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IFC's Conversations for Open Minds

IFC's Conversations for Open Minds

By: St. Olaf College
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 “Conversations for Open Minds” is presented by the St Olaf College Institute for Freedom and Community, a space for free inquiry and meaningful debate of important political and social issues. Hosted by Edmund Santurri, Morrison Family Director and Professor of Religion and Philosophy at St. Olaf College.© St. Olaf College Political Science Politics & Government
Episodes
  • The 1619 Project

    The 1619 Project
    Apr 25 2022
    The #1619Project is still one of the most controversial and important documents of our time. Edmund Santurri, director of the St. Olaf IFC, leads a conversation between Leslie M. Harris and Phillip W. Magness who present very different perspectives.
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    1 hr and 31 mins
  • Michael Fitzgerald: Revisiting the 1619 Project

    Michael Fitzgerald: Revisiting the 1619 Project
    Apr 4 2022
    Michael Fitzgerald specializes in southern history, African American history, and the Civil War era including slavery, civil rights, and related topics. His most recent book is “Splendid Failure: Postwar Reconstruction in the American South.” His current project is a full-scale history of the Reconstruction era in Alabama.

    In this podcast Edmund Santurri interviews Michael Fitzgerald following the IFC sponsored conversation between Leslie Harris and Phillip Magness about the 1619 Project (https://www.stolaf.edu/multimedia/play/?e=3756).
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    53 mins
  • Russia, Ukraine and the South Caucasus: Post-Soviet Conflicts with Connected Roots

    Russia, Ukraine and the South Caucasus: Post-Soviet Conflicts with Connected Roots
    Mar 3 2022
    Artyom Tonoyan, a scholar of the South Caucasus with family ties to Armenia and Ukraine, talks about the Russian invasion of Ukraine against the background of regional and international politics.
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    50 mins
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