Fall 2026 University Forum Lecture Series

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

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People | October 5, 2026

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People | October 2, 2026

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