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...
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Explore upcoming events hosted by the Buffett Institute as well as our offices and affiliated programs, centers and initiatives.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
15
2025
Graduate Student Colloquium with Ely Orrego-Torres
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM, Online
PhD Candidate Ely Orrego-Torres (Political Science) will present her research on “In the Name of Religious Freedom: Tran...
May
20
2025
Graduate Student Colloquium with Austin Bryan
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM, Evanston
PhD Candidate Austin Bryan (Anthropology) will present his dissertation research on what he describes as a "Global Medic...
May
21
2025
Buffett Book Talk: Heaven Has a Wall
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM, Evanston
Our national conversation about the border has taken a religious turn. When televangelists declare, “Heaven has a wall,”...
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
23
2025
Biya's Regime: Chronicles of the Shipwreck of the Cameroonian Nation with Haman Mana
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, Evanston
Join Northwestern University's Buffett Institute for Global Affairs and Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated M...
May
24
2025
Bookman's Alley Mural Opening
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Off-Campus
Join Northwestern Rotaract on May 24, 2025 from 2-4 p.m. at Bookman's Alley for a special event celebrating the unveilin...
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...