CISAC Seminars showcase Stanford faculty and researchers, as well as policy makers and visiting scholars from all over the country. Speakers typically cover general topics on international security and present the policy implications of their research or their years of experience in government. CISAC Seminars are free and usually open to the public. At speaker’s request, some events may be by invitation only.

The CISAC Social Science Seminar Series features advanced graduate students, faculty and visiting scholars who present their current research on contemporary problems in international security. The presentations are followed by a Q & A session. They are free and open to the public.

In recent years, historians have been breaking outside their traditional disciplinary boundaries; they are thinking about history - and the world - in different, new ways. Contemporary research in international history is motivated by a growing interest in transnational and global history. But this intellectual focus is not institutionally addressed at Stanford. We are therefore seeking to close this gap by providing graduate students and faculty the opportunity to engage in discussion about these changes and their reflection on the study of international history.

The Drell Lecture is an annual public event sponsored by CISAC. By tradition, the Drell lecturer addresses a current and critical national or international security issue that has important scientific or technical dimensions. The Drell Lecture is named for Sidney Drell, CISAC's founding science co-director. Albert and Cicely Wheelon generously endowed the lectureship.

CISAC, in joint partnership with other groups on campus, periodically produces speaker series on on timely topics of interest to our community. Archives of those events are posted on our site when possible.