Dr. Brian Catlos was awarded a by the Boulder Faculty Association for his work on Mediterranean Studies and the CU Mediterranean Studies Group at CU Boulder. This award honors excellence in teaching, service, and research to nominated CU Boulder faculty members. Congratulations, Dr. Catlos, on this well-deserved recognition!
Additionally, Dr. Catlos has听been invited to give the at Northwestern University on听April 26, 2017.听Sponsored by the History Department and the听Chabraja Center for Historical Studies, the lecture series honors the achievements of , a medieval historian who served as chairman of the Department of History from 1948 to 1966. Dr. Catlos鈥檚 talk is titled,听鈥淔oreigners in their Own Lands: The Muslims of Medieval Europe.鈥�
On March 14, 2017, Dr. Catlos was invited to speak at听the University Womens鈥� Club Luncheon Lecture. His talk was titled听"From Bob Dylan to Bill Gates: What Does Islam Have to do with Modern听Western Culture?" In this lecture, Dr. Catlos provided his historical perspective on nationalism and its application to our current national and international political climate with regard to the Middle East and Islam. He discussed how Islam has affected Western culture including rock and roll,听the game of chess, and the digital revolution.听 Dr. Catlos also addressed how medieval Spain and the听Mediterranean world occupy a听crucial place in the evolution of what we call听鈥渢he West,鈥� and why scholars are reconfiguring deeply rooted notions of where听and how western culture originated and developed.
Dr. Brian Catlos听is a Professor of Religious Studies at CU听Boulder and is one of the world鈥檚 leading figures in the study of Mediterranean history.听His听work centers on Muslim-Christian-Jewish relations and ethno-religious identity in medieval Europe and the Islamic World.听 In 2014, he published听,听as well as听,听which won the听, the most important award in the field of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies.