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The Friendly Confines: The Global Influence of the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field

In-Person EVENT
Global Power, Chicago-Style

Join us for a conversation on how the Chicago Cubs elevate Chicago's global status as the team celebrates their 150th anniversary.

Chicago Cubs fans celebrate outside Wrigley Field after the team clinched the National League Division Series against the St. Louis Cardinals on October 13, 2015.
Paul Beaty / AP
Apr
14

The Burden of History: How Presidents Confront the Nation's Past

Hybrid EVENT
America at 250

Ruti Teitel and Leslie Vinjamuri discuss how American presidents have used tools of justice and reconciliation to address historical harms and advance peace abroad.

US President Barack Obama, right, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, as Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the site of the world's first atomic bomb attack.
Carolyn Kaster / AP
May
5

The Civil Service and the Future of American Diplomacy

In-Person EVENT
America at 250

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, Francis Fukuyama and Leslie Vinjamuri examine the civil service, democratic governance, and the future of American diplomacy.

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) workers, carry their personal belongings after retrieving them from the USAID's headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025
Jose Luis Magana / AP
May
14

Walter Isaacson on the Greatest Sentence Ever Written

Hybrid EVENT
America at 250

Walter Isaacson, in conversation with Max Boot, discusses his new book and what the Declaration of Independence's most famous words mean for America as it marks its 250th anniversary.

Walter Isaacson speaking in red tie, in front of light grey background
Carlos Osorio / AP
May
18

Balancing Act: Austan Goolsbee on the Federal Reserve and the Economy

Hybrid EVENT

Austan Goolsbee and Brent Neiman discuss the forces shaping monetary policy and what they mean for the American economy.

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Paul Beaty / AP
Jun
25