Upcoming CHA Events

Explaining Conflict and War in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank: Community Discussions with CU Faculty (11/29/23)

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Explaining Conflict and War in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank: Community Discussions with CU Faculty (11/29/23) Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 11/29/2023 - 12:27

Explaining Conflict and War in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank: Community Discussions with CU Faculty

A follow-up event from the "War in Israel and Gaza: Analysis, Explanations, Memories" on October 11, 2023.

Date: Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Time: 5pm - 6:30pm
Location: University Memorial Center (UMC), Aspen Rooms 285-289 (1669 Euclid Ave, �鶹��, CO 80309)

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The devastating war in the Middle East continues and dominates the news headlines. Many members of the campus community are directly impacted. They have family and friends in the region who have been hurt or worse. For weeks, tensions have been high on US university campuses, including CU �鶹��, and many students feel threatened and unsafe. Social media continues to be saturated with posts that often further inflame lingering frictions and mistrust and spread misinformation. Many have asked for more information and insights into the conflict and its decades-long histories.

Please join us for a program to continue discussions about the ongoing conflict that began shortly after the October 7 Hamas terror attacks. The public is invited to individual and group discussions with CU faculty experts on a range of sub-topics from antisemitism to the long history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. This event uses a more informal format and allows smaller groups of participants to discuss a specific sub-topic with a faculty expert.

Professor Janet J. Jacobs (WGST)
Professor Zach Levey (IAFS/JWST)
Professor Karim Mattar (ENGL)
Professor Thomas Pegelow Kaplan (JWST/HIST)
Professor Eyal Rivlin (JWST)
Professor Rebecca Wartell (JWST)

For more information, please contact the Program in Jewish Studies at 303.492.7143 or CUJewishStudies@colorado.edu.

Free and open to the public. No tickets required.
Visitor parking available at Euclid parking deck.

Organized by CU �鶹��'s Program in Jewish Studies and co-sponsored by CU's Center for Humanities & the Arts, Department of English, Department of History, and International Affairs Program.

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Censorship Unbound: A Panel on Book Bans and the Right to Read in K-8 Schools and Libraries (10/25/23)

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Censorship Unbound: A Panel on Book Bans and the Right to Read in K-8 Schools and Libraries (10/25/23) Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 10/25/2023 - 13:42

A Panel on Book Bans and the Right to Read in K-8 Schools and Libraries

Oct 25, 2023 | 5:30 - 7:30pm | �鶹�� Public Library - Canyon Theatre

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Part of the 5th Annual Children's Book Festival, partnered with the CU �鶹��'s School of Education.

In response to the alarming surge in challenges to literature, the Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) is taking a stand. The CHA is co-sponsoring a panel titled "Book Censorship and Honoring the Right to Read in K-8 Schools and Libraries" at the upcoming Children's Book Festival. The event aims to shed light on the critical issue of book bans and the preservation of academic freedom in educational institutions.

We invite teachers, students, families, librarians and all who are concerned about book bans and challenges to join us for the panel on Book Censorship and Honoring the Right to Read in K-8 Schools and Libraries. This panel event will take place on October 25, from 5:30pm - 7:30pm at the Canyon Theater & Gallery - �鶹�� Public Library (Main Library). Opportunity to purchase the festival authors’ books, signing, and a reception will follow the panel.

Event Hosts

This event is in partnership with the CU �鶹��'s School of Education, �鶹�� Book Store, �鶹�� Public Library, and the CU �鶹�� Center for Humanities and the Arts (CHA).

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War in Israel and Gaza: Analysis, Explanations, Memories (10/11/23)

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War in Israel and Gaza: Analysis, Explanations, Memories (10/11/23) Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 10/11/2023 - 08:03

War in Israel and Gaza: Analysis, Explanations, Memories

A Panel Discussion with Profs. Zach Levey (International Affairs/JWST), John Willis (HIST), and Karim Mattar (ENG).

Date: Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Time: 5:00-6:00 pm
Location: University Memorial Center (UMC), Room 235 (1669 Euclid Ave, �鶹��, CO 80309)

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Faced with the unfolding war and mass death in Israel and Gaza and potentially the entire region, we invite the campus and �鶹�� communities to a panel discussion to shed light on the conflict's context and history. We are keenly aware that this is anything but an easy conversation and that there is a lot of pain and suffering, also experienced by many members of our communities on and off campus, but it is an important conversation to have and an institution of higher learning such as CU is one of the better places to have it. Please attend.

Free and open to the public. No tickets required.
Visitor parking available at Euclid parking deck.

Organized by CU �鶹��'s Program in Jewish Studies and co-sponsored by CU's Center for Humanities & the Arts, Department of History, and International Affairs Program.

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Culture Crawl: Button Bonanza with Macky Centers (9/19/23)

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Culture Crawl: Button Bonanza with Macky Centers (9/19/23) Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 09/19/2023 - 13:14

2023 Culture Crawl

Button Bonanza with Macky Centers - Craft Your Own Personalized Pinback Buttons

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More than music and momentous events, did you know that Macky Auditorium is home to a collection of outstanding research and cultural centers? So come craft with us and learn more!

On Tuesday, September 19 from 11am - 2 pm, join us for our event "Culture Crawl: Button Bonanza with Macky Centers - Craft Your Own Personalized Pinback Buttons". This event will be in the Macky Gallery where we will have an array of materials like printed paper, images, and other art supplies available to make a one-of-a-kind pinback button; you just need to unleash your creativity!

The Culture Crawl is a campus-wide event celebrating several cultural heritage sites and groups at CU �鶹��. Stop by the different locations and take part in immersive activities, performances, games and shows. Every location you visit gives you a chance to win a prize.

