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      • Civil Discourse - October 11, 2022
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      • Perspectives on Our History - March 16, 2021
      • Perspectives on Our History - March 9, 2021
      • Perspectives on Our History - March 2, 2021
      • Racial Healing and Justice - July 8, 2020
      • Our Responsibility as Christians to Elevate Conversations on Race, Peacemaking and Conciliation - June 24, 2020
    • 2019-2020 Conversation Series
      • Christian Leadership in a Time of Crisis - April 23, 2020
      • Drs. George and West on Civil Discourse - Nov. 15, 2019
      • Faculty Panel on Civil Discourse - Sept. 30, 2019
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      • Corpus Christi - May 11, 2019
      • On-Campus Conversation Series - April 29, 2019
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      • Washington DC Conversation - Jun. 13, 2018
      • Costa Mesa Conversation - Jun. 7, 2018
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      • On-Campus Conversation - May 22, 2018
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      • Houston Conversation - Apr. 4, 2018
      • On-Campus Conversation - Mar. 28, 2018
      • Dallas Conversation - Mar. 21, 2018
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      • Baylor Conversation Series: Waco - Nov. 9, 2017
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Baylor BU Office of the President Conversation Series 2019-2020 Conversation Series
  • 2022-2023 Conversation Series
  • 2020-2021 Conversation Series
  • 2019-2020 Conversation Series
    • Christian Leadership in a Time of Crisis - April 23, 2020
    • Drs. George and West on Civil Discourse - Nov. 15, 2019
    • Faculty Panel on Civil Discourse - Sept. 30, 2019
  • 2018-2019 Conversation Series
  • 2017-2018 Conversation Series

2019-2020 Conversation Series

Previous Presidential Events:

Christian Leadership in a Time of Crisis - April 23, 2020
President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., Christianity Today President and CEO Timothy Dalrymple, Ph.D., and Washington University in St. Louis Professor of Law and Religion John Inazu, Ph.D.
Drs. George and West on Civil Discourse - Nov. 15, 2019
Robert P. George, Ph.D., and Cornel West, Ph.D.
Faculty Panel on Civil Discourse - Sept. 30, 2019
David D. Corey, Ph.D., Elesha Coffman, Ph.D., Leslie Hahner, Ph.D., and Greg Garrett, Ph.D.

Previous Academic-Hosted Events:

August 22 — Inclusion & Diversity 101: Building an Inclusive Workplace Community – Authenticity. Awareness. Appreciation.

1-4:30 p.m.
Sponsor: Equity Office

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September 5 — Provost’s Faculty Forum – Contextual is Embodied is Transformational Learning: A Risky Business

12:30-1:30 p.m.
Sponsor: Academy for Teaching and Learning

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September 12 — Boundary Breaking Women’s Panel

3:30-4:30 p.m.
Sponsor: Women’s and Gender Studies

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September 17 — Provost’s Faculty Forum – The Role of Listening in Civil Discourse & Global Engagement: Fostering Effective Listening Practices in the Classroom

12:30-1:30 p.m.
Sponsor: Academy for Teaching & Learning

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September 17 — Constitution Day Lecture

3-5 p.m.
Sponsor: Office of the Provost

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September 17 — Christianity and LGBTQ+ Persons

Justin Lee, Christian LGBT author
6:30 p.m.
Sponsor: Diana R. Garland School of Social Work
Cashion Academic Center, 5th floor

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September 20 — Inclusion & Diversity 101: Building an Inclusive Workplace Community – Authenticity. Awareness. Appreciation.

9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Sponsor: Equity Office

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September 23 — Provost’s Faculty Forum – Cultivating International Reciprocity in the Classroom

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Sponsor: Academy for Teaching and Learning

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September 23 — Roads and Mountains: A Conversation with David Brooks

David Brooks, New York Times columnist and bestselling author
7 p.m.
Please join us for an evening with New York Times columnist and bestselling author David Brooks. Alan Jacobs of Baylor’s Honors College and ISR will talk with Mr. Brooks about character formation, life challenges, unexpected journeys and other matters that just might be more important than politics. Copies of Mr. Brooks’s books will be available for sale, and he will be happy to sign them. Free registration is open on our website.
Sponsor: Institute for Studies of Religion

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September 25 — If You’re Breathing, You’re Biased

1-3:15 p.m.
Sponsor: Equity Office

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October 3 - Provost’s Faculty Forum – Hospitality in Antiquity

12:30-1:30 p.m.
Sponsor: Academy for Teaching and Learning

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October 9 — Inclusion & Diversity 101: Building Inclusive Workplace Community – Authenticity. Awareness. Appreciation.

