A new event series on ART, ACTIVISM, AND THE ENGAGED HUMANITIES taking place between FALL 2022 through Spring 2024 at CU Boulder. This event series has been collaboratively designed and supported by several entities at CU Boulder including but not limited to The WRITE Lab/Program for Writing and Rhetoric, the College of Arts and Sciences and the A & S Office for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion; the English Department; the Division of Student Affairs; the American Music Research Center; the CU Art Museum; the Department of Ethnic Studies; the Center for Humanities & the Arts; and The Center for African and African American Studies. Through a series of performances, speaking engagements, workshops, and community collaborations, this event series intends to galvanize the study of and participation in the Engaged Humanities at CU Boulder and the larger community. The Engaged Humanities is a cross-disciplinary effort to cultivate more inclusive, interconnected, and just communities and institutions through publicly engaged research, teaching, and creative projects. This event series hopes to generate interest in the Engaged Humanities among students, staff, faculty, and local community members by speaking into and showcasing how humanities research, art (digital storytelling, speech, music, poetry, dance, print making), and activism can come together to generate powerful collection action toward more just futures.

September 21 & 22, 2022: A Two Day Event on Hip Hop and Social Justice

The Politics of Race, Rap, and Incarceration: A Conversation with Mark Katz & Mariah Parker aka Linqua Franqa. September 21st, 3:30pm - 5pm Center for British and Irish Studies room (CBIS) Norlin Library M549 This event is being organized by the Center for Humanities & the Arts and American Music...

October 27, 2022: A Panel and Workshop on Fighting for Reproductive Rights and Justice

Virtual Panel of Community Organizers, Lawyers, Scholars, Activists October 27th, 3:30 - 5pm, Moderator: Samira Mehta (Assistant Professor, Jewish Studies and Women & Gender Studies-CU Boulder) Participating Organizations, Scholars, and Community Members: Alexis Moncada (Outreach Coordinator of COLOR--Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights), Lauren Smith (Director of Policy...

December 1: 2022 Kwanzaa Celebration

December 1, 2022 6pm to 8pm Abrams Lounge, C4C, 3rd Floor Kwanzaa is a week-long holiday from December 26 through January 1 that celebrates the African diaspora, family, and community contributions. To celebrate Kwanzaa and to demonstrate its potential for the engaged humanities, the Center for African and African American...

Printmaking as Activism--A Two Day Event on Building Community through Art

Join the CU Art Museum (CUAM) and the Center for African and African American Studies (CAAAS) for a a two-day event beginning with a lecture by Delita Martin and followed by a handson workshop and artist spotlight at the CU Art Museum. Delita Martin is an artist and printmaker based...

More than Words--A Digital Performance Installment

This virtual installment of ART, ACTIVISM, AND THE ENGAGED HUMANITIES explores the theme "More than words." Curated by Donna Mejia (Associate Professor, Theatre & Dance Department and Inaugural Chancellor's Scholar in Residence at the CU Boulder Renee Crown Wellness Institute), this short film program features visual and performing artists who...

Writing as Care and Collective Action - March 7, 2024

This two-part event will feature the Black I Indigenous 100s Collective who work toward social change not only through their artistic practices but also organizational development. Event includes a luncheon and reading followed by Q and A.