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| Date | Topic | Speaker | Location | Time | |
| ~ June 2010 ~ | |||||
| Monday, Jun. 28 |
The Rule of Law and Justice Development in Post-Conflict: Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq and Sudan | Jasteena Dhillon | Centre for Governance Innovation, University of Waterloo |
12:00 PM | |
| Wednesday, Jun. 9 |
Sarah Sewall speaks at the "Responsibility to Protect:: From Principal to Practice" | Sarah Sewall | University of Linkoping, Linkoping, Sweden |
9:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Jun. 8 |
Insecurity in Afghanistan: The Afghan Refugee Crisis | Jasteena Dhillon | Abbot Public Library, Marblehead, Mass |
7:00 PM | |
| Monday, Jun. 7 |
Film Screening and Discussion 'The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo' | Introduction by Filmmaker, Lisa Jackson | Coolidge Corner Theater, 290 Harvard St. Brookline, MA |
7:00 PM | |
| ~ May 2010 ~ | |||||
| Tuesday, May. 25 |
Building or Undermining the Rule of Law? Ergenekon, Sledgehammer, and the Future of Turkish Democracy | Pinar Dogan and Dani Rodrik with Gerald Knaus | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
10:00 AM | |
| Monday, May. 24 |
Online Conference: Best Practices to Combat Human Trafficking: Trafficking in Disaster Zones | Ambassador Luis CdeBaca | ONLINE | 2:00 PM | |
| Saturday, May. 15 |
"Seeking Justice in the Wake of War" Harvard's Humanitarian Law and Policy Forum | Jasteena Dhillon | ONLINE | 9:00 PM | |
| Thursday, May. 13 |
Book release party for Timothy McCarthy's "Protest Nation: Words that Inspired a Century of American Radicalism" | Timothy Patrick McCarthy | Quincy House Masters Residence 3 DeWolfe Street Camb, MA |
7:00 PM | |
| Thursday, May. 13 |
Bolivia: Political and Economic Prospects | Omar Zambrano | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
12:30 PM | |
| Wednesday, May. 12 |
Introducing Mass Atrocity Response Operations: A Military Planning Handbook | Sarah Sewall | Bell Hall Harvard Kennedy School |
12:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, May. 11 |
Live Online Seminar: "Security on Mission: How to Survive a Kidnapping" | Stephen Morris, MD | ONLINE | 9:30 AM | |
| Wednesday, May. 5 |
Planning Military Responses to Mass Atrocities - Introducing the MARO Military Handbook | Sarah Sewall | US Institute of Peace; Washington, D.C |
1:30 PM | |
| ~ April 2010 ~ | |||||
| Thursday, Apr. 29 |
JFK, Jr. Forum Event: “Truth and Consequences: One Man's Quest to Openly Serve his Country” | Lt. Dan Choi, | John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Thursday, Apr. 29 |
'France in the World Seminar' with Atiq Rahimi | Atiq Rahimi | Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall | 4:30 PM | |
| Wednesday, Apr. 28 |
Film Screening and Panel Discussion: "Afghan Star" | Jasteena Dhillon | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Wednesday, Apr. 28 |
The Druze Minority and Challenge of Survival in Modern Times | Dr. Anis Obeid | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
3:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Apr. 27 |
'Music and Human Rights: Success and Limits' a talk with Lorenzo Jovanotti | Lorenzo Jovanotti Cherubini | Wiener Auditorium Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Apr. 27 |
El Salvador: The Role of Philanthropy in Women Poverty Alleviation | Ildiko Tesak | Ortiz-Patino Classroom (L-280) Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Apr. 27 |
Aid, NGOs and Madrasas Reforms in Pakistan | Masooda Bano | Kahn Harvard Kennedy School |
12:00 PM | |
| Sunday, Apr. 25 |
A Screening of the HBO Documentary “Sergio” | Samantha Power and Greg Barker | John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Sunday, Apr. 25 |
The Changing Landscape of Humanitarian Operations | Irene Khan | Weil Town Hall Harvard Kennedy School |
2:30 PM | |
| Saturday, Apr. 24 |
New England Political Science Association: 2010 Annual Meeting | Leonardo Vivas | Newport Room, Newport Marriot, Newport RI |
