The UNLV College of Liberal Arts’ University Forum Lecture series is back for the spring 2026 season with a slate of thought-provoking topics and speakers. All events are free and open to the public and will be held on Thursday afternoons and evenings this semester. The lineup is as follows:

• Letters to the Editor: Writing in Support of Democracy in This Time
  Feb. 12 at 7 p.m., Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Auditorium
  Alejandro Lugo, Professor Emeritus, New Mexico State University
• William F. Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America
  Feb. 26 at 7 p.m., Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Auditorium
  Sam Tanenhaus, Editor of New York Times Book Review Section, 2004–2013
• Punk Is a Moving Target
  March 5 at 7 p.m., Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Auditorium
  Mimi Thi Nguyen, Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Dartmouth College
• The Fate of the Americas: The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Cold War
  March 26 at 4 p.m., Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Auditorium
  Renata Keller, Associate Professor of History, University of Nevada, Reno
• Staying Decent in a Criminal State: Berlin Under the Nazis and Other Places Since
  April 9 at 7 p.m., Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Auditorium
  Ian Buruma, Henry R. Luce Professor of Human Rights, Bard College
• De-Silencing the Past: Indigenous Resistance and the Decolonization of Schooling in Canada
  April 16 at 4 p.m., Beverly Rogers Literature and Law Building (RLL), Room 101
  Matthew Henderson, Superintendent, Winnipeg School Division (Canada)
• The Growing Divide in the American Jewish Community Over Israel/Palestine
  April 23 at 4 p.m., Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Auditorium
  Rabbi Brant Rosen, Tzedek Chicago