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Welcome to Festival of Ideas
Today, the lecture series spans the academic year and brings a diverse group of news-makers, public figures and thought leaders—along with WVU’s own academic superstars—to engage the campus community in important issues of the day.
Learn more about Festival of IdeasFALL 2018 Series
September 11, 2018
HSC Okey Patteson Auditorium
4:00 p.m.
Co-Sponsored by the Tanner Lecture
The webcast is available to watch.
Lincoln and West Virginia Statehood: The "Other" Big News of January 1, 1863
September 24, 2018
Mountainlair Ballrooms
7:30 p.m.
Co-sponsored by the West Virginia Mason-Dixon Civil War Round Table
Book signing to follow.
Movie screening and discussion with Academy Award Nominee
Scott Hamilton Kennedy
September 27, 2018
Gluck Theatre
7:30 p.m.
Co-sponsored by the WVU Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design
Lessons Learned
October 3, 2018
Mountainlair Ballrooms
7:30 p.m.
Co-sponsored by the WVU Division of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and the College of Business & Economics Distinguished Speaker Series
October 10, 2018
Mountainlair Ballrooms
7:30 p.m.
Book signing to follow.
A panel discussion presented by the WVU
Reed College of Media and co-sponsored by the Ogden Newspapers Seminar Series.
Panelists: Nancy Armour, Kevin Blackistone, Kimberley Martin, Keith Reed and Etan Thomas
Moderated by Tony Caridi
November 13, 2018
Mountainlair Ballrooms
7:30 p.m.
Book signing by Etan Thomas to follow
This event will be webcast for those unable to attend in person.
Photo by Keith Allison CC BY-SA 2.0
Why Does Race Still Matter?
November 27, 2018
Mountainlair Ballrooms
7:30 p.m.
Book signing to follow.
Co-sponsored by the WVU Department of Philosophy and the WVU Humanities Center.
WVU Presidents Panel
The Future of Higher Education
Moderated by Dr. Robert E. DiClerico
Moderated by Dr. Robert E. DiClerico
December 6, 2018
Mountainlair Ballrooms
3:00 p.m.
This event will be webcast for those unable to attend in person.