The Borah Symposium introduces audiences to the most contemporary global problem solvers of our time. Held every year since 1948, this University of Idaho event proffers their new ideas for overcoming the obstacles to world peace.

Our next event, "Climate and Conflict" is coming to the Moscow campus October 7-9, 2019. More information on next year's Borah Symposium is coming soon, meanwhile, explore the most recent symposium and archived symposiums.

2018 Borah Symposium
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The symposium honors the legacy of former US Senator from Idaho William Edgar Borah (1864-1940) by considering the causes of war and the conditions necessary for peace in an international context. Themes and speakers for the annual events are selected by the faculty-student Borah Foundation committee, with administrative and fiscal support provided by the staff of the Martin Institute. Each symposium adopts an interdisciplinary, non-partisan focus in an effort to reach as many members of the university and community as possible.

The William Edgar Borah Outlawry of War Foundation, a separately endowed entity at the University of Idaho, was established by the State Board of Education using funds donated by Salmon O. Levinson in 1929.