Events Calendar

The Fantasy of Total Information: A Brief History of the Microcard

Sandwich lunches are provided. Please RSVP to sts@hks.harvard.edu by Thursday noon the week before....

• Location:
  Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street
• Date:
  Monday, December 3, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

The "Stealth Tax" and the Biofuels Mandate: Exploring the Political Challenges of the Gasoline Tax

ETIP/Consortium Energy Policy Seminar Lunch will be served....

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS
• Date:
  Monday, December 3, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Hot War, Cold War: Syria and the Gulf States

Behind the ongoing war in Syria is a broader war between states in the Gulf to protect their interests and shape...

• Location:
  Weil Hall, Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Monday, December 3, 2012
• Time:
  12:45 PM

The Harvard Seminar on History and Policy presents: "What Can History Teach us About Global Trafficking?"

Steffen Rimner, PhD Candidate, History "Between Empire and Globalization: China's Foreign Relations and the Origins of Global Drug Control" Caroline Spence, PhD...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, Belfer Building
• Date:
  Monday, December 3, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Fiscal Cliff: Observations from Leaders Looking Over the Edge

Join us for a panel discussion with government leaders impacted by the "Fiscal Cliff" negotiations taking place in Washington. $55 billion in...

• Location:
  Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Bldg
• Date:
  Monday, December 3, 2012
• Time:
  5:00 PM

Belfer Center Students and Fellows Seminar with Ambassador Dennis Ross, Counselor, Washington Institute

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Tuesday, December 4, 2012
• Time:
  2:00 PM

Dignity of Difference: Developing Theologies of Pluralism and the Challenges of Leadership - the first session of CPL's Leadi

PRESENTERS:Lord Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United KingdomDiana Eck, Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies, Harvard Divinity School & Frederic Wertham Professor...

• Location:
  Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building, 4th Floor, Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Tuesday, December 4, 2012
• Time:
  2:30 PM

Harvard-MIT Economic Development Seminar: Learning about the enforcement of conditional welfare programs and behavioral respo

• Location:
  Harvard Hall 104
• Date:
  Tuesday, December 4, 2012
• Time:
  2:40 PM

Middle East Film Series: Footnote (Israel, 2011)

Eliezer and Uriel Shkolnik are father and son as well as rival professors in Talmudic Studies. When both men learn that...

• Location:
  Wiener Auditorium
• Date:
  Tuesday, December 4, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Religion and Politics: Election 2012 and Beyond

A panel conversation with: Michael Cromartie Director, Evangelicals in Public Life Program; Vice President, The Ethics and Public Policy Center; Senior Advisor,...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Tuesday, December 4, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

The Art of the Nuclear Deal: When to Use Carrots and Sticks in Nuclear Nonproliferation

This presentation examines how coercive threats and sanctions (“sticks”) on the one hand, and offers of positive inducements (“carrots”) affect the decision...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (Littauer 369)
• Date:
  Wednesday, December 5, 2012
• Time:
  10:00 AM

Brown-Bag Presentation: Sharon Weinblum, "The Security-Democracy Dilemma”

You are cordially invited to attend a lunchtime brown-bag presentation by Sharon Weinblum, titled "The Security-Democracy Dilemma.” Sharon Weinblum is a post-doctoral fellow with the Carr...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room (R-219)
• Date:
  Wednesday, December 5, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Audre Lorde Human Rights Lecture Series: A conversation with Ann Pellegrini: "Religious Liberity 'vs' Sexual Freedon?"

Audre Lorde Human Rights Lecture Series: A conversation with Charles Warren Center Fellow, Ann Pellegrini, topic "Religious Liberity 'vs' Sexual Freedon?" Moderated...

• Location:
  Land Hall (Belfer Building, 4th floor)
• Date:
  Wednesday, December 5, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Making Films That Make A Difference: The Other City-A documentary about HIV/AIDS in Washington D.C.

The Other City-In every city there is another city... This conversation with executive film producer Sheila Johnson...

• Location:
  Allison Dining Room, 5th Floor, Taubman Building
• Date:
  Wednesday, December 5, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Seminar: Compromise and the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Avishai Margalit, is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, Hebrew University, George F. Kennan Professor, Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton. Margalit was among the...

• Location:
  Weil Seminar Room, HKS Belfer Building BL1
• Date:
  Wednesday, December 5, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

A lecture by Timothy Patrick McCarthy: "The Hijacking of Religion by Politics and of Politics by Religion"

Please join Timothy Patrick McCarthy as he discusses "The Hijacking of Religion by Politics and of Politics by Religion."...

• Location:
  Alison Dining Room
• Date:
  Thursday, December 6, 2012
• Time:
  11:30 AM

Under Pressure: Gender Differences in Output Quality and Quantity under Competition and Time Constraints

Olga Shurchkov, Assistant Professor of Economics, Wellesley College One explanation for gender inequality stems from the effects of the interaction between competition and...

• Location:
• Date:
  Thursday, December 6, 2012
• Time:
  11:40 AM

Oil and Grand Strategy: Great Britain and Germany, 1918-1941

Speaker: Anand Toprani, Ernest May Fellow in History & Policy, International Security Program Coffee & Tea Provided Link to seminar description: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/5917 Sponsored by...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Thursday, December 6, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Managing Financial Resources in Social Enterprises: Challenges and Opportunities. Frontline with Faculty Series.

This session will highlight some of the key elements of effective financial management in new and existing social enterprises. We will discuss...

• Location:
  Belfer, Weil Town Hall, Lobby Level, Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Thursday, December 6, 2012
• Time:
  12:30 PM

Transitional Justice Seminar Series: "Testimony and Documentation, Case Study of the Taliban Massacres"

**Please note time and venue change! -> Light refreshments will be served at 2:00pm. Please join Carr Center Fellow Michael Semple as he...

• Location:
  Fainsod Conference Room (Littauer Building, 3rd floor)
• Date:
  Thursday, December 6, 2012
• Time:
  2:00 PM

Human Rights in Education Training Series: "Planning an Advocacy Strategy" by Charlie Clements

Please join the Human Rights in Education Program's next Human Rights in Education Training Series session. The topic will be "Planning an...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room (R-219)
• Date:
  Thursday, December 6, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Political and Economic Challenges in the Arab Transition

A conversation with Melani Cammett, Associate Professor of Political Science, the Dupee Faculty Fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies, and...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, Belfer Building, Fifth Floor, Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Thursday, December 6, 2012
• Time:
  5:00 PM

CID Speaker Series: "Social Impact Bonds: Steering systemic improvements in international development"

• Location:
  Perkins Room, 4th Floor Rubenstein Building
• Date:
  Friday, December 7, 2012
• Time:
  11:45 AM