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SUMMARY:Library Summer Events
DESCRIPTION:Full summer schedule. Workshops are open to the public\, alumni\, current students\, staff\, and faculty. Book club is for Iliff community members. The Writing Group is open to all. \nZoom link available by emailing Ruben Figueroa at rfigueroa@iliff.edu. \n \n\nWriting for Self-Care\n\nJuly 15th from 11a-12:30p MST\n\n\nWriting: Different Note Taking Styles\n\nJuly 29th from 11a-12:30p MST\n\n\nWriting Goal Setting and Time Management\n\nAugust 12th from 11a-12:30p MST\n\n\nWriting: Better Note Taking\n\nAugust 26th from 11a-12:30p MST\n\n\nWriting: Graduate Note Taking with Obsidian\n\nAugust 28th from 11a-12:30p MST\n\n\n\nWriting Group:\nSummer writing group for all genres at Iliff Taylor Library last Friday of July and last\nFriday of august. Come write\, and share your current work with peer and specialized\nfeedback \nBook clubs this summer will run 11a-12p MST on Thursdays\nFor zoom link contact rfigueroa@iliff.edu\nJuly Book Club\nLove after the End:  an Anthology of Two-Spirit & Indigiqueer speculative fiction \nAugust Book Club\nDamned Whiteness: How White Christian Allies Failed the Black Freedom Movement or\nLet the Poets Govern: A Declaration of Freedom
URL:https://www.iliff.edu/event-calendar/library-summer-events/
LOCATION:Iliff School of Theology\, 2323 East Iliff Avenue\, Denver\, CO\, 80210\, United States
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SUMMARY:Opening Convocation 2026:  Beginning the Year Together
DESCRIPTION:Opening Convocation 2026: Beginning the Year Together\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				RSVP Now \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				RSVP for:• Convocation• Community Meal• Community Meal + Convocation \nNote: If attending the meal\, please RSVP by the end of the day Wednesday\, September 2\, and indicate dietary restrictions. We can accommodate gluten-free\, vegetarian\, and vegan meals. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Opening Convocation 2026: Beginning the Year Together\nA new academic year invites us to gather and consider the questions that will shape our work together. \nJoin the Iliff community for our Opening Convocation featuring new faculty members Dr. Candice NunnTelfort and Dr. George Schmidt\, with a welcome and updates from Dr. Albert Hernandez. \nDr. Candice NunnTelfort: The Unconscious: On the Limits of Spiritual Care \nDr. George Schmidt: Spiritual Care in an Age of War \nThursday\, September 10 \nCommunity Meal: 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m.Convocation: 1:00–2:00 p.m.Iliff School of Theology \nShattuck Hall \n2323 E. Iliff Ave. \nDenver\, CO 80210 \nJoin us for the meal\, the conversation\, the questions\, or all three. Let’s begin the year together. \nRSVP for:• Convocation• Community Meal• Community Meal + Convocation \nNote: If attending the meal\, please RSVP by the end of the day Wednesday\, September 2\, and indicate dietary restrictions. We can accommodate gluten-free\, vegetarian\, and vegan meals. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				RSVP Now
URL:https://www.iliff.edu/event-calendar/opening-convocation-2026-beginning-the-year-together/
LOCATION:CO
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260915
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260918
DTSTAMP:20260811T154004Z
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SUMMARY:ILIFF PREACHING CONFERENCE
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER NOW!\nINAUGURAL ILIFF PREACHING CONFERENCE\nSeptember 15-17\, 2026 | At the Iliff School of Theology\nIliff School of Theology invites organizations\, churches\, foundations\, and ministry partners to support the inaugural Preaching in an Age of Contempt conference: a gathering designed to equip\, nurture\, and encourage clergy and community organizers for courageous Gospel witness in a difficult cultural moment. \nLearn more and register now! \nhttps://www.iliffpreachingconference.com/course/preaching-in-an-age-of-contempt-2026
URL:https://www.iliff.edu/event-calendar/iliff-preaching-conference/
LOCATION:Iliff School of Theology\, 2323 East Iliff Avenue\, Denver\, CO\, 80210\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260930T170000
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SUMMARY:Pulpit+ Exchange with Helen Littlejohn
