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
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
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
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
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
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