Events Calendar – History – Carleton College

Tuesday, Oct 31, 2023 - Wednesday, Oct 30, 2024

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October 2023

Tue 31

5:00pm Submission deadline for the David Parks Memorial Fellowship In-Person • Online
8:00pm Halloween History Movie Night: The VVitch - 2h In-Person • Boliou 104

November 2023

Wed 1

4:00pm MA & PhD in Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture Tabling at Anderson Hall's Atrium - 1h 30m In-Person • Anderson Hall Atrium • from Career Center (new)

Thu 2

6:00pm Dia de los Muertos - 2h In-Person • Great Hall • from Office of Intercultural Life

Fri 3

4:30pm OIL X CANOE: Paddle on Lyman Lakes - 1h 30m In-Person • The Council Ring • from Office of Intercultural Life

Sat 4

11:00am Dakota Spirit Walk Trip - 5h In-Person • Various • from Office of Intercultural Life
4:00pm The MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX (88.1 FM) or https://content.krlx.org/ • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 6

2:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Department Lounge

Thu 9

12:00pm The Objects That Remain - Criminal Evidence, Holocaust Artifacts, & the Work of Doing Justice - 1h In-Person • Leighton 305 • from Religion
5:30pm OIL Talk: Dakota Earth-Sky Kapemni Relationships - 1h In-Person • Olin 141 • from Office of Intercultural Life

Sat 11

4:00pm The MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX (88.1 FM) or https://content.krlx.org/ • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 13

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

January 2024

Thu 4

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

Fri 5

3:45pm Early Musical Instruments Petting Zoo - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz M31 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies
4:00pm All Campus Reception with Dr. Anthony Jack - 1h In-Person • Weitz WCC236 Larson Family Meeting Room • from Convocations

Thu 11

12:00pm OCS & Fellowship Resources - 1h In-Person • Leighton Hall 202

Sat 13

11:30am MARS Fiber Arts Workshop I: Knitting Your Own Plague Rat - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton 236 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 15

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 2h In-Person • History Department Lounge Leighton Hall 204
5:00pm Sounds of the Movement: MLK on LP - 3h In-Person • Weitz Theater / Weitz Commons • from Office of Intercultural Life

Wed 17

4:30pm Black Power, Black Lives Matter, and Historical Roots and Ruptures in the Black Freedom Struggle - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton 305 • from Africana Studies

Thu 18

5:15pm Ira T. Wender Lecture in Middle East Studies: From Syriac to Arabic: The Rise of Arabic as a Christian Language in the Middle East by Professor Jack Tannous, Princeton University - 1h Leighton 305 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Fri 19

9:00pm ACA x AFST Paint N'Sip - 1h 30m In-Person • Sayles-Hill Lounge 212 • from Africana Studies

Sat 20

11:30am MARS Fiber Arts Workshop II: Knitting Your Own Plague Rat - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton 236 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies
4:00pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h (event repeats) Virtual • KRLX.org (88.1 FM) • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Tue 23

9:00am Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 2h In-Person • History Department Lounge Leighton Hall 204

Wed 24

4:30pm Talk by Dr. Joshua Mugler, “Preserving the World’s Cultural Heritage in Minnesota: The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library.” - 1h In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Thu 25

5:00pm Public Humanities Panel - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton Hall 330

Fri 26

2:00pm Lanterns with CHAI - 2h In-Person • Anderson 223 • from Office of Intercultural Life
5:00pm OIL/ISL Mini Retreat: Homesickness - 2h In-Person • Alumni Guest House • from Office of Intercultural Life

Sat 27

11:30am MARS Fiber Arts Workshop III: Knitting Your Own Plague Rat - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton 236 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Sun 28

3:00pm Don't Fret...Viola da Gamba Masterclass - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz M31 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

February 2024

Thu 1

4:00pm Black Joy Is - A Multimedia Exhibition - 1h 30m In-Person • Great Hall • from Office of Intercultural Life

Fri 2

3:00pm History through Game Development — The Migrants' Chronicles: 1892 - 1h In-Person • Weitz 133 • from Digital Humanities

Sun 4

3:00pm Don't Fret...Viola da Gamba Masterclass - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz M31 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 5

1:00pm Midterm break Puzzles & Podcasts - 2h In-Person • History lounge and LEI 202

Tue 6

5:00pm Submission deadline for the Edward H. (Ted) Mullin Memorial Fellowship In-Person • Online

Wed 7

4:30pm OIL Talk: The Black Joy of Stepping - 2h In-Person • Great Hall • from Office of Intercultural Life

Sat 10

6:00pm Black History Month Trivia with Black House - 1h 30m In-Person • Williams House • from Office of Intercultural Life

Sun 11

12:30pm OIL X BIPOC Climbing Club - 1h 30m In-Person • Rec Center Rock Wall • from Office of Intercultural Life

Tue 13

7:30pm Guest Concert: Moussa Diallo Trio - 1h 30m In-Person • Kracum Performance Hall • from Music

