Events

Explore the library of CFR Education events, including webinars, conferences, professional development, and workshops for higher education and high school educators and students.

CFR Education hosts, co-presents, and attends virtual and in-person events for higher education and high school educators and students.  

The Council on Foreign Relations offers two webinar series: Global Affairs Expert Webinars and Higher Education Webinars. The Global Affairs Expert Webinar series, formerly “CFR Academic Webinars,” provides a forum for college and university students and educators to interact with CFR fellows and other experts on foreign policy topics. A second series, CFR Higher Education Webinars, offers timely conversations for college and university leaders, administrators, and professors on issues impacting higher education. These sessions showcase insights from CFR fellows and thought leaders, facilitating informed discourse within the academic community.

Explore the library of events below:

Upcoming

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Webinar
Teaching Geography with CFR Education
Tuesday, February 25, 7:00 to 7:30 PM (EST) (followed by Q&A)

Join this introductory webinar to learn tips and tricks for teaching geography with CFR Education's resources on regions of the world.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un attend a departure ceremony at the airport after Russian-North Korean talks on June 19, 2024, in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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Global Affairs Expert Webinar: Axis of Autocracies
Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 1:00 to 2:00 PM (EST)

Jennifer Kavanagh, senior fellow and director of military analysis at Defense Priorities, and Philip Zelikow, Botha-Chan senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, will colead the conversation on the axis of autocracies.

Three female peacekeepers from Malawi, India, and Nepal pose for a photo at the United Nations Camp in Juba, South Sudan.
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Global Affairs Expert Webinar: Women, Peace, and Security
Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 1:00 to 2:00 PM (EDT)

Bonnie Jenkins, former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security and founder of Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security, and Conflict Transformation, will lead the conversation on women, peace, and security. 

Past

Webinar
Simulations with CFR Education
Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Learn about free simulations that invite educators and their students to step into the roles of decision-makers on the U.S. National Security Council or UN Security Council.

Conference
CFR Education at NCSS 2024
November 22-November 23

Join two NCSS sessions with CFR Education and connect in person at Booth #621.

Webinar
Higher Education Webinar: Teaching Climate Change
November 19, 2024

Watch Alice C. Hill and CFR Education lead a conversation on teaching climate change and an exploration of CFR Education’s new collection of accurate, accessible, and authoritative resources on climate change and its implications for global issues and foreign policy. 

Webinar
Global Affairs Expert Webinar: Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament
November 13, 2024

Watch Nicole Grajewski, fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and associate researcher with the Project on Managing the Atom at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, lead the conversation on nuclear arms control and disarmament.

Webinar
CFR Education’s Introduction to Global Affairs for Iowa Classrooms
October 30, 2024

Watch this webinar to learn how CFR Education’s free, non-partisan materials can help your students to engage with today’s most pressing global issues and provide Iowa classrooms with a world-class education in history, government, geography, and social studies.

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Global Affairs Expert Webinar: U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East
October 16, 2024

Watch Steven A. Cook, CFR's Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies and director of the International Affairs Fellowship for Tenured International Relations Scholars, lead the conversation on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.