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