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CHA Events & Programs

From panel discussions and guest speakers to workshops and collaborative brainstorming sessions, the Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) hosts and supports a wide range of events for the ���� community throughout the year.

Fall 2025 Book Club – The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity

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September 15, 2025 – Faculty & Graduate Opportunities

Faculty: Small Grants

• Provides up to $3,000 to support research and creative efforts of ��ñ���� faculty and staff.
• Supports work in:
  • Creative and performing arts (e.g., creative writing, painting, sculpting, music, acting, directing, dance).
  • Critical, historical, and theoretical studies of the arts.
• Purpose: To support and promote arts and humanities research.

Graduate: Graduate Research Awards Demonstrating Excellence (GRADE)

• Semi-annual competition for graduate students in humanities and arts.
• Supports conference participation where students present papers or perform/display their work.
• Students from non-traditional arts/humanities fields must demonstrate engagement with multi- and inter-disciplinary methods.

September 29, 2025 | 6:30–8:00 PM

Difficult Dialogues: Immigration – Caring for Others in Times of Need

📍 Location: Grace Commons Church, Boulder

Immigration to the US has been a hot-button issue over the last few decades. Since January 2025, under the second Trump administration, ICE and CBP officers have detained and deported people who are undocumented, visa holders, and even green card holders. US citizens have been swept up as well.

This panel will explore:

• The uptick in aggressive and violent detentions/deportations.
• The racial targeting of communities.
• How we can talk about immigration and a path to citizenship in this climate.

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October 9, 2025 | 6:00–7:30 PM

Immigration: Is This Who We Are?

📍 Colorado Chautauqua's Community House
Part of the Difficult Dialogues: Community Conversations series (with Colorado Chautauqua and their Voices at Chautauqua series).

The US is often described as a country of immigrants. Yet ICE’s increasingly aggressive tactics have politicized this identity.

Discussion focus:

• What does immigration mean for American identity?
• Is this who we are as a nation—and who we want to be?

November 13, 2025 | 6:00–7:30 PM

Israel. Gaza. Boulder. A Very Difficult Dialogue.

📍 Colorado Chautauqua's Community House
Part of the Difficult Dialogues: Community Conversations series (with Colorado Chautauqua and Voices at Chautauqua).

The Israel–Gaza conflict has surfaced in Boulder through heated City Council meetings and even violent acts such as the Pearl Street Mall firebombing.

This dialogue will:

• Address how we can lower tensions.
• Create space where all sides are heard.

December 10, 2025 | 6:00–7:30 PM

Normalization: Is Denial a River in Egypt?

📍 Colorado Chautauqua's Community House
Part of the Difficult Dialogues: Community Conversations series (with Colorado Chautauqua and Voices at Chautauqua).

Normalization is the process of accepting—sometimes quickly—new ways of doing things or experiences as the “new normal.” What are the dangers of this all-too-human approach? How can we avoid this pitfall when it matters most? Join us as we discuss the implications normalization has on ourselves and our society.

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