9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Sponsor: Equity Office

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October 17 — If You’re Breathing, You’re Biased

10 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Sponsor: Equity Office

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November 6 — Inclusion & Diversity 101: Building Inclusive Workplace Community – Authenticity. Awareness. Appreciation

12:30-4 p.m.
Sponsor: Equity Office

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November 7 — Provost’s Faculty Forum – The Art of Being a Guest

12:30-1:30 p.m.
Sponsor: Academy for Teaching and Learning

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November 13 — Provost’s Faculty Forum – Loving our Neighbor: Global Learning & Intersectionality

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Sponsor: Academy for Teaching and Learning

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November 13 — If You’re Breathing, You’re Biased

1-3:15 p.m.
Sponsor: Equity Office

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Recommended Readings from Baylor Faculty:

David D. Corey, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science and Associate Director of Baylor in Washington program

  • Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech by Prof. Keith Whittington
  • Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought – by Jonathan Rauch of Brookings Institute (Foreword by George Will)
  • HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, not Censorship by Nadine Strossen
  • Restoring Free Speech and Liberty on Campus by Donald Alexander Downs
  • Campus Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know by Jonathan Zimmerman
  • Free Speech on Campus by Erwin Chemerinsky and Howard Gillman

Greg Garrett, Ph.D., Professor of English and 2013 Baylor Centennial Professor

  • Our country is so polarized – here’s how to still have a meaningful conversation
  • Scene & unseen: Facing race through film

Mia Moody-Ramirez, Ph.D., Chair and Professor of Journalism, Public Relations and New Media

  • Live Social Media Can Be a Positive - or a Peril - When It Comes to Sharing Tragedies and Hot-button Issues, Baylor Expert Says
  • Why You Shouldn’t Be So Quick to Click the Unfriend Button

Gaynor Yancey, D.S.W., Professor, Lake Family Endowed Chair in Congregational and Community Health, Director of the Center for Church and Community Impact

  • Witnesses, Not Saviors

Lacy McNamee, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Communication

  • Political Duels at Work? Communication Expert Offers Nine Tips to Keep the Peace

Brooke Blevins, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair of Curriculum & Instruction, Baylor School of Education

  • Political Pundits, Presidential Polls and Primary Debates—Helping Children Understand the Presidential Election Process

Perry Glanzer, Ph.D., Professor of Educational Leadership, Fellow, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion

  • Restoring the Soul of the University: Unifying Christian Higher Education in a Fragmented Age (Intervarsity, 2017)
  • The Idea of a Christian College: A Reexamination for Today’s University (Cascade, 2013)
  • Christianity and Moral Identity in Higher Education (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2009)
  • Christian Faith and Scholarship: An Exploration of Contemporary Developments: ASHE Higher Education Report, Volume 33, Number 2 (Jossey-Bass, 2007)

Alan Jacobs, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of the Humanities in the Honors Program

  • How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds (Currency, 2017)

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Baylor BU Office of the President Conversation Series 2019-2020 Conversation Series
  • Meet President Livingstone
    Back
    • Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D.
    • First Gentleman
  • Contacts & Requests
    Back
    • Chief of Staff
    • Appearance Request
    • Office Directory
  • Conversation Series
    Back
    • 2022-2023 Conversation Series
      Back
      • Civil Discourse - October 11, 2022
    • 2020-2021 Conversation Series
      Back
      • Perspectives on Our History - March 16, 2021
      • Perspectives on Our History - March 9, 2021
      • Perspectives on Our History - March 2, 2021
      • Racial Healing and Justice - July 8, 2020
      • Our Responsibility as Christians to Elevate Conversations on Race, Peacemaking and Conciliation - June 24, 2020
    • 2019-2020 Conversation Series
      Back
      • Christian Leadership in a Time of Crisis - April 23, 2020
      • Drs. George and West on Civil Discourse - Nov. 15, 2019
      • Faculty Panel on Civil Discourse - Sept. 30, 2019
    • 2018-2019 Conversation Series
      Back
      • Corpus Christi - May 11, 2019
      • On-Campus Conversation Series - April 29, 2019
      • Spring Faculty Meeting - January 22, 2019
      • San Antonio Conversation - Oct. 26, 2018
      • Nashville Conversation - Oct. 4, 2018
      • San Diego Conversation - Oct. 3, 2018
    • 2017-2018 Conversation Series
      Back
      • Washington DC Conversation - Jun. 13, 2018
      • Costa Mesa Conversation - Jun. 7, 2018
      • Westlake Village Conversation - Jun. 6, 2018
      • Lafayette Conversation - Jun. 5, 2018
      • On-Campus Conversation - May 22, 2018
      • Austin Conversation - May 14, 2018
      • Atlanta Conversation - May 3, 2018
      • Denver Conversation - May 2, 2018
      • State of the University - April 13, 2018
      • On-Campus Conversation - Apr. 6, 2018
      • Houston Conversation - Apr. 4, 2018
      • On-Campus Conversation - Mar. 28, 2018
      • Dallas Conversation - Mar. 21, 2018
      • Fort Worth Conversation - Mar. 1, 2018
      • Baylor Conversation Series: Waco - Nov. 20, 2017
      • Baylor Conversation Series: Waco - Nov. 9, 2017
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