Lectures and Discussions Events

Lundring Events Center & Online via Zoom

This pair of lectures will dive deep into the origins of Christian nationalism and how it affects life in the United States.

Online Via Zoom

This talk will highlight what we can learn from Janina Mehlberg's story about Holocaust history, ethnic relations in extreme situations and humanity in times of crisis.

Lundring Events Center and Zoom

Whether or not you attended the fall class, in this lecture we will gain a deeper understanding of the archaeological methods and the significance of these new finds in reconstructing life in ancient Pompeii.

Online via Zoom

Join us for a vibrant depiction of singer and dancer Josephine Baker and the African American musicians of interwar Paris.

Online Via Zoom

This course will offer a more informed understanding of the dynamic between Israel and Palestine and aid in the path to peace.

Lundring Events Center and Zoom

This two-part lecture will look at Julia Morgan's life and career, as well as detail the conception and construction of Hearst Castle while exploring the structures, vast grounds and art collections.

Lundring Events Center

Entrepreneur Jeanne Sikoff will discuss how she founded Zander’s Game House in Camarillo, the challenges her business faces and plans for the company to evolve.

Samuelson Chapel

Robin Wall Kimmerer's lecture will explore the dominant themes of Braiding Sweetgrass, which include cultivation of a reciprocal relationship with the living world.

Oxnard Center and Zoom

This lecture will provide a brief biographical sketch of Debbie Friedman and explore her musical and social/gender contributions to Jewish practices in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

Online via Zoom

In this lecture, rediscover Linda Ronstadt’s interpretations of rock, pop, soul, country, folk and The Great American Songbook. We’ll cover it all.

Lundring Events Center

Join the Center for Economics of Social Issues at Cal Lutheran for the release of a study on the challenges of living with dignity along California’s Central Coast. 

Lundring Events Center & Online via Zoom

Artists often work and create together to formulate new styles. Just as often, they compete and respond to each other's work, leading to breakthroughs and new developments.

Lundring Events Center and Zoom

"The Lost Art of Instrumental Music" focuses on a time in popular music history when creativity in composing music without vocals not only flourished but was commercially viable.

Lundring Events Center and Zoom

This interdisciplinary course will explore the science and engineering aspects of ancient art from cave paintings to frescoes, mummy portraits and sculptures in stone and bronze.

Online via Zoom

In this course, we will consider the Soviet planned economy, its repressive dictatorial political regime and its imperial nature.

Online via Zoom

This class will explore works of distinguished California architects such as Paul Williams, Wallace Neff, Richard Neutra, Rudolph Schindler, Julia Morgan, John Lautner and others.

Online via Zoom

This series will examine cults in general, and then probe deep into specific case studies like Jonestown, Waco, and a more modern cult, NXIVM.

Swenson Center for Social and Behavioral Sciences, Room 101

Sociologist Michelle Janning, PhD, will present research findings from her new book and discuss how family vacation homes are a compelling site to examine social roles, relationships and social inequalities.