Jan
6
2026
Trauma Responses as a Means of Survival in Jamaica with Visiting Scholar Georgia Rose
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston
Join us for a talk by Buffett Visiting Scholar Georgia Rose, as she explores the psychology behind the Jamaican people i...
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8
2026
Buffett Institute Faculty Open House
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, Evanston
Northwestern faculty are invited to an open house reception in the Buffett Reading Room on the second floor of 720 Unive...
Jan
9
2026
Buffett First Friday Lunch | Syria After Assad with Wendy Pearlman
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, Evanston
Syria After Assad Join the Roberta Buffett Institute for a faculty research lunchtime talk series on the first Friday o...
Jan
13
2026
Coffee Hour with Roberta 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...
Jan
13
2026
Buffett Graduate Student Colloquium with Kai Chase
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Evanston
The Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs hosts running colloquia for graduate students to present their research...
Jan
14
2026
EDGS Talk: Inaya Rakhmani and Diatyka Yasih
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, Evanston
Join the Roberta Buffett Institute for a discussion on Asian scholarship with Inaya Rakhmani, Director of Academics of t...
Jan
21
2026
Buffett Faculty Lunch with Erin Saltman
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, Evanston
Northwestern faculty are invited to a lunch with Erin Saltman, one of the speakers from our winter symposium on global d...
Jan
22
2026
Buffett Student Lunch: Global Disinformation Experts
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, Evanston
A prelude to our upcoming winter symposium, Global Disinformation in a Post-Moderation World (Jan. 22–23), tthe Roberta ...
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
Northwestern University's Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs and Center for Communication & Public Policy invi...
Jan
28
2026
Buffett Graduate Student Colloquium with Sebastián Poblete Coddou
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Evanston
The Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs hosts running colloquia for graduate students to present their research...
Feb
3
2026
Reflections on COP30: Research Poster Presentation Session
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, Evanston
A delegation of Northwestern University undergraduate and graduate students attended the 30th United Nations Climate Ch...
Feb
6
2026
Buffett First Friday Lunch | Dialectics of Tyranny with Iza Ding
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, Evanston
Dialectics of Tyranny Join the Roberta Buffett Institute for a faculty research lunchtime talk series on the first Frid...
Feb
9
2026
Buffett Conversation with Lina Sergie Attar on the Syrian Humanitarian Crisis
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, Evanston
Join us for a Buffett Conversation with Lina Sergie Attar moderated by Northwestern Political Science Professor Wendy Pe...
Feb
11
2026
Buffett Conversation: Maria Lipman and Benjamin Nathans on the Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, Evanston
Roberta Buffett Visiting Professor Maria Lipman (Northwestern University) and Alan Charles Kors Professor of History Ben...
Feb
17
2026
Coffee Hour with Roberta 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...
Feb
17
2026
Elliott Speaker Series | Thea Riofrancos on "Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston
What are the environmental and social costs of the global race to expand the growing industry of green technologies? Joi...
Feb
19
2026
Buffett Graduate Student Colloquium with Mariana Gutierrez-Lowe
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Evanston
The Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs hosts running colloquia for graduate students to present their research...
Feb
26
2026
Graduate Book Talk | "The Global Meme Project: From Ideation to Dissertation Publication" with Sulafa Zidani
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM, Evanston
Northwestern University graduate students are invited to join us for a lunchtime conversation with Sulafa Zidani, a scho...
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...
Mar
6
2026
Buffett First Friday Lunch | The Global Urban Underground: A Mine of Heat with Alessandro F. Rotta Loria
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, Evanston
The Global Urban Underground: A Mine of Heat Join the Roberta Buffett Institute for a faculty research lunchtime talk se...
Mar
13
2026
Buffett Graduate Student Colloquium with Sofía Sanchez
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Evanston
The Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs hosts running colloquia for graduate students to present their research...
Mar
17
2026
Coffee Hour with Roberta 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...
Mar
18
2026
Graduate Student Career Talk | Digital Humanities
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, Evanston
Northwestern University graduate students are invited to join us for a lunchtime conversation with Dieyun Song, a digita...
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
3
2026
Buffett First Friday Lunch | Why the Global Health Revolution Should Start with Primary Care with Lisa Hirschhorn
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, Evanston
Why the Global Health Revolution Should Start with Primary Care Join the Roberta Buffett Institute for a faculty researc...
Apr
7
2026
Buffett Graduate Student Colloquium with Connie Kang
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Evanston
The Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs hosts running colloquia for graduate students to present their research...
Apr
9
2026
Buffett Symposium: Brave New Futures
All day, No Location
Our spring Buffett Symposium will feature intergenerational discussions on millennial visions of the future. More detai...
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...
Apr
9
2026
EDGS Talk: Salvatore Simarmata
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
10
2026
Buffett Symposium: Brave New Futures
All day, No Location
Our spring Buffett Symposium will feature intergenerational discussions on millennial visions of the future. More detai...
Apr
21
2026
Coffee Hour with Roberta 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...
Apr
21
2026
Buffett Graduate Student Colloquium with Anastasiya Novatorskaya
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Evanston
The Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs hosts running colloquia for graduate students to present their research...
Apr
29
2026
Graduate Student Colloquium with Micol Bez
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Evanston
The Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs hosts running colloquia for graduate students to present their research...
May
1
2026
Buffett First Friday Lunch | Indian Painting at the End of Empire with Yuthika Sharma
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, Evanston
Indian Painting at the End of Empire Join the Roberta Buffett Institute for a faculty research lunchtime talk series on ...
May
5
2026
Buffett Graduate Student Colloquium with José Madrid
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Evanston
The Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs hosts running colloquia for graduate students to present their research...
May
7
2026
Elliot Speaker Series | Conversation with Josh Lerner
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM, Evanston
As part of our Elliott Scholars Program, the Roberta Buffett Institute invites scholars and practitioners working in are...
May
11
2026
Buffett Conversation with Practitioner in Residence Thomas O. Melia
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, Evanston
Thomas O. Melia is a senior fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Democracy & Civil Society, after serving (2021–...
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...
May
18
2026
EDGS Book Talk: Beth Drexler
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM, Evanston
Join the Roberta Buffett Institute and its Equality Development & Globalization Studies (EDGS) program for a public talk...
May
19
2026
Coffee Hour with Roberta 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...
May
22
2026
Buffett Conversation with Laura K. Cooper, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, Evanston
Join us for a Buffett Conversation with Laura K. Cooper—Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine...