All are welcome to attend a lecture by Associate Professor of Religion Devin Singh. Singh will be giving a lecture on how debt wields extraordinary power in societies, shaping national economies and influencing individual choices. Unsurprisingly, the concept has longstanding uses in religion. Sacred texts employ debt language to encourage social responsibility and trust, while […]
The 8th Annual James M. May Endowed Lecture in Classics will be delivered by Dr. Jon Solomon, Robert T. Novak Chair and Professor of Classics, Medieval Studies, and Media and Cinema Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. in Viking Theater. The lecture is free and open […]
The St. Olaf community is welcome to watch the 2025 CHINA Town Hall on Thursday, April 24 at 5:30 PM in Holland Hall 610. The 2025 CHINA Town Hall program will discuss President Trump’s China policy 100 days in, with featured virtual speakers Ryan Hass, Director of John L. Thorton China Center at the Brookings […]
The Institute for Freedom and Community's Science Communications Conference will feature a keynote address by Kasisomayajula Viswanath titled Truth and Evidence: Public Communication and Science in the Era of Misinformation. His talk will begin at 4 p.m. on April 25 in Tomson Hall 280. Viswanath is the Lee Kum Kee Professor of Health Communication in the Department […]
The St. Olaf community is invited to attend the Panel Presentations in Regents 410 as part of the Science Communication Conference hosted by the Institute for Freedom and Community. Please see the schedule below: 9:00 a.m.: Science Messaging and Misinformation 10:45 a.m.: Science Messaging and the Public 1:30 p.m.: Science Engagement 3:00 p.m.: Closing Remarks
Hsiang-Lin Shih, Associate Professor of Asian Studies, will present Fathers and Children: The Cao Family and the Early Medieval Chinese Court Poetry. "The parent–child relationship prescribed in the Analects of Confucius is so unique, and the grief for parents is so distinct from any other kind, that one who upholds the tradition may say, as […]
The Institute for Freedom & Community and The Lutheran Center are co-hosting “Learning to Disagree: A Conversation with John Inazu.” The talk is part of the IFC’s spring series, Democracy and Dialogue. It will be streamed and available for on-demand viewing online. John Inazu’s scholarship focuses on the First Amendment freedoms of speech, assembly, and religion, […]
All are welcome to attend a talk titled "Broadening Vision: The Complexity of St. Olaf’s Early Chinese Students and Lutheran Missions, 1918-1948” by Eric Becklin, Visiting Instructor of Asian Studies and History. Valeng Cha, former Director of Government, Foundation, and Corporate Relations, will present "Hmong Oles: From Mountaintops to the Hilltops of St. Olaf". As […]
All are welcome to attend “Taking Up Space: The Power of Storytelling in Leadership,” a fireside chat with Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay, featuring student organization leaders from Asian American Student Union (AASU), Hmong Ole Student Association (HOSA), Pamilya Pinoy, Vietnamese Culture Organization (VCO), and more. This event is in celebration of AANHPI Heritage Month hosted by […]
Students, Faculty, and Staff are invited to this year’s Rand Scholar Award presentation by Naomi Meints ’25. Light refreshments provided. This event was postponed and rescheduled to May 7 due to weather.