The “Paideia Texts and Issues Lecture Series,” sponsored by the Paideia Endowment since 1983, encourages intellectual discussion across disciplinary lines. The Paideia Governing Board selects four to five presentation proposals each year from faculty across the campus to present to the college community on issues or texts that are central to the liberal arts. 

2018-2019 Texts and Issues Lecture Series: "Journeys and Hospitalities"

October 2, 2018: "Dreaming with our Eyes Open: Staying Informed about DACA" (Carly Hayden Foster, Associate Professor of  Political Science and Madeline Lomprey, LC '21 and Elena Pinnow, LC '21)

November 6, 2018:: "Heroic Journeys and Queer Hospitality: Odysseys Around Paul's Letters" (James Hoke, Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion)

March 5, 2019:  "Finding the Hjemland: Herbjørn Gausta and the Immigrant American Artist Experience" (Kate Elliott, Associate Professor of Art History)

April 2, 2019: "The World on a Plate: Ambivalent Encounters at the American Table" (Marie Drews, Assistant Professor of English)