Events – American Studies – Carleton College

Friday, Jul 18, 2025 - Friday, Jul 17, 2026

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Ongoing

Summer Break • Jun 15, 2025 - Sep 8, 2025 from Academic Calendar

September 2025

Mon 8

Summer Break (ends) from Academic Calendar

Mon 15

Classes Begin from Academic Calendar

Tue 23

5:00pm F. Scott Fitzgerald: Carleton Connections - A Talk with Mike Kowalewski - 1h In-Person • Laird 205 • from English

Thu 25

5:00pm Feathers and Face Paint: The Making of Redface in American Theatre - 1h In-Person • Weitz 236 • from Theater and Dance
5:00pm Feathers and Face Paint: The Making of Redface in American Theatre - Public Lecture by Professor Bethany Hughes, University of Michigan - 1h In-Person • Weitz 236 • from Indigenous Engagement in Place

Tue 30

4:15pm Orange Shirt Day: A Brief History of Federal Indian Boarding Schools - 1h In-Person • Leighton Hall 305 • from History
5:15pm Continuity and Contingency: A History of Muslim Students at Carleton - 1h 15m In-Person • AGH 114 - Meeting Room • from Division of Inclusion, Equity, and Community

October 2025

Wed 8

6:00pm Career Discovery Week | Career Pathways for Students Who Like to be Creative - 1h In-Person • Weitz Center Room 132; For more information or to register, see Handshake • from Career Center

Mon 13

Indigenous Peoples' Day - Campus Events In-Person • Various - see individual events for details • from Indigenous Engagement in Place

Tue 21

5:15pm Fall Lefler Lecture - Dr. Jody Benjamin - 1h 30m In-Person • LEI 305 • from History

November 2025

Thu 6

12:00pm Billy Lor, Hmong Shaman | Spirit, Culture, and Survival: Reimagining Hmong Shamanism in the Diaspora - 1h In-Person • Weitz Center 236: Larson Family Meeting Room • from From Mekong to Minnesota

Fri 7

10:50am Convocation with Danielle Boyer: From Bytes to Bright Futures, Robots Changing the World - 1h In-Person • Skinner Memorial Chapel • from Convocations
5:30pm Taking Root documentary with dinner - 2h In-Person • Weitz Center 236: Larson Family Meeting Room • from From Mekong to Minnesota

Sat 8

4:00pm From Mekong to Minnesota: 50 Years of Southeast Asian Refugee Resettlement - 4h 20m In-Person • Weitz Center for Creativity, 236 Dinner will be served in Weitz Commons • from From Mekong to Minnesota

Thu 13

4:30pm TRASH: A Playwright's Journey in the Arctic - 1h In-Person • Olin 141

Sun 16

6:30pm The American Revolution Premiere with guest speaker Dr. Serena Zabin - 3h In-Person • Boliou 104 • from History

January 2026

Tue 13

6:45pm Forkosh Family Lecture: Once We Were Slaves - 1h In-Person • Athenaeum, Gould Library • from Religion

Wed 21

4:30pm Queer Television, Intermittent Interest, and Low Grade Archival Fevers - 1h In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum

February 2026

Mon 2

6:15pm Talk by Ronald A. Johnson - 1h In-Person • Weitz Creative Center 230 • from History

Thu 5

4:30pm Ourika in Africa: Race and Revision in the Early Black Press - 1h In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum

Thu 12

12:00pm Disobedience Across Borders: Lessons of Hope from Resistance Movements - 1h In-Person • Hasenstab 002 • from Political Science and International Relations

Thu 19

12:00pm Special Collections Spotlight - 1h In-Person • Gould Library, Reference Room • from Gould Library

Tue 24

12:00pm AMST Alumni Panel - 1h In-Person • Leighton Hall 426

Thu 26

5:15pm The Evil Eye in Arab America - 1h 15m In-Person • Leighton 330 • from Religion

March 2026

Mon 9

American Studies Colloquium Comps Exhibit: American Memory and Monuments (begins) In-Person • The Weitz Center for Creativity 226
4:00pm American Studies Colloquium Comps presentation for the Class of 2026 - 1h In-Person • The Weitz Center for Creativity 226

Fri 13

American Studies Colloquium Comps Exhibit: American Memory and Monuments (ends) In-Person • The Weitz Center for Creativity 226

April 2026

Mon 6

3:30pm Seminar by Desiree Forsythe, Assistant Professor of Biology, Santa Clara University: Teaching Truth: How Histories and Science Education Can Embolden Change in the Discipline of Science - 1h In-Person • Olin 141 • from Biology

Thu 9

4:30pm The Right to Mystery: Indigenous Approaches to Technology, Media, and Memory - 1h In-Person • Leighton Hall 305

Tue 21

12:00pm American Studies welcome lunch! - 1h In-Person • AMST lounge - 4th Willis Hall

May 2026

Wed 27

4:30pm American Studies Year End Picnic! - 1h 30m In-Person • Red Barn Farm

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