Icons and Iconoclasm: In Religion, Politics and the Academy Part of the Fall 2020 series: The Presidential Election and a Nation in Crisis: Polarization, Pandemic, Prejudice Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 7:00pm (CT) Virtual Event The Institute for Freedom and Community invites you to join us for a special conversation with Cuban exile, Yale professor, and Reformation historian Carlos Eire, […]
The Institute for Freedom and Community will host a conversation with Mike Osterholm, who serves as Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health, and Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota, titled "Public Policy and Covid-19."
This virtual event will feature guest lecturer Irshad Manji, and is the first in a series hosted by the Institute for Freedom and Community titled "Diversity, Freedom, and Community." About the Speaker Irshad Manji is the founder of Moral Courage College, which teaches people how to engage about polarizing issues without shaming or “cancelling” each other. […]
This virtual event will feature guest lecturer Michael Sandel, and is the first in a series hosted by the Institute for Freedom and Community titled “America after Trump”. About the Speaker Harvard political philosopher and bestselling author Michael Sandel challenges audiences to examine the ethical dilemmas we confront in politics, business, and our everyday lives. […]
This virtual event will feature guest lecturer Loretta Ross and is the third in a series hosted by the Institute for Freedom and Community titled “Diversity, Freedom, and Community”. About the Speaker Loretta Ross is an award-winning, nationally-recognized expert on racism and racial justice, women’s rights, and human rights. Her work emphasizes the intersectionality of […]
Join St. Olaf’s Institute for Freedom & Community on Wednesday, March 31, at 7 p.m. CST, for a virtual conversation with Bari Weiss. Led by Morrison Family Director of the Institute for Freedom and Community Edmund Santurri, this conversation is part of the Institute’s 2021 Spring Speaker Series. The conversation will be aired virtually […]
This virtual event will feature guest lecturer Sheena Greitens, and is the second in a series hosted by the Institute for Freedom and Community titled "America After Trump". About the Speaker Associate Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin Sheena Chestnut Greitens is an associate professor at […]
This virtual event will feature guest lecturer Bryan Caplan, and is the third in a series hosted by the Institute for Freedom and Community titled "America After Trump". About the Speaker Professor of Economics at George Mason University and New York Times Bestselling author. Caplan wrote The Myth of the Rational Voter, which was named “the best political […]
This virtual event will feature guest lecturers Helen Pluckrose and Ilana Redstone, and is the fourth in a series hosted by the Institute for Freedom and Community titled "Diversity, Freedom and Community". Helen Pluckrose Helen Pluckrose is a liberal, secular humanist writer and cultural commentator, She is the editor-in-chief of Areo Magazine, a broadly liberal […]
Join St. Olaf’s Institute for Freedom & Community on Tuesday, September 14, at 7 p.m., for a virtual conversation with Gretchen Morgenson '76. Led by Morrison Family Director of the Institute for Freedom and Community Edmund Santurri, this conversation is the inaugural event for the Institute’s fall speaker series, "Capitalism, Freedom, and Community." The conversation […]