- The Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at BYU - Promoting & funding the study of the North American West with special emphasis on the Intermountain regions of AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, and WY - https://reddcenter.byu.eduhttps://bsky.app/profile/byureddcenter.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/byureddcenter.bsky.social/post/3mkbftryzk22kWord on the street is that Redd Center awards will be announced on Monday… *watch this feed*24 Apr 2026 20:53 +0000at://did:plc:ltxfeyfbwhdo2eh6bbieq424/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbftryzk22khttps://bsky.app/profile/byureddcenter.bsky.social/post/3mh734pmz5s2mOur awards portal had an error yesterday that closed it before the 11:59 PM deadline. We have opened it back up and will accept applications until noon tomorrow, Tuesday, March 16.16 Mar 2026 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:ltxfeyfbwhdo2eh6bbieq424/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh734pmz5s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/byureddcenter.bsky.social/post/3mguld5dufc26🚨EVENT TODAY at 11:00 MST🚨 ANDREW HUTTON will give our annual Annaley Naegle Redd Lecture & speak about his book, "The Undiscovered Country: Triumph, Tragedy, and the Shaping of the American West" (@duttonbooks.bsky.social/@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social, 2025). https://www.youtube.com/byureddcenter/live12 Mar 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:ltxfeyfbwhdo2eh6bbieq424/app.bsky.feed.post/3mguld5dufc26https://bsky.app/profile/byureddcenter.bsky.social/post/3mg3pgh5nys2yLess than 2 weeks left to apply for American West research and programming funding from the Redd Center! Please apply and SHARE SHARE SHARE! [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Mar 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:ltxfeyfbwhdo2eh6bbieq424/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3pgh5nys2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/byureddcenter.bsky.social/post/3mczpzcrqd22kStarting in 25 minutes! Come watch this short documentary and discussion about York, the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and Black experiences and belonging in the outdoors.22 Jan 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:ltxfeyfbwhdo2eh6bbieq424/app.bsky.feed.post/3mczpzcrqd22khttps://bsky.app/profile/byureddcenter.bsky.social/post/3mci4a5dazs2tThe annual BYU Redd Center funding season is here and we have INCREASED the $$$ amounts! PLEASE share this as broadly as possible. We accept applications from ANY discipline for projects focused on the intermountain states of AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, & WY. tinyurl.com/2026ReddAwards15 Jan 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:ltxfeyfbwhdo2eh6bbieq424/app.bsky.feed.post/3mci4a5dazs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/byureddcenter.bsky.social/post/3m7qdxemmik2zToday is our Western Studies luncheon. Our visiting scholar, Christy Spackman, is giving her end-of-the-semester lecture. She’s been researching “sweetness” in the context of LDS and Intermountain West food culture and history. (The wintry decorations are leftover from a previous college event)11 Dec 2025 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:ltxfeyfbwhdo2eh6bbieq424/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7qdxemmik2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/byureddcenter.bsky.social/post/3m7l4yjyuf22rNew Intermountain Histories Tour with 6 stories about girlhood in the late-19th and early-20th century American West. www.intermountainhistories.org/tours/show/80 https://www.intermountainhistories.org/tours/show/8009 Dec 2025 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:ltxfeyfbwhdo2eh6bbieq424/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7l4yjyuf22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/byureddcenter.bsky.social/post/3m63dfvtshk2aAmy Kohout (Colorado College) is speaking in 10 minutes at 11:00 MST on her multiple-award-winning book, "Taking the Field: Soldiers, Nature, and Empire on the American Frontiers." Tune in to the live stream! https://www.youtube.com/BYUReddCenter/live20 Nov 2025 17:51 +0000at://did:plc:ltxfeyfbwhdo2eh6bbieq424/app.bsky.feed.post/3m63dfvtshk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/byureddcenter.bsky.social/post/3lydwixnrp22fWe are thrilled to have helped fund Robin Kimmerer's keynote address at the 17th Biennial Conference of Science & Management for the Colorado Plateau & Southwest Region this week at NAU. The live stream starts @ 7:00 PM (PST/AZ time) & will be viewable for 7 days: https://www.youtube.com/live/OmEtm-r4gso08 Sep 2025 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:ltxfeyfbwhdo2eh6bbieq424/app.bsky.feed.post/3lydwixnrp22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/byureddcenter.bsky.social/post/3lvuejvfves2sDay 1 of of the Redd Center’s Outdoor Recreation History in the North American West Seminar is in the books! Papers were put through the wringer, canyons and mountains were hiked, and so far everyone survived the intellectual and physical gauntlets.08 Aug 2025 04:01 +0000at://did:plc:ltxfeyfbwhdo2eh6bbieq424/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvuejvfves2shttps://bsky.app/profile/byureddcenter.bsky.social/post/3ltpliypzw227Congrats to our former Director Brian Cannon on being named the new Lemuel Hardison Redd, Jr., Chair in Western American History! Read more here: https://socialsciences.byu.edu/brian-cannon-named-as-lemual-redd-jr-chair-of-history11 Jul 2025 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:ltxfeyfbwhdo2eh6bbieq424/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltpliypzw227https://bsky.app/profile/byureddcenter.bsky.social/post/3lnxqiuonuk2uCongrats to our 2025 award winners and funding recipients! It is thrilling to see how much good work is being done in so many disciplines on the Intermountain West! Please share & tag your friends & colleagues to congratulate them! https://reddcenter.byu.edu/Blogs/redd-center-blog/Post/2025-redd-center-award-and-funding-recipients29 Apr 2025 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:ltxfeyfbwhdo2eh6bbieq424/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnxqiuonuk2u