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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 […]

Lecture: The Norwegian Discovery of America and the Creation of a Norway in America

Tomson 280

All are welcome to attend a lecture by Henrick Olav Mathiesen's, which address's two key questions about Norwegians in America: why they came, and how they balanced their unique culture with their developing American identity. By examining pre-emigration Norwegian society and how immigrants sought to belong as Norwegians in America, Mathiesen will reveal how immigrants […]

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

Guest Lecture: Greek Myths from Egyptian Sands — Discovering and Interpreting “The New Euripides”

Buntrock Commons Viking Theater

Guest speaker John C. Gibert, Professor of Classics at University of Colorado—Boulder, will give a free public lecture entitled “Greek Myths from Egyptian Sands: Discovering and Interpreting ‘The New Euripides’”. He will discuss the recent deciphering of an ancient Greek papyrus from Egypt and the exciting discovery of 100 lines from two lost plays by […]

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, entitled "‘Cicero Speaks Norwegian’: Reconsidering […]

Free

“The Great Abdication: How American Democracy Died” Lecture

Tomson 280
Hybrid Event

Steven Levitsky is the David Rockerfeller Professor of Latin American Studies and Professor of Government and Director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard and author of How Democracies Die and Tyranny of the Minority. Levitsky’s work draws on evidence from democracies around the world to evaluate the state of American […]

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