10:15 AM | |
| Friday, Apr. 23 |
Day 3: "Gay Rights as Human Rights" - Second Annual HKS Conference | Timothy Patrick McCarthy | Multiple Venues (see Web page for details) |
2:00 PM | |
| Thursday, Apr. 22 |
The Activist's Studio: Queering Human Rights | Sarah Schulman and HelenMolesworth | Allison Dining Room Harvard Kennedy School |
6:30 PM | |
| Thursday, Apr. 22 |
Day 2: "Gay Rights as Human Rights" - Second Annual HKS Conference | Timothy Patrick McCarthy | Allison Dining Room Harvard Kennedy School |
6:30 PM | |
| Wednesday, Apr. 21 |
Day 1: "Gay Rights as Human Rights" - Second Annual HKS Conference | Timothy Patrick McCarthy | Perkins Room Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Apr. 20 |
Post-2001 Economic Policy and Markets in Afghanistan: Free or Frightful? | Paul Fishstein | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Monday, Apr. 19 |
From Liberalism to Libertarianism? Georgia's Revolution and the Future of Democracy in the Black Sea Area | Gerald Knaus | Perkins Room Harvard Kennedy School |
4:30 PM | |
| Monday, Apr. 19 |
Witness to Guantanamo Project | Professor Peter Honigsberg | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
12:00 PM | |
| Friday, Apr. 16 |
The Activist's Studio: Poetry and Human Rights | C. K. Williams and Jorie Graham | Weil Town Hall Harvard Kennedy School |
6:30 PM | |
| Friday, Apr. 16 |
Human Rights and Social Movements Study Group: A Blight on the Nation: Slavery in Today's America | Ron Soodalter | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
3:00 PM | |
| Friday, Apr. 16 |
Spirituality in Public Service | Father Bryan Hehir and John Buehrens | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
1:00 PM | |
| Friday, Apr. 16 |
The Mainstream and the Marginalized: Reflections on Homelessness and Relational Justice | John C. Frame | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
12:00 PM | |
| Monday, Apr. 12 |
Queering Human Rights: On Pride and Prejudice -- and Progress? | Timothy Patrick McCarthy | Starr Auditorium Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Monday, Apr. 12 |
Assessing the Efficacy of Human Rights Organizations, Working Towards Feasible and Cost-Effective Tools and Approaches | Elliott Prasse-Freeman and Sophie Rodella-Boitreaud | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
2:30 PM | |
| Friday, Apr. 9 |
The Activist's Studio: Slavery and Human Rights | Kevin Bales and Ashley Judd | Allison Dining Room Harvard Kennedy School |
6:30 PM | |
| Friday, Apr. 9 |
After the Elections: What does the future hold for Iraq? | Professor Meghan O'Sullivan and Joost Hiltermann | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
2:00 PM | |
| Friday, Apr. 9 |
Hope for a Desperate Palestinian Refugee Population in Lebanon | Rima Merhi | Perkins Room Harvard Kennedy School |
11:45 AM | |
| Thursday, Apr. 8 |
Restricted Chinese Civil Society and the Spread of HIV/AIDS | Li Dan | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
12:00 PM | |
| Wednesday, Apr. 7 |
More than Three Cups of Tea: Can We Hold and Build in Afghanistan? | Gerard Russell and J. Patrick O'Mahony | K-450 Weatherhead Center, 1737 Cambridge Street |
12:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Apr. 6 |
Challenges and Opportunities of Public Diplomacy in the Middle East and Afghanistan | Gerard Russell | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Thursday, Apr. 1 |
Post Event Reception: The Activist's Studio: Women and Human Rights | Nancy Rubin, Geraldine Brooks, Isobel Coleman & Humaira Awais Shahid | Weil Town Hall Harvard Kennedy School |
8:00 PM | |
| Thursday, Apr. 1 |
The Activist's Studio: Women and Human Rights | Nancy Rubin, Geraldine Brooks, Isobel Coleman & Humaira Awais Shahid | Starr Auditorium Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Thursday, Apr. 1 |
A Conversation with Robert Greenwald about his film "Rethinking Afghanistan" | Robert Greenwald | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| ~ March 2010 ~ | |||||
