The UNLV College of Liberal Arts’ University Forum Lecture series is back for the fall 2026 season with a slate of thought-provoking topics and speakers. All events are free and open to the public. The lineup is as follows:
- Sex, Censorship, and the New Higher Education Culture Wars
Sept. 10 at 7 p.m., Beverly Rogers Literature and Law Building (RLL), Room 101
Lynn Comella, professor of gender and sexuality studies, UNLV - Motley Crews and Medical Men: Fighting Corpse Theft in the American Revolution and Early Republic
Sept. 24 at 7 p.m., Beverly Rogers Literature and Law Building (RLL), Room 101
Chris Willoughby, assistant professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies, UNLV - Embracing Risk
Oct. 15 at 7 p.m., Campus Resource Center, Auditorium
Alex Honnold, international climber - Latino Fathers: What Shapes and Sustains Their Parenting
Oct. 22 at 7 p.m., Beverly Rogers Literature and Law Building (RLL), Room 101
Fatima Suarez, associate professor of history, UNLV - Exit from International Organizations
Oct. 29 at 7 p.m., Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Auditorium
Felicity Vabulas, Blanche E. Seaver Associate Professor of International Studies, Pepperdine University - William F. Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America
Nov. 9 at 7 p.m., Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Auditorium
Sam Tanenhaus, editor of NY Times Book Review Section, 2004-2013 - John Dowland at 400, a Lecture-Recital
Nov. 19 at 7 p.m., Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Auditorium
Victor Coelho, director, Center for Early Music Studies, and professor of musicology, Boston University School of Music
