Discover, Connect, Impact
For over 150 years, Westminster University has cultivated leaders who bring people, perspectives, and communities together to imagine and create futures that sustain us all. The Westminster Speaker Series celebrates this tradition by featuring speakers that reflect Westminster's enduring commitments to student learning, engagment, with diversity, and the power of imagination to respond compassionately and effectively to the challenges and opportunities of our times.
Join Westminster in 2026 for a series of dynamic conversations that inspire reflection and dialogue.
2026 Speaker Series Events


B.W. Bastian Foundation Diversity Lecture Series ft. Jonathan Metzel, MD, PhD
Thursday, February 5, 2026 | 5-8:00 p.m.
Vieve Gore Concert Hall

Kim T. Adamson Lecture in International Studies ft. Erica Chenoweth, MA, PhD
Thursday, February 12, 2026


Anne Newman Sutton Weeks Poetry Series ft. Ranjan Adiga, PhD, and Jaia Hamid Bashir, MA, MFA
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 | 4-6:00 p.m.