Featured Lectures Highlight
Enjoy this highlight reel from past seasons of the Distinguished Lecture Series.
Spring 2023 Lectures
Dr. Chuyun Oh, Associate Professor, San Diego State University
"K-Pop Dance"
March 9
6:30 p.m.
FAC Recital Hall
Hosted by Dr. Min Wha Han, Department of Communication
Dr. Oh is the author of K-pop Dance: Fandoming Yourself on Social Media (Routledge, 2023).
Dr. Jacqueline Avila, Associate Professor of Musicology, Univeristy of Texas
"Listening to Nostalgia in Contemporary Mexican Media"
Thursday, March 23
6:30 p.m.
Blackburn Reading Room, Cornette Library [changed from FAC Recital Hall]
Hosted by Dr. Andrew Reynolds, Spanish Program, Department of English, Philosophy and Modern Languages
Anna Deavere Smith, actress and playwright
Distinguished Lecture Series Headliner Event of 2023
April 4
7:00 p.m.
Legacy Hall or Zoom
Hosted by DLS Committee
Lt. Barbara Ferrara
Annual Sexual Assault Awareness Month Kickoff Event 2023 (Start By Believing Campaign Relaunch)
April 10
6:00 p.m.
Legacy Hall
Hosted by University Police Department
Aaron Mahnke, podcaster
Host of The World of Lore with Aaron Mahnke podcast
April 13
6:00 p.m.
Legacy Hall
Hosted by Stephanie Price, Panhandle Plains Historical Museum
Theodore Waddell
Garry L. Nall Lecture in Western Studies
Center for the Study of the American West
April 20
7:00 p.m.
Amarillo Museum of Art
Hosted by Dr. Alex Hunt, Center for the Study of the American West
José Limón and Rebecca VanDiver
Space Between Conference
June 9
11 a.m.: Dr. José E. Limón, “Did Modernism Reach Texas, 1914-1945?: Mexican-American Outsiders and the Sexual Space in Between”
4:45 p.m.: Dr. Rebecca VanDiver, “Designing Her Own Tradition: Placemaking in the Art and Career of Loïs Mailou Jones”
Hosted by Dr. Bonnie Roos (Department of English, Philosophy and Modern Languages) and Dr. Amy Von Lintel (Department of Art, Theatre and Dance)
More Past Events
"Confronting Climate Gridlock: What Climate Solutions are Both Needed and Possible for the State of Texas?"
with Dr. Daniel Cohan
"The Dorothy Patterson Poetry Series Presents a Poetry Reading by George Bilgere"
"Latinx Poetry and the stories of America"
"An Evening with Dr. Ellen Ochoa"
"To and Fro without a Road Map: Which Way the Coronado Expedition Chose to Go, and Why"
"Planning to Remember: Quinceañera and the Power of Community Memory"
“Anti-Union Workers and Conservative Backlash Politics During the 1937 Sit-Down Strikes”
with Dr. Gregory J. Wood
“Values of the Cow Country Told in Story, Verse and Song”
with cowboy poet Red Steagall (part of CSAW’s Nall Lecture Series)
"What happened to Steve"
with Steve Burns, the first host of Blue's Clues
"Spanish Literacy Translation in Motion"
with Lisa Dillman and Gregary J. Racz
“Airborne Lasers: Making Methane Emissions Reduction Simple”
with Dr. Pete Roos
Hosted by the Department of English, Philosophy and Modern Languages.
Co-hosted by the Center for the Study of the American West, Paul and Virginia Engler College of Business, College of Engineering, and Department of Life, Earth, and Environmental Sciences.
The Dorothy Patterson Poetry Series: Internationally known performance poet Ray McNiece
Hosted by the Department of English, Philosophy and Modern Languages
"Mathemagics!: Math in the Digital Age"
with Arthur T. Benjamin
Hosted by CIDM, Association of Latino Professionals (ALPFA) and Department of Mathematics
"Beyond Economic Impact: How Sports Events Contribute to Community"
with Dr. Jennifer Stoll
Hosted by the Department of Sports and Exercise Science
"Latinx Poetry and the Crises of America"
with Alessandra Narváez Varela & Casandra López
Hosted by the Department of English, Philosophy, and Modern Languages, WT Spanish Program, CSAW
"Peace and Friendship: An Alternative History of the American West"
with Stephen Aron
Hosted by the Center for the Study of the American West
"Dyslexia and Attention Deficit Disorders: Exploring and Explaining the Link"
with Rick Lavoie
Hosted by the Center for Learning Disabilities
Lecture & Demonstration of Dynamic Symmetry
with Dr. Ruth Pasquine
Hosted by the Department of Art, Theatre and Dance
10th Annual Helen Piehl Distinguished Lecture
"Emil Bisttram, Dynamic Symmetry, and the Southwest"
with Dr. Ruth Pasquine
Hosted by the Department of Art, Theatre and Dance, PPHM and CSAW