The School of International Service hosts engaging and informative events聽every week. All events listed below are open to the public. Our guest speakers, expert panels, and book discussions address the most important questions in international affairs from broad interdisciplinary perspectives. Our students have the chance to hear from a diverse range of speakers, including current and former heads of state, government officials, civil society leaders, environmental stewards, human rights activists, and social entrepreneurs.

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Upcoming Events
Past Events
Upcoming SIS Events
Date Time Event Name Location
4/7/2025 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Abramson Family Founders Room
4/8/2025 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Abramson Family Founders Room
4/9/2025 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Abramson Family Founders Room
4/10/2025 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Abramson Family Founders Room
4/15/2025 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Abramson Family Founders Room
4/17/2025 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Abramson Family Founders Room
4/18/2025 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. SIS 300
4/22/2025 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Abramson Family Founders Room
4/25/2025 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Butler Boardroom
Past SIS Events
Date Event Name Speakers
3/4/2025 Bob Koopman, Dan Mullaney, Michelangelo Margherita, Tiffany Smith, Florie Liser, Natalie Hanson, Michelle Egan, Carl LeVan
3/6/2025 Nouri Gana, Douaa Sheet
2/26/2025 Nguyen Quoc Dzung, Piper Campbell, Hai Hong Nguyen
2/24/2025 Joshua Rovner
2/24/2025 Michelle Egan, Karin L. Johnston, Garret Martin,Stephen Silvia
2/10/2025 Hemin Hawrami, Yerevan Saeed
2/6/2025 Ralf Heckner, Petra Schneebauer, Garret J. Martin
1/30/2025 Keith Darden
1/27/2025 Jose Manuel del Gallego Romualdez, Piper Campbell, Earl Anthony Wayne
1/16/2025 Stuart E. Eizenstat
12/6/2024 Loyce Pace, Andrea Palm
11/19/2024 Dominique Badji, Allen Hopkins Jr., Andrew V. Morris III, Jessica Wright
11/18/2024 Sandra Peake
11/18/2024 Andreas Michaelis, Jovita Neliup拧ien臈, Agn猫s von der M眉hll, Garret J. Martin, Michelle Egan
11/15/2024 Ji-Young Lee, Tami Overby, Kristin Vekasi, Han-koo Yeo, Gwanhoo Lee, Mary Elizabeth Lovely, June Park, Hyun Jung Je, Trey Herr, William Akoto, Melissa Griffith, Sevde Arpaci Ayhan
11/13/2024 Julie Turner, Ji-Young Lee
11/12/2024 Keith Darden
11/12/2024 Akbar Ahmed
11/11/2024 Min Hee Go, Ki-young Shin
11/7/2024 Augustina Giraudy, Tamara Taraciuk Broner, Christopher Isike, Steve Clemons, Nathalie Tocci, Baldur Thorhallsson
11/6/2024 Thea Lee
11/4/2024 Nicholas Kralev, Douglas Silliman, Lisa Kubiske
10/31/2024 Piper Campbell, Scot Marciel, Hunter Marston, Courtney Weatherby, Ted Osius, John J. Brandon
10/30/2024 Ken Conca
10/29/2024 Josh Paul, Maryam Hassanein, Tariq Habash, Lily Greenberg Call, Harrison Mann, Mohammed Abu-Nimer
10/29/2024 Henri J. Barkey, James F. Jeffrey, William 鈥淏ill鈥 Roebuck, Yerevan Saeed
10/23/2024 Gregory Makoff
10/22/2024 Francisco Duarte Lopes, Garret J. Martin
10/22/2024
10/4/2024 Tamar Gutner, Emmanuel Balogun, Sahil Mathur
9/28/2024 Garret Martin, Augustina Giraudy, Samantha Agarwal, Earl Anthony Wayne
9/26/2024 Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Garrett Graddy-Lovelace, Malini Ranganathan, and Anthony Wanis-St. John.