| Wednesday, Mar. 31 |
Crisis in the Congo: Conflict Minerals, Sexual Violence, and War | John Prendergast | Starr Auditorium Harvard Kennedy School |
7:00 PM | |
| Wednesday, Mar. 31 |
Is Another Gandhi Possible Today? | Ramin Jahanbegloo, Ph.D. | Trustman Classroom (L-150) Harvard Kennedy School |
12:30 PM | |
| Tuesday, Mar. 30 |
Human Trafficking and Socio-Economic Justice in Cambodia | Mu Sochua | Bell Hall Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Mar. 30 |
EVENT CANCELLED: Afghanistan: In Search of a Political Strategy | Francesc Vendrell | Bolton Classroom (L-130) Harvard Kennedy School |
4:30 PM | |
| Tuesday, Mar. 30 |
Luncheon with Mu Sochua, Former Cambodian Minister of Women's Affairs (Students Only) | Mu Sochua | Perkins Room Harvard Kennedy School |
11:30 AM | |
| Monday, Mar. 29 |
How to do what you love and get paid for it: Careers in Human Rights | Charlie Clements | Starr Auditorium Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Monday, Mar. 29 |
NSHR Brownbag Seminar: "Military Adaptation and the British in Helmand, 2006-2009" | Theo Farrell | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
12:00 PM | |
| Friday, Mar. 26 |
Study Group: Our Bondage, Our Freedom: The Long History of Slavery and Abolition | Timothy Patrick McCarthy | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
3:00 PM | |
| Thursday, Mar. 25 |
Modern Day Slavery: A Panel and Discussion Presented by Primary Source | E. Benjamin Skinner | Boston Public Library | 6:00 PM | |
| Wednesday, Mar. 24 |
Student Roundtable Discussion with Siddharth Kara, Fellow, Initiative to Stop Human Trafficking (Students Only) | Siddharth Kara | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Mar. 23 |
Just Say No: Giving up your job to stand up for your principles! | Dr. Ali Allawi, Charlie Clements and Carne Ross | Perkins Room Harvard Kennedy School |
11:30 AM | |
| Monday, Mar. 22 |
Monday Human Rights Colloquium: A Presentation by Carne Ross | Carne Ross | Starr Auditorium Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Monday, Mar. 22 |
Study Group: Shifting Patterns of Dissent and Repression in a Changing China | Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
12:00 PM | |
| Thursday, Mar. 11 |
My Life with the Taliban | Alex Strick van Linschoten and Felix Kuehn | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Wednesday, Mar. 10 |
The Activist's Studio: Conversations on the Art and Politics of Human Rights | Larry Cox | Nye 'B', Taubman Conference Center Harvard Kennedy School |
6:30 PM | |
| Wednesday, Mar. 10 |
Student Meeting with Larry Cox, Amnesty International HKS Students Only | Larry Cox | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
5:00 PM | |
| Wednesday, Mar. 10 |
Protecting Civilians: The Obligations of Peacekeepers | Dr. Siobhan Wills | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
12:00 PM | |
| Wednesday, Mar. 10 |
Perspectives on Development and Rule of Law in Afghanistan | Jasteena Dhillon | 335 Pound Hall, Harvard Law School |
12:00 PM | |
| Monday, Mar. 8 |
'Engaging Business: Addressing Respect for Human Rights' | John Ruggie | Starr Auditorium Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Monday, Mar. 8 |
Thinking Out Loud About Venezuela | Ambassador Diego Arria | Malkin Penthouse Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Monday, Mar. 8 |
Iraqi Women: Perspectives on War and Peace | Jasteena Dhillon | International Institute, 1 Milk Street, Boston, MA |
12:30 PM | |
| Thursday, Mar. 4 |
The Activist's Studio: Conversations on the Art and Politics of Human Rights | Michael Posner | Nye 'B', Taubman Conference Center Harvard Kennedy School |
7:00 PM | |
| Thursday, Mar. 4 |
Demobilization of Guerrillas and Paramilitary in COLOMBIA | Sergio Jaramillo | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Wednesday, Mar. 3 |
