Upcoming Academic Events

Coming Soon October 1, 2026 — 4:30 p.m. (CT)

Guest Lecture

“Critical Language Awareness: What's Missing from Our Work on Belonging”

Shawna Shapiro, Professor of Writing and Linguistics, Middlebury College

Viking Theater

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Coming Soon October 20, 2026 — 3:15 p.m. (CT)

Latin American Studies Lecture

From Latin American Studies to Immigration Attorney

Katie McCoy '15, Senior Attorney, LGBTQ Immigrant Rights Initiative and Asylum Project, National Immigrant Justice Center

Tomson Hall 280

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Coming Soon October 22, 2026 — 3:45 p.m. (CT)

Buntrock Institute for Freedom and Community Conversation

In Congress We Trust? 250 Years of “We the Voters” in the American Democratic Experiment.

Franita Tolson, Dean and Carl Mason Franklin Chair in Law, USC Gould School of Law

Viking Theater

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Coming Soon October 29, 2026 — 3:45 p.m. (CT)

Buntrock Institute for Freedom and Community Conversation

When Women Won the Right to Vote: An American Fiction

Lisa Tetrault, Associate Professor of History, Carnegie Mellon University

Viking Theater

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Coming Soon November 16, 2026 — 3:30 p.m. (CT)

Buntrock Institute for Freedom and Community Conversation

A Bicentennial Midterm: What Happened in the 2026 Election and What It Means for American Democracy

John Sides, Professor of Political Science and William R. Kenan, Jr. Chair, Vanderbilt University

Viking Theater

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Coming Soon November 19, 2026 — 11:30 a.m. (CT)

44th Annual Carl A. Mellby Lecture Series

Kris Thalhammer, Professor of Political Science

Viking Theater

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