9/24/2024 Laura Field, Daniel Nexon, Sebastian Schmidt, Douaa Sheet, David Waldner
9/24/2024 Pietro Ducci, Garret Martin, Fernanda G. Nicola
9/17/2024 Thomas Pickering, Ron Neumann, Michael McKinley, Tony Wayne
9/10/2024 Laura Beers, Michelle Egan, Garret Martin
4/29/2024 Marcia Bernicat
4/25/2024 Beth Van Schaak, Jeff Bachman
4/24/2024 Ben Hodges, Sara Bjerg Moller, William B. Taylor, Kurt Volker
4/23/2023 Peggy Shepard
4/18/2024 Gilles Verniers, Balmurli Natrajan, Sumitra Badrinathan, Samantha Agarwal
4/17/2024 Jin Liqun
4/17/2024 Casey McNeill
4/16/2024 Jeff Bachman, Claudine Kuradusenge-McLeod, Chris Davey
4/15/2024 Victor D. Cha, Ramon Pacheco Pardon
4/15/2024 Entisar Abdelsadig, Santiago Stocker, Quscondy Abdulshafi
4/10/2024
4/9/2024 Laura Martin, Susan Shepler
4/9/2024 Elizabeth N. Saunders, Robbie Gramer, Joshua Rovner, Sarah B. Snyder, Jordan Tama
4/9/2024 Patricio Novia, Tony Wayne, Roy Norton
4/8/2024 Louise Regan, Hazami Barmada, Mametlwe Sebei, Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Ilana Dodelson, Medea Benjamin
4/1/2024
3/26/2024 Louis Sarkozy
3/21/2024 Yong-Chool Ha, Sevde Arpaci Ayhan
3/20/2024 Laura Field, Sebastian Schmidt, Douaa Sheet, David Waldner
3/19/2024 Sabri Ates
3/19/2024 Atiaf Alwazir, Jeff Bachman, Esther Brito
3/18/2024 Amitav Acharya, Dhruva Jaishankar
3/18/2024 Yerevan Saeed, Chris Van Hollen, Treefa Aziz, Steve Bitner, Michael Kelly
3/8/2024 Olha Stefanishyna
3/7/2024 Jim Balsillie
3/7/2024 Allie Funk, Dean Jackson, Crystal Patterson, Samantha Bradshaw
3/5/2024 Jordan Tama, Alexander Ward
3/4/2024 Majed Al Ansari
2/29/2024 Daniele Fiorentino, Emma Hall, Jack Holland, Shelli Israelsen, Garret J. Martin
2/27/2024 Judy Shapiro
2/27/2024 Andrew F. Cooper, Amitav Acharya, Susanna Campbell, Derrick Cogburn, Louis Goodman,
2/26/2024 Geoffrey R. Pyatt, Judith Shapiro
2/21/2024 Douglas A. Silliman, Yerevan Saeed
2/8/2024 Ervin Bushati, Ilir Dugolli, Garret J. Martin, Alexandria Wilson-McDonald
2/6/2024 Mowahid Hussain Shah, Ambassador Akbar Ahmed
2/1/2024 Angela Pashayan
1/31/2024 Boaz Atzili, Piper Campbell, ElSayed Ghannam, Greg Aftandilian
1/31/2024 Julian Go
1/25/2024 Samuel Charap, Keith Darden
1/17/2024 Dana Fisher, Kimberly Nicholas, Seth Borenstein
12/5/2023 James Goldgeier, Garret J. Martin, Tara Varma
12/4/2023 Hilary Collins, Bryan Schwartz, Karen Saba, Julius Ogayo
11/28/2023 Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath, Mark Toner
11/16/2023 Elif Kalaycioglu, Patrick Thaddeus Jackson
11/16/2023 Oleksii Yuriiovych Reznikov, Keith Darden, Piper Campbell
11/9/2023 Laura Kohler, Dean Hader
11/7/2023 Andrei Muraru, Georgi Panayotov, Antoaneta (Toni) Tileva
11/6/2023 Marc Sommers
11/2/2023 Garret Martin, Michelle Egan, Santiago Cabanas Ansorena
10/30/2023 Ernesto Calvo, Cecilia Nah贸n, Gonzalo S. Paz, Agustina Giraudy
10/23/2023 Treefa Aziz, Yerevan Saeed
10/5/2023 Mikko Hautala, Kristjan Prikk, Garret J. Martin, Michelle Egan
9/29/2023 Brenda Abdelall, Oguchi Onyewu, Josh Norman, Brenden Varma, Darin LaHood, Shannon Hader, Kash Siddiqi
9/19/2023 Rabbi Michael Beals, William B. Taylor, David J. Kramer, Daniel Markovits, Kenneth Feinberg, Katrina Lantos Swett, Annette Lantos Tillemann-Dick, Steven Geiger
9/15/2023 H.E. Julius Maada Bio, Susan Shepler
9/15/2023 Simon Nicholson, Jennifer Morgan
9/13/2023 Donald Leka, Shannon Hader
9/12/2023 Amitav Acharya, Matt Murray
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