Registration and Pricing
Conference registration is free for all. In addition to paper presentations and plenary sessions, the conference will conclude with a Q&A dinner featuring the keynote speaker and select presenters.
The Arbour Memorial Lecture Series
Meet the Keynote Speaker
Dr. Matthew W. Hallgarth (Major, USAF retired)
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Tarleton State University
Dr. Matthew W. Hallgarth is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Tarleton State University and a retired Air Force officer. On active duty he taught philosophy for several years at the Air Force Academy. He earned his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Florida in 2003. At Tarleton, Dr. Hallgarth teaches philosophy courses for the honors college, manages the curriculum, assessment, and course rotation schedule. He has numerous service commitments to Tarleton and the Stephenville community. He is developing a “leadership and humanities” course for Tarleton’s Corps of Cadets and a medical ethics course for Tarleton’s new health professions college. His interests are ethical theory, political theory, world religions, philosophy of religion, and applied ethics, not necessarily in that order.
The Arbour Memorial Lecture Series
The keynote lectures for the Weatherford College Philosophy of Religion conference are named “The Arbour Memorial Lecture Series.” Ben Arbour was a dedicated husband to Meg Arbour, father to his four children, Wesley, Abby, Micah, and Noah, son to his parents Jimmy and Candy, brother to Drew, and friend to countless others. Tragically, in early November of 2020, Ben and his wife Meg were killed by a street car racer less than two blocks from their house. While the loss is undeniably devastating, the legacy that Ben and Meg left behind is truly inspiring.