The Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) hosts听the event series Cox Family Process Speaker Series.

Beginning in 2021, the听Cox Family Process Speaker Series offers听annual programming that brings renowned artists and scholars to CU Boulder each spring. The invited guest speaker will discuss their work that made them famous in their fields. The CHA graciously thanks the Cox Family Visiting Professor Fund, which includes Dr. Jeffrey Cox, the inaugural director of the CHA,听for making this series possible through their generous donation.

Previous Cox Family Process Speaker Series:

2024: Gabrielle Calvocoressi and "Rocket Fantastic"

听discussed their poetry collection听听(winner of the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry). Their book听has been described as a "spellbinding reinvention and exploration of self, gender, and family." In听Rocket Fantastic, Calvocoressi innovatively uses听the musical segno symbol in replacement of traditional pronouns for one of the main characters, allowing听readers to engage with the poem鈥檚 content while leaving sex and gender as an open question.

2023: Dr. Jennifer Holland and "Tiny You: A Western History of the Anti-Abortion Movement"

, History Professor at the University of Oklahoma, author, and听expert on abortion history. She听specializes broadly in histories of gender, sexuality, 20th century conservative movements, and the American West.听On April 12, 2023,听Dr. Jennifer Holland discussed听the origins of her book听, the reception of the book, and the afterlife of听Tiny You,听especially after the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the summer of 2022.

2022: Kevin B. Lee and 鈥淭ransformers: the Premake鈥�

Kevin B. Lee, renowned filmmaker and video essayist, spoke about his film 鈥淭ransformers: the Premake鈥� on March 30, 2022.听His film essay , which acknowledges the internet's role asa boundless repository of information and as a primary experience of reality. He directs Crossmedia Publishing at Merz Akademie, Stuttgart, Germany. Lee is a filmmaker, film critic, and producer of over 350 video essays that explore connections between film and media. Link to the recording of the event can be found at CHA's YouTube Channel听.

Dr. Priscilla Wald, Professor of English at Duke University, teaches and works on U.S. literature and culture, particularly literature of the late-18th to mid-20th centuries, contemporary narratives of science and medicine, science fiction literature and film, law and literature, and environmental studies.听Dr. Wald听discussed听her book,听听(Duke University Press 2008). She shared her inspiration for this critical work, the afterlives of CONTAGIOUS, and听thoughts she had about this work given our COVID-19 lives.听