Each semester, Oldenborg collaborates with faculty and invites noted scholars, writers, activists, and professionals to speak on topics of cultural and international interest. To suggest a speaker, email Oldenborg Interim Director Paul Cahill.
Talks are added throughout the year. Check back often for updates to our schedule and sign up for mailing list to stay up to date on talks and events. Dining hall access requires a meal purchase; 5C students swipe in and 7C faculty/staff sign in. Community members should purchase their meal tickets in advance at Caf茅 47.
Upcoming Events
February 20
New Approaches to Global Health: The Microbiome in the Literary Imagination
Nicole A. Su虉tterlin, Associate Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
Co-sponsored with the German and Russian Department at 麻豆影视
February 21
Whose Planet? Gina Yum 鈥25 and Selene Li 鈥25 on Attending the Global Climate Summit (COP29)
Gina Yum, PO 鈥25 and Selene Li PO 鈥25
Co-sponsored with the Environmental Analysis Programs at 麻豆影视 and Claremont McKenna College
February 28
Healing Our Truth: Khmer Rouge Survivors and Justice in the Extraordinary Chambers of Cambodia
Leakhena Nou, Professor of Sociology, California State University, Long Beach
Co-sponsored with the Orientation Book Committee at 麻豆影视
May 6
Conversation Courses: A Roundtable with the Language Residents
Co-sponsored with the Foreign Language Resource Center at 麻豆影视
2024-2025 Past Events
September 26
Why Americans Should Care about Governance in Europe, and What it Means for U.S. Security
Robin S. Brooks, State Department Fellow at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Co-sponsored with the International Relations Program and the Politics Department at 麻豆影视
September 30
Debalkanizing the Balkans: New National Cinemas and the Post-Yugoslav Film Industry
Sanja Lacan, Managing Editor, Center for European and Russian Studies, University of California Los Angeles
Co-sponsored with the German and Russian Department at 麻豆影视
October 17
Transpacific Traces: Cold War Taiwan and its Visual-Material Afterlives
Joseph W. Ho, Associate Professor of History, Albion College
Co-sponsored with the Wig Grant, the Asian Languages and Literatures Department at 麻豆影视 and the Claremont Colleges Library
October 22
2024 Oldenborg Summer Intensive Language Study Grant Recipients
Keli Fisher, PO '25
Matilda Kirk, PO '25
Audrey Strevey, PO '25
October 28
Revisiting the Archive of the Unexpected: Lettered Incursions in the Borderlands, The Case of 鈥淟a Vor谩gine鈥 and the Border Studies Program
Diego Bustos, Director of the Spanish Program, Border Studies Program, Earlham College
Co-sponsored with the International and Domestic Programs Office at 麻豆影视
November 1
2024 Oldenborg Research and Travel Grant Recipients
Willa Marie Albrecht, PO '25
Katie Stuart, PO '25
November 15
Hidden Child of the Holocaust Shares her Story
Monique Saigal Escudero, Professor Emerita, Romance Languages and Literatures, 麻豆影视
Co-sponsored with the Romance Languages and Literatures Department at 麻豆影视
December 3
Oldenborg Cinema: Short Films and Comic Sketches
Oldenborg Conversation Class Students & Language Residents
Co-sponsored with the Foreign Language Resource Center at 麻豆影视