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Pulpit+ Exchange with Helen Littlejohn\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Join us for Iliff’s Pulpit+ Exchange Series\, an inspiring series of in-person and virtual gatherings where clergy\, lay leaders\, activists\, scholars\, ministers\, journalists\, and community organizers come together to wrestle with the most pressing questions of our time. Together\, we’ll explore powerful stories of hope\, healing\, and action—each rooted in a shared vision of justice and liberation. \nRekindling Wisdom \nCelebrated Denver poet and visual artivist Helen Littlejohn invites us into an interactive evening of reflection\, creativity\, and discovery. Through guided writing and hands-on art-making\, participants will explore memory\, inherited wisdom\, and the stories that continue to shape us. Together\, we will stoke the artistic embers of our collective past\, not simply to remember what has been\, but to discover what wisdom might be rekindled for our futures. \nHelen Littlejohn is a visual artist\, poet\, and activist whose work invites us to see the beauty\, the ache\, and the possibility in our shared human story. Through color\, texture\, and language\, her work insists that we look deeply and listen closely to the world we are shaping. \nDetails: \nWednesday\, September 30  \n5:00 – 5:45 PM (MST): Light meal and connection \n5:45 PM: Lecture begins\, followed by Q&A and deep discussion \nLocation: In-person at Iliff or online via livestream. Unable to attend in person? Register to receive the livestream link.
URL:https://www.iliff.edu/event-calendar/pulpit-exchange-with-helen-littlejohn/
LOCATION:CO
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20261008T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20261008T193000
DTSTAMP:20261002T175402Z
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SUMMARY:Imagine Iliff: Admissions Informational Session
DESCRIPTION:Inside Iliff: Admissions Informational\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				Register Now\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Imagine what you can do with Iliff. \nCurious about theological education or wondering where an Iliff degree might take you? \nJoin us online for a relaxed\, no-pressure conversation with Iliff students\, staff\, leadership\, and our Admissions team. Bring your questions. Explore our graduate programs. Hear from the people who make Iliff\, Iliff.
URL:https://www.iliff.edu/event-calendar/imagine-iliff-admissions-informational-session/
LOCATION:CO
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20261019T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20261019T190000
DTSTAMP:20260910T164923Z
CREATED:20260910T161224Z
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SUMMARY:Pulpit+ Exchange with Eric C. Smith
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Pulpit+ Exchange with Eric C. Smith\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Join us for Iliff’s Pulpit+ Exchange Series\, an inspiring series of in-person and virtual gatherings where clergy\, lay leaders\, activists\, scholars\, ministers\, journalists\, and community organizers come together to wrestle with the most pressing questions of our time. Together\, we’ll explore powerful stories of hope\, healing\, and action—each rooted in a shared vision of justice and liberation. \nLife in Authoritarian and Autocratic Times: Lessons from the Book of Acts \nGovernment agents rounding people up on the streets. Prisons crowded with ethnic and racial minorities. Increasing political violence and violent rhetoric. Wealth concentrating in the hands of the few\, and public officials on the take. Politicians insisting that up is down and falsehood is truth. \nAround the world and in the United States\, autocratic and authoritarian governments are on the rise. We live in a time of surging nationalisms\, swelling xenophobia\, and attacks against cultural and academic institutions. The Book of Acts was written two thousand years ago in very different circumstances\, but it has something to say about the kind of world we are living in now. Acts describes the way governments deploy violence and prejudice to meet their aims. Acts follows its heroes into prisons\, where people like Paul and Peter and Silas languish in captivity for other people’s political purposes. We see mob actions\, economic protectionism\, and the twisting of history to suit the narratives of power. \nDrawing from two new books about power\, violence\, and the Book of Acts\, Dr/ Eric C. Smith\, Associate Professor of Early Christian Texts and Traditions at Iliff\, will offer lessons from Acts for life in authoritarian and autocratic regimes. We will notice the patterns and habits of power found in Acts\, and we will pay attention to how those same patterns show up in our own world. And–drawing from the experiences of Jesus’ first followers in the wake of the crucifixion–we will identify strategies for resisting the demands of power and for organizing ourselves to share resources\, find common purpose\, understand each other across differences\, and live against the grain of the power and violence of our times. \nDetails: \nMonday\, October 19  \n5:00 – 5:45 PM (MST): Light meal and connection \n5:45 PM: Lecture begins\, followed by Q&A and deep discussion \nLocation: In-person at Iliff or online via livestream. Unable to attend in person? Register to receive the livestream link.
