Events Calendar – History – Carleton College

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October 2024

Thu 24

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge LEI 204

Fri 25

10:50am Convocation with Theda Skocpol | American Democracy at a Crossroads - 1h In-Person • Skinner Memorial Chapel • from Convocations
5:30pm S'mores Bonfire - 3h In-Person • Mai-Féte Island

Sat 26

2:30pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • On KRLX 88.1 FM • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies
6:15pm Visit to Early Music Concert: Sospiri--A Concert of Birds - 4h 15m In-Person • Olivet Congregational Church ● 1850 Iglehart, Saint Paul, MN • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 28

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge LEI 204

Tue 29

4:00pm Let's Taco'bout Voting - 2h In-Person • Olin 141 • from Center for Community and Civic Engagement
5:00pm Boyd-Niles Travel Fellowship Celebration - 1h 15m In-Person • Leighton 330 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Wed 30

4:00pm Halloween Hangout - 2h In-Person • OIL Office (Sayles 201) • from Office of Intercultural Life

Thu 31

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge LEI 204
7:00pm History Horror Movie Night - 3h In-Person • Boliou 104

November 2024

Fri 1

5:00pm COPAL College Tour: Extractivism & Conflict in Latin America - 2h In-Person • Alumni Guest House • from Office of Intercultural Life

Sat 2

2:30pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • On KRLX 88.1 FM • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 4

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge LEI 204

Thu 7

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge LEI 204
4:00pm OIL Talk: Nashke Games - 2h In-Person • Weitz 236 • from Office of Intercultural Life

Fri 8

2:30pm Mapping the World Before Mercator: A Pop Up Map Show - 1h 30m In-Person • Gould Library 170, Special Collections • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Sat 9

9:30am Trip to the Minnesota History Center - 7h In-Person • St. Paul • from Office of Intercultural Life
2:30pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • On KRLX 88.1 FM • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 11

10:50am Native American Heritage Month Gallery - 1h In-Person • Upper Sayles-Hill Gallery • from Office of Intercultural Life
3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge LEI 204

Tue 12

4:00pm 19th Annual Hour of Power Swimming Relay - 1h In-Person • Thorpe Pool, West Gym

Thu 14

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge LEI 204

Sat 16

2:30pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • On KRLX 88.1 FM • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 18

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge LEI 204

Tue 19

2:00pm Carleton's Community Archaeology Day 2024 - 2h In-Person • Anderson Atrium and Anderson 121 • from Archaeology

January 2025

Tue 7

12:00pm Early Music Instrument Petting Zoo - 1h In-Person • Weitz M31 (lower level) • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Wed 8

3:45pm Early Musical Instruments Petting Zoo - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz M31 (lower level) • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Thu 9

3:45pm Early Musical Instruments Petting Zoo - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz M31 (lower level) • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 13

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge
7:00pm International Film Forum: Northern Lights - 2h In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from International Film Forum

Tue 14

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge

Thu 16

5:45pm Positive Thinking for Bigger Payoffs - 1h 15m In-Person • Multicultural Center Conference Room • from Office of Intercultural Life

Fri 17

1:15pm Let's Talk: What to Expect in a Second Trump Administration - 1h In-Person • Hasenstab 109 • from Political Science and International Relations

Sat 18

3:00pm The MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX Radio 88.1 FM https://content.krlx.org/radioplayer/krlx-fm/ • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 20

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge
4:30pm MLK Day Celebration: The Man & His Dream - 2h In-Person • Great Hall • from Office of Intercultural Life

Tue 21

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge

Thu 23

11:00am SDA Study Hours - 2h In-Person • History Lounge
12:00pm CANCELLED Africana Studies' Caribbean Lunch - 1h In-Person • Leighton 305 • from Africana Studies
12:00pm CANCELLED Mandela-Grimké Lecture '25 - Updated - 1h In-Person • Leighton Hall, Room 305 • from Africana Studies
5:15pm We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz 236

Sat 25

3:00pm The MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX Radio 88.1 FM https://content.krlx.org/radioplayer/krlx-fm/ • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 27

11:10am SDA Study Hours - 1h 10m In-Person • History Lounge
3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge

Tue 28

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge

Wed 29

5:00pm OIL/ISL/TRIO: Race and Racism in America - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz 236 • from Office of Intercultural Life
5:00pm What's in a Document? Birth Certificates and the Construction of Identity in American Law and History - 1h 30m In-Person • Athenaeum • from Philosophy

Thu 30

12:00pm AFST West Indies Soul Food - 1h In-Person • Leighton 305 • from Africana Studies

