Apr
24
2025
Graduate Student Seminar with Diego Arispe-Bazán
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, Evanston
Northwestern University’s Buffett Institute for Global Affairs invites graduate students to a seminar with Diego Aripse-...
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Explore upcoming events hosted by the Buffett Institute as well as our offices and affiliated programs, centers and initiatives.Apr
25
2025
The Government Against the University: Reports from Colombia, Hungary, Poland & Turkey
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Online
What happens when governments view universities as adversaries? How have universities successfully defended academic fre...
Apr
30
2025
“How to Write a Democratic History of the Ottoman Empire?”
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston
Join KMTS and Ali Yaycioglu on April 30 from 12:30- 2:00PM in the Buffett Reading Room (720 University Place, 2nd Floor,...
Apr
30
2025
An Information Session About Recent Developments in US Immigration Law
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, Evanston
Join us for a panel discussion featuring immigration law experts from the Chicagoland area. Panelists will provide an ov...
May
1
2025
Graduate Student Seminar with Heather Jaber
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, Evanston
Northwestern University’s Buffett Institute for Global Affairs invites graduate students to a seminar with Heather Jaber...
May
1
2025
Elliott Speaker Series | The Challenge of Reflexivism: Giving Primacy to Process and People in Policy with Vijayendra Rao
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston
How does the World Bank understand and diagnose issues in addressing inequalities, promoting sustainable growth and redu...
May
2
2025
Buffett First Friday Lunch: Computationally Accessible Law: On Bringing the French & U.S. Tax Systems Out of the Past & Into the Future
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, Evanston
Join the Buffett Institute for a faculty research lunchtime talk series on the first Friday of every month. Faculty memb...
May
8
2025
Graduate Student Colloquium with Gautam Bisht
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM, Evanston
PhD Candidate Gautam Bisht (Learning Sciences) will present his research on indigenous education, migration storytelling...
May
9
2025
Peace Conference Simulation
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Evanston
The Buffett Institute for Global Affairs has launched a yearlong initiative focused on international diplomacy in turbul...
May
13
2025
Chasing Shadows: Cyber Espionage, Subversion and the Global Fight for Democracy
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM, Evanston
Please join the Weinberg College Center for International & Area Studies and Buffett Institute for Global Affairs as we ...
May
21
2025
Buffett Book Talk: Heaven Has a Wall
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM, Evanston
Join us for a book talk with Beth Hurd, author of Heaven Has a Wall. Through an analysis of the many ways the United Sta...
May
22
2025
America’s Soft Power & Reputational Security in Crisis? Nicholas J. Cull in Conversation with Erik C. Nisbet
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, Evanston
Join us for a lunchtime conversation with esteemed historian and academic Nicholas J. Cull from the University of Southe...
May
28
2025
Coffee Hour with Buffett International Spouse and Family Program
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM, Evanston
Spouses and partners of international scholars, students, or faculty at Northwestern University are invited to join us f...
Jun
8
2025
Conversation with Jacinda Ardern, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM, Chicago
In partnership with the Chicago Humanities Festival, the Buffett Institute will welcome Jacinda Ardern, former Prime Min...