Elizabeth Morrison, Professor of ReligionKarma Why do things happen to us as they do? For many throughout Asia, the answer has been or is karma, the ancient Indian notion that over multiple lifetimes ...

Karen graduated from Middlebury with a bachelor’s degree in geography and environmental studies and a master’s degree in education from the University of New Hampshire. She met her husband, Jud, ...

Ata Anzali, Associate Professor of ReligionThe Islamic Traditions What is Islam? Is it a religion, a way of life, a civilization, or a political ideology? Was Muhammad a political leader, a warrior, ...

80 Years of the Nuclear Age: The Role of Youth in Building a Safer World 4:30 PM PT ...

Jane Chaplin, James I. Armstrong Professor of ClassicsSparta and Athens For over 200 years, Athens and Sparta were recognized as the most powerful Greek city-states, and yet one was a democracy ...

American Autobiography: The Promise of America The promise of America, to paraphrase Tocqueville, may be said to involve securing equality in freedom and overcoming slavery and its legacy. Jay Parini ...

Ioana Uricaru, Professor of Film and Media Culture at Middlebury College, was born in Romania and grew up during the country’s communist dictatorship, experiencing the violent anti-government uprising ...

This is the core course of the International and Global Studies major. It is an introduction to key international issues and problems that will likely feature prominently in their courses at ...

David Allen, Associate Professor of BiologyPlant Community Ecology This course will explore the structure and dynamics of plant communities, with a particular emphasis on temperate forest communities.

Allison Stanger is Middlebury Distinguished Endowed Professor; Affiliate, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University; Co-Director (with Danielle Allen), GETTING-Plurality ...

Daniel Fram (B.A. St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2001; Ph.D. Michigan State University, 2019) is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Theory at Middlebury College, where he has taught since 2020 ...

Paul M. Sommers is the Paige-Wright Professor of Economics at Middlebury College. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California at San Diego (1976). Professor Sommers has written on economic ...