Jan
29
2025
Buffett Book Talk | Unseasonable: Climate Change in Global Literatures
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston
As climate change alters seasons around the globe, literature registers and responds to shifting environmental time. A w...
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 symposia. Our 2024–25 symposia are Abortion Access Today: Global Insights & Comparisons in the fall, AI & Geopolitics in the winter and From War to Peacemaking: The Role of International Diplomacy in the spring.Feb
6
2025
What a Trump Administration Means for US Foreign Policy in the Middle East
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston
Please join MENA and the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs, in welcoming Nancy Okail of the Center for International ...
Feb
12
2025
“The Lion and the Nightingale: The Turkish Government Against Turkey’s Artistic Communities” with Kaya Genç
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston
Join the Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program for a talk and Q&A with Dr. Kaya Genç on Wednesday, Feburary 12, 2025 fro...
Feb
17
2025
Post-Assad Syria: Prospects and Challenges for State and Society After Authoritarianism
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston
Please join MENA in welcoming Samer Aboud of Villanova University and Nour Halabi of University of Aberdeen for a virtua...
Feb
18
2025
The Oslo Accords: Road to Peace or False Hope? | Buffett Lecture
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, Evanston
The Buffett Institute for Global Affairs has launched a yearlong initiative focused on international diplomacy in turbul...
Feb
26
2025
Europe’s Waiting Room: Post-War Bosnia & the Simulation of Perpetual Peace | Buffett Lecture
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, Evanston
The Buffett Institute for Global Affairs has launched a yearlong initiative focused on international diplomacy in turbul...
Mar
5
2025
Professor Mary McCain on the Good Friday Agreement | Buffett Lecture
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, Evanston
The Buffett Institute for Global Affairs has launched a yearlong initiative focused on international diplomacy in turbul...
Apr
17
2025
Buffett Conversation with Liane Huttner
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, No Location
Join us for a conversation with Liane Huttner, a legal scholar with research interests in data protection law, digital l...
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...