Medieval and Renaissance Conference Returns to CSU

After 22 years, the Rocky Mountain Medieval Renaissance Association (RMMRA) Conference has returned to Colorado State University, as scholars of various liberal arts fields studying Medieval and Renaissance eras gather for one of the largest gatherings of such scholarship in the West.  “People come together from many universities, from Colorado to the coast, every year […]

The Mountains Are Calling, and Everyone Wants to Go

A Brief History of Colorado’s Ski Expansion with Colorado Tourism and Ski Historian Michael Childers Listen to Ski Historian Michael Childers on the Audit below: The route along Interstate 70 (I-70) from Denver to Vail Ski Resort stretches a little more than 100 miles. Along that route, you’ll pass under the Eisenhower Tunnel, through Copper […]

Sickness, suffering and supplication: A conversation about health and medicine during the Middle Ages and early modern era in Europe

John Slater and Nicole Archambeau are both historians who study Europe in the 16th and 14th centuries, respectively, looking at the ways in which people understood illness, pursued wellness and worked to heal themselves.