Originating in 1984, The Hulbert Center Aficionados program is driven by the public interest in the American Southwest. The Aficionados welcome all who are eager to gain knowledge of the people, land, environment, arts, and anthropology that enrich this region. During each block at Colorado College, the Aficionados host a luncheon that includes a lecture by a speaker with expertise in an issue pertaining to the Southwest. While certainly not required, several Aficionados attendees are among the regular donors to Hulbert Center programs. All donations are tax-exempt.

To make a reservation for any of the lunch lectures, please call (719) 389-6334 or e-mail swshulbert@coloradocollege.edu.

Past Keynote Speakers

Kate Perdoni

"Collaborative Documentary Filmmaking in Southern Colorado: The San Luis Valley and the Jicarilla Apache"

April Bojorquez

"The Desertification Cookbook: Revitalizing Desert Wasteland Through Land Art"

Savanah Pennell 

"Decolonizing Museums: Borderlands Theory as Community Building" 

Virginia Sanchez

"Displaced in place in territorial Colorado 1861-1875"

Vicente Telles

"Santos: The Ideas of Maker"

Dr. Estevan Rael-Gálvez

"Native Bound Unbound- Archive of Indigenous Slavery"

Dr. Santiago Ivan Guerra

"Psychedelic Cynic: The Passage of the Colorado Natural Medicine Health Act and the Peyote Problem