Cox Family Process Speaker Series

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

Beginning in 2021, the聽Cox Family Process Speaker Series offers聽annual programming that brings renowned artists and scholars to CU 麻豆影院 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,聽for making this series possible through their generous donation.

Previous Cox Family Process Speaker Series:

2024: Gabrielle Calvocoressi and "Rocket Fantastic"

聽discussed their poetry collection聽聽(winner of the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry). Their book聽has been described as a "spellbinding reinvention and exploration of self, gender, and family." In聽Rocket Fantastic, Calvocoressi innovatively uses聽the musical segno symbol in replacement of traditional pronouns for one of the main characters, allowing聽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聽expert on abortion history. She聽specializes broadly in histories of gender, sexuality, 20th century conservative movements, and the American West.聽On April 12, 2023,聽Dr. Jennifer Holland discussed聽the origins of her book聽, the reception of the book, and the afterlife of聽Tiny You,聽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.聽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聽.

2021: Dr. Priscilla Wald and "Contagious: Cultures, Carriers, and the Outbreak Narrative"

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.聽Dr. Wald聽discussed聽her book,聽聽(Duke University Press 2008). She shared her inspiration for this critical work, the afterlives of CONTAGIOUS, and聽thoughts she had about this work given our COVID-19 lives.聽