Faculty-grants

Annual Meeting American Academy of Religion Society of Biblical Literature Rocky Mountain-Great Plains Region University of Colorado Boulder • University Memorial Center March 24, 2017 (8:30 am – 5:30 pm) & March 25, 2017 (8:30 am – 2:00 pm)

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.

"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...

"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...

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.

"In August of 2016, we created and produced the regional premiere of a new play called: Elizabeth I: In Her Own Words , a collaboration with esteemed Elizabeth I scholar, Carole Levin, PhD., University of Nebraska Lincoln. Together with Dr. Levin, Dr. Lynn Nichols, and actress, Bernadette Sefic we created...

The Center for Western Civilization, Thought and Policy is proud to co-sponsor: Selling Imaginary Russia Thursday, 11/10/2016 5:00:00 PM-6:30:00 PM Eaton Humanities 190 University of Colorado Boulder A symposium on contemporary Russia. Free and open to the public. Featuring: Yelena Minyonok, Institute of World Literature, Moscow Sponsored by: Center for...