2025–26 Rosenfield Program Events
Sept. 2: Presentations by 2025 Rosenfield summer internship awardees. Noon, Humanities and Social Studies Center, Room A1231
Sept. 17: Constitution Day Lecture: Rebecca Hamlin, professor of legal studies and political science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. “The Constitution of Citizenship in the United States.” 4 p.m., HSSC, Room A1231
Oct. 8: Marisa Kabas, independent journalist and creator of The Handbasket, will speak about the future of journalism and independent media. “Going Independent.” 4 p.m. HSSC, Room A1231
Oct. 15: Benjamin Nathans, professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania, will discuss his Pulitzer Prize-winning book To The Success of our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement. 7:30 p.m., HSSC, Room A1231
Oct. 30: Scholars’ Convocation talk: Daniel Immerwahr, professor of history and Bergen Evans Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University, will discuss what the history of fire tells us about the future under climate change. “This, Too, Shall Burn: America in the Age of Wood”. 11 a.m., Joe Rosenfield ’25 Center, Room 101
Nov. 13: Faculty Panel with Andrea Hall, Peter Hanson, and Sharon Quinsaat. “America One Year After the 2024 Election.” 4 p.m., HSSC A2231
Nov. 18: Expert Panel on Water Quality. Claire Hruby, Audrey Tran Lam, and Colleen Fowle will touch on both the science and the broader public impact of the water quality issues that Iowa is experiencing. 4 p.m., HSSC A1231
Nov. 20: Scholars’ Convocation talk: Amna Khalid and Jeffrey Snyder (Carleton College) will launch our 2025–26 series on academic freedom and free speech on campus. “Speak Up! Why Free Expression is Essential for Diversity, Democracy, and Education.” 11 a.m., Rosenfield Center, Room 101
Jan. 22: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration, Speaker Jamelle Bouie, columnist for The New York Times. Rosenfield Center, Room 101
Feb. 5: Scholars' Convocation talk: Vladimir Kara-Murza. 11 a.m., Herrick Chapel
Feb. 19: Amy Reid, PEN America. 4 p.m. HSSC A1231
Feb 23-24: Journalism Ethics Workshop with David Shribman. 4–5:30 p.m., HSSC, Room S1325
April 2: Scholars’ Convocation talk: Sam Tanenhaus ’77. 11 a.m., Rosenfield Center, Room 101
April 9: Scholars' Convocation talk: Florin Cîțu ’96, former prime minister of Romania. 11 a.m., Rosenfield Center, Room 101