URL:https://www.iliff.edu/event-calendar/pulpit-exchange-with-eric-c-smith/
LOCATION:CO
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20261026T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20261026T190000
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SUMMARY:Pulpit+ Exchange with Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Pulpit+ Exchange with Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Join us for Iliff’s Pulpit+ Exchange Series\, an inspiring series of in-person and virtual gatherings where clergy\, lay leaders\, activists\, scholars\, ministers\, journalists\, and community organizers come together to wrestle with the most pressing questions of our time. Together\, we’ll explore powerful stories of hope\, healing\, and action—each rooted in a shared vision of justice and liberation. \nMr Jesus: Faith in the Age of AI \nWhat is real in the age of artificial intelligence (AI)? How does our faith inform what is real\, and who ultimately gets to decide our reality? Join us for a special screening of the short film Mr Jesus\, followed by discussion and Q&A exploring profoundly human questions about faith\, purpose\, and our individual and collective use of technology. About the film: Mr Jesus is a sharp\, satirical film about a down-on-his-luck actor who wakes up one morning to discover that his image has been stolen to make a GenAI Jesus\, and now everyone believes he’s the Second Coming. \nRev. Dr. Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi is associate dean of non-degree programs and associate professor of leadership and formation at Iliff School of Theology. She is a collaborator on the Mr Jesus film project\, helping to create a discussion guide for congregations and religious organizations to use in hosting screenings. Through Kristina’s involvement\, Iliff School of Theology is also a partner in this endeavor. To learn more about Mr Jesus and how to host a screening\, visit the film’s website \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				 SPECIAL GUEST: Emily Best is the founder and CEO of Seed&Spark\,  the #1 crowdfunding platform in the world for storytellers on a mission to make entertainment more diverse\, inclusive\, connected\, and essential. Seed&Spark’s platform and national education program have helped thousands of bold storytellers raise over $86M\, and the count is growing.  Emily is dedicated to making the resources for creators to build independent\, sustainable careers free and accessible\, co-creating the Crowdfunding Playbook and The Distribution Playbook. \nShe has produced films\, VR\, shorts and series that have premiered at Sundance\, SXSW\, Slamdance\, Tribeca and more. She produced RATIFIED\, a feature documentary about the 100+ year struggle for the Equal Rights Amendment\, which premiered on Independent Lens on October 20\, 2025\, and her new film MR JESUS is now hitting festivals. Both were crowdfunded. She is also the co-founder of tech justice collective (m)otherboard\, which nurtures the social practices of connection\, community\, and governance that restore human agency\, dignity\, and care. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Details: \nMonday\, October 26 \n5:00 – 5:45 PM (MST): Light meal and connection \n5:45 PM: Lecture begins\, followed by Q&A and deep discussion \nLocation: In-person at Iliff or online via livestream. Unable to attend in person? Register to receive the livestream link.