Film Screening: 'Kabul Transit' | David Edwards, PhD | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Mar. 2 |
75,000 Civilian Deaths and $5 Billion to Defeat the FMLM in El Salvador | Chris Hedges and Father Bryan Hehir | Land Hall Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Mar. 2 |
Student Meeting with Chris Hedges | Chris Hedges | Perkins Room Harvard Kennedy School |
5:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Mar. 2 |
Protecting civilians in contemporary conflicts: Exploring the role of humanitarian law and policy | Claude Bruderlein & Naz Modirzadeh | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Monday, Mar. 1 |
Turkey's Dark Side: The Military, the AKP and the Future of Turkish Democracy | Gerald Knaus | Starr Auditorium Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| ~ February 2010 ~ | |||||
| Thursday, Feb. 25 |
Afghanistan: The Human Factor | Jon Sawyer | Land Hall Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Wednesday, Feb. 24 |
HKS Africa Caucus presents: Inside Complex Conflicts Series | Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, Tatiana Carayannis, Stephan L. Tubene | Nye 'B', Taubman Conference Center Harvard Kennedy School |
6:30 PM | |
| Wednesday, Feb. 24 |
Afghan Defense Lawyers Conference | Rory Stewart | Harvard Faculty Club (Venue not on HKS campus) |
8:00 AM | |
| Tuesday, Feb. 23 |
The Herbert C. Kelman Seminar: "Understanding Chavez" | Leonardo Vivas | CGIS Knafel Building, Room N-354 1737 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA |
4:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Feb. 23 |
The Two Kashmirs: Present Realities of Indian and Pakistani Administered Kashmirs | Dr. Ahmad Faruqui, Parvez Imroz, Robert Nickelsberg | Ortiz-Patino Classroom (L-280) Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Monday, Feb. 22 |
Counterterrorism: The Legal Dilemmas in Asymmetrical Paradigms - Goldstone Report as a case study | Amos Guiora | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
4:30 PM | |
| Monday, Feb. 22 |
Developing Evidence Based Human Rights Policies: an Ongoing Initiative in Sierra Leone | Andrea Rossi | Starr Auditorium Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Friday, Feb. 19 |
HR&SM Study Group: "Social Movements and Human Dignity: Why Do People Seek Social Change?" | Timothy Patrick McCarthy | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
3:00 PM | |
| Thursday, Feb. 18 |
Somalia: Understanding the Past, Facing the Present | Jasteena Dhillon | Bell Hall Harvard Kennedy School |
6:30 PM | |
| Thursday, Feb. 18 |
From Bondage to Freedom: The Fight to Abolish Modern Day Slavery | Ambassador Luis CdeBaca | John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Thursday, Feb. 18 |
Global Fight Against Modern-Day Slavery: Student Roundtable with Ambassador Luis CdeBaca, U.S. Department of State | Ambassador Luis CdeBaca | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
3:00 PM | |
| Thursday, Feb. 18 |
Seeking Justice in the Wake of War | Jasteena Dhillon | Online | 9:30 AM | |
| Wednesday, Feb. 17 |
The Foundation of Ethical Values in Islam | Ali A. Allawi | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
2:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Feb. 16 |
Another Me Photo Exhibit: Survivors of Sex Trafficking | Christina Bain | On display at the Carr Center Ends: March 1, 2010. |
9:00 AM | |
| Thursday, Feb. 11 |
Harvard Thinks Big | Timothy Patrick McCarthy | Sanders Theatre (Venue not on HKS campus) |
8:00 PM | |
| Wednesday, Feb. 10 |
Panel Discussion: Critical Issues of the International Response to Haiti | Jacqueline Bhabha | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Friday, Feb. 5 |
HR&SM Study Group | Timothy Patrick McCarthy | Bolton Classroom, Littauer 130 | 2:30 PM | |
| Thursday, Feb. 4 |
Litmus Testing For Reform in Pakistan, with Mosharraf Zaidi | Mosharraf Zaidi | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Feb. 2 |
