Past Events

Location: Center of Southwest Studies Lyceum

Join us for an evening of conversation with ultra-endurance racer Alexandera Houchin.

Location: Student Union Ballroom

Classes and community members are invited to participate. Drop-in at your convenience between 10 a.m. - noon and 1 - 4 p.m.

Location: Native American Center and Cultural Kitchen

Classes and community members are invited to participate.

RSVP REQUIRED

Location: Native American Center

Join the Center of Southwest Studies and Native American Center for a Deepening Native Roots lunch with Jessa Rae Growing Thunder. This event is open to students only.

Hear about the experiences of Indigenous students attending Fort Lewis Indian School during its two decades of operation under the US federal policy of assimilation.

The Center’s 2019-2020 Doctoral Fellow Cony Márquez presented on her doctoral dissertation, Voices of Women in the Mexican Army: 1936-2018, on Wednesday, October 16^th at 5:30 pm in the Center’s Lyceum Room #120.

On the 150th Anniversary of John Wesley Powell's first Colorado River Run, retired Justice Gregory Hobbs of the Colorado Supreme Court will revisit Powell's journeys into the Colorado River Plateau and his genius as a first-hand leading spokesperson of the western experience.

Friday, September 20th - 5:30 p.m. - Fort Lewis College Ballroom - Free.

This driving tour will focus on sites near Ophir and Telluride related to the development of alternating current, and will include information on early energy entrepreneurs like L.L. Nunn, Nikola Tesla, and George Westinghouse. Part of the Durango History Live! programming.

Saturday, September 7th - 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Limited to 25 participants. Tickets: $15 for CSWS members, $25 for non-members. Lunch on your own in Telluride.
Call for reservations: 970-247-7456.

The Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College is celebrating its 55^th anniversary with a gala on Thursday, August 22^nd from 6:00-9:00 pm in the Center’s Plaza. Tickets are $100.00 supporting the Center’s educational programming aimed at student success. Attendees will be treated to live guitar music, a performance from the college’s Ballet Folklorico, and delicious food and beverages. Please visit www.fortlewis.edu/55thgala for ticketing and charitable contribution information. Limited seating. Please make your reservation by August 16^th.

The Center wraps up the summer series with Ruth Lambert's Documentation of Three Hispano Cemeteries along the San Juan River, on Wednesday, August 21st. The year's series theme is Hispanidad!, dovetailing with our newly updated Treasures of the Southwest exhibit featuring items from our Hispanic collections.