February 2025

Sat 1

3:00pm The MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX Radio 88.1 FM https://content.krlx.org/radioplayer/krlx-fm/ • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies
5:30pm Film Showing: Conclave (2024) w/Pizza - 2h In-Person • Leighton 304 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 3

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge

Tue 4

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge

Thu 6

11:00am SDA Study Hours - 2h In-Person • History Lounge

Sat 8

9:15am MARS Trip to Minneapolis Institute of Art--City Views Exhibition - 4h 15m In-Person • Meet in front of Willis at 9:05 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies
3:00pm The MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX Radio 88.1 FM https://content.krlx.org/radioplayer/krlx-fm/ • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 10

11:00am Multicultural Center Open House! - 2h In-Person • Multicultural Center Event Space • from Office of Intercultural Life
11:10am SDA Study Hours - 1h 10m In-Person • History Lounge
12:00pm Midterm Break History Community Cooking - 4h In-Person • Cassat Basement Kitchen
3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge

Tue 11

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge

Wed 12

4:30pm BHM OIL Talk: Black Resiliency Moving Forward No Matter The Obstacle - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz 236 • from Office of Intercultural Life
5:30pm Prep Session: MN Private Colleges Job & Internship Fair - 1h In-Person • Anderson 121; For more information or to register, see Handshake • from Career Center

Thu 13

12:00pm New Immigration Issues and Enforcement on Campus - What to Know - 1h Virtual • Zoom • from Division of Inclusion, Equity, and Community
4:30pm Valentines Day Gathering - 2h In-Person • OIL Office (Sayles 201) • from Office of Intercultural Life

Fri 14

10:50am Convocation with Dr. Bryant Simon -The History of Public Bathrooms: A Story of American Inequality. - 1h In-Person • Skinner Memorial Chapel • from Convocations
3:30pm Dessert Reception with Convo Speaker Dr. Bryant Simon - 1h In-Person • History Lounge, Leighton Hall 204
3:30pm MMUF Mini-Conference - 1h 30m In-Person • Anderson 036 and Anderson 121 • from Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship

Sat 15

11:15am Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream at the Guthrie Theater - 6h In-Person • Pick up on Campus; Production at The Guthrie Theater • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies
3:00pm The MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX Radio 88.1 FM https://content.krlx.org/radioplayer/krlx-fm/ • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 17

Boyd-Niles Travel Fellowship Submission Deadline online • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies
DUE Feb. 17 - Indigenous Engagement in Place Summer Fellowship from Office of Intercultural Life
3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge

Tue 18

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge
5:15pm Winter Lefler Lecture - Dr. John Soluri - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton Hall 305

Wed 19

9:00am Minnesota Private Colleges' Job & Internship Fair - 5h In-Person • Minneapolis Convention Center; For more information or to register, see Handshake • from Career Center
5:30pm Unpacking Islamophobia: Historical Roots and Contemporary Formations - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz 236 • from Office of the Chaplain

Thu 20

11:00am SDA Study Hours - 2h In-Person • History Lounge

Fri 21

12:00pm New Immigration Issues and Enforcement on Campus - What to Know - 1h In-Person • Boli 104 • from Division of Inclusion, Equity, and Community
5:30pm DRUMLine Live at the Ordway Center - 5h 30m In-Person • Ordway Center for the Performing Arts • from Office of Intercultural Life

Sat 22

10:00am Carleton Career Summit - 6h In-Person • Weitz Center; Student registration closes February 14. Space is limited! • from Career Center
3:00pm The MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX Radio 88.1 FM https://content.krlx.org/radioplayer/krlx-fm/ • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 24

11:10am SDA Study Hours - 1h 10m In-Person • History Lounge
3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge

Tue 25

12:00pm Writing Portfolio Workshop with George Cusack - 1h In-Person • Multicultural Center Conference Room (019) • from Office of Intercultural Life
3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge

Thu 27

4:30pm Allyship w/ GSC - 2h In-Person • Multicultural Center Conference Room (019) • from Office of Intercultural Life
5:30pm Black History Month Movie & Music Night: Summer of Soul! - 2h In-Person • LEI 304

March 2025

Sat 1

10:00am Building The Cathedral of Notre Dame--A Carleton Lego Celebration - 6h In-Person • Anderson 121 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies
3:00pm The MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX Radio 88.1 FM https://content.krlx.org/radioplayer/krlx-fm/ • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Sun 2

3:00pm Cultural House Communities OPEN HOUSE - 1h In-Person • Multicultural Houses A, B, and C + Neil House • from Office of Intercultural Life

Mon 3

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge

Tue 4

12:00pm History Dept. Fellowship Info Session - 1h In-Person • Leighton Hall 202
3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge

