Upcoming Events

Chasing Ghosts: A Ride with the American West’s Most Notorious Outlaw

A Conversation with Brett Davis and Andrew Gulliford

Event date: 9/17/2025 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Export event

Location: Center of Southwest Studies Lyceum

Free and open to the public.

A modern-day crew of adventurers goes back in time to the age of the western outlaw seeking to find the ghosts of Butch Cassidy and his Wild Bunch by visiting their old haunts. Along the way, they explore both the real and imagined lore of this age in hopes of understanding the allure such times continue to have on the American psyche.

Nits’a ̨́a ̨́dóóÍdahwiil’aah “We are learning from you”

Event date: 9/18/2025 5:00 PM - 8:30 PM Export event

Location: CSWS Lyceum

5:00 PM Reception and Hors ‘doeuvers

6:00 PM Film Screening & Remarks

Join the Center of Southwest Studies and Diné College for a free special screening of a recently released, unauthored documentary about influential contemporary Diné textile and fiber artist, sheepherder, and farmer Kevin Aspaas.

Produced by Shane R. Hendren, Diné College's 2025 Mellon Foundation Artist-in-Resident Fellow, the film highlights Aspaas’ traditional practices and cultural artistry against the backdrop of ever-shifting environmental factors, such as water availability and running an agricultural enterprise.