Events

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.

Curious about Spanish immersion abroad? Learn more about studying with Middlebury in Córdoba, Spain from Katie O’Neill, who spent the Spring 2026 semester there!

“The Narratives of Nature” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Bira Vanara, a Mixed Media Artist. 

For our entire known history, humans as a species have told stories about how we and nature came to be, and why things happen as they do. This discourse will explore how story still determines the way we perceive our relationship to the natural world through the narrative lens.

Join the Feminist Resource Center in welcoming Diana Whitney to read from her book of poetry, Girl Trouble. Whitney is a feminist activist, writer, and community organizer based in Vermont, exploring rape culture and the oppression of women and girls in her work. Lunch will be served.

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

Come find MiddVotes at the Davis Library on Wednesdays for the month of October; we’ll be registering folks to vote and answering your voting-related questions!

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global Economics presents Martin Saavedra. As the COVID-19 pandemic is turning into an endemic after three years, it is more urgent than ever to think about its long-term consequences. A comparison with the 1918 influenza provides that perspective.