Lectures, Conversations, and Debates
Every semester, the Dallas Forum sponsors several academic lectures, debates, or other public discussions. These take place either on the University of Dallas campus or elsewhere in the Metroplex. Topics range from contemporary public issues to their philosophical underpinnings.
The Responsibility of Christian Leadership Before the Point of No Return
Rev. Eugene Rivers III
September 2024
Why Benedict XVI Matters
Fr. John Bayer, O. Cist.
Dr. Daniel Burns (University of Dallas)
Dr. Matthew Walz (University of Dallas)
April 2023
What has Rome to do with Jerusalem? The Holy City and the Formation of a Western Identity
Dr. Jon Paul Heyne (University of Dallas)
October 2022
Latino Agency: Becoming a Force to be Reckoned With
Daniel Garza (LIBRE Initiative)
Response by
Dr. Mark Petersen (University of Dallas)
November 2021
Benedict XVI on Law and Conscience: The Bundestag Speech, Ten Years Later
Dr. Daniel Burns (University of Dallas)
Dr. Richard Dougherty (University of Dallas)
Dr. Angela Knobel (University of Dallas)
October 2021
Lessons Learned in the COVID-19 Pandemic Response
Dr. Peter McCullough (Truth for Health Foundation)
Response by
Dr. William Stigall (Cook Children’s Medical Center)
September 2021
Dr. Samuel Gregg (Acton Institute)Learning to Love Lincoln: Frederick Douglass’s Journey from Grievance to Gratitude
Dr. Diana Schaub (Loyola University Maryland)
Response by
Dr. Susan Hanssen (University of Dallas)
October 2020
The Future of Religious Freedom Jurisprudence: Open Questions and Possible Resolutions
Andrew Graham (First Liberty Institute)
September 2020
Does Wealth Distort the Political Process? The Question of Campaign Finance
John Pudner (Take Back Our Republic)
February 2020
When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment
Dr. Ryan Anderson (Ethics and Public Policy Center)
February 2018
Why a Flourishing Free Economy Requires a Flourishing Family
Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse (Ruth Institute)
September 2018
Judge Emilio Garza (U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals)Living Professional Ethics in a Time of Scandal
Dr. Michael Pakaluk (Catholic University of America)
March 2018
Recovering the Case for Capitalism: the Moral Foundations of Market Economics
Dr. Yuval Levin (American Enterprise Institute)
October 2017
The Baby Bust: Why It's Happening, Why to Fear It, and How to Fix It
Timothy P. Carney (American Enterprise Institute)
April 2024
How to Win (and Lose) at the Supreme Court
John Bursch (Alliance Defending Freedom)
November 2022
John Fisher and Thomas More: Keeping Their Souls While Losing Their Heads
Judge Robert Conrad (U.S. District Court, W. Dist. North Carolina)
Response by
Dr. Christopher Wolfe (University of Dallas)
September 2022
The Future of Conscience Rights in Healthcare: What Medical Professionals Need to Know
Roger Severino (Ethics and Public Policy Center)
October 2021
Schools and the Confrontation with Transgenderism
Katherine Kersten (Center of the American Experiment)
April 2021
Biden, the Swamp, and the Trump Effect
Dr. Richard Dougherty (University of Dallas)
January 2021
A Political Theorist Goes to Washington: What I Learned in a Year of Government Service
Dr. Daniel Burns (University of Dallas)
October 2020
The Supreme Court, Civil Rights, and Transgenderism: The Bostock Revolution
Mary Rice Hasson (Ethics and Public Policy Center)
Response by
Dr. David Upham (University of Dallas)
September 2020
Cicero’s Greatest Political Challenge
Dr. Gerard Wegemer (University of Dallas)
February 2020
Competing Views on Providing Access to Healthcare for Americans
James Capretta (American Enterprise Institute)
Dr. Brett Stauffer (Baylor Scott and White Health)
January 2020
Integrating Faith and Politics in a Polarized World: On Being a Pro-Life Democrat
Rep. Dan Lipinski
(U.S. House of Representatives, D. Ill.)
April 2019
The Economics and Politics of Race
Jason Riley (Wall Street Journal and Manhattan Institute)
September 2019
Are There Alternatives to Mass Incarceration?
Dr. Chris Suprenant (University of New Orleans)
February 2019
The Sexual State: Why the Government is Wrong, and Why We Were Right All Along
Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse (Ruth Institute)
September 2018
The Opioid Crisis in America
