Current Administration Energy Policies and Public Policy
Rebecca Watson, former Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management at the U.S. Department of the Interior, lectured on “Current Administration Energy Policies” at Chautauqua Park in Boulder on Monday, May 22.
Willett Kempton: Preventing Climate Catastrophe
Event Date: May 15, 2006
How Soon, How Much, and How to Cut CO2?
Noted energy expert Dr. Willett Kempton gave a talk on Monday, May 15, entitled “Preventing Climate Catastrophe: How Soon, How Much, and How to Cut CO2?” at the Chautauqua Community House.
Jubilate!
Event Date: May 14, 2006
Sacred Singers and Cowboy Poetry with Dr. George Russell
The Jubilate! Sacred Singers of Boulder performed works celebrating nature and the American West by Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, William Billings, Bob Nolan, William Dawson, and others at Chautauqua Auditorium.
Secretaries Watt and Udall
Event Date: April 20, 2006
Secretaries of the Interior Series
Two prominent former Secretaries of the Interior, Stewart Udall and James Watt, will meet in a public event for the first time April 20 to discuss land management issues with University of Colorado at Boulder Professor Patricia Limerick.
David Wrobel: Partnerships for the Future Built on the Past
Event Date: March 22, 2006
How Professors and K-12 Teachers Together Can Revive the Study of History
The University of Colorado at Boulder’s Center of the American West will present a talk by author and historian David Wrobel on March 22, 2006, addressing how K-12 teachers and college professors can collaborate – and have collaborated – in the teaching of history.
Elliott West
Event Date: February 20, 2006
Reflecting on The Contested Plains: Indians, Goldseekers, and the Rush to Colorado
Elliott West, an award-winning author and Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Arkansas, gave a public talk at the University of Colorado at Boulder on February 20, 2006.
The Legacy of Conquest
Event Date: February 4, 2006
Re-release of Patricia Limerick's Landmark Book, Legacy of Conquest
To celebrate the re-release of her landmark 1987 book, The Legacy of Conquest, University of Colorado at Boulder Professor Patricia Nelson Limerick joined with Stanford University historian Richard White in a special public conversation on Feb. 4.
Secretary Don Hodel
Event Date: January 19, 2006
Secretaries of the Interior Series
Donald Hodel, who held two cabinet posts during the Reagan administration, including Secretary of the Interior, will speak at the University of Colorado at Boulder on January 19, 2006.
The Worst Hard Time
Event Date: January 9, 2006
A Book Discussion with Author Timothy Egan
Personal stories and eyewitness accounts of the 1930s’ Dust Bowl disaster on the high plains were part of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Timothy Egan’s public discussion January 9, 2006, at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Comeback Wolves
Event Date: November 21, 2005
An Evening with Pam Houston, Laura Pritchett, and Gary Wockner
A new anthology about reintroducing wolves in Colorado and the Southwest was discussed by a panel of three writers, including Pam Houston, on Monday, Nov. 21, at a University of Colorado at Boulder event.
Terry Tempest Williams
Event Date: November 2, 2005
2005 Wallace Stegner Award Recipient
Author and naturalist Terry Tempest Williams will be honored by the University of Colorado at Boulder’s Center of the American West on Nov. 2 at 7:00 p.m.
Talk with Louis Warren, Author of Buffalo Bill’s America
Event Date: October 25, 2005
Warren’s book is a biography and social history that examines Cody’s genuine achievements, his many self-inventions, and the manner in which he successfully combined the two.
Reflecting on the First Decade of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Event Date: September 27, 2005
A Talk with Manager Dave Hunsaker, Charles Wilkinson, and Patricia Limerick
The first nine years of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah was discussed with monument manager Dave Hunsaker in a public event at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Sept. 28.
Secretary Bruce Babbitt
Event Date: September 23, 2005
Secretaries of the Interior Series
Former U.S. Secretary of the Interior and Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt will visit the University of Colorado at Boulder Sept. 23 to speak about his new book, Cities in the Wilderness: A New Vision of Land Use in America.
Words to Stir the Soul
Event Date: September 6, 2005
12 Books - 1 Boulder
The program “Words to Stir the Soul” is our fall “kick-off” event, spotlighting some of the region’s best writing and providing a unique opportunity for both readers and attendees to deepen their appreciation of the region in which we live.
Words to Stir the Soul
Event Date: September 1, 2005
Denver Scholars and Civil Servants
The program “Words to Stir the Soul” is our fall “kick-off” event, spotlighting some of the region’s best writing and providing a unique opportunity for both readers and attendees to deepen their appreciation of the region in which we live.