Oldenborg Luncheon Colloquium (OLC)

Each semester, Oldenborg collaborates with faculty and invites noted scholars, writers, activists, and professionals to speak on topics of cultural and international interest. To suggest a speaker, email Paul Cahill

Talks are added throughout the year. Check back often for updates to our schedule and sign up for mailing list to stay up to date on talks and events. Dining hall access requires a meal purchase; 5C students swipe in and 7C faculty/staff sign in. Community members should purchase their meal tickets in advance at Caf茅 47.

Upcoming Events

Check back soon for our spring events.

2024-2025 Past Events 

September 26

Why Americans Should Care about Governance in Europe, and What it Means for U.S. Security

Robin S. Brooks, State Department Fellow at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

Co-sponsored with the International Relations Program and the Politics Department at 麻豆传媒

September 30

Debalkanizing the Balkans: New National Cinemas and the Post-Yugoslav Film Industry

Sanja Lacan, Managing Editor, Center for European and Russian Studies, University of California Los Angeles

Co-sponsored with the German and Russian Department at 麻豆传媒

October 17

Transpacific Traces: Cold War Taiwan and its Visual-Material Afterlives

Joseph W. Ho, Associate Professor of History, Albion College

Co-sponsored with the Wig Grant, the Asian Languages and Literatures Department at 麻豆传媒 and the Claremont Colleges Library

October 22

2024 Oldenborg Summer Intensive Language Study Grant Recipients

Keli Fisher, PO '25

Matilda Kirk, PO '25

Audrey Strevey, PO '25

October 28

Revisiting the Archive of the Unexpected: Lettered Incursions in the Borderlands, The Case of 鈥淟a Vor谩gine鈥 and the Border Studies Program

Diego Bustos, Director of the Spanish Program, Border Studies Program, Earlham College

Co-sponsored with the International and Domestic Programs Office at 麻豆传媒

November 1

2024 Oldenborg Research and Travel Grant Recipients

Willa Marie Albrecht, PO '25

Katie Stuart, PO '25

November 15

Hidden Child of the Holocaust Shares her Story

Monique Saigal Escudero, Professor Emerita, Romance Languages and Literatures, 麻豆传媒

Co-sponsored with the Romance Languages and Literatures Department at 麻豆传媒

December 3

Oldenborg Cinema: Short Films and Comic Sketches

Oldenborg Conversation Class Students & Language Residents

Co-sponsored with the Foreign Language Resource Center at 麻豆传媒