THE CENTER FOR CIVIC LEADERSHIP

LECTURES FOR THE PUBLIC

The Dallas Institute has offered free or low-cost lectures for many years, and is currently collaborating with the Ethics in Science and Medicine Program of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to present a year-long series of free monthly lectures entitled “Medicine and the City.”

SEMINARS FOR LAWYERS

Law and Imagination is a seminar program for attorneys, in which they earn continuing legal education credit as they study classic texts in literature and politics from the perspective of the legal profession. 

ENCOUNTERS WITH GREAT WORKS

CLASSES FOR THE PUBLIC

Each semester Institute faculty members offer a variety of 4-6 week courses focusing on humanities texts as a means of exploring issues relevant to the contemporary world. Classic literature is the foundation upon which these courses are built.

BREAKFAST BOOK GROUP

The Breakfast Book Group meets monthly to discuss recent significant fiction.

EVENTS

Institute faculty, fellows and guest speakers regularly present symposia, conferences, and celebrations treating the cultural significance of a wide variety of works. Recent subjects have included Dante, Ralph Ellison, George Washington and William Shakespeare. Local authors and artists are frequently featured in Institute programs.  Events are often produced in collaboration with other local groups such as The Dallas Theatre Center, The Writers Garret, and The Dallas Museum of Art.