Event Alert

The Institute for Freedom & Community Announces Two-Day Symposium with Prominent Speakers and Guests 

WHAT: “Disagreement – a Symposium for Constructive Political Discourse and Inquiry” 

WHEN: March 31 at 7 p.m.

April 1 at 3 p.m.

April 1 at 4:30 p.m. 

WHERE: St. Olaf College

1520 St. Olaf Avenue

Northfield, Minn., 55057 

WHO: “Jerks, Asshats, and the Unstable Politics of Civility”

Mark Kingwell

Thursday, March 31 at 7 p.m.

Tomson Hall Room 280

Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto

Author of A Civil Tongue: Justice, Dialogue, and the Politics of Pluralism

“What on Earth is Happening to our Country? The Moral Psychology of Political Division”

Jonathan Haidt

Friday, April 1 at 3 p.m.

Buntrock Commons, Black and Gold Ballrooms

Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership, New York University’s Stern School of Business

Author of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion

“Extreme Incivility and Political Voice”

Sarah Sobieraj

Friday, April 1 at 4:30 p.m.

Buntrock Commons, Black and Gold Ballrooms

Associate Professor of Sociology, Tufts University

Author of The Outrage Industry: Political Opinion Media and the New Incivility

WHY: With political discord and contempt at a fever pitch in this election cycle, St. Olaf College is doing something about it. This two-day symposium will feature three prominent speakers presenting on coarse rhetoric and contemptuous politics in today’s society. Presented by The Institute for Freedom and Community, this event will aim to foster civil discourse and create civility in public debate.

For more information on the symposium, please call 507-786-3128 or email Dan Hofrenning at [email protected] or Shawn Paulson at [email protected]. All events are held at St. Olaf College, located approximately 40 miles south of downtown Minneapolis or downtown St. Paul. The campus is located at 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, Minn. 55057. Preregistration is not required.