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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

Documentary Screenings: "Politics of Erasure from Mardin’s Borderlands…

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Kresge Hall, 1515, 1880 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208 (Hybrid)

Academic (general)

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 (Hybrid)

Global/Multicultural Media/Politics Social Sciences

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: "Communication against Capital: Red Enlightenment at the Dawn…

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

Social Sciences Global/Multicultural Media/Politics

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

"The Religious Vocabulary of Turkic-Speaking Christians and the Problem…

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Kresge Hall, 1515, 1880 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208 (Hybrid)

Academic (general)

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

"From 'Byzantine Intrigues' to Civil Byzantium: The Making of Byzantium…

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Kresge Hall, 1515, 1880 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208

Academic (general)

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

Apr

2026

Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Information Session

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Online

Global/Multicultural

Apr

2026

Graduate Student Colloquium with Micol Bez

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

Global/Multicultural

Apr

2026

“White-Collar Blues: The Making of the Transnational Turkish Middle Class"…

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Online

Academic (general)

May 2026

May

2026

Buffett First Friday Lunch | Indian Painting at the End of Empire with Yuthika…

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

Global/Multicultural Academic (general) Social Events