CU Boulder Center for Humanities & the Arts

⏰ Deadline Next Week: Creative Futures Fellowship 🗓 Apply by Monday, May 11 at 11:59 p.m. MT Are you a faculty researcher, inventor, or creator in the arts, humanities, or social sciences? The new CU Boulder Creative Futures Fellowship offers funding, support, and community to help transform creative ideas and scholarship into real‑world impact. ✨ What’s available: • Up to $200,000 total funding • Grants of $5,000, $15,000, or $25,000 • Support from a collaborative cohort and the Creative Futures Support Studio Eligible projects must be faculty‑led and focused on outcomes that strengthen communities, advance positive social change, or create economic opportunity. 👉 Learn more and apply before the deadline!

📢 Mellon Grant — Call for PhD Applications The Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar “Restoring Trust: Humanistic Perspectives on Academic Freedom, US American Democracy, and Higher Education Leadership” is now accepting PhD applications for Graduate Fellowships in the Humanities, Democracy, and Higher Education. This seminar explores how humanities scholars and university leaders can work together to navigate challenges around academic freedom, public trust, and conversations on complex social justice issues—strengthening the future of higher education in a polarized U.S. democracy. Hosted by the Center for Humanities & the Arts in partnership with: • Office of Faculty Affairs • Office for Public and Community-Engaged Scholarship • Strategic Relations and Communications ✨ PhD students: Apply for this two-year fellowship! 🗓 Applications accepted through Monday, April 19th. 🔗 Details and application portal available on the CHA website

Yom HaShoah 2026 / 5786: Public Name Readings On Tuesday, April 14 (Yom HaShoah), members of the CU campus and the broader Boulder–Denver community are invited to gather in remembrance to honor the lives of European Jews murdered by the Germans and their many allies during the Holocaust. From 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., participants will read names aloud at Dalton Trumbo Fountain Court, outside the University Memorial Center on CU Boulder’s campus. All are welcome to attend, participate, and read. If you would like to sign up for a 10‑minute reading slot, please add your name here: 👉 /spreadsheets/d/1EpKAPDwfVbRYYsDH_ziehgobSQ6iFMuDS8Vs4KxZW2M/edit Lists of names will be available prior to the event upon request. 📍 Location: Dalton Trumbo Fountain Court, UMC (1669 Euclid Avenue, Boulder) 📅 Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 🕙 Time: 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. 🔗 Event details: https://calendar.colorado.edu/event/yom-hashoah-public-name-readings-1967

🎻 Visiting Artist: Violinist Stella Chen 🎻 American Music Research Center The American Music Research Center (AMRC), in collaboration with the CU Strings Department and the AA&PI Staff and Faculty Group, is delighted to welcome violinist Stella Chen—winner of the Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition and Gramophone Young Artist of the Year—to CU Boulder this April. 🎶 Public Events (Free & Open to All): 📍 Violin Masterclass Thursday, April 9 | 5:00–6:30pm Imig Music Building, Room S303 📍 Q&A / Talk with Stella Chen Friday, April 10 | 11:00am–12:00pm 📍 Macky Auditorium, Room 213 🥪 Lunch to follow: 12:00–1:00pm This visit offers a unique opportunity to engage with one of today’s most celebrated young violinists through performance, conversation, and community. 🎼 All are welcome—students, faculty, staff, and community members!

📚 Fall 2026 Book Club Pick Announced! We’re excited to share our Fall 2026 book club selection: Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth by Daisy Hernández (Random House, Feb. 2026) Blending memoir, history, and cultural criticism, Hernández powerfully interrogates what citizenship really means—and who it has (and hasn’t) ever been for. Drawing from her family’s experiences of migration and political exile, this timely book challenges the stories we tell ourselves about belonging, nationhood, and the American myth. ✨ Join the Book Club Sign up using the QR CODE We’re also seeking discussion facilitators and meeting hosts—you can indicate interest on the same form. 📍 Meeting Options 📖 Book Pickup Info Beginning the week of April 7, CHA offices will be open Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 9:00 AM–3:00 PM, through the end of April. If those times don’t work, the form includes options for alternate pickup arrangements—or you’re welcome to source your own copy. This is a powerful and timely read, and we hope you’ll read alongside us. Questions? Reach out to the CHA team at [email protected]

Only 3 days left! 2026 is a defining year for democratic resilience — and media literacy has never been more essential. Join us as we unpack Claire Potter’s Political Junkies and explore how alternative media shaped our political world. 📅 Wednesday, March 25, 2026 | 4:00–5:30 PM 📍 at Macky Auditorium 🎟️ Free & open to all Registration: https://cvent.me/lqOd9N

📚 The Race Makers: From Louis XIV to Thomas Jefferson An evening with Andrew Curran Join us for a fascinating talk with writer and Enlightenment specialist Andrew S. Curran as he discusses his new book—a sweeping group biography tracing how the concept of race formed through personal choices, ambition, fear, and profit. Curran will also reflect on the craft of writing large histories through individual lives. 📅 Thursday, April 2 🕔 5:15–6:30 pm 📍 CGBIS Room — Norlin Library M549 🍽️ Light dinner provided Curran’s writing has appeared in The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, The Guardian, Newsweek, Time Magazine, The Paris Review, El País, and The Wall Street Journal. He is the author or editor of six books, including his newest, Biography of a Dangerous Idea: A New History of Race from Louis XIV to Thomas Jefferson. Questions? Contact [email protected]

As politicians increasingly turn to sympathetic podcasters and online creators to shape their message, traditional journalism is being pushed aside. Claire Potter’s book Political Junkies helps us understand what’s at stake. 📅 Wednesday, March 25, 2026 | 4:00–5:30 PM 🎟️ Free & open to all 🔗 Registration: https://cvent.me/lqOd9N 📍 Macky Auditorium

Where do we go from here? Our media landscape has never been more fragmented — or more consequential. Explore how this happened at our upcoming event featuring Claire Potter and her book Political Junkies. 📅 Wednesday, March 25, 2026 | 4:00–5:30 PM 🎟️ Free & open to all Registration: https://cvent.me/lqOd9N 📍 at Macky Auditorium

In 2026, many people get their news from influencers, not journalists — and politicians often bypass traditional media entirely. Claire Potter predicted this shift. Come learn what it means for our future. 📅 Wednesday, March 25, 2026 | 4:00–5:30 PM 🎟️ Free & open to all Registration: https://cvent.me/lqOd9N 📍 at Macky Auditorium

Around political breaking news, AI generated images and manipulated media spread faster than facts — fueling confusion and mistrust. Political Junkies helps us make sense of this chaotic landscape. 📅 Save the date & register today! 📅 Wednesday, March 25, 2026 | 4:00–5:30 PM 🎟️ Free & open to all Registration: https://cvent.me/lqOd9N 📍 at Macky Auditorium

From talk radio → blogs → Twitter → TikTok → AI-generated “news,” our media diet has changed everything. Claire Potter’s Political Junkies helps us understand this evolution — and why 2026 feels like a breaking point. 📚 Don’t miss this conversation. 📅 Wednesday, March 25, 2026 4:00–5:30 PM At Macky Auditorium 🎟️ Free & open to all Registration: https://cvent.me/lqOd9N