The Water in the West Colloquium will feature a variety of presentations, panels, and roundtables on issues surrounding local/regional waterways and their relationship to human communities. Headlining the event will be keynotes by Alyson Hagy (English/Creative Writing) and Josie Corbett (Anthropology), winners of WIHR's seed grant competition this past spring. The purpose of the colloquium is to initiate conversations between folks working in similar areas who might not otherwise encounter each other on campus, to encourage future cross-disciplinary collaborations, and to build momentum towards a regional symposium on the same subject that will be held at CU Boulder in Spring 2026. The project is part of the Global Justice and Humanities Practices initiative of the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes, in collaboration with the humanities institutes at ASU, CSU, CU Boulder, and Utah. The colloquium will run throughout the day (8:45 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.) in UW's Encana Auditorium (Energy Innovation Center 201). The event is free and open to all; lunch and refreshments will be provided.