Public Events

    The IFC regularly invites nationally recognized scholars, practitioners, and observers of public affairs to campus in order to connect the St. Olaf community to the people and debates that are shaping our country today. Past events are organized below according to academic year.

    StO_Spring-2016_001

    Spring 2022

    Contemporary Controversies
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    Fall 2021

    Capitalism, Freedom, and Community

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    St. Olaf Sunset

    Spring 2021

    Diversity, Freedom, and Community & America After Trump

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    Andrew Yang_CAA Speakers_Headshot

    Fall 2020

    The Presidential Election and a Nation in Crisis: Polarization, Pandemic, Prejudice

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    jeffrey ding

    Spring 2020

    U.S.-China Relations

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    Dreger Hightlight #3

    Fall 2019

    Discrimination and the Search for Truth and Justice

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    michael lind

    Spring 2019

    Who Is My Neighbor? Immigration, Freedom, and Community

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    Kipnis_1

    Interim 2019

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    Walter Russell Mead 3 (2)

    Fall 2018

    Patriotism, Nationalism and the Idea of America

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    David Craig and Joan Tronto

    Spring 2018

    Freedom, Community and Healthcare

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    Fall 2017 Cover Photo

    Interim 2018

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    Allen & Berkowitz 1

    Fall 2017

    Academic Freedom: Its Meaning and Limits

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    Spring 2017 Cover Photo

    Spring 2017

    Religious and Political Disagreement

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    Fall 2016 Cover Photo

    Fall 2016

    The Presidential Election

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    Spring 2016 Cover Photo

    Spring 2016

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    Fall 2015 Cover Photo

    Fall 2015

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    Spring 2015 Cover Photo

    Spring 2015

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    Fall 2014 Cover Photo

    Fall 2014

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