Thu 15

12:00pm Special Lunch Table: Center for Austrian Studies with Dr. Meyer Weinshel - 1h In-Person • '51 Dining Room (LDC) • from German
6:30pm History, Religion, and Urban Change in Medieval and Renaissance Rome Info Session - 1h In-Person • Leighton 304 • from Off-Campus Studies

Wed 21

4:30pm Herbert P. Lefler Winter Lecture - Since Time Immemorial: Native Custom and Law in Colonial Mexico - Yanna Yannakakis - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton Hall 305

Thu 22

9:00am Minnesota Private Colleges' Job & Internship Fair - 5h In-Person • Minneapolis Convention Center, register via Handshake • from Career Center (new)
12:00pm Public Talk: Dr. Christopher Saladin, "Visualizing Roman Carthage: Digital Mapping in an Ancient North African City" - 1h In-Person • LDC 104 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies
7:30pm History Movie Knight! - Monty Python & The Holy Grail - 2h In-Person • Boliou 104

Fri 23

10:50am Convocation with Mayor Jaylen Smith - 1h Hybrid • Skinner Memorial Chapel • from Convocations

Sat 24

12:30pm "Wine in the Wilderness" Trip - 5h 30m In-Person • from Office of Intercultural Life

Mon 26

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 2h In-Person • History Department Lounge Leighton Hall 204

Wed 28

4:30pm “Freedom Then, Freedom Now: Black History and Protest Art”: Student Exhibition - 1h In-Person • Sayles Hill 243

Thu 29

5:00pm Public Talk: Benjamin Hansen (U of MN): Christians and Others in Umayyad Palestine: Religious Interaction, Competition, and Cooperation - 1h In-Person • Laird 205 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

March 2024

Tue 5

9:00am Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 2h In-Person • History Department Lounge Leighton Hall 204

Mon 25

4:00pm Early Musical Instruments Petting Zoo - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz M31 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Tue 26

4:00pm Early Musical Instruments Petting Zoo - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz M31 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Wed 27

4:00pm Early Musical Instruments Petting Zoo - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz M31 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

April 2024

Mon 1

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

Wed 3

4:45pm The Coddling of the American Mind: Film screening and discussion - 2h 15m In-Person • Boliou 104

Thu 4

12:00pm Ships and Sea Chests and Swords, Oh My! 3D Scanning in German Museums for the Virtual Viking Longship Project - 1h In-Person • Leighton 304 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies
5:15pm 2024 Mullin Fellowship Talks: Margaret De Fer and Daniel Myer - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton Hall 236

Fri 5

12:00pm CarlsChat Lunch with Peggy Abram ’80 P’17 (Religion) and Peter Fritz ’08 (History) - 1h In-Person • Sayles Hill, Room 253; For more information or to register, see Handshake • from Career Center (new)

Sat 6

4:00pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX.org (88.1 FM) • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 8

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

Wed 10

4:00pm Embodiment and Racial Bias in "Brendan's Voyage" - 1h In-Person • Leighton 305 • from Digital Arts and Humanities

Thu 11

12:00pm What Matters to Me & Why Reflection: Dina Zavala - 1h In-Person • Weitz 236 • from Office of the Chaplain

Sat 13

4:00pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX.org (88.1 FM) • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 15

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge Leighton Hall 204
4:30pm History Majors Basil's & Blast Event - 3h 30m In-Person • Meet in front of Leighton Hall.

Wed 17

5:00pm Talk by Dr. Amna Khalid and Dr. Jeff Snyder: "Free Expression and Academic Freedom Under Fire: Campus Censorship from the War on “Woke Indoctrination” to the War in Gaza" - 1h 30m In-Person • Olin 141

Fri 19

10:50am Convocation with Fiona Hill | Navigating a World in Turmoil - 1h Skinner Memorial Chapel • from Convocations

Sat 20

4:00pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX.org (88.1 FM) • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 22

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

Tue 23

5:00pm History Comps Presentations Marjorie Mitalski & Emmett Forster - 2h In-Person • Leighton Hall 236
5:30pm Mere hamnafas, mere humnawa: Fighting fascism with poetry, hope, and solidarities in South Asia - 1h 30m In-Person • Boliou 104 • from Asian Studies

Wed 24

5:00pm History Comps Presentations Louisa Grader & Esme Krohn - 2h In-Person • Leighton Hall 236

Thu 25

5:00pm History Comps Presentations Daniel Myer & Emery John - 2h In-Person • Leighton Hall 236

Fri 26

10:50am Convocation with Brian Sostek '90 | "Fear, Failure, and Catastrophe: How To Talk with Strangers" - 1h Skinner Memorial Chapel • from Convocations

Sat 27

4:00pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX.org (88.1 FM) • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 29

