Events Calendar

Public Speaking Workshop: Presencing: Creating Change for Ourselves, Our Organizations and Our Communities by Madeline Snow,

Presencing, a blend of the words "presence" and "sensing," refers to the ability to sense and bring into the present one's highest...

• Location:
  Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building, Lobby
• Date:
  Monday, April 2, 2012
• Time:
  10:10 AM

CANCELED: Digital Communications Workshop: Using Social Media to Hit a Moving Target: Things to Do, Things to Avoid, and how

Workshop/TrainingDigital Communications Workshop: Using Social Media to Hit a Moving Target: Things to Do, Things to Avoid, and how to successfully build...

• Location:
  Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building Lobby
• Date:
  Monday, April 2, 2012
• Time:
  10:10 AM

China's Electricity System

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

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS
• Date:
  Monday, April 2, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Dis·en·closing Science

Lunch will be provided to those who RSVP by the Thursday before....

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn Suite 100
• Date:
  Monday, April 2, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

"Implementing the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review," a Belfer Center Director's Lunch with Bradley H. Roberts

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Director's Lunch with Dr. Bradley H. Roberts, Deputy Assistant Secretary of...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Monday, April 2, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Leadership and the Internet: Jared Cohen, Director, Google Ideas

A conversation with Jared Cohen, Director, Google Ideas; moderated by Nicco Mele, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, HKS Please RSVP: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PPV9ZGS...

• Location:
  Darman Room, Center for Public Leadership, 1st Floor, Taubman Building
• Date:
  Monday, April 2, 2012
• Time:
  3:00 PM

STUDY GROUP How to Be Politically Social: Mixing Social Media, Political Punditry, and Comedy

• Location:
  L166
• Date:
  Monday, April 2, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

STUDY GROUP: 2012's Great Policy Debates: Domestic Issues that Will Shape the Election and Your Life

With Steven Schrage, IOP Resident Fellow , Lanhee Chen, Romney for President Policy Director and Ted Strickland, Chair Obama for President 2012...

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Monday, April 2, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

When Can the Government Force Suspects to Decrypt Incriminating Files?

Speaker: John Villasenor, Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Governance Studies Program, The Brookings Institution Coffee & tea...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 3, 2012
• Time:
  10:00 AM

David Ignatius: "Covering Obama and the Middle East: A Reader's Guide."

Speaker Series with David Ignatius, associate editor and columnist, The Washington Post....

• Location:
  Taubman 275
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 3, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process: An Insider's Account with Robert Malley

A conversation with Robert Malley about some of the pitfalls and failures of the Clinton Administration’s approach to Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. Robert Malley...

• Location:
  Nye A, Fifth Floor Taubman Building
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 3, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Public Speaking Workshop: Give me Solutions, Not Problems presented by Holly Weeks, HKS Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy

Give me Solutions, Not Problems If you don’t have much of someone’s time, where and how do you want to focus your...

• Location:
  Littauer Building, Room 332
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 3, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

The Military in Space and Cyberspace: Lt Col Bob "Sponge" Pavelko

The National Security Program and the Belfer Center are co-sponsors of a study group for American military affairs.  The study group introduces...

• Location:
  Belfer Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 3, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

The EU's Relations with Russia

A lecture by H.E. Ivailo Kalfin, member of European Parliament and former foreign minister of Bulgaria. Co-sponsored with the Comparative Economics Seminar...

• Location:
  CGIS South, Room S354, 1730 Cambridge St.
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 3, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

STUDY GROUP: Class Warfare: A Comparison of Two World Views: Rational Self-interest vs. Concern for the Common Good

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 3, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

STUDY GROUP: The Politics of Education with IOP Resident Fellow Margaret McKenna & National Education Association President D

• Location:
  L166
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 3, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

The Long-Term Impacts of Teachers: Teacher Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood

Presentation by John Friedman, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School and Raj Chetty, Professor of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences,...

• Location:
  Allison Dining Room, 5th floor, Taubman Building, 15 Eliot Street
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 3, 2012
• Time:
  5:30 PM

Linguistic Justice for Europe and for the World

In Europe and throughout the world, competence in English is spreading at a speed never achieved by any language in human history....

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 3, 2012
• Time:
  5:30 PM

"What's Next for NATO: Iran, Afghanistan and Transatlantic Relations"

A panel conversation with: The Rt. Hon. David Miliband, Member of Parliament, United Kingdom; Foreign Secretary, UK (2007-10) Javier Solana, Former Secretary General,...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 3, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Public Speaking Workshop: Just Breathe! Presented by Allison Shapira, MC/MPA 2010 Founder and President, Global Public Speaki

Just Breathe! How the right breathing and stretching can reduce your nervousness and make people pay attention to your speech. Have you ever...

• Location:
  Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building, Lobby
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 4, 2012
• Time:
  10:10 AM

The Durban Platform: Can it Support a New International Climate Regime?

This seminar will be given by Robert Stowe, Executive Director, Harvard Environmental Economics Program Manager, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements. Climate-change negotiators agreed...

• Location:
  Fainsod Room, 3rd Floor Littauer Building
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 4, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Poverty, Human Rights and Development in Latin America Study Group Meeting

Join us for the Poverty, Human Rights and Development in Latin America study group where Prof. Robert Wilkinson of Tufts will...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 4, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

STUDY GROUP: Europe's Take on America!

