Events Calendar – History – Carleton College

Thursday, Feb 06, 2025 - Thursday, Feb 05, 2026

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February 2025

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

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 In-Person • 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
5:00pm Seniors' Cocktail Party - 1h 30m In-Person • Alumni Guest House, meeting room 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

September 2025

Fri 12

Exhibition: Gateway to Himalayan Art (begins) In-Person • Flaten Art Museum, Center for Art and Dance, St. Olaf College • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies
5:00pm Ceremonial Blessing and Opening Reception: Gateway to Himalayan Art - 2h In-Person • Flaten Art Museum, Center for Art and Dance, St. Olaf College • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Wed 17

4:30pm AppleFest 2025 - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton Hall front lawn

Thu 18

12:00pm Résumé Review Rush - 2h In-Person • Alumni Guest House Meeting Room; For more information or to register, see Handshake • from Career Center

Fri 19

2:00pm Résumé Review Rush - 3h In-Person • Alumni Guest House Meeting Room; For more information or to register, see Handshake • from Career Center

Mon 22

6:30pm Fall Recruiting Showcase - 2h 30m In-Person • St. Olaf College, Tomson Hall 280 & Atrium; To register, see Handshake • from Career Center

Tue 23

5:00pm Weighing American Influence in Latin America and the Consequences of USAID's Fall - 1h 30m In-Person • Athenaeum @ Gould Library • from Political Science and International Relations

Wed 24

"Symbols of Identity" Gallery (begins) In-Person • Upper Sayles Gallery Space • from Office of Intercultural Life
5:30pm Résumé and CV Workshop - 1h In-Person • LEI 236

Thu 25

4:30pm Confucianism for Americans - Public Lecture by Professor Paul Goldin, University of Pennsylvania - 1h In-Person • LDC 104 • from Asian Languages & Literatures

Fri 26

10:50am A&I Convo with Chérif Keita: Northfield and/in Africa in the 19th century. - 1h In-Person • Skinner Memorial Chapel • from Convocations

Sat 27

2:00pm OIL + LASO + Mercado Local: Tour and Lotería - 2h In-Person • Mercado Local (108 5th St E, Northfield, MN 55057) • from Office of Intercultural Life

Mon 29

5:00pm Film, Literature and Culture in Mumbai & Seoul Info Session - 1h In-Person • Leighton 304 • from Off-Campus Studies

Tue 30

10:00am Avalokiteśvara Tibetan Buddhist Sand Mandala: Consecration of the Sand Mandala - 30m In-Person • Groot Gallery, Center for Art and Dance • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies
10:00am Exhibition: Avalokiteśvara Tibetan Buddhist Sand Mandala - 5d (begins) In-Person • Groot Gallery, Center for Art and Dance, St. Olaf College • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies
4:15pm Orange Shirt Day: A Brief History of Federal Indian Boarding Schools - 1h In-Person • Leighton Hall 305
5:00pm Geshe Lobsang Jigmey (Gyuto Wheel of Dharma Monastery): Buddhist Meditation Practices - 1h 15m In-Person • St. Olaf Center for Art and Dance, Room 305 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

October 2025

Wed 1

4:30pm OIL Talk: "Immigration Stories" Raices y Futuro - 2h In-Person • Weitz 236 • from Office of Intercultural Life
6:00pm S'mores Bonfire Night - 1h 30m In-Person • Mai-Fete Island

Thu 2

12:00pm Classics Table: Dr. Graham Loud: Not Getting Lost in Translation: The Art and Challenge of Translating Historical Sources - 1h In-Person • LDC 104 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies
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
5:00pm Public Lecture: Dr. Graham Loud, University of Leeds, 'Peter the Deacon of Montecassino: a twelfth-century forger and fantasist re-assessed - 1h 15m In-Person • Leighton 304 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Fri 3

3:00pm The Block is Back! - 2h In-Person • Union and 2nd St. • from Office of Intercultural Life

Sat 4

9:00am Teaching with Archives and Special Collections: Pedagogy, Ethics, and Acquisitions - 6h In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum • from English
2:30pm MARS Radio Hour on KRLX - 1h In-Person • KRLX.org and 88.1 FM • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Sun 5

2:00pm Avalokiteśvara Tibetan Buddhist Sand Mandala: The Dissolution of the Mandala - 1h 30m In-Person • Start: Groot Gallery, Center for Art and Dance and then walking to the Cannon River • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies
5:00pm Exhibition: Avalokiteśvara Tibetan Buddhist Sand Mandala (ends) In-Person • Groot Gallery, Center for Art and Dance, St. Olaf College • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 6

6:00pm Career Discovery Week | Career Pathways for Students in Arts and Humanities - 1h In-Person • Leighton Hall 402; For more information or to register, see Handshake • from Career Center

Tue 7

6:00pm Career Discovery Week | Career Pathways for Students Who Want to Work in the Community and With People - 1h In-Person • Leighton 305; For more information or to register, see Handshake • from Career Center

Wed 8

5:00pm Boyd-Niles Travel Fellowship Celebration - 1h 15m In-Person • Leighton 236 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies
5:00pm Wild Ecopedagogy and Ecological Ethics - A Public Lecture by Dr. Cajetan Iheka, Yale University - 1h In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum • from Africana Studies
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

Fri 10

6:30pm Movie Night w/ OIL, LASO, WOC+: Under the Same Moon - 2h In-Person • Olin 149 • from Office of Intercultural Life

