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:

Webinar
How To Teach Current Events in Our Interconnected World

Join the experts at the CFR Education for a conversation with an award-winning high school teacher, an expert on global affairs, and the teaching and learning director from this leading foreign policy think tank to learn best practices for teaching current events. This webinar was hosted on edWeb.net.

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Teaching Global Civics with World101

Join CFR Education to learn the basics of World101, including how to use the resources to teach Global Civics and address current events in your classroom.

Webinar
Higher Education Webinar: U.S. International Academic Collaboration

Jenny J. Lee, vice president for Arizona International, dean of international education, and professor of educational policy studies and practice at the University of Arizona, leads the conversation on U.S. international academic collaboration and how U.S.-China tensions are affecting higher education.

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Teaching the Headlines #sschat

Join us for an #sschat with Share My Lesson on X (Twitter), October 16 from 8 to 9 pm ET to discuss the opportunities and challenges of teaching the headlines.

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Global Affairs Expert Webinar: Africa on the Global Stage

Landry Signé, senior fellow in the global economy and development program and the Africa Growth Initiative at the Brookings Institution and executive director and professor of the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University, leads the conversation about Africa on the global stage.