Nov
7
2025
The Peace We Make: A Youth-Led Buffett Symposium
All day, Evanston
The Peace We Make: A Youth-Led Buffett Symposium Young people are leading global efforts to end conflict, defend human r...
Buffett Book Talks, Conversations & Symposia
Throughout the academic year, the Buffett Institute hosts a robust program of events, many of which are open to the general public, including book talks, conversations with global leaders, and quarterly daylong symposia. Recordings of our symposia and other major events are available on our Live from the Buffett Reading Room podcast channel. To receive our event invitations, subscribe to our mailing list >>
Events List
Nov
11
2025
A Conversation with Nicholas Berliner, Former National Security Council Senior Director for Russia and Central Asia, 2023-2025
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, Evanston
This will be a moderated discussion led by Maria Lipman (Roberta Buffett Visiting Professor of International Studies in ...
Nov
12
2025
Buffett Book Talk | "Selective Solidarity: Children and Middle-Class Moralities in Transnational Senegal" with Chelsie Yount
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, Evanston
How do children of migrant parents grapple with the multiple, and sometimes contradictory, moral expectations they encou...
Nov
19
2025
Roberta Buffett Visiting Professor Lecture | Wishful Thinking: How the West Got Moscow So Wrong, For So Long
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, Evanston
For too long, the West's policies toward Ukraine and other states in the former USSR took a back seat to a bigger priori...
Dec
11
2025
Conference on AI & National Security
All day, No Location
Gain insights from leading experts in AI, cybersecurity and national security at the annual Conference on AI & National ...
Jan
22
2026
Buffett Symposium: Global Disinformation in a Post-Moderation World
5:15 PM - 6:45 PM, Off-Campus
The global information environment is undergoing a significant transformation, as major social media platforms and gover...
Jan
23
2026
Buffett Symposium: Global Disinformation in a Post-Moderation World
8:30 AM - 6:00 PM, Evanston
The global information environment is undergoing a significant transformation, as major social media platforms and gover...
Feb
17
2026
Elliott Speaker Series | Thea Riofrancos on "Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston
More information to come. About the Elliott Speaker Series As part of our Elliott Scholars Program, the Roberta Buffett ...
Mar
4
2026
Buffett Book Talk | "America’s Middle East: The Ruination of a Region" with Marc Lynch
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, Evanston
Marc Lynch, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Director of the Project on Middle East Politica...
Mar
5
2026
EDGS Talk: Lisandro Claudio
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, Evanston
Join the Roberta Buffett Institute and its Equality Development & Globalization Studies (EDGS) program for a public talk...
Apr
1
2026
EDGS Book Talk: "Bad Lieutenants" with Andrew Mertha
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, Evanston
Join the Roberta Buffett Institute and its Equality Development & Globalization Studies (EDGS) program for a public talk...
Apr
9
2026
EDGS Talk: Rianne Subijanto
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, Evanston
Join the Roberta Buffett Institute and its Equality Development & Globalization Studies (EDGS) program for a public talk...
May
13
2026
Roberta Buffett Visiting Professor Lecture by Maria Lipman
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, Evanston
2026 Roberta Buffett Visiting Professor of International Studies Maria Lipman will give a lunch lecture at the Roberta B...