Dying from 'Natural Causes': The Migration of Prisoner Abuse from Afghanistan and the Failure to Investigate | Craig Pyes | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Monday, Feb. 1 |
The Role of Civil Society in Global Governance: Fighting Global Corruption | Peter Eigen | Malkin Penthouse Harvard Kennedy School |
4:30 PM | |
| ~ January 2010 ~ | |||||
| Monday, Jan. 25 |
Circles of Exclusion: The Politics of Health Care in Israel | Dr. Dani Flic | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
5:00 PM | |
| Wednesday, Jan. 20 |
Why they died. Investigating violations of humanitarian law during the July 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah. | Nadim Houry | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
2:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Jan. 12 |
A conversation with the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court: Luis Moreno Ocampo | Luis Moreno Ocampo | Bell Hall Harvard Kennedy School |
3:30 PM | |
| Saturday, Jan. 9 |
Production and Discussion, 'Harriet Jacobs' | Timothy Patrick McCarthy | Central Square Theater | 7:00 PM | |
| Thursday, Jan. 7 |
Production and Discussion, 'Harriet Jacobs' | Timothy Patrick McCarthy | Central Square Theater | 7:30 PM | |
| ~ December 2009 ~ | |||||
| Friday, Dec. 18 |
United Nations High-level Expert consultation on measuring the implementation of the right to development | Andrea Rossi | Bell Hall Harvard Kennedy School |
9:00 PM | |
| Thursday, Dec. 17 |
United Nations High-level Expert consultation on measuring the implementation of the right to development | Andrea Rossi | Bell Hall Harvard Kennedy School |
9:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Dec. 8 |
Parapolitics: Emerging Mafias Taking Power in Colombia | Claudia Lopez | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
5:00 PM | |
| Friday, Dec. 4 |
Study Group: “Disposable or Indispensable: Why Does Slavery Still Exist?” | Timothy Patrick McCarthy | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
3:30 PM | |
| Thursday, Dec. 3 |
The Obama Strategy in Afghanistan: Troops, Timeline and the Taliban | Rory Stewart | John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Thursday, Dec. 3 |
Learning From Afghans: Why we need to understand what drives change in rural Afghanistan | Naysan Adlparvar | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Thursday, Dec. 3 |
Full Equality and How We Get There | Timothy Patrick McCarthy | Sert Gallery, Carpenter Center for the Arts |
4:00 PM | |
| Wednesday, Dec. 2 |
Film Screening: "Shooting for Democracy" | Timothy Patrick McCarthy | Starr Auditorium Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Wednesday, Dec. 2 |
Constructing a Legal System in Southern Sudan | Jasteena Dhillon | Bell Hall Harvard Kennedy School |
12:00 PM | |
| Wednesday, Dec. 2 |
Suspending Indigenous Rights: Paternalism and Coercion in Australia's'Intervention' in Aboriginal Communities | Sarah Maddison, Ph.D. | Malkin Penthouse Harvard Kennedy School |
12:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Dec. 1 |
Viewing of Tonight's Presidential Address | Jasteena Dhillon | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
7:45 PM | |
| Tuesday, Dec. 1 |
Measurement and Human Rights (MHR) Course "Human Rights Policy Analysis". Lecture: "Human Rights Budget Analysis" | Andrea Rossi | Bell Hall Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Dec. 1 |
Discussion Series: Innovative Strategies in the Fight Against Modern-Day Slavery/Grassroots Social Change: How to Get Beyond Vanity Activism (HKS students only) | Katherine Chon | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Dec. 1 |
Implications of Ignoring Informal Justice and Governance Structures in Afghanistan/Northern Pakistan | Jasteena Dhillon | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Dec. 1 |
Maximizing the Efficacy of the Inter-American System for Human Rights in the Americas | Professor James Cavallaro | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
2:00 PM | |
