Schedule of Programs

Spring 2025 Printable Schedule

Monday, February 10, 2025 – 7 p.m. * ♦

Citizenship in an Age of Perpetual Conflict
Phil Klay, Marine Corps Veteran & Author
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 – 7 p.m. 

Love Your Body Week Keynote
Out of Time: Fatness, Disability, and Fat Crip Time
April Herndon, Winona State University
Stern Center, Great Room

Thursday, February 20, 2025 – 7 p.m. – PROGRAM POSTPONED

Black History Month Keynote
We Are Called to Be a Movement
Rev. William J. Barber II, Repairers of the Breach, Poor People’s Campaign, and author
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium

Wednesday, March 5, 2025 – 5 p.m. 

PEN America & the Freedom to Learn: In Defense of the Liberal Arts, Gender Studies & Languages
Amy Reid, PEN America
Althouse 106

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 – 7 p.m. 

Bridging Differences in Difficult Times: A Science-Based Approach
Juliana Tafur, UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center 
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium

Thursday, March 20, 2025 – 7 p.m. 

Film Screening of Counted Out
Carlisle Theatre

Sunday, March 23, 2025 – 4 p.m. 

Film Screening of Call Me by Your Name
Althouse 106

Monday, March 24, 2025 – 7 p.m. 

On Being from Elsewhere
André Aciman, author of Call Me by Your Name
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 – 7 p.m. 

A World Transformed? Foreign Policy in the Current Moment
Dickinson Faculty Panel
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 – 7 p.m. 

Rainbows and Mud: Pathways to Queer Thriving in a Marginalizing Society
Nic Weststrate, University of Illinois Chicago
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium

Thursday, April 3, 2025 – 7 p.m.

Joseph Priestley Award Celebration Lecture
Misinformation in the Age of AI
Marcia McNutt, National Academy of Sciences
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium

 

Monday, April 7, 2025 – 7 p.m. + ♦ *

The Revitalization of the American Indian Food System
Michael Kotutwa Johnson, University of Arizona
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium

Thursday, April 10, 2025 – 7 p.m.*

Open Inquiry and the Collegiate Mission
Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill, Council of Independent Colleges
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 – 7 p.m.

What Does It Mean to Be a Human Translator in the Age of AI?
Amélie Josselin-Leray, University of Toulouse
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium
Livestream Link

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 – 7 p.m. + EVENT POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT YEAR

Muslim France and the Contradictions of Laïcité: A History of the Present
Mayanthi Fernando, University of California Santa Cruz
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium

 

* Denotes programs that are part of the Clarke Forum’s Leadership in an Age of Uncertainty series
+ Denotes a student-initiated program
♦ Denotes a program that is part of our annual theme, Alternative Models