URL:https://www.iliff.edu/event-calendar/pulpit-exchange-with-kristina-lizardy-hajbi/
LOCATION:CO
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20261030T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20261030T190000
DTSTAMP:20261013T162353Z
CREATED:20261009T214129Z
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SUMMARY:Pulpit+ Exchange with Malaika W. McKee-Culpepper
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Pulpit+ Exchange with Malaika W. McKee-Culpepper\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				 Join us for Iliff’s Pulpit+ Exchange Series\, an inspiring series of in-person and virtual gatherings where clergy\, lay leaders\, activists\, scholars\, ministers\, journalists\, and community organizers come together to wrestle with the most pressing questions of our time. Together\, we’ll explore powerful stories of hope\, healing\, and action—each rooted in a shared vision of justice and liberation. \nMoqueca as Welcome Table Theology: Extending Dr. Rachel Harding’s Vision Toward an Oceanic Commons \nIn There Is a River\, Dr. Vincent Harding set out to offer a “rigorous analysis of the long black movement toward justice\, equity and truth\,” while giving himself permission to celebrate it. He called that movement a river\, and the Harding and Freeney family has long been a confluence within it. \nThe family’s charge was teaching\, scholarship\, theology\, and the arts. Dr. Rachel Elizabeth Harding took up all four and added a fifth: nourishment of the soul\, mind\, and body. A poet and scholar of Afro-Atlantic religions\, she carried the river farther south\, to Salvador\, Bahia\, where her study of Candomblé\, A Refuge in Thunder\, showed how enslaved and freed Africans made spaces of refuge and belonging. With her mother\, Rosemarie Freeney Harding\, she wrote in Remnants of the hospitality at the foundation of their family’s spirituality. From this work came her idea of a “welcome table”: a confluence of practices long known to carry the work of social justice\, resting on critical scholarship in liberation theology and emerging understandings of the political status of Blackness. Those who knew her also tasted the idea. She could quiet a room with a pot of moqueca\, the Bahian seafood stew she served to friends\, students\, and elders alike. \nIn this talk\, Dr. Malaika McKee gives Rachel’s vision formal language as welcome table theology and carries her recipe out to sea as social justice scholarship and praxis. She argues that the scholarship and the stew are one work\, and that the oceans\, which supply its ingredients\, are humanity’s shared welcome table: the meeting point where something as simple as hospitality asks hard questions about equity\, fairness\, social justice\, and planetary safety. Who is served first? Is there still enough in the pot? What happens when the table is depleted? This is a liberation theology grounded in the theory of the commons and practiced at the tables where we meet to create justice. \nExpect an evening of story\, scholarship\, and remembrance\, followed by open dialogue. Scholars\, practitioners\, and all who knew a Harding table are welcome. \nDr. Malaika W. McKee-Culpepper is an Assistant Professor of Education Policy\, Organization\, and Leadership and an Assistant Professor at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) in the College of Education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She was a contributing member of a University of Illinois team that received the 2016 HPC Innovation Excellence Award. Hyperion Research and the HPC User Forum Steering Committee created this award to recognize noteworthy achievements by users of high-performance computing (HPC)\, including simulation\, AI\, other advanced analytics\, quantum computing\, and other methods and technologies.          \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. McKee-Culpepper has published the following:                                                                             \n\n\nBrown\, N. M.\, Mendenhall\, R.\, Black\, M.\, Moer\, M. V.\, Flynn\, K.\, McKee\, M.\, Zerai\, A.\, Lourentzou\, I.\, & Zhai\, C. X. (2019). In Search of Zora/When Metadata Isn’t Enough: Rescuing the Experiences of Black Women Through Statistical Modeling. Journal of Library Metadata\, 19(3-4)\, 141-162.\nMendenhall\, R.\, Linear\, T. I. A.\, McKee\, M. W.\, Lamers\, N. A.\, & Mouawad\, M. B. (2017). Chicago African American mothers’ power of resistance: Designing Spaces of Hope in global contexts. Advances in Education in Diverse Communities: Research\, Policy and Praxis\, 12\, 409-428.\nMendenhall\, R.\, Van Moer\, M.\, McKee\, M.\, Brown\, N.\, Lourentzou\, I.\, Zerai\, A.\, Black\, M. L.\, & Flynn\, K. (2016). Rescuing Lost History: Using Big Data to Recover Black Women’s Lived Experiences. In Proceedings of XSEDE 2016: Diversity\, Big Data\, and Science at Scale Article a56 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; Vol. 17-21-July-2016). Association for Computing Machinery.\nAragon\, A.\, Culpepper\, S. A.\, McKee\, M. W.\, & Perkins\, M. (2014). Understanding Profiles of Preservice Teachers With Different Levels of Commitment to Teaching in Urban Schools. Urban Education\, 49(5)\, 543-573.\n\n\nDetails: \nFriday\, October 30 \n5:00 – 5:45 PM (MST): Light meal and connection \n5:45 PM: Lecture begins\, followed by Q&A and deep discussion \nLocation: In-person at Iliff or online via livestream. Unable to attend in person? Register to receive the livestream link.