| ~ November 2009 ~ | |||||
| Tuesday, Nov. 24 |
Discussion Series: Innovative Strategies in the Fight Against Modern-Day Slavery/Demand and Large-Scale Sporting Events (HKS students only) | Katherine Chon | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Nov. 24 |
2010 Iraqi Elections: What's the Difference This Time? | Razzaq al-Saiedi and Dr. Ali A. Alllawi | Malkin Penthouse Harvard Kennedy School |
11:45 AM | |
| Monday, Nov. 23 |
Career Panel: Careers in Combating Human Trafficking | Christina Bain | Fainsod Room Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Monday, Nov. 23 |
Honduras Conference | Leonardo Vivas | Malkin Penthouse Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Thursday, Nov. 19 |
ACT-ing UP: The Living Legacy of AIDS Protest | Timothy Patrick McCarthy | Sert Gallery, Carpenter Center for the Arts |
4:00 PM | |
| Wednesday, Nov. 18 |
An alternative perspective- An ethical reading of human rights in Islam | Ali A. Allawi | Neustadt Classroom Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Nov. 17 |
Discussion Series: Innovative Strategies in the Fight Against Modern-Day Slavery/Systemic Health Implications (HKS students only) | Katherine Chon | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Monday, Nov. 16 |
Armenian-Turkish Reconciliation: Routes Through Empowerment | Hasan Cemal, Asbed Kotchikian, & Yektan Turkyilmaz | TSAI Auditorium, CGIS South 1730 Cambridge St |
7:00 PM | |
| Monday, Nov. 16 |
The Bolivarian Revolution: Political Philosophy and Human Rights | Leonardo Vivas | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
5:00 PM | |
| Monday, Nov. 16 |
Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery / A Conversation with E. Benjamin Skinner (Students Only) | E. Benjamin Skinner | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
1:00 PM | |
| Monday, Nov. 16 |
Online Conference: Best Practices to Combat Human Trafficking: Forced Labor | Christina Bain | Online | 10:00 AM | |
| Friday, Nov. 13 |
Study Group: “Opiate of the Masses or Tool of Liberation: Whats God Got to Do With It?” | Timothy Patrick McCarthy | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
3:30 PM | |
| Thursday, Nov. 12 |
62 Years of Unrest: Regional and International Ramifications of the Kashmir Conflict | Moderated by: Dr. Sugata Bose |
Gundle Family Classroom (L-230) Harvard Kennedy School |
4:30 PM | |
| Thursday, Nov. 12 |
ACT-ing UP: The Living Legacy of AIDS Protest | Timothy Patrick McCarthy | Sert Gallery, Carpenter Center for the Arts |
4:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Nov. 10 |
Discussion Series: Innovative Strategies in the Fight Against Modern-Day Slavery/Forced Begging and Peddling Operations (HKS students only) | Katherine Chon | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Nov. 10 |
Youth Civic Culture in Mexico: When the Future of Democracy is in the Hands of the Young | Fernando Reimers | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
2:00 PM | |
| Monday, Nov. 9 |
Africa Rising: The Grassroots Movement to End Female Genital Mutilation | Ambassador Swanee Hunt, Wendy Flick & Julie Lewis | Wiener Auditorium Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Saturday, Nov. 7 |
Cultural Influences: The Military, Politics and Society in 21st Century America | Sarah Sewall | Robsham Theatre, Boston College |
3:45 PM | |
| Friday, Nov. 6 |
Afghan Students Initiative | Student Group | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
5:15 PM | |
| Thursday, Nov. 5 |
Mustafa Kamal: Governance in Pakistan: A Mayor's Viewpoint | Mustafa Kamal | Starr Auditorium Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Wednesday, Nov. 4 |
Film Screening: Macedonia: 'The War Which Did Not Take Place' | Gerald Knaus | Nye 'B', Taubman Conference Center Harvard Kennedy School |
4:30 PM | |
| Tuesday, Nov. 3 |
Discussion Series: Innovative Strategies in the Fight Against Modern-Day Slavery/Internet-Based Child Sex Trafficking (HKS students only) | Katherine Chon | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Monday, Nov. 2 |