Find the full schedule of events at the Culture Crawl website: www.colorado.edu/libraries/culture-crawl

Event Information

Date: Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Time: 11am - 2pm
Location: Macky Auditorium, first floor gallery
Event is free and open to the public.

Event Hosts

This event is hosted by CU �鶹��'s Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA), Center of the American West, and the American Music Research Center.

[video:https://vimeo.com/848495692]

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Difficult Dialogues: Antisemitism and Being Jewish in the US (9/13/23)

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Difficult Dialogues: Antisemitism and Being Jewish in the US (9/13/23) Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 09/13/2023 - 11:12

Antisemitism and Being Jewish in the US

This panel discussion focused on the rise of antisemitism in the last decade—a rise that some might say has never disappeared and has resurfaced with events like the march on Charlottesville, the attack on the Tree of Life synagogue, and recent comments by celebrities. This event was part of the semi-annual Difficult Dialogues event — a series of panel conversations that bring together people from on and off campus to discuss challenging issues from their own perspectives.

It is hard to know how to talk about antisemitism, and this difficult dialogue engaged with multiple topics as well as what it means to be Jewish today, especially in a multi-religious and multi-racial space such as �鶹�� county. Among the questions our panelists pondered was is: “How does antisemitism manifest in our communities today?", "Are Jews white?", "How is antisemitism different from or similar to to other forms of racism, bias, exclusion, and discrimination?", "Is criticism of Israel antisemitic?"

Event Information

Registration: https://colorado.edu/cha/dd23rsvp
Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Time: Doors Open: 6:30pm | Event Timeframe: 7pm - 8:30pm
Location: in-person at Grace Commons Church, Oerter Hall: 1820 15th Street, �鶹��, CO 80302
Flyer Download: www.colorado.edu/cha/sites/default/files/attached-files/fall_dd_print_flyer-antisemitism_and_being_jewish_09.13.2023.pdf
Event is free and open to the public. This event will not be recorded.

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Asian American History, Identity, & How to be an Anti-Racism Advocate (5/25/23)

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Asian American History, Identity, & How to be an Anti-Racism Advocate (5/25/23) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 05/25/2023 - 10:54

Asian American History, Identity, & How to be an Anti-Racism Advocate: An AAPI Heritage Month Talk

Dr. Jennifer Ho, Ethnic Studies Professor and CHA Director, will talk about what the term “AAPI” means—its origins, its use as label that combines “Asian Americans” and “Pacific Islander” into a single category, and the reason she embraces Asian American as a racial category of unity and solidarity. She will share her family’s immigration story to the US as a way to understand Asian American history and identity and will answer questions about any and all things related to Asian American history, society, experiences and general questions about race and racism, especially given the attacks against Asian Americans during the global COVID-19 pandemic. Ho will end the talk by sharing resources on what everyone can do to be anti-racism advocates.

This speaking engagement is sponsored by the College of Arts & Sciences' Office for Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion.

About the Speaker

The daughter of a refugee father from China and an immigrant mother from Jamaica, Jennifer Ho is the director of the Center for Humanities & the Arts at the �鶹��, where she also holds an appointment as Professor of Ethnic Studies. She is the past president of the Association for Asian American Studies and the author of three scholarly monographs. In addition to her academic work, Ho is active in community engagement around issues of race and intersectionality, leading workshops on anti-racism and how to talk about race in our current political climate. You can follow her on Twitter @drjenho

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Global Asias Cyber Chat: Gendering Social Movements across Global Asia and Asian America (4/17/23)

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Global Asias Cyber Chat: Gendering Social Movements across Global Asia and Asian America (4/17/23) Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 04/17/2023 - 16:54

The Spring 2023 Global Asias Cyber Chat focuses on the role of women in social movements across Asia and Asian America.

This event was originally set to take place on March 7, 2023, and was rescheduled for April 17, 2023. This virtual panel will feature 3 scholars in conversation, roundtable style. Please note we are not recording this webinar.

Speakers and Topics

Professor Miliann Kang, PhD, teaches at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the College of Humanities & Fine Arts. Dr. Kang will discuss the role of mothers in social movements, especially Asian American activism, from Lily Chin, mother of Vincent Chin, who galvanized nationwide organizing after her son's murder, to Patsy Mink, first woman of color elected to Congress who is known as the "mother of Title IX," to contemporary maternal activism against anti-Asian racism. Dr. Kang studies Asian American feminisms, immigrant women’s work and labor issues, race and reproductive politics, and gender, work and family issues in transnational contexts.

People often refer to 1990s Japan as the “lost decade” because of the economic malaise that set in after the bubble burst at the end of the 80s. Dr. Petrice Flowers, Associate Professor at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, will focus on how this decade and the following were a renaissance of activism, often led by women. Her research focuses on Japan in an international context and investigates the global-local connections between Japan and the world.

Dr. Deepti Misri is an Associate Professor in the Department of Women and Gender Studies at the �鶹��. Her areas of interest span South Asian literary and cultural production, transnational feminist studies, and feminist theory and criticism. Dr. Misri will consider women-led forms of activism and art in the context of Kashmir, also examining instrumentalist state mobilizations of “women’s rights” discourses, and reflecting on avenues for transnational solidarity with Kashmiri women.

ADA Accomodation

We will work with ADA Compliance to attempt to fulfill any disability requests for ASL interpreting for this event. Requests received less than 48 hours prior to the event cannot be guaranteed. To make a request, please email the Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) at cu-cha@colorado.edu.

Event Hosts

Co-Sponsored by CU �鶹��'s Center for Asian Studies and the Global Asias Initiative.

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