URL:https://www.iliff.edu/event-calendar/pulpit-exchange-with-malaika-w-mckee-culpepper/
LOCATION:CO
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20261106T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20261108T170000
DTSTAMP:20261012T202338Z
CREATED:20261012T184722Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261012T202338Z
UID:55728-1793952000-1794157200@www.iliff.edu
SUMMARY:Iliff at Exploration 2026
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				What if your calling is bigger than you imagined?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                                                                                                                                                Join Iliff School of Theology at EXPLORATION 2026\, November 6–8 in Orlando\, Florida\, a gathering for adults discerning God’s call to ministry\, leadership\, and service. \nWhether you’re considering ordination in The United Methodist Church\, exploring chaplaincy\, or imagining new ways to serve your community\, your journey begins with questions worth asking. \nCome meet Iliff! Discover how our theological education\, supportive community\, and diverse pathways can help you turn your calling into meaningful action. Bring your questions\, explore what’s possible\, and imagine a future shaped by your faith\, purpose\, and passion. \n\nWe look forward to meeting you in Orlando! Let us know you’re coming. admissions@iliff.edu. \nLocation: DoubleTree by Hilton at the Entrance to Universal Orlando \nDates: November 6–8\, 2026
URL:https://www.iliff.edu/event-calendar/iliff-at-exploration-2026/
LOCATION:CO
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20261107T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20261107T200000
DTSTAMP:20261015T201336Z
CREATED:20261015T173521Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261015T201336Z
UID:58966-1794070800-1794081600@www.iliff.edu
SUMMARY:Illusions of Home: New Art Exhibit at the Cathie Kelsey Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Illusions at Home: New Art Experience at the Cathie Kelsey Art Gallery\n			\n				Register Now\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n\n\n\n\nThe Iliff School of Theology invites our community to join us for our brand new art exhibit\, Illusions of Home\, in collaboration with the Nicole Longnecker Gallery. \nHosted during Denver Arts Week\, Illusions of Home\, featuring the work of Houston-based artist and educator Anthony Suber\, will be the second exhibit in Denver’s Cathie Kelsey Gallery at the Iliff School of Theology. This exhibit runs through February 2027. \nAbout the Gallery: Iliff recently transformed and opened the Cathie Kelsey Art Gallery\, named in honor of our former Dean of Faculty\, Dr. Cathie Kelsey. The gallery is open during Iliff’s normal business hours. \nAbout the exhibition: Illusions of Home\, in the words of artist Anthony Suber\, “brings together works spanning multiple chapters of my artistic practice\, anchored by a central title piece that interrogates the lived realities of the Black middle class. Rooted in personal experience\, the exhibition explores the fraught search for true liberation\, sovereignty\, and belonging within structures that often promise stability yet defer genuine freedom. Through multi-layered assemblage\, symbolic iconography\, and motifs of birth and transcendence\, the collection weaves a narrative around the enduring pursuit of self-determination.” \nAbout the Artist: Anthony Suber is a Texas-born multi-disciplinary artist based in South Texas. He holds a BFA from the University of Houston and an MFA from Houston Christian University. Suber’s practice spans exhibitions\, public projects\, and multi-layered activations presented nationally and internationally\, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki\, Greece; Project Row Houses in Houston\, TX; Tinney Contemporary in Nashville\, TN; the University Museum at Texas Southern University; the Tulsa Race Massacre Symposium in Tulsa\, OK; and the Houston Museum of African American Culture. His solo exhibitions include Red Bud Arts Center\, LRT Gallery\, Cindy Lisica Gallery\, and Nicole Longnecker Gallery in Houston\, Texas. In addition to his studio work\, Suber is a Professor of Art at the University of Houston’s Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts and serves as Creative Director of “The Blackman Project”\, a nonprofit addressing art and mental health. His work has been featured in Arts and Culture Texas\, Glasstire\, The Houston Chronicle\, and Free Press Houston. Suber was the recipient of the Artadia Art Prize in 2022 and the BIPOC Arts Network and Fund Award in 2025. \nReception information TBA. Please stay tuned for more information. \nLearn more about our artist: https://www.anthonyjsuber.com/ \nLearn more about the Nicole Longnecker Gallery: https://www.longneckergallery.com/show/nicole-longnecker-gallery-illusions-of-home—anthony-suber—iliff-school-of-theology \nLearn more about Denver Arts Week: https://visitdenver.com/denver-arts-week/
URL:https://www.iliff.edu/event-calendar/illusionsofhome/
LOCATION:Iliff School of Theology\, 2323 East Iliff Avenue\, Denver\, CO\, 80210\, United States
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UID:58549-1794247200-1794254400@www.iliff.edu
SUMMARY:Building Multiple Belonging
DESCRIPTION:Building Multiple Belonging\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				We invite our community to Building Multiple Belonging for the opportunity to learn and practice relationship-building across religious\, political\, and racial differences. Participants will hear about the experience of the Multiple Belonging Project – a two-year commitment from people from different religious\, political\, and racial backgrounds who came together to learn about one another and came to deeply care about one another. They will get a first peek at a new podcast series about the effort and have an opportunity to practice relationship-building with others at the event. \nLearn more about the Multiple Belonging project led by the Institute for Religion\, Politics & Culture at Iliff\, as part of the Belonging Colorado Cohort funded by the Denver Foundation.  \nEvent Details: \nMonday\, November 9 \nIliff School of Theology – Shattuck Hall  \n6PM – 8PM \nNo Registration required! Free and open to the public. 
