📢 #YaleConversations, our new event series with David Brooks, kicks off Tuesday, March 3, 4PM in Luce Hall. Registration for all spring events in the series is now open. Space is limited; registration required. Link in bio.
▶ Why, Despite Everything, I Still Call Myself a Conservative
Tuesday March 3, 4-5PM, Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, room 101
❝I spent much of my adulthood in the conservative movement. It looks nothing like today’s GOP but that intellectual tradition still has a lot to teach us, including to progressives.”
▶ How to be Ambitious Without Being a Jerk
Tuesday March 31, 4-5PM, Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, room 101
❝You want your life to have impact. That’s an admirable aspiration. But how can you tell when your ambition is corrupting you inside, steering you off-course from the person you want to be?”
▶ How America Recovers from All This: A Hopeful Vision for our Common Future
Tuesday April 7, 4-5PM, Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall, 1 Prospect St, room 114
❝The U.S. is in the midst of a political and social crisis. But this country has been here before. Other nations have been through worse and built themselves back up. What lessons can we learn? How can we build a nation we can be proud of?”
▶ How to Fall in Love with Someone
Tuesday April 20, 4-5PM, Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, room 101
❝You’ve probably thought a lot about your professional life, and your intellectual life. But what about your romantic life? Let’s have a practical conversation about how people fall in love.”
🗣️ Author and columnist David Brooks was appointed as a Presidential Senior Fellow at the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs in February 2026. Brooks is a staff writer at The Atlantic, and a regular contributor to PBS NewsHour.
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