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

Teaching Global Issues in a Controversial Election Year
Tuesday, October 1, 2024, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (EDT)

In a controversial election year, how can you help students understand the global and foreign policy issues impacting the U.S. election using fact-based, non-partisan resources?

Global Affairs Expert Webinar: U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East
Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 1:00 to 2:00 PM (EDT)

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

Global Affairs Expert Webinar: The War in Ukraine and U.S.-Russia Relations
Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 1:00 to 2:00 PM (EDT)

Stephen Sestanovich, George F. Kennan senior fellow for Russian and Eurasian studies at CFR and Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis professor of international diplomacy at Columbia University, will lead the conversation on the war in Ukraine and U.S.-Russia relations.

Global Affairs Expert Webinar: Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament
Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 1:00 to 2:00 PM (EST)

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, will lead the conversation on nuclear arms control and disarmament.

Past

Higher Education Webinar: Cross-Sector Collaboration in Higher Education
Wednesday, August 28, 2024, 1:00 to 2:00 PM (EDT)

Watch Neil Britto, adjunct assistant professor of public service of New York University and lead on The Intersector Project in the Philanthropy and Social Innovation program at the Aspen Institute, lead the conversation on cross-sector collaboration in higher education.

Back To School with CFR Education
August 27, 2024

Watch this back-to-school webinar to learn about award-winning, barrier-free educational resources that help your students to engage with today’s most pressing global issues.

Higher Education Webinar: CFR Education Resources
May 14, 2024

Caroline Netchvolodoff, vice president for education at CFR, and Rania Salem Manganaro, senior manager for education marketing at CFR, lead a discussion on CFR Education resources for the higher education community.

Teaching Global Literacy and Digital Literacy in 2024
March 14, 2024

Join leaders from the Digital Inquiry Group and CFR Education for a conversation covering strategies and tools educators can use for building global literacy and digital literacy in the classroom. This webinar was a part of Civic Learning Week (iCivics).