Thu 6

11:00am SDA Study Hours - 2h In-Person • History Lounge

Sat 8

3:00pm The MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX Radio 88.1 FM https://content.krlx.org/radioplayer/krlx-fm/ • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 10

11:10am SDA Study Hours - 1h 10m In-Person • History Lounge
3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge

Tue 11

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge

Mon 17

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge

Tue 18

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge

April 2025

Thu 3

5:15pm Guest Lecture by: Prof. Thomas Conlan - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton Hall 305

Mon 14

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Department Lounge, Leighton Hall 204

Tue 15

5:15pm "Autocracy & Protest Culture in Asia: The "Milk Tea Alliance" with Jeffrey Wasserstrom - 1h 30m In-Person • Alumni Guest House Meeting Room • from Political Science and International Relations

Wed 16

8:30am Breakfast with Jeffrey Wasserstrom - 1h In-Person • Hasenstab 002 • from Political Science and International Relations
4:30pm Mullins Fellowship Talks - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton Hall 236
5:15pm Mandela-Grimké Lecture '25 - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton 305 • from Africana Studies

Thu 17

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Department Lounge, Leighton Hall 204

Sat 19

7:30pm The FAWK Hmong (+Friends) Super Show at the Ordway - 2h In-Person • Ordway Concert Hall • from Office of Intercultural Life

Mon 21

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Department Lounge, Leighton Hall 204

Tue 22

12:00pm UChicago - Division of Social Sciences Grad School 101: If, When, and How Workshop - 1h Virtual • For more information see Handshake • from Career Center

Thu 24

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Department Lounge, Leighton Hall 204

Mon 28

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Department Lounge, Leighton Hall 204
5:00pm Basil's March to Celebrate New History Majors - 2h In-Person • Meet at Leighton Hall patio

May 2025

Thu 1

12:00pm Junior History Comps Mandatory Process Meeting - 1h In-Person • Leighton Hall 236
3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Department Lounge, Leighton Hall 204
5:15pm History Guest Lecture Dr. Byungjoon Kim - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton Hall 305

Fri 2

3:00pm OIL & GSC Tea Time - 1h In-Person • Gender and Sexuality Center • from Office of Intercultural Life

Mon 5

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Department Lounge, Leighton Hall 204

Tue 6

5:15pm Spring Lefler Lecture - Dr. Katharine Gerbner - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton Hall 305

Thu 8

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Department Lounge, Leighton Hall 204
5:30pm Religion, Nationalism and Geoeconomic Imperialism in the New Middle East - 1h In-Person • Boliou Hall -- Room 104 • from Middle East Studies

Mon 12

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Department Lounge, Leighton Hall 204

Tue 13

Weaving Identity Through Art (begins) In-Person • Upper Sayles Gallery Space • from Office of Intercultural Life
4:30pm The Japanese Buddhist World Map: Religious Vision and the Cartographic Imagination - 1h In-Person • Library Athenaeum • from Religion

Wed 14

4:30pm OIL TALK: Preserving Cultural Identity Through Dance & Storytelling - 1h 30m In-Person • Cowling Dance Studio • from Office of Intercultural Life
5:00pm History Department Picnic - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton Hall front patio Rain location: Leighton Hall 2nd floor

Thu 15

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Department Lounge, Leighton Hall 204

Fri 16

Boyd-Niles Travel Fellowship Submission Deadline Online • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies
6:00pm Cultural Org Awards - 3h In-Person • The Grand Event Center • from Office of Intercultural Life

Mon 19

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Department Lounge, Leighton Hall 204

Wed 21

6:00pm Salsa Class with La Casa del Sol - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Dance Studio 165 • from Office of Intercultural Life

Thu 22

12:00pm Mapping Japan through Carleton’s Hidden Map Collection - 3h In-Person • Leighton 402 Gould Library 170 • from Religion
3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Department Lounge, Leighton Hall 204

Mon 26

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Department Lounge, Leighton Hall 204

Tue 27

5:00pm History Seniors' Social - 2h In-Person • Multicultural Center and Courtyard

Thu 29

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Department Lounge, Leighton Hall 204

June 2025

Mon 2

Weaving Identity Through Art (ends) In-Person • Upper Sayles Gallery Space • from Office of Intercultural Life

Wed 4

11:20am Experimental Archeology Showcase - 1h In-Person • Anderson 121 and 122 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Thu 5

3:30pm OIL End-of-Year Celebration - 1h 30m In-Person • Multicultural Center Patio • from Office of Intercultural Life

Sat 14

9:30am Commencement Bald Spot • from Academic Calendar

Fri 20

9:00am Reunions 2025: Special Collections Open House - 2h In-Person • Library 170 (Lowest Level of the Library) • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

October 2025

Tue 21

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

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