Event Details

Scholars' Convocations and provide a unique opportunity for students, faculty, staff and community members to encounter a diverse array of scholarly work.

Fall 2012

  • September 5: Grinnell Social Justice Prize Announcement
  • September 12: Suzanne M. Wilson, as part of the Rosenfield Symposium on Education
  • October 3: Raynard Kington, President of Grinnell College
  • October 10: Mark Umbreit, Co-founder of the Prisoner and Community Together (PACT) Institute
  • November 14: Jerry Greenfield, as part of the Grinnell Social Justice Prize Symposium
  • November 28: Charles Hirschkind, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Berkeley

Spring 2013:

  • February 13: John Ikerd, as part of the Rosenfield Symposium on Sustainability
  • April 10: Katha Pollitt, author and poet
  • April 17: Louise Shelley, as part of the Rosenfield Symposium on Human Trafficking
  • April 24:  Ka Yee Lee, Phi Beta Kappa
  • May 1:  Ingrid Daubechies, Professor of Applied Mathematics, Princeton University
  • May 8:  Penny Bender Sebring '64