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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
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
September 27, 2018
Gluck Theater
7:30 p.m.
Co-sponsored by the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Design
Noah Feldman
Rebuilding America Through Civility and Civic Engagement
October 10, 2018
Rebuilding America Through Civility and Civic Engagement
October 10, 2018
Mountainlair Ballrooms
7:30 p.m.
Nadine Strossen
HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship
November 8, 2018
HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship
November 8, 2018
Mountainlair Ballrooms
7:30 p.m.
The Future of Higher Education
Moderated by Dr. Robert E. DiClerico
December 6, 2018
Mountainlair Ballrooms
3:00 p.m.
