December 4, 2026
Join us for our Sixteenth Annual Conference on "America at 250: Exceptional and Enduring."
Events Archive
Learn more about Buckley's activities throughout the years.
Events
May 30, 2026 | 8:30 am - 10:00 am
The Buckley Institute is hosting a reunion weekend discussion titled, “Is President Trump’s Compact the Reform Yale and Higher Education Need?”
May 23, 2026 | 8:30 am - 10:00 am
The Buckley Institute is hosting a reunion weekend panel on How to Improve Intellectual Diversity at Yale
May 7, 2026
The Buckley Institute is excited to announce the Tenth Annual Disinvitation Dinner.
April 21, 2026, 4:30 pm
On Tuesday, April 21, at 4:30pm, the Buckley Institute welcomed national security expert Aaron MacLean for a lecture titled, “How to Stop World War Three: The Case for Geopolitical Real...
April 16, 2026, 7:00 pm
On Thursday, April 16, 2026, at 7pm, the Buckley Institute was honored to welcome U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon for a discussion titled, “The Roadmap for Restoring American...
April 10, 2026, 6:00 pm
On Friday, April 10, at 6pm, the Buckley Institute sponsored a fireside chat on the whether “Superintelligence Should be Banned.”
March 31, 2026, 6:00 pm
Buckley Fellows were invited to a dinner seminar with Fairfield University President Mark Nemec.
March 26, 2026, 5:30 pm
On Thursday, March 26, Buckley Fellows were invited to a dinner with writer Roya Hakakian, and Yale Professors Evan Morris and Ed Kaplan.
March 25, 2026, 12:30 pm
On Wednesday, March 25, Buckley Fellows were invited to a lunch seminar with former Assistant Attorney General and Idaho Solicitor General Theo Wold.
March 18, 2026 - March 20, 2026
The Hoover Institution's Michael Auslin lead a spring break seminar on the Declaration of Independence, titled, “How the Declaration Made America: Relic, Symbol, and Object."
March 4, 2026, 6:00 pm
On Wednesday, March 4, Buckley Fellows were invited to a dinner seminar with Yale Professor Carlos Eire.
February 26, 2026, 4:30 pm
Two leading constitutional scholars debated the resolved, "The Executive Branch Belongs to the President."
February 17, 2026 | 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Buckley Fellows and Buckley Beacon staff were invited to a lunch seminar with Wall Street Journal Editor-at-Large Gerard Baker.
February 11, 2026, 4:30 pm
On Wednesday, February 11, 2026, at 4:30pm, the Buckley Institute will host a Firing Line debate on the resolved, “Mass Deportation is Necessary.”
February 5, 2026, 4:30 pm
Christian theologian and Grove City College Professor Carl Trueman gave a presentation titled, “All That is Sacred Must Be Profaned.”
January 29, 2026, 6:00 pm
Buckley Fellows were invited to a dinner seminar with AEI's Chrisopher Scalia.
January 22, 2026, 6:00 pm
On Thursday, January 22, Buckley Fellows were invited to a dinner seminar with Texas Supreme Court Justice James P. Sullivan.
January 15, 2026, 6:00 pm
Buckley Fellows were invited to a dinner seminar with author and Hoover Institution Visiting Fellow Daniel Flynn.
November 19, 2025, 6:00 pm
On Wednesday, November 19, Buckley Fellows are invited to a dinner seminar with Manhattan Institute mental illness policy expert Carolyn Gorman.
November 14, 2025
Join us for our Fifteenth Annual Conference on The Future of American Conservatism: Buckley’s Centennial and Beyond
November 13, 2025, 6:00 pm
On Thursday, November 13, Buckley Fellows are invited to a dinner seminar with JLC Strategies CEO and Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy Advisory Board Member James Connaughton.
November 5, 2025, 7:00 pm
On November 5, 2025, the Buckley Institute will welcome author and journalist Douglas Murray for a conversation titled "Why We Must Save the West."
October 21, 2025, 4:30 pm
On Tuesday, October 21, at 4:30pm, the Buckley Institute is hosting our annual Supreme Court Review with William and Mary Law School’s Jonathan Adler and the Hoover Institution’s Eugene...
October 15, 2025 - October 17, 2025
From October 15 to October 17, Yale students participated in a fall break seminar focusing on The Brothers Karamazov.
October 9, 2025, 7:00 pm
On Thursday, October 9, at 7pm, the Buckley Institute is excited to welcome former U.K. Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Boris Johnson to speak at Yale.
September 25, 2025, 4:30 pm
On Thursday, September 25, at 4:30pm, the Buckley Institute hosted the first Firing Line Debate of the semester on the resolved “Global Order Needs U.S. Power.”
September 18, 2025, 4:30 pm
The Buckley Institute hosted the 2025 Lux et Veritas Faculty Prize Reception honoring this year's winner, Daniel Schillinger.
September 11, 2025 | 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Buckley Fellows are invited to lunch seminar with Yale's Daniel Esty.
September 9, 2025, 4:30 pm
On Tuesday, September 9, at 4:30pm, the Buckley Institute and the United States Postal Service hosted the official William F. Buckley, Jr. Commemorative Forever® Stamp First Day of Issu...
September 3, 2025, 6:00 pm
Buckley Fellows are invited to a dinner seminar with Yale Professor Michael Della Rocca.
May 31, 2025, 8:30 am
Yale alumni returning for reunion weekend on May 31 are invited to join us for a panel titled on administrative bloat, DEI, and more!
May 24, 2025, 8:30 am
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.
May 8, 2025
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.
April 22, 2025, 4:30 pm
On April 22, 2025, the Buckley Institute welcomed climate policy expert Bjorn Lomborg.
April 16, 2025, 4:30 pm
On April 16, 2025, prominent journalist Megyn Kelly will be speaking at Yale on "The New Media Revolution."
April 10, 2025, 4:30 pm
On April 10, WSJ editor and national contributor Adam Kirsch will discuss the dangerous ideology of "settler colonialism" that fuels anti-Israeli activism.
April 8, 2025, 6:00 pm
On Tuesday, April 8, Buckley Fellows are invited to a dinner seminar with FEC Commissioner Allen Dickerson.
April 1, 2025, 4:30 pm
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.
March 26, 2025, 4:30 pm
On March 26 at 4:30pm, the Buckley Institute is hosting a Firing Line debate on whether the law should only recognize biological sex.
March 19, 2025 - March 21, 2025
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.
March 5, 2025, 6:00 pm
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.
March 3, 2025, 12:00 pm
On Monday, March 3, Buckley Fellows are invited to a lunch seminar with Patrick Deneen to discuss his research and recent book Regime Change.
February 26, 2025, 6:00 pm
On Wednesday, February 26, Buckley Fellows are invited to a dinner seminar with close friend of William F. Buckley, Jr., Lawrence Perelman.
February 19, 2025, 4:30 pm
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.
February 13, 2025, 4:30 pm
The Buckley Institute welcomed author, podcaster, and columnist Coleman Hughes for a talk titled, “The End of Race Politics.”
February 5, 2025, 4:30 pm
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.
January 29, 2025, 6:00 pm
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.