Justice as Prevention of Mass Atrocities | Juan Mendez | Malkin Penthouse Harvard Kennedy School |
1:30 PM | |
| ~ October 2009 ~ | |||||
| Friday, Oct. 30 |
Leonardo Vivas Presenting at the Scholars Seminar | Leonardo Vivas | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
7:00 PM | |
| Friday, Oct. 30 |
Study Group: “On Difference and Domination: Can Islamists Have Human Rights?” | Timothy Patrick McCarthy | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
3:30 PM | |
| Friday, Oct. 30 |
Malalai Joya, Afghan Parliamentarian | Malalai Joya | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
2:30 PM | |
| Thursday, Oct. 29 |
MHR Course Human Rights Policy Analysis. Lesson 3 "Research methods and data collection with marginal and excluded populations" | Andrea Rossi | Perkins Room Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Thursday, Oct. 29 |
ACT-ing UP: The Living Legacy of AIDS Protest | Timothy Patrick McCarthy | Sert Gallery, Carpenter Center for the Arts |
4:00 PM | |
| Wednesday, Oct. 28 |
The Evolution of the Idea of Human Rights and Duties in Islam | Ali A. Allawi | Neustadt Classroom Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Wednesday, Oct. 28 |
Latin American Initiative Brown Bag | Leonardo Vivas | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
12:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Oct. 27 |
Discussion Series: Innovative Strategies in the Fight Against Modern-Day Slavery/Slavery: Along Corporate Supply Chains (EVENT CANCELLED) | Katherine Chon | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Oct. 27 |
Mission Impossible? Deconstructing Counter-insurgency in Afghanistan | Matt Waldman | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Monday, Oct. 26 |
A Focus on Pakistan's Judiciary and Media - Custodians of Democracy or Tyrants of the Future? | Aitzaz Ahsan, Osama Siddique and Mir Rahman | Wiener Auditorium Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Friday, Oct. 23 |
Two January Course Preview Sessions: "Human Rights Advocacy Using Video" and "Human Rights, Development, and International Politics" | Sam Gregory, Loubna Freih | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Friday, Oct. 23 |
The Goldstone Report: Should Hamas and Israel be Investigated for War Crimes? | Rami G. Khouri | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
1:30 PM | |
| Friday, Oct. 23 |
Panel Discussion: US-Pakistan Relations | Amb. Aziz Khan, and Ahmer Bilal Soofi, Moeed Yusuf | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
11:00 AM | |
| Thursday, Oct. 22 |
MHR Course Human Rights Policy Analysis. Lesson 2 "Measuring the unmeasurable: Indicators, measurements and indices" | Andrea Rossi | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Thursday, Oct. 22 |
ACT-ing UP: The Living Legacy of AIDS Protest | Timothy Patrick McCarthy | Sert Gallery, Carpenter Center For the Arts |
5:00 PM | |
| Thursday, Oct. 22 |
The Price for Democracy in Lebanon: Reflections and Human Rights Concerns- Film Screening and Brownbag Seminar | Loubna Freih | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
1:30 PM | |
| Thursday, Oct. 22 |
Iraq In transition: The National Library & Archives, Old Tasks and New Responsibilities | Dr. Saad Eskander | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
11:30 AM | |
| Wednesday, Oct. 21 |
Carr Center 10th Anniversary FORUM Event. "Why Human Rights Matter: Human Rights as Public Service" | Rory Stewart | John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Oct. 20 |
Discussion Series: Innovative Strategies in the Fight Against Modern-Day Slavery/Individual/Non-Network Trafficking (HKS students only) | Katherine Chon | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Oct. 20 |
After Guantanamo - A National Security Court? | Glenn Sulmasy | Faculty Dining Room Harvard Kennedy School |
12:00 PM | |
| Monday, Oct. 19 |
