Colloquium Series

Fall 2026 Schedule 

Hispanic Heritage Month lecture
“Don’t Leave it to Chance: Inclusive Placemaking for Belonging and Access”

Tuesday, September 15, at 3:30 p.m. in Jack Miller Auditorium
Presented by Dr. Delia Fernandez-Jones

Through her personal and professional journey as a first-generation Latina college graduate and later becoming a professor of Latinx history and a higher education administrator, Dr. Fernandez-Jones will present on how we can create inclusive spaces through placemaking. In understanding how Latinxs have done this in the past in West Michigan, we can learn how to intentionally make places where people can both access necessary resources for their survival and thriving and feel as if they belong. Invoking women of color feminism, Dr. Fernández-Jones asks us to consider our role in intentionally creating space for one another while not leaving it to chance.

“250 Years of United States Citizenship”

Thursday, October 15, at 7 p.m., Holland Museum 

Join the Holland Museum and Zeeland Historical Society for a special Tales from the Archives program celebrating America 250 and uncovering the stories behind American citizenship: who was welcomed, who was excluded and how the rules of belonging have changed over time. Through fascinating historical documents and stories, we’ll explore how changing ideas about citizenship reveal larger questions about identity, belonging, and what it means to be American. The program will be led by Dr. Jeanne Petit, Betty Roelofs ’53 Miller Professor of History and chair of the Department of History at Hope College.

“Adventures in the Archives”

Thursday, November 5 at 4:30 p.m., Martha Miller Auditorium 
Presented by Hope College Summer Research students, Aaron Schiller and Noelle Choeng