Mansfield Dialogues
The Mansfield Dialogues are an annual series of discussions designed to bring speakers on contemporary issues to a wider audience. These critical community discussions are attended by high school and university students and community members across Montana and the world.
Upcoming Mansfield Dialogues:
Mansfield First Take: Travels to Lithuania in Russia’s Shadow Featuring Mansfield Regional Studies Professor Owen Sirrs
The Baltic Republic of Lithuania lies close to the center of Russian President Vladimir Putin's dreams of a restored Russian empire in Eastern Europe. In this first-take, Mansfield Center’s Regional Studies Professor Owen Sirrs uses his recent trip to Lithuania to spotlight important historical and geopolitical themes in Russia-Lithuania relations. He will also briefly examine Lithuania's ongoing responses to Russia's war in Ukraine.
Mansfield First Take: Bombing Iran: An Open-Ended War?
Annual Mansfield Lectures
The Annual Mansfield Lecture is the Mansfield Center’s premier yearly lecture, featuring speakers who can bring discussion of critical topics to an audience drawn from throughout western Montana.
First Takes
First Takes is a community education program providing rapid response efforts to educate the public in real time on urgent international or domestic current events that affect our democracy.
U.S. Intervention in Venezuela
