Pepperdine Dialogue Dinners

Pepperdine Dialogue Dinners are a special opportunity for faculty to deepen their engagement with the many high-quality thinkers who come to campus, as well as to increase opportunities to learn from one another through open dialogue

Eligibility and Deadline

All full-time Pepperdine faculty are eligible to apply.

• Deadline to Apply: Friday, August 30, 2024 at 12:00 PM
• Notification: Friday, September 13, 2024

Criteria for Selection

Space is limited and, should we receive more applications than we have room to accommodate, we will form groups according to the following criteria:

• Proportionate distribution by academic divisions 
• Reason(s) for participating
• Distribution by field, rank, and/or length of service at Pepperdine

Responsibilities

Please only apply if you are able to: 

• Attend or watch a recording of all the two public lectures (10/1 AND 2/19)
• Attend the play in person (4/9, 4/10, 4/11, OR 4/12)
• Attend all three dialogue dinners for the entire period  (Track A - Tuesday 10/22, Tuesday 3/18, Saturday 4/12 OR Track B - Friday 11/1, Friday 3/14, Saturday 4/12)
• Do all of the assigned reading

Compensation

Full participation in these dialogues entitles the discussants to:

• An $1,350 stipend ($450/speaker)
• On-campus accommodation for the evening of each dialogue dinner for faculty or staff who live off-campus, limited to availability
• All three assigned books

Schedule

Reading	Speaker	Event	Date | Time	Location
	Dr. Anika Prather	Seaver College W. David Baird Lecture Series Dialogue Dinner The Black Intellectual Tradition	Tuesday, October 1, 2024 5:00 PM Track A –Tuesday, October 22, 2024 Track B –Friday, November 1, 2024  5:30 - 8:30 PM	Elkins Auditorium Mallman House
	Greg Lukianoff	Augustus and Patricia Tagliaferri Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series/President’s Speaker Series Dialogue Dinner The Canceling of the American Mind	Wednesday, February 19, 2025 6:00 PM Track B –Friday, March 14, 2025 Track A –Tuesday, March 18, 2025 5:30-8:30 PM	Drescher TBD
	Passage, the Play by Christopher Chen Directed by Cathy Thomas-Grant	Seaver, Fine Arts Dialogue Dinner A Passage to Idia by E.M. Forster	Wednesday, April 9–Friday, April 11, 2025 7:30 PM Saturday, April 12, 2025 2 PM (any one of these showings) Tracks A and B | Saturday, April 12, 2025 5:00 PM Make-up dinner | Tuesday, April 15, 2025 5:30 PM	Smothers Theatre TBD

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