URL:https://www.iliff.edu/event-calendar/buildingmultiplebelonging/
LOCATION:Iliff School of Theology\, 2323 East Iliff Avenue\, Denver\, CO\, 80210\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261121
DTSTAMP:20261009T173329Z
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UID:54452-1795132800-1795219199@www.iliff.edu
SUMMARY:Critical Imagination Summit
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				November 20\, 2026Iliff School of Theology\nAbout the Conference\nCritical Imagination Summit challenges us to examine our deepest beliefs about innovation\, moving beyond user research to understand why we build\, who benefits\, and how we can collectively transform systems to build genuine trust between humans and machines. Imagination not as escapism\, but as a rigorous practice for exposing power\, naming harm\, and cultivating more just\, livable futures. \nAttendees will take a systematic approach to developing emerging\, technological solutions by interrogating policies\, research\, narratives\, and outcomes.  \nPreliminary Schedule\n8:30 AM – 9 AM: Breakfast \n9 AM – 9:15 AM: Welcome by Dr. Philip Butler\, Director of Iliff’s AI Institute \n9:15 AM – 10 AM: Breakfast side chat w/ Dominique Lamb on Black Futures\, the Housing Industrial Complex\, and Re-imagining Quality of Life Foundations (Hosted by Dr. Philip Butler) \n10:15 AM – 11:45 AM Session 1: Dr. Tomi Oredein (Brite Divinity)\, Dr. Fallon Wilson (Black Tech Futures) and Christina Hudson (Temple University)“Imagining the Liminal – Converging the Future’s Past on the Present” \n11:45 AM – 12:30 PM: Lunch \n12:45 PM -2:45 PM Imagination Games – Dr. Gary Green (Twin Cities) and Eliza Sekou “Wiring Up the Future – Gaming Options that Play Beyond the Past” \n3 PM -4:30 PM Session 2: Dr. Danie Buhuro (Garrett Evangelical)\, Dr. Mark Graves (AI and Faith)\, and Dr. Girim Jung (Wesleyan University)“Shepherding Imagination: Dark and Prophetic Machines” \n4:30 PM-4:45 PM: Closing Remarks by Dr. Philip Butler \nStay tuned for additional updates on workshops\, featured speakers\, and programming. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				What is Critical Imagination?\nCritical imagination is a sociotechnical approach that asks researchers and designers to rigorously interrogate any domain and surface the social\, cultural\, ethical\, and political implications of technological choices. The inherent inquiry-based approach centers questions about how technological design and implementation shapes\, and is shaped by\, human systems and experiences.  \nThis approach combines critical analysis (i.e. history\, power\, values\, resources) with creative foresight (scenarios\, prototypes\, policies) and participatory methods (co?design\, stakeholder narratives). Through iterative cycles of imagination\, research\, prototyping\, and reflection\, we ask: Who benefits? Who is harmed or excluded? What social practices will this enable or disrupt? What unintended outcomes may occur? How might we change the future today? \nThe result is a design that is not only usable and useful but accountable and anticipatory—technology built  not merely as an instrument but as an active\, dynamic partner to human life \nVideo Links \nICE at Airports\, IL Primaries & AfroFuturism as Resistance | The Signal LIVE Ep 13  \nTHE MAPS. THE MIND. THE MOVEMENT. | The Signal LIVE Ep 17 \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Want to keep in touch?\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Want to be notified when more information is released? \nComplete the interest form to hear about speakers\, workshops\, and registration.
