Academic Affairs

Paul Sommers, Paige-Wright Professor of Economics will give this lecture.

“Forty-Two Years of Collaborative Research with Middlebury College Students … and Counting”

In this lecture, Paul will discuss several of his student co-authored papers. The topics will include who voted for Trump, how accurate is Punxsutawney Phil, why George W. Bush owes a huge debt of gratitude to Pat Buchanan in the 2000 presidential election, and who really wrote the Beatles’ hits that were ostensibly collaborative Lennon/McCartney songs?

“Darkness in Dream Factory: the Nightmare in Film Noir.”

Walter Cerf Distinguished Professor of Film and Media Culture, Leger Grindon will be giving an Inaugural Lecture.

Kathryn Morse, John C. Elder Chair in Environmental Studies and Professor of History will give this lecture.

Conserving Whiteness: The 1930s Tenancy Crisis and New Deal Rural Rehabilitation