Events

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.

Upcoming Events

  • Snake-headed lady

    Winter Term Latin Information Meeting

    Classics is one of the nicest majors at Middlebury, come learn about our winter term introductory Latin class. Drink the cider, eat the donuts, declare.

    Twilight Classics Common/Conference Room

    Closed to the Public

  • The Temple of Confucius in Kohsiung, Taiwan

    Middlebury in Taiwan Pre-Departure Orientation

    This will be a required meeting for students planning to study abroad in Taiwan during the spring semester of 2027. Admitted students will receive a Zoom link via email.

    Virtual Middlebury

  • International Programs Info Table

    Stop by to chat with an advisor from Middlebury’s International Programs office to learn more about program options (including the Middlebury Schools Abroad and Language Schools), collect materials, or ask questions!

    In case of inclement weather, this event will be cancelled. Check out other International Programs events here.

    Ross Courtyard (Terrace)

  • Book cover with a pale blue background, large green title text reading “Building the American Green State,” and a subtitle, “The States, the Federal Government, and Intercurrence, 1800–2000.” An abstract landscape of layered green, yellow, white, and blue brushstrokes fills the lower half above a dark green band naming author Christopher McGrory Klyza.

    Book Launch for Christopher Klyza's "Building the American Green State"

    Book Launch for Christopher Klyza’s “Building the American Green State: The States, the Federal Government, and Intercurrence, 1800-2000” (2026, MIT Press).

    This book traces the development of environmental agencies at the U.S. state and federal level and explores how these aspects of the green state frequently clash with one another, leading to significant policy challenges.

    Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

  • Pursuing Justice for Incarcerated People

    Corene Kendrick, Deputy Director of the ACLU’s National Prison Project, and James Duff Lyall (Midd ’02), Executive Director of the ACLU of Vermont, will discuss their work using litigation, political and legislative advocacy, community organizing, public education and strategic communications to fight for the human rights of people caged in prisons, jails, juvenile detention, and immigration detention across the country and in Vermont.  

    Co-sponsored by the Privilege and Poverty Program 

    Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Event Planning Resources

  • Before planning an event, visit the Office of Event Management for information on all elements of event planning, including catering and crowd control.
  • Media Services can help with your event’s media and technology needs.
  • If you are inviting a foreign national to participate in your event, please contact the Tax Office well in advance.