The first annual Forum lecture, known as the Masaryk Lecture, took place in 2006. The speakers so far have been:
2006 Professor Alice Teichová (Cambridge)
2007 Dr Carlos Reijnen (Amsterdam)
2008 Professor Oldřich Tůma (Prague)
2009 Professor Sheilagh Ogilvie (Cambridge)
2010 Professor Roman Holec (Bratislava)
2011 Professor Derek Sayer (Professor of Cultural History, University of Lancaster)
2012 Dr Jaroslav Miller (University of Olomouc)