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 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

 

If you would like to hear about Oldenborg events, please join our mailing list at Friends of Oldenborg, or write us at Oldenborg@pomona.edu. 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 Café 47.