URL:https://www.iliff.edu/event-calendar/critical-imagination-summit/
LOCATION:Iliff School of Theology\, 2323 East Iliff Avenue\, Denver\, CO\, 80210\, United States
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DTSTAMP:20260818T181314Z
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UID:54848-1795197600-1795206600@www.iliff.edu
SUMMARY:HTI 30th Anniversary: The Power of En Conjunto
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The Hispanic Theological Initiative is celebrating 30 years of transformation\, scholarship\, and leadership that continues to shape the academy\, the church\, and the world. \nJoin the HTI community for this milestone celebration featuring a seated dinner and a special anniversary program honoring three decades of impact and achievement. \nLet’s come together for an unforgettable evening of reflection\, connection\, and celebration. \nIliff is a proud sponsor of this event.
URL:https://www.iliff.edu/event-calendar/hti-30th-anniversary-the-power-of-en-conjunto/
LOCATION:Tivoli Turnhalle\, Tivoli\, 900 Auraria Pkwy\, Denver\, CO\, 80204\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261121
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261125
DTSTAMP:20261002T171313Z
CREATED:20261002T171108Z
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UID:58373-1795219200-1795564799@www.iliff.edu
SUMMARY:Iliff at the 2026 AAR/SBL Annual Meeting | Nov. 21–24
DESCRIPTION:Iliff at the 2026 AAR/SBL Annual Meeting | Nov. 21–24\n			\n				Register Now\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Iliff faculty and scholars will bring their work to the 2026 AAR/SBL Annual Meeting at the Colorado Convention Center\, joining scholars from around the world in conversations shaping the future of religion\, theology and public life. \nAcross papers\, roundtables and special sessions\, Iliff scholars will engage with questions in ecology\, decolonization\, emerging spiritualities\, death and the Anthropocene\, artificial intelligence\, biblical scholarship\, theological education and justice. \nPresenters and participants (listed below) topics range from BlackAI and algorithmic disenfranchisement to mushroom churches\, contemporary witchcraft\, public biblical scholarship\, Latina leadership and new approaches to teaching theology. \nIf you’re attending AAR/SBL in Denver\, look for Iliff throughout the program—and join the conversations our faculty and scholars are helping move forward. \nPapers: \n\nAmy Erickson: Ecology without Nature: Distributed Vitality and Ritual Mediation in the Priestly Tradition.\nKristina Lizardy-Hajbi: Who Gets to Say They’re Decolonizing? Theological Education\, Rhetorical Performance\, and Abyssal Thinking\nSho McClarence: Reclamation of the Witch: An Exploration of 21st Century Witchcraft\nKimberly Melgoza: Neoshamanism: Mushroom Churches in the United States\nJosh Perez (co-author): Deferring or Denying Death: Upload\, Black Mirror\, and Mickey 17 as sites of Anthropocene Lament\nPhilip Reed-Butler: Entering Black Time: Internal Galaxies\, Self Knowledge x BlackAI\nEric Smith: Public Biblical Scholarship in an Authoritarian Age\n\nRoundtable: \n\nPhilip Reed-Butler participating in Digital Hush Harbors: Black and Womanist Practical Theology in the Age of Artificial Intelligence An Experimental Multimodal Roundtable on Algorithmic Disenfranchisement\, Digital Care\, and Ecclesial Futures\nBoyung Lee and Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi participating in: Celebrating and Honoring the Work of Carrie Doehring\nAmy Erickson participating in: The Hot Hope Debate: Teaching the Bible with Beal’s Palliative Vision\nKristina Lizardi-Hajbi presiding: Presente: Futuring Latina Scholarship\, Teaching\, and Leadership\n\n  \nAAR Special Event: Thinking Teaching: Strategies\, Stories and Insight to Improve Teaching featuring Katherine Turpin and Boyung Lee.
URL:https://www.iliff.edu/event-calendar/aar-sbl-annual-meeting/
LOCATION:Colorado Convention Center
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