"Struggle and Stability: Western Communities and the Frictions of Growth," a panel discussion on Western communities and their capacity to cope with conflict caused by new migration.
Panelists are Peter Decker, former Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture; Rikki Santarelli, Gunnison County commissioner; Denis Hall, environmental journalist; Cathy Cameron, CU anthropology professor; Bill Celis, CU journalism professor; and Tobey Cho, CU student and founder of the Conflict Resolution Center.
Oct. 6, 7 p.m. at Old Main Chapel, CU-Boulder campus. Sponsored by the Center of the American West.
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"Center of the American WestÂ’s Fourth Annual Distinguished Lecture," presented by Teresa Jordan and Hal Cannon.
Jordan is the author of "Cowgirls," a collection of portraits of Western women working in ranching and rodeo. She also has edited several collections of Western women writers. Cannon, a Western folklorist, is the founder of the influential Center for Western Folklife.
Lecture is Thursday, Oct. 8, at 7 p.m. in the Conference Center of the Denver Public Library at 10 W. 14th Ave. Parkway and Friday, Oct. 9, 7 p.m., in Old Main Chapel, CU-Boulder campus.
Sponsored by the Center of the American West.
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A reading by Luis Alberto Urrea, author of "Across the Wire," a portrait of desperately impoverished people in Tijuana, Mexico, and numerous other books.
Oct. 22, 7 p.m., Old Main Chapel, CU-Boulder campus. Sponsored by the Center of the American West.
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"Hidden Legacies of Mass Incarceration," a panel discussion by Associate Professors Lane Hirabayashi and Kumiko Takahara and Gwenn Jensen, Ph.D., of the political science department.
The panel will feature overviews of the panelists' research on the Colorado Treason Trial, resettlement to Denver as of 1946, and the long- and short-term impact of the interment camps on nisei health.
Discussion is Nov. 4, 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., room 235, University Memorial Center, CU-Boulder campus. Sponsored by the Center of the American West.