Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Are you passionate about issues such as climate change, reproductive rights, or the future of our democracy? Do you want to learn how to become more involved in Democratic campaigns/politics? If yes, come to College Democrats weekly meeting.

Are you passionate about issues such as climate change, reproductive rights, or the future of our democracy? Do you want to learn how to become more involved in Democratic campaigns/politics? If yes, come to College Democrats weekly meeting.

Are you passionate about issues such as climate change, reproductive rights, or the future of our democracy? Do you want to learn how to become more involved in Democratic campaigns/politics? If yes, come to College Democrats weekly meeting.

Are you passionate about issues such as climate change, reproductive rights, or the future of our democracy? Do you want to learn how to become more involved in Democratic campaigns/politics? If yes, come to College Democrats weekly meeting.

Are you passionate about issues such as climate change, reproductive rights, or the future of our democracy? Do you want to learn how to become more involved in Democratic campaigns/politics? If yes, come to College Democrats weekly meeting.

Award-winning journalist Abe Streep (‘04) will be in conversation with esteemed sports writer, Alexander Wolff to discuss his first book, Brothers on Three: A True Story of Family, Resistance, and Hope on a Reservation in Montana (Celadon Books, 2021). The book follows the boys basketball team from Arlee High School as they defend their state championship. Streep reports on the place of basketball in the lives of members of the Flathead Reservation’s Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.

David Stoll, Professor of Anthropology

“Accusations too Believable to be False: How We Talk About the Abenakis and Eugenics”

Ellery Foutch, Associate Professor of American Studies, and Alexis Mychajliw, Assistant Professor of Biology/Environmental Studies
“The Art and Science of Natural History Collections at Middlebury College”

Mark Saltveit, College Libraries
“Recovering Ninth-Century Palindromes and Epigrams”

A 9th century manuscript (BL Harley MS 2735) has a fly-leaf (fol. 1r) covered with mostly illegible epigrams. Mark Saltveit has been using modern technology to recover several of them.

Jamie McCallum, Associate Professor of Sociology
“An Injury to All: Essential Workers and Social Movements During the Pandemic”

This lecture is based on Professor McCallum’s 2022 book on essential workers during the pandemic. It shows that labor unions and other social movements were important forces of social change shaping the pandemic political economy. These forces can help us navigate a post-pandemic future that is more equitable, just, and safe for all of us.