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Upcoming Events for Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs

The Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs is developing solutions to global challenges by building robust, sustainable, transformative relations—among individuals and institutions, globally and locally.

Contact:
Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
(847) 467-2770
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March 2026

Mar

2026

Buffett First Friday Lunch | The Global Urban Underground: A Mine of Heat with…

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM 720 University Place, Buffett Reading Room, Second Floor, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural Academic (general) Social Events

Mar

2026

EDGS Talk: Indonesia’s Inequality Profile with Muhammad Hanri

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM 720 University Place, Buffett Reading Room, Evanston, IL 60208 (Hybrid)

Global/Multicultural

Mar

2026

"In the Shadow of War and Empire: Industrialisation, Nation-Building,…

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Online

Academic (general)

Mar

2026

Operation Epic Fury & Its Aftermath: What’s Next for Iran, the Middle…

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM 720 University Place, Buffett Reading Room, Second Floor, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural

Mar

2026

Buffett Graduate Student Colloquium with Sofía Sanchez

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 720 University Place, Second Floor, Reading Room, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural

Mar

2026

Coffee Hour with Roberta Buffett International Spouse and Family Program

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM 720 University Place, Second Floor, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural Social Events Global/Multicultural

Mar

2026

Graduate Student Career Talk | Digital Humanities

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM 720 University Place, Second Floor, Reading Room, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural

April 2026

Apr

2026

EDGS Book Talk: "Bad Lieutenants" with Andrew Mertha

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM 720 University Place, Second Floor, Reading Room, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural

Apr

2026

Buffett First Friday Lunch | Why the Global Health Revolution Should Start…

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM 720 University Place, Buffett Reading Room, Second Floor, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural Academic (general) Social Events

Apr

2026

EDGS Talk: Rianne Subijanto

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM 720 University Place, Second Floor, Reading Room, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural

Apr

2026

Buffett Graduate Student Colloquium with Connie Kang

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 720 University Place, Second Floor, Reading Room, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural

Apr

2026

Information Session: Student Research Opportunity at UN Climate Change Conference…

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM 720 University Place, Second Floor (Buffett Reading Room), Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural

Apr

2026

Neo-Hakawati Nights with Rapper & Poet Omar Offendum Ft. Multi-Instrumentalist…

7:30 PM - 8:30 PM Wirtz Center: Josephine Louis Theater, 20 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural

Apr

2026

Buffett Symposium: Brave New Futures

8:30 AM - 6:00 PM 720 University Place, Second Floor (Buffett Reading Room), Evanston, IL 60208 (Hybrid)

Global/Multicultural

Apr

2026

"Standard Man of a Nuclear Family" with Eunice Sang Eun Lee

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM 720 University Place, Second Floor, Reading Room, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural Media/Politics Social Sciences

Apr

2026

Fulbright Week Keynote & Reception with Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

4:30 PM - 5:45 PM 720 University Place, Second Floor, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural

Apr

2026

Buffett Graduate Student Colloquium with Anastasiya Novatorskaya

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 720 University Place, Second Floor, Reading Room, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural

Apr

2026

EDGS Talk: Salvatore Simarmata

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM 720 University Place, Second Floor, Reading Room, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural

Apr

2026

Buffett Conversation: Violence, Politics, & the Press in Mexico

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM 720 University Place, Second Floor, Reading Room, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural

Apr

2026

Coffee Hour with Roberta Buffett International Spouse and Family Program

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM 720 University Place, Second Floor, Evanston, IL 60208

Global/Multicultural Social Events