Past Events

Each year The Pearson Institute hosts a variety of lectures, workshops and seminars. Unless noted otherwise, all events are held on the University of Chicago campus.

11.06.19

Oil, Security and Geopolitical Risk: Lessons from the Saudi Oil Attacks

The Pearson Institute will cosponsor an event held by the Energy Policy Institute at UChicago (EPIC) on energy geopolitics and their economic implications featuring Robert McNally, the president of The Rapidan Group and a former senior director for international energy at the National Security Council; Suzanne Maloney, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director for Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution; and Harris Public Policy Professor Ryan Kellogg, an EPIC affiliated scholar who studies the economics of oil markets. The event will be moderated by EPIC Visiting Fellow in Journalism and The Atlantic reporter Robinson Meyer.

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

5:30 - 7:00 PM

Saieh Hall for Economics Room 146

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10.18.19

The Second Annual Pearson Global Forum

Weeks before the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, The Pearson Institute will host a historic conference. Themed Beyond Walls | Deconstructing Conflict, the second annual Pearson Global Forum will convene researchers, policymakers, practitioners and students in Berlin, Germany.

October 18-19, 2019

More information to come

10.03.19

The Narrow Corridor DC Book Events

Institute Director James Robinson and MIT Professor Daron Acemoglu, coauthors of Why Nations Fail, have written a new book, The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty. Professor Robinson will appear in Washington, DC to discuss the new book.

Thursday, October 3, 2019

12:15 - 1:15 PM; Johns Hopkins SAIS, Washington, DC; More Information

7:00 - 8:00 PM; Politics and Prose, Washington, DC; More Information

James Robinson in Ukraine

Institute Director James Robinson presents themes from his internationally bestselling book, Why Nations Fail, at an event in Ukraine.