Leadership & Society Initiative Events

Welcome to the events page for the University of Chicago Leadership and Society Initiative. Register below to join a live information session or other events featuring themes from the LSI experience.

Nov 19
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Information Session

LSI Information Session

Thursday, November 19, 2026

Join us for an information session on the University of Chicago’s Leadership & Society Initiative (LSI). This virtual session will offer an interactive opportunity for prospective candidates to learn more and ask questions.

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Nov 20
Conversation

The Transformative Power of Sabbaticals: A Conversation with DJ DiDonna

Friday, November 20, 2026

Join us for a conversation with DJ DiDonna, Harvard Business School Senior Lecturer and founder of the Sabbatical Project, as he discusses his book Big Time Off: The Transformative Power of Sabbaticals and How to Take One.

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Nov 30
Enduring Excellence

Enduring Excellence: A Conversation with Angela Duckworth

Monday, November 30, 2026

Join us for an Enduring Excellence conversation with Angela Duckworth, the Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, a 2013 MacArthur Fellow, and a psychologist whose pioneering discoveries have changed how millions of people think about achievement.

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Dec 02
Conversation

Who Is Economics For? A Conversation with Antara Haldar

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

Join us for a conversation with Antara Haldar, Professor at the University of Cambridge and visiting faculty at Harvard University, about her book Everyman, a genre-bending retelling of capitalism as a novel.

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Dec 07
Conversation

On Morrison: A Conversation with Namwali Serpell

Monday, December 7, 2026

Join us for a conversation with Namwali Serpell, award-winning novelist, Harvard professor, and author of the national bestseller On Morrison, as she shares what it truly means to read Toni Morrison.

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