Past Events

If You Go Date: October 1, 2008 Where: Boulder, CO 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. The week-long event provided the CU-Boulder community with a...

If You Go Date: January 21, 2009 Where: Wittemyer Courtoom, Wolf Law School 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. The...

If You Go Date: February 19, 2009 Time: 7:00 PM Where: Eaton Humanities, Room 150 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...

If You Go 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. Each year, the Center celebrates the life and achievements of an individual that has made a...

If You Go Date: March 11, 2009 Time: 7:00 PM Amy Irvine is a nationally-ranked competitive rock climber and for five years was the Development Director at the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. Her book, Trespass , is the story of one woman’s struggle to gain footing in inhospitable territory. A...

If You Go Date: April 23, 2009 Time: 7:00 PM Modern Indian Identity The Center was proud to welcome David Treuer as the sixth guest in our Modern Indian Identity series. This series features contemporary Indian speakers telling their stories in ways that shatter misconceptions on what it means to...

If You Go Date: May 13, 2009 Time: 7:00 PM Where: Wittemyer Courtoom, Wolf Law School Legends of Progress and Loss: Boulder from 1959 to 2009 This panel discussion was presented by the Boulder Sesquicentennial Celebration Committee, the CU Center of the American West, and the Boulder History Museum. To...

If You Go Date: September 3, 2009 Time: 7:00 PM Where: Eaton Humanities, Room 150 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...

If You Go Date: September 17, 2009 Time: 7:00 PM Where: Benson Earth Sciences, Room 180 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...

If You Go Date: May 13, 2009 Time: 7:00 PM Where: Wittemyer Courtroom, Wolf Law School Separated at Birth: Insights from Kindred Communities Boulder can boast of being placed on many “Best of…” lists: most educated cities, best cities for bicycling, best healthy places to retire, greenest cities, top art...