Mon 13

Indigenous Peoples' Day - Campus Events In-Person • Various - see individual events for details • from Indigenous Engagement in Place
7:00pm International Film Forum: The Seventh Seal, dir. Ingmar Bergman (1957) In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Tue 14

5:00pm Info Session: History, Religion and Urban Change in Medieval and Renaissance Rome (OCS Spring 2027) - 1h In-Person • Leighton 304 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Wed 15

"Symbols of Identity" Gallery (ends) In-Person • Upper Sayles Gallery Space • from Office of Intercultural Life

Sat 18

2:30pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h In-Person • KRLX.org & 88.1 FM • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Tue 21

12:00pm Isla Internships Abroad - Intern in Armenia, Bulgaria, Kosovo, India, North Macedonia, or Spain - 1h In-Person • Sayles-Hill 251; For more information or to register, see Handshake • from Career Center
5:15pm Fall Lefler Lecture - Dr. Jody Benjamin - 1h 30m In-Person • LEI 305

Wed 22

5:00pm Let's Talk: Who Do You Say You Are? - 1h 30m In-Person • Multicultural Center Conference Room (019) • from Office of Intercultural Life

Sat 25

2:30pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h In-Person • KRLX.org & 88.1 FM • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 27

1:00pm Carleton Connects: Joel Schlosser ’03 on the entanglement of democracy and the environment - 1h Virtual • from Carleton Connects

Thu 30

7:00pm History Movie Night - 2h 30m In-Person • Leighton 304

Fri 31

10:00am Government & Nonprofit Career Fair - 5h In-Person • University of Minnesota, Coffman Great Hall; register via Handshake • from Career Center
12:00pm MARS Marathon Reading: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien - 14h (begins) In-Person • South Balcony, Upper Sayles • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

November 2025

Sat 1

2:00am MARS Marathon Reading: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (ends) In-Person • South Balcony, Upper Sayles • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies
2:30pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h In-Person • KRLX.org & 88.1 FM • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 3

Boyd-Niles Travel Fellowship Submission Deadline In-Person • Online • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Fri 7

1:10pm The Black Death Wreaks Havoc! - 1h 10m In-Person • Hamlin Creative Space in Weitz Center for Creativity

Sat 8

2:30pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h In-Person • KRLX.org & 88.1 FM • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Tue 11

12:15pm Finding Ireland's Music - 45m In-Person • Weitz Center for Creativity M215 Applebaum Recital Hall

Fri 14

2:00pm New OIL Director Meet and Greet: Noha Elmohands! - 2h In-Person • OIL Office (Sayles 201) • from Office of Intercultural Life

Sat 15

2:30pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h In-Person • KRLX.org & 88.1 FM • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Sun 16

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

Tue 18

2:00pm Community Archaeology Day - 2h In-Person • Anderson Hall - Atrium and AND 121 • from Archaeology

December 2025

Sun 7

Exhibition: Gateway to Himalayan Art (ends) In-Person • Flaten Art Museum, Center for Art and Dance, St. Olaf College • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

January 2026

Tue 13

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

Thu 15

5:15pm Lecture by Dr. Jie-Hyun Lim: Victimhood Nationalism: History and Memory in a Global Age - 1h 30m In-Person • LEI 304
7:00pm Weitz Fellowship: Information Session with the Nine Organizations - 1h Virtual • Virtual; For more information or to register, see Handshake • from Career Center

Mon 19

5:30pm Celebrating 40 Years of Forward Progress - 1h 15m In-Person • The Great Hall (Severance Hall 104) • from Office of Intercultural Life

Thu 22

Visit the Wish Wall: What is Your Wish for US? (begins) In-Person • Locations around Rice County
12:00pm Visit the Wish Wall: What is Your Wish for US? - 1h In-Person • Gould Library

Sat 24

3:30pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h In-Person • online at KRLX.org or 88.1 FM on the radio dial • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Tue 27

11:45am LTC Lunch - How We Used to Read - 1h 15m In-Person • Weitz 236 • from Learning and Teaching Center

Fri 30

3:30pm Cupcakes and Conversation with Brian Klaas '08 - 1h 15m In-Person • History Lounge or LEI 236 if needed

Sat 31

3:30pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h In-Person • online at KRLX.org or 88.1 FM on the radio dial • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

February 2026

Mon 2

10:00am Black History Month Kick Off Tabling in Sayles - 3h In-Person • Sayles-Hill Cafe • from Office of Intercultural Life
6:15pm Talk by Ronald A. Johnson - 1h In-Person • Weitz Creative Center 230

Wed 4

4:00pm The Influence of Black Music: A Black History Month Gallery - 23d (begins) In-Person • Upper Sayles-Hill Gallery • from Office of Intercultural Life
5:30pm Field Trip: Shakespeare's Macbeth at the Guthrie Theater - 5h In-Person • Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis; Bus Pickup on Campus • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Thu 5

12:00pm Isla Internships Abroad - Intern in Armenia, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, India, North Macedonia, or Spain - 1h In-Person • Hasenstab Hall 105; For more information or to register, see Handshake • from Career Center
12:00pm Lecture by Dr. April Haynes - 1h In-Person • LEI 330
4:30pm Ourika in Africa: Race and Revision in the Early Black Press - 1h In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum • from American Studies
5:15pm Mullin Talks - 2h In-Person • LEI 236

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