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? […]
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.
One of the most esteemed artists of the seventeenth century, Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1654?) began forging her reputation as the era’s premier painter of heroic yet life-like female nudes at the […]
When we disagree, we should try to work out the truth. For that we have debate. But the meaning of debate is also debatable, and this lecture arranges just such a clash of minds across time and space, between the 19th century English philosopher John Stuart Mill and the classical Buddhist scholar Nāgārjuna.
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 […]
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: […]
Join us at Carleton for dinner and a First-Generation alumni panel as they discuss their experience as a first-gen college student, career insights and life after college. (Shuttle from Buntrock […]
All students, faculty, and staff are invited to join University of Minnesota Family Social Science professor Cathy Solheim for her lecture, Navigating Uncertainty & Change: Families at the Epicenter of […]
This past August, 11 faculty members participated in an Open Educational Resources (OER) Workshop organized by Library and IT staff, where participants learned about and started adopting or creating OER […]
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, […]