After the Saffron Revolution: The Struggle for Human Rights in Burma | Charles Hallisey | Sperry Room, Andover Hall, Harvard Divinity School |
4:00 PM | |
| Monday, Oct. 19 |
Mass Atrocity Response Operations | Sarah Sewall | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
12:00 PM | |
| Friday, Oct. 16 |
Study Group: “The Politics of Identity: Are Gay Rights and Civil Rights Human Rights?” | Timothy Patrick McCarthy | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
3:30 PM | |
| Thursday, Oct. 15 |
MHR Course Human Rights Policy Analysis. Lesson 1 “Evidence-based human rights policy” | Andrea Rossi | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Thursday, Oct. 15 |
Pioneers in the Struggle Against Human Trafficking:Film Screening of The DAY MY GOD DIED | Christina Bain | Allison Dining Room Harvard Kennedy School |
3:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Oct. 13 |
Discussion Series: Innovative Strategies in the Fight Against Modern-Day Slavery/Closed Criminal Networks | Katherine Chon | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Oct. 13 |
Aid and Stability - Is there any proof that one leads to another? | Andrew Wilder | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Thursday, Oct. 8 |
HKS Human Rights Professional Interest Council - Open House | HKS Student Group - HRPiC | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Oct. 6 |
Discussion Series: Innovative Strategies in the Fight Against Modern-Day Slavery/Open Criminal Networks | Katherine Chon | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| Monday, Oct. 5 |
Historical Legal Developments in Afghanistan's Formal System of Law and the Impact on the Perception of Justice in Afghanistan Today | Abdul Rasheed Rashid | Nye 'B', Taubman Conference Center Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Thursday, Oct. 1 |
Discussion Series: Innovative Strategies in the Fight Against Modern-Day Slavery/The Next Generation of Anti-Trafficking Strategies | Katherine Chon | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
6:00 PM | |
| ~ September 2009 ~ | |||||
| Tuesday, Sep. 29 |
Counter-narcotics and Statebuilding in Afghanistan | David Mansfield | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Tuesday, Sep. 29 |
Brown Bag - "Aid Effectiveness and Donor Coordianation" | Mark Ward | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
12:00 PM | |
| Monday, Sep. 28 |
Film: “Bosnia - A miracle which does not shine” | Gerald Knaus | Fainsod Room Harvard Kennedy School |
3:00 PM | |
| Sunday, Sep. 27 |
Crossing Boundaries, Building Bridges: Heeding the Call to Service | Timothy Patrick McCarthy | Pusey Room, The Memorial Church, Harvard Yard |
9:00 AM | |
| Friday, Sep. 25 |
Study Group: “On Gender and Justice: Can Feminism Go Global?” | Timothy Patrick McCarthy | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
3:30 PM | |
| Tuesday, Sep. 22 |
Panel Discussion: Afghan Elections - What comes next? | Rory Stewart | Wiener Auditorium Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Friday, Sep. 18 |
Study Group on Human Rights and Social Movements | Timothy Patrick McCarthy | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
3:30 PM | |
| Tuesday, Sep. 15 |
“Talking Helmand” - the Political Officer's advice for armies campaigning in the Pashtoon heartland. | Michael Semple | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Thursday, Sep. 10 |
Film: “Kosovo - Cutting the Lifeline” | Gerald Knaus | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Wednesday, Sep. 9 |
Afpak Program Meet and Greet | Rory Stewart | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
10:00 AM | |
| Tuesday, Sep. 8 |
Film: “Truth, Fear and Hope in Istanbul.” An award-winning documentary on Turkish politics. | Gerald Knaus | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
4:00 PM | |
| Friday, Sep. 4 |
Carr Center Open House | Rory Stewart | Carr Center Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School |
3:00 PM | |