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 Oldenborg co-directors, Carolina De la Rosa Bustamante and Eileen Cheng .
Fall 2023
September 7
An Interdisciplinary Conversation on Landscape
Shari Daya, Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town
Pippin Anderson, Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town
Co-sponsored with the International and Domestic Programs Office at Pomona College
September 14
Addressing Economic Security in the Context of Climate Crisis
Shailaja Fennell, Professor of Regional Transformation and Economic Security, University of Cambridge
Co-sponsored with the International and Domestic Programs Office at Pomona College
October 11
The Wars Within Line Papin's The Girl Before Her
Line Papin, Writer, Ink & Blood (Joint Imprint of Kaya Press and the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network)
Co-sponsored with the Romance Languages and Literatures Department at Pomona College
October 12
Lalo García’s Journey from Migrant Farmworker to Deportee to World Famous Chef
Laura Tillman, Journalist, author and audio producer
Co-sponsored with the Latin American Studies Program and the Economics Department at Pomona College
October 26
Being There: Reflections on a Claremont Faculty-Student Study Tour to Palestine/Israel
Bahar Acu, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Pitzer College
Heather Ferguson, Associate Professor of Middle East and Ottoman History, Claremont McKenna College
Emiliano Huet-Vaughn, Associate Professor of Economics, Pomona College
October 27
2023 Oldenborg Grant Recipients
Maria Duran Gonzalez, PO '24
Lucia Cappella, PO '23
November 3
Breath and Bamboo: Shakuhachi, the traditional vertical flute of Japan
Kaoru Kakizakai, Master of the Shakuhachi
Co-sponsored with the Music Department at Pomona College
November 6
Making Sense of Attitudes Toward Ukraine and Russia in Kazakhstan: A Qualitative Study
Azamat Junisbai, Professor of Sociology, Pitzer College
Co-sponsored with the German & Russian Department at Pomona College
November 13
China’s Soft Power Strategy at the Confucius Institutes in the United States
Michael Sun, Assistant Professor of Political Science, The Citadel
Co-sponsored with the Asian Studies Program, the Politics Department, the Pacific Basin Institute, and the Wig Teaching Grant Program at Pomona College
November 14
2023 Yidan Endowed Fund Recipients
Diana Truong, PO '24, My Vietnamese-American Experience: Language Learning and Cultural Connections Across Time & Space
Griffin Campion, PO '24, Found in Translation: Language Immersion in Osaka, Japan
November 17
Art and Resistance in Belarusian and Ukrainian Context. From Theatre Solidarity to Nobel Peace Prize
Andrei Kureichik, Belarusian playwright, theatre and film director and civic activist, Henry Hart Rice Associate Research Scholar and Lecturer and Fortunoff Fellow at Yale University
Co-sponsored with the German & Russian Department at Pomona College
December 5
Oldenborg Cinema: Short Films and Comic Sketches
Oldenborg Conversation Class Students & Language Residents
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