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

May 2024

Wed 1

11:30am AAPI Heritage Month Tabling - 1h In-Person • Sayles Cafe • from Office of Intercultural Life
4:30pm Approaching Political Polarization Anthropologically: Schismogenesis, Dysrecognition, and Monster-making in the age of Trump - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton 304 • from Ethical Inquiry at Carleton
5:00pm OIL Talk: Funny Asian Women Kollective (FAWK) Clapback Workshop - 2h 30m In-Person • Skinner Memorial Chapel • from Office of Intercultural Life

Thu 2

5:00pm History Department Picnic - 2h In-Person • Leighton Hall front patio and lawn Rain location: Leighton Hall second floor

Sat 4

4:00pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX.org (88.1 FM) • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 6

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

Tue 7

5:15pm Spring Lefler Lecture - Dr. Scott Gac Born in Blood: The Battlegrounds of American Democracy - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton Hall 305

Sat 11

4:00pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX.org (88.1 FM) • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 13

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge Leighton Hall 204
4:00pm AAPI Photo Gallery Launch - 1h In-Person • Sayles-Hill Gallery Space (Upper Sayles) • from Office of Intercultural Life

Tue 14

12:00pm Spring Comps Meeting for Rising Seniors - 1h In-Person • LEI 330
5:00pm History Seniors' Social Hour - 2h In-Person • Alumni Guest House meeting room and courtyard

Thu 16

4:00pm Blended Harmony Field Trip - 6h In-Person • History Theater, St. Paul • from Office of Intercultural Life

Sat 18

4:00pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX.org (88.1 FM) • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 20

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

Tue 21

5:00pm History Comps Presentation Alex Wilson - 1h In-Person • Leighton Hall 402

Fri 24

3:00pm Honors Convocation - 1h Hybrid • Skinner Memorial Chapel • from Convocations

Sat 25

4:00pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX.org (88.1 FM) • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 27

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge Leighton Hall 204
4:30pm Africana Studies Comps Presentations - 1h 30m Hybrid • Leighton 304 • from Africana Studies

June 2024

Sat 1

4:00pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX.org (88.1 FM) • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

September 2024

Thu 12

3:30pm Academic Fair - History Department - NSW - 1h 30m In-Person • Recreation Center Field House
3:30pm MARS First Year Info at Academic Fair - 1h 30m In-Person • Carleton College Recreation Center • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Tue 17

4:30pm Early Musical Instruments Petting Zoo - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Center for Creativity M31. • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Wed 18

4:30pm Early Musical Instruments Petting Zoo - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Center for Creativity M31. • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Thu 19

4:30pm Early Musical Instruments Petting Zoo - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Center for Creativity M31. • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies
5:00pm Welcome Back with AppleFest! - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton Hall front lawn Rain location: Leighton Hall History lounge

Mon 23

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

Thu 26

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

Fri 27

8:30am Indigenous Mapping in Digital Formats with Joshua Friedlein - 2h In-Person • Gould Library 306
12:00pm Black Femicide and Morrisonian Democracy - 2h In-Person • Wetiz 236 • from Africana Studies

Sat 28

10:00am Fall Career Jam - 4h In-Person • Anderson Atrium & Room 121; For more information or to register, see Handshake • from Career Center (new)

Mon 30

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

October 2024

Thu 3

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge LEI 204
4:30pm Hispanic and Latine Heritage Month OIL Talk: "Exploring Civic Engagement in Our Community" - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Commons • from Office of Intercultural Life
5:00pm 2nd Annual Humanities CV Workshop - 2h In-Person • Leighton Hall 236

Sat 5

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

Mon 7

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

Tue 8

5:00pm Harvard Law School Information Session - 45m In-Person • Anderson Hall 329; For more information or to register, see Handshake • from Career Center (new)

Thu 10

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

Sat 12

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

Mon 14

3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge LEI 204
4:00pm Indigenous Peoples' Day - Campus Events - 4h In-Person • Boliou 104 • from Indigenous Engagement in Place

Tue 15

5:15pm Fall Lefler Lecture - Dr. Jennifer Dominique Jones - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton Hall 305
11:59pm Winter Break Carleton-Funded Fellowships Applications Deadline (see list) Online forms • from Student Fellowships

Thu 17

12:00pm Dr. Seamus Dwyer: Scripts and Literature: Graphic Design and Literary Criticism in the Manuscripts of England and France, 1370-1425 - 1h In-Person • LDC 104 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies
3:00pm Making Meaning of Manuscripts. A Manuscript Workshop with Dr. Seamus Dwyer - 1h 30m In-Person • Gould Library 171 (Special Collections) • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies
3:00pm Reference & Instruction Librarians visit History - 1h In-Person • History Lounge LEI 204
6:30pm Majors and Minors Fair with MARS SDAs - 1h 30m In-Person • Great Hall • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Sat 19

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

Mon 21

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

Tue 22

5:00pm Boyd-Niles Travel Fellowship Presentations - 1h In-Person • TBA • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies
7:00pm History, Culture, and Commerce: Africa and Arabia - EVENT CANCELED - 1h In-Person • Leighton 236 • from Off-Campus Studies

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

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