Learn more about Buckley's activities throughout the years.
Yale alumni returning for reunion weekend on May 31 are invited to join us for a panel titled on administrative bloat, DEI, and more!
On May 24, the Buckley Institute is hosting a reunion weekend panel focusing on President Trump's efforts to reform higher ed and whether they go too far.
The Buckley Institute welcomed Vice President Mike Pence as the keynote speaker for the Ninth Annual Disinvitation Dinner at The Pierre in New York City.
On April 22, 2025, the Buckley Institute welcomed climate policy expert Bjorn Lomborg.
On April 16, 2025, prominent journalist Megyn Kelly will be speaking at Yale on "The New Media Revolution."
On April 10, WSJ editor and national contributor Adam Kirsch will discuss the dangerous ideology of "settler colonialism" that fuels anti-Israeli activism.
On Tuesday, April 8, Buckley Fellows are invited to a dinner seminar with FEC Commissioner Allen Dickerson.
On Tuesday, April 1, the Buckley Institute hosted a debate over whether or not America's ruling class has failed, featuring Newsweek's Josh Hammer and Yale's Gregory Huber.
On March 26 at 4:30pm, the Buckley Institute is hosting a Firing Line debate on whether the law should only recognize biological sex.
The Buckley Institute will run its spring break seminar: Hannah Arendt on Living in Social Crisis, with AEI's Jenna Storey from March 19-21.
On Wednesday, March 5, Buckley Fellows are invited to a dinner seminar with President of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation, Mark L. Clifford.
On Monday, March 3, Buckley Fellows are invited to a lunch seminar with Patrick Deneen to discuss his research and recent book Regime Change.
On Wednesday, February 26, Buckley Fellows are invited to a dinner seminar with close friend of William F. Buckley, Jr., Lawrence Perelman.
On February 19, the Buckley Institute hosted a Firing Line debate on assisted suicide featuring Patient Rights Action Fund's Matt Valliere and Penn State's Megan Wright.
The Buckley Institute welcomed author, podcaster, and columnist Coleman Hughes for a talk titled, “The End of Race Politics.”
Join us on Wednesday, February 5 as Notre Dame's Rick Garnett dispels myth and clarifies truth around the U.S. Constitution and separation of church and state.
On Wednesday, January 29, Buckley Fellows are invited to a dinner seminar with national security expert and former White House senior staff Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
On Thursday, January 23, 2025, Buckley Fellows are invited to a dinner seminar featuring national speaker and writer Alexandra Hudson.
On Tuesday, January 14, 2025, Buckley Fellows are invited to a dinner seminar featuring Yale Professor of Political Science Steven Smith.
On December 3, the Buckley Institute is hosting a Firing Line debate on merit in hiring and college admissions with Yale Professor Daniel Markovits and the Center for Equal Opportunity'...
Join the Buckley Institute on Wednesday, November 20, at 4:30pm, for a discussion with American Enterprise Institute’s Yuval Levin about his new book, American Covenant.
On November 18, 2024, the Buckley Institute will host our annual K-12 education panel featuring AEI's Ian Rowe and Houston Superintendent Mike Miles.
On November 12, AEI's Dr. Carole Hooven will talk about the sex binary and how it became dangerous to talk about the facts.
Join the Buckley Institute for our Fourteenth Annual Conference, recognizing the fiftieth anniversary of the Woodward Report.
On Tuesday, November 5, 2024, Buckley Fellows are invited to a lunch seminar featuring Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs' Andrew Makridis.
On October 23, 2024, at 4:30pm, the Buckley Institute hosted an expert panel on the most recent Supreme Court term.
Join the Buckley Institute's fall break seminar on Transcendentalism and the Roots of American Individualism with Boston College's Ryan Patrick Hanley from October 16 to 18.
The Buckley Institute is pleased to welcome renowned author, journalist, and commentator Ben Shapiro to speak at Yale on October 7, 2024 on How October 7 Broke America's College Campuse...
On October 2, 2024, Buckley Fellows are invited to a dinner seminar with Yale Professor Samuel Moyn.
On Thursday, September 26, Buckley Fellows are invited to a dinner seminar with renowned author Richard Brookhiser.
On September 19, 2024, the Buckley Institute will be hosting Hillsdale College's Paul Rahe for the 2024 Donald Kagan Memorial Lecture.
Join the Buckley Institute for our third annual Lux et Veritas Faculty Prize reception, featuring Dr. Gregory Collins.
On Tuesday, September 3, Buckley Fellows are invited to a dinner seminar with Yale Law School Associate Professor of Law Garrett West.
On Saturday, June 1, 2024, the Buckley Institute is hosting a panel on “Campus Intolerance: From Attacks on Free Speech to Antisemitism."
The Buckley Institute is excited to invite alumni for an all-star faculty panel during reunion weekend on “Free Speech at Yale and Beyond"
The Buckley Institute is pleased to welcome Ayaan Hirsi Ali as the keynote speaker for the Eighth Annual Disinvitation Dinner.
On Tuesday, April 16, former New York Times editor James Bennet to discuss Why Journalism is Falling Apart and Taking Liberalism With It.
On April 11, join Rob Henderson '18 for a discussion of "luxury beliefs," his path from foster care to Yale, and his new book, "Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Cla...
Buckley Fellows are invited to a dinner seminar with Yale School of Management Lecturer in the Practice of Management Jason Kaune
Buckley Fellows are invited to a private dinner seminar with Lafayette S. Foster Professor of Law Kate Stith.
Professor Michael Dauphinais of Ave Maria University will lead a spring break seminar on the writings and thought of C. S. Lewis.
On Wednesday, March 6, the Buckley Institute hosted a Firing Line debate on Ukraine and Taiwan aid with former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Bridge Colby and Yale Professor Timo...
Buckley Fellows are invited to join a private dinner seminar with Yale University Senior Lecturer Jay Gitlin.
On Monday, February 26, the Buckley Institute is pleased to welcome Karl Rove, former Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush ’68.
On Wednesday, February 21, Buckley Fellows are invited to a lunch seminar with Notre Dame Professor Patrick Deneen.
Buckley Fellows are invited to a dinner seminar with Senior Lecturer Norma Thompson, Associate Director of the Whitney Humanities Center.
Buckley Fellows are invited to a private dinner with Yale's Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military & Naval History John Gaddis.
Princeton Professor and Director of the school's James Madison Program Robert P. George will be speaking at Yale.
Elliott Abrams, senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), will speak on Israel and American interests in the Middle East.