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.
Author and University of Kansas Professor Misty Heggeness will be giving a talk on her new book, Swiftynomics: How Women Mastermind and Redefine Our Economy in Viking Theatre from 3:30pm-4:30pm on October 3. Desserts & beverages will be provided.
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 […]
All are welcome to attend a lecture by Henrik Olav Mathiesen, which addresses 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 […]
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 […]
Julia Watkin lecture delivered by Dr. Bruce Kirmmse: "Introducing Kierkegaard—and Encountering Ourselves."
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 […]
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 […]
Why did the Protestant Reformation take hold in the sixteenth century, when earlier reform movements had failed? What factors determined its success in some territories and its failure in others? Come listen to Tomson Family Chair of Law and Economics Colin Harris as he explores the temporal and spatial variation in the Reformation, examining how […]
From vaccines to climate change, skeptics ask: why does some intellectual elite get to tell us what to think? We can best understand the frustrating dilemma of scientific authority by looking back to a time when modern science emerged alongside modern views on political authority.