Indentured Students—Higher Ed and the Student Loan Crisis

Virtual Event

Join St. Olaf’s Institute for Freedom & Community on Wednesday, October 20 at 7 p.m., for a virtual conversation with Elizabeth Shermer. This event will be moderated by St Olaf Professor of Music and Institute Director's Council member Justin Merritt. It is the fourth event for the Institute’s fall speaker series, "Capitalism, Freedom, and Community." The […]

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Moral Capitalism in the Democratic Party

Virtual Event

Join St. Olaf’s Institute for Freedom & Community on Wednesday, November 3 at 7 p.m., for a virtual conversation with Michael Kazin.

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The Point of View of the Universe: A Philosophical Conversation with Peter Singer

Virtual Event

Join St. Olaf’s Institute for Freedom & Community on Wednesday, February 16 at 7 p.m., for a virtual conversation with Peter Singer. Led by Morrison Family Director of the Institute for Freedom and Community Edmund Santurri, this conversation is the first event for the Institute’s spring speaker series, "Contemporary Controversies." The conversation will be aired […]

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Antiracism as Religion

Virtual Event

Join St. Olaf’s Institute for Freedom & Community on Monday, March 14 at 7 p.m., for a virtual conversation with John McWhorter. Led by Morrison Family Director of the Institute for Freedom and Community Edmund Santurri, this conversation is the second event for the Institute’s spring speaker series, “Contemporary Controversies.” The conversation will be aired […]

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The 1619 Project

Virtual Event

Join St. Olaf’s Institute for Freedom & Community on Tuesday, March 22 at 7 p.m., for a virtual conversation with Leslie M. Harris and Philip W. Magness. Led by Morrison Family Director of the Institute for Freedom and Community Edmund Santurri, this conversation is the third event for the Institute’s spring speaker series, "Contemporary Controversies." […]

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Lecture: Nicholas Buccola

Buntrock Commons Viking Theater

Who are We, the People? James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the American Dream   In this talk, Nicholas Buccola will use the Constitution's Preamble as a way into an examination of decades-long debate between James Baldwin and William F. Buckley Jr. about who we are and who we ought to strive to be […]

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We Are All Criminals: Ownership and Obligation in Reform

Regents 150

All are welcome to the Institute for Freedom and Community's spring speaker series: "The Challenge of Criminal Justice Reform in America". Join a conversation with Emily Baxter and Antonio Williams on "We are all Criminals: Ownership and Obligation in Reform".

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