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.
The Carillon Concert Series features beautiful concerts from Middlebury Chapel’s bell tower. The melodic sounds of the carillon bells will ring out across the campus. Bring a lawn chair or a blanket! Free and open to the public.
Performer: Joseph Min
For more information about the performers and programs, please click here.
Middlebury Chapel
Open to the Public
On view in the Johnson Memorial Building Exhibition Gallery, You Are Here, features a combination of artistic and scientific studies of the Central Vermont Landscape and Geology. Included are recent works by artists Jill Madden and Dorothy Punderson and Professor Will Amidon from Middlebury’s Earth and Climate Sciences Department. An Artist’s Reception will take place on September 17th, 5-7PM.
Johnson Exhibition Gallery, 78 Chateau Rd. Johnson Memorial Building 208.
August 17th through September 25th.
Johnson Gallery/Crit (208)
Open to the Public
The Carillon Concert Series features beautiful concerts from Middlebury Chapel’s bell tower. The melodic sounds of the carillon bells will ring out across the campus. Bring a lawn chair or a blanket! Free and open to the public.
Performer: Charles Semowich
For more information about the performers and programs, please click here.
Middlebury Chapel
Open to the Public
The Dance Company Middlebury Pre-Semester Workshop is an immersive introduction to the season’s creative process, centered on the question What is a body? Dancing Outside the Lines. Dancers engage in a rigorous and exploratory practice that moves between structure and exploration, working collaboratively to build, reshape, and refine movement. The workshop establishes a shared language and creative approach for the ensemble.
The workshop is open to all students. Participation is required for dancers selected to be part of Dance Company Middlebury.
Mahaney Arts Center Dance Studio
Closed to the Public
The Dance Company Middlebury Pre-Semester Workshop is an immersive introduction to the season’s creative process, centered on the question What is a body? Dancing Outside the Lines. Dancers engage in a rigorous and exploratory practice that moves between structure and exploration, working collaboratively to build, reshape, and refine movement. The workshop establishes a shared language and creative approach for the ensemble.
The workshop is open to all students. Participation is required for dancers selected to be part of Dance Company Middlebury.
Mahaney Arts Center Dance Studio
Closed to the Public
The Dance Company Middlebury Pre-Semester Workshop is an immersive introduction to the season’s creative process, centered on the question What is a body? Dancing Outside the Lines. Dancers engage in a rigorous and exploratory practice that moves between structure and exploration, working collaboratively to build, reshape, and refine movement. The workshop establishes a shared language and creative approach for the ensemble.
The workshop is open to all students. Participation is required for dancers selected to be part of Dance Company Middlebury.
Mahaney Arts Center Dance Studio
Closed to the Public
Kick off your First Five experience with a visit to Russian House! Join us for a hands-on cooking workshop where you’ll learn to make traditional Russian stuffed pastries (pirozhki), sample a variety of classic Russian dishes, and explore Russian culture in a fun, welcoming environment. No cooking experience or knowledge of Russian is required. Space is limited, so please RSVP to reserve your spot.
637 College Street
Meet Italian department faculty, teaching assistant, and students over espresso and sweet treats! No Italian language experience required.
Longwell Living Room (Italian House)
Did you study abroad in 2025-26? Come meet up with other Middlebury students who did too at our returnee reception. IGST faculty and study abroad staff will be on hand to welcome you back, raise a glass, and listen to your stories. [Bring your government ID for 21+ libations.]
Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
The Theatre Department invites new and returning students to Curtain Up!
Meet the theatre majors and minors, the faculty and staff of the department and learn what we have in store for this semester and beyond!
Psst! There will be pizza!!
Mahaney Arts Center 232
Closed to the Public
