Pepperdine Dialogue Dinners

The Pepperdine Dialogue Dinners promote discernment through discussion. All full-time faculty are invited to apply, though space is limited. Explore below to learn more about this inaugural initiative.

The application cycle for the 2022-2023 Pepperdine Dialogue Dinners has now concluded. Thank you for your interest. We will be accepting applications for the 2023-2024 application cycle beginning in September of 2023.

Criteria for Selection

Space is limited. Should we receive more applications than we have room to accommodate, groups will be formed according to the following criteria:

Proportionate distribution by each of the five Pepperdine schools
Reason(s) for participating
Distribution by field, rank, and/or length of service at Pepperdine

Responsibilities

Faculty who anticipate being able to manage the following responsibilities are encouraged to apply.

Attend or watch a recording of all four public lectures
Attend all four dialogue dinners for the entire period
Complete all of the assigned reading

Compensation

Faculty who meet full participation requirements will be entitled to:

An $1800 stipend
On-campus accommodation for the evening of each dialogue dinner for faculty who live off-campus (limited to availability)
Three assigned books

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Schedule

Speaker	Event	Date \| Time	Location
Jonathan Haidt NYU, Stern School of Business	President’s Speaker Series Dialogue Dinner “Why The Past 10 Years Of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid"	Wednesday, September 21, 2022 5:30 - 7:00 PM Friday, September 23, 2022 5:30 - 8:30 PM	Smothers Theatre Brock House
Matthew B. Crawford University of Virginia, Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture	Office of the Provost Faculty/Staff Leadership Conference Dialogue Dinner Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road	Friday, October 7, 2022 9:00 -10:00 AM Friday, October 28, 2022 5:30 - 8:30 PM	Four Seasons, Westlake Brock House
Robert P. George Pepperdine University and James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University	School of Public Policy The Reagan Lecture Dialogue Dinner Conscience and its Enemies: Confronting the Dogmas of Liberal Secularism	Thursday, November 17, 2022 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Friday, January 13, 2023 5:30 - 8:30 PM	Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Brock House
Teresa Bejan Oriel College, Oxford	Seaver College W. David Baird Lecture Series Dialogue Dinner Mere Civility: Disagreements and the Limits of Toleration	Tuesday, February 7, 2023 5:00 - 6:30 PM Friday, February 24, 2023 5:30 - 8:30 PM	Elkins Auditorium Brock House

Questions about the initiative can be directed to dialogue.dinners@pepperdine.edu.