The Benson Center promotes study of the intellectual, artistic and political traditions that characterize Western civilization. These ideas emerged during antiquity from societies located primarily in ...

The 20th century witnessed a new model of civilization centered around consumption, as American goods and fashion carried the message of Western freedom. Protestantism in America stressed hard ...

Students engage in critical reflection of traditions, languages and issues that characterize the cultures of Western civilization, with a goal of helping the people of Colorado and the United States ...

This course surveys some important issues and tendencies in the history of Western Civilization from its origins through the early modern period, including ancient Mesopotamia, classical Greece and ...