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Mexico in the World: Making Capital, Seeking Sustainable Lives, Facing Exclusions and Migrations

Buntrock Commons Viking Theater

John Tutino of Georgetown University will give the keynote address in Viking Theater for the North Central Council of Latin Americanists, a regional organization focusing on Latin American Studies. The talk explores how Mexico has contributed to globalization and how it has responded to a changed world. All in the campus community are welcome to […]

Free

Buddhist Meditation Practices

Buntrock Commons Viking Theater

Visitors are invited to attend a presentation by Geshe Lobsang Jigmey from the Gyuto Wheel of Dharma Monastery in Viking Theater, Buntrock Commons, St. Olaf College. This program focuses on presentation on Buddhist Meditation Practices, and is presented in conjunction with Gateway to Himalayan Art at the Flaten Art Museum. 

Free

The Color of Civics: Civic Education for a Multiracial Democracy Lecture

Buntrock Commons, Viking Theater
Hybrid Event

The Institute for Freedom and Community welcomes Matt Nelsen, an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami and a 2012 graduate of St. Olaf College. His work is focused on building a thriving multi-racial democracy in the United States. Nelson recently published The Color of Civics: Civic Education for a Multi-Racial Democracy […]

4th Annual Grose LGBTQIA+ Lecture

Buntrock Commons, Viking Theater
Hybrid Event

The St. Olaf community and public are welcome to attend the fourth annual Grose LGBTQIA+ Lecture, hosted by the Taylor Center for Equity and Inclusion. Featuring a multi-religious panel, this series strives to highlight the religious diversity present in the lives of LGBTQIA+ people on campus and in the world, building on St. Olaf's "rooted […]

Free

Lecture: Student Power and the Ferguson Uprising — How Young People Shaped a Movement

Buntrock Commons, Viking Theater, 1520 St Olaf Ave, Northfield, MN 55057, USA 101 St Olaf Ave, United States

Jonathan Pulphus, author and organizer, will share his reflections as a key activist during the Ferguson Uprising of 2014 and beyond. Pulphus will pull lessons from his upcoming book With My People: Life, Justice, and Activism Beyond the University, to share with the St. Olaf community. This event is open to the public and curated […]

Tibetan Medicine: Intersection of Ethics, Philosophy, and Healing

Regents 150

All are invited to a lecture with Tenzin Namdul, TMD, PhD, on the topic of Tibetan Medicine: Intersection of Ethics, Philosophy, and Healing. The lecture will take place in Regents Hall of Natural Science 150. Dr. Namdul is a University of Minnesota Assistant Professor and Director of the Tibetan Healing Initiative. This lecture is presented […]

Free

"There But for the Grace of Wallstreet Go I" Lecture

Buntrock Commons, Viking Theater
Hybrid Event

Corey Robin is a Professor of Political Science at CUNY Brooklyn College and author of books such as The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump and Fear: The History of a Political Idea. Robin will be discussing his new research which evaluates contemporary politics through an analysis of capitalism and American democracy. 

Revitalizing Democracy Lecture

Buntrock Commons, Viking Theater
Hybrid Event

Hahrie Han is the Inaugural Director of the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University and the faculty director of the P3 (“Possible, Probable, and Powerful”) Research Lab. Han’s lecture, “Revitalizing Democracy,” will draw on her pathbreaking research on social movements and collective action. Her book will be available for purchase following the lecture.

9th Annual May Lecture in Classics

Buntrock Commons, Viking Theater

The Ninth Annual James M. May Lecture in Classics will be delivered by His Grace the Right Reverend Irenei (Matthew Steenberg ’01), Bishop of London and Western Europe in the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR), on Thursday, November 13, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. in Viking Theater. The lecture is free and open to […]

Free