Academic Affairs sponsors a wide array of events, lectures, and symposia featuring Middlebury faculty.
Middlebury faculty are eager to share their research and creative works to further knowledge and foster conversation. Faculty, students, and staff are encouraged to attend signature events such as the Clifford Symposium, the Fall Faculty Forum, and the Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture series, as well as additional academic events included in the calendar listings below. For faculty publication information, see individual faculty profiles.
See our faculty meeting calendar.
Jack Zhang, University of Kansas, is the founder and director of the Trade War Lab, a social science lab dedicated to dual mission of understanding
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Interested in reproductive justice organizing? Join the Reproductive Rights Alliance! Meetings on Mondays in Chellis House at 7:30pm.
Chellis Living Room/Seminar Room
Curious about Chinese or Japanese immersion abroad? Learn more about studying with Middlebury in Tokyo, Japan or Kaohsiung, Taiwan from program alum Stephanie Lu ‘27.
Davis Family Library Vestibule (main entrance)
Students, staff, alumni and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held almost every Tuesday 12:30-1:30 pm EST. in person and by zoom. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. To register for the zoom sessions, please contact Prof. Dickinson at his email: dickinso@middlebury.edu
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Open to the Public
Based on the acclaimed first season of the scripted podcast of the same name, American Hostage is a psychological thriller set in the 1970’s that tells the harrowing true story of Fred Heckman, a beloved Indianapolis radio reporter who is thrust into the middle of a life-or-death crisis when hostage-taker Tony Kiritsis demands to be interviewed on his popular radio news program.
Axinn Center 232
Open to the Public
This will be a required meeting for students planning to study abroad in Oxford during the spring semester of 2027. Admitted students will receive a Zoom link via email.
Virtual Middlebury
Free and open to the public!
Middlebury Chapel
Open to the Public
Jeff Dayton-Johnson will present his latest book, “Understanding Latin America’s Economy in the Twenty-First Century.” Professor Dayton-Johnson is an economist and scholar who has published extensively on Latin American economic development. He also serves as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Open to the Public
Jazz and decolonization are entwined in this historical rollercoaster that rewrites the Cold War episode that led musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach to crash the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Patrice Lumumba.
Twilight Auditorium 101
Open to the Public
