Apr
10
2026
Buffett Symposium: Brave New Futures
8:30 AM - 6:00 PM, Evanston
We are all too familiar with the crises of our time: global warming, uncontrolled technological change, disrupted labor ...
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Events List
Apr
27
2026
Buffett Conversation: Violence, Politics, & the Press in Mexico
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, Evanston
Join us for a Buffett Conversation on violence, politics, and the press in Mexico with Paul Gillingham, Professor of His...
Apr
29
2026
“White-Collar Blues: The Making of the Transnational Turkish Middle Class" with Mustafa Yavaş
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Online
Join the Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program for “White-Collar Blues: The Making of the Transnational Turkish Middle C...
May
13
2026
People’s Resilience as Russia’s Primary National Resource: Roberta Buffett Visiting Professor Lecture by Maria Lipman
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, Evanston
Join the Roberta Buffett Institute and the Weinberg College Center for Global Studies’ Roberta Buffett International Stu...
May
15
2026
The Blind Spot: How Oligarchs Dominate Our Democracies | Buffett Book Talk with Jeffrey Winters
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, Evanston
From ancient empires to modern nation-states, extreme concentrations of wealth have shaped political power—but never qui...