Join former Congressman George Nethercutt and his special guest, Holland's Maarten de Groot, one of Europe's leading international wealth managers, for a...

• Location:
  L166
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 4, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

STUDY GROUP: Defining Your Path to Public Service: Serving Your Country: Congress, Military, or Policy Think Tank?

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 4, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

Whither Europe? Lessons, Risks, and the Way Forward

Third in a semester-long series, this installment of "Whither Europe? Lessons, Risks, and the Way Forward" features Alberto Alesina, Nathaniel Ropes Professor...

• Location:
  Lower Level Conference Room, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies,
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 4, 2012
• Time:
  4:30 PM

A Public Address by Reid Hoffman, Executive Chairman & Co-founder of LinkedIn

A public address by Reid Hoffman, Executive Chairman and Co-founder of LinkedIn and Managing Partner at Greylock Partners. Moderated by Harvard Kennedy School...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 4, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

The Downside of Affirmative Action

Johanna Mollerstrom, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Economics Quotas are sometimes used to achieve gender equality, for example on corporate boards. However, anecdotal evidence...

• Location:
  WAPPP Cason Seminar Room, T-102
• Date:
  Thursday, April 5, 2012
• Time:
  11:40 AM

On the Quality of Economic Analysis at Independent Financial Regulatory Agencies

This seminar is part of the Regulatory Policy Program's seminar series. It will be given by visiting scholar Randall Lutter of Resources for...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
• Date:
  Thursday, April 5, 2012
• Time:
  11:45 AM

Forecasting Mass Atrocities and Genocide

Professor Ben Goldsmith from the University of Sydney will discuss his project to develop a quantitative forecasting tool for predicting political instabilities...

• Location:
  Weil Town Hall (1st floor Belfer)
• Date:
  Thursday, April 5, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Nuclear Fuel Cycle Decision-Making: An Analysis of Influences

Speaker: James Platte, Stanton Nuclear Security Predoctoral Fellow Coffee & tea provided Link to seminar description: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/5756/ Sponsored by the International Security Program...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Thursday, April 5, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Nuclear 101: How to Write for and Talk to Journalists

Eben Harrell, Jim Smith and Sharon Wilke will discuss how to write for and talk to members of the media about...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (Littauer 369)
• Date:
  Thursday, April 5, 2012
• Time:
  2:00 PM

The Human Right(s) to Water and Sanitation

Sharmila Murthy, Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, HKS, will give a presentation titled"The Human Right(s) to Water...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room
• Date:
  Thursday, April 5, 2012
• Time:
  2:00 PM

The Harvard Seminar on History and Policy

Featuring: Michael Woolcock, Lecturer in Public Policy (HKS) Lant Pritchett, Professor of the Practice of International Development (HKS) Alexander Keyssar, Matthew W....

• Location:
  Rubenstein 415 (Perkins Room)
• Date:
  Thursday, April 5, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

HRE Initiative, Training Series: "Analytical tools for the human rights-based approach to development"

Please join us for the next session of the Human Rights in Education Initiative's training series where Felisa Tibbitts will discuss 'Analytical tools for the human rights-based...

• Location:
  RSVP for Venue
• Date:
  Thursday, April 5, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

STUDY GROUP: The Making of the President 2012: The Art of Crisis Management: “Sir, We Need to Talk to You”

• Location:
  L166
• Date:
  Thursday, April 5, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

Study Group on Theater and Human Rights

The Study Group on Theater and Human Rights invites you to join this ongoing weekly exploration of the interrelationship of theater and...

• Location:
  RSVP for Venue
• Date:
  Thursday, April 5, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Diplomacy PIC: Military 101 Briefing & Mixer with HKS National Security Fellows

Come join a lively presentation, panel, and mixer on demystifying the military. Get your questions on civil-military relations, acronyms, hierarchy, mandates, missions...

• Location:
  Land Auditorium
• Date:
  Thursday, April 5, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Developing a Curriculum on Civil Society and Nonprofit Organizations in China

PresentersAnthony Saich and Christopher Stone, Harvard Kennedy School of GovernmentNara Dillon, Department of Government, Harvard UniversityRobert . Weller, Department of Anthropology, Boston University...

• Location:
  CGIS North, Room K262, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
• Date:
  Friday, April 6, 2012
• Time:
  10:30 AM

CID Friday Speaker Series with Ahmar Iqbal, Maize and Green Capital Partners

 ...

• Location:
  Perkins Room, 4th Floor Rubenstein, HKS
• Date:
  Friday, April 6, 2012
• Time:
  11:45 AM

The Human Rights Student Film Series presents: the documentary "I Came to Testify"

You are cordially invited to attend the next in a series of human rights-related films selected and moderated by HKS students. This...

• Location:
  Weil Town Hall
• Date:
  Friday, April 6, 2012
• Time:
  2:00 PM

Digital Communications Workshop: "Future Politicians: How Living Public Online Can Help You" presented by Micah Sifry

If Google never forgets, then going online and using social media like Twitter or Facebook can be dangerous for budding politicians, right?...

• Location:
  Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building, Lobby
• Date:
  Monday, April 9, 2012
• Time:
  10:10 AM

“Careers in Public Policy,” a Belfer Center Student Seminar with Eric Rosenbach

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a student seminar with Eric Rosenbach, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Monday, April 9, 2012
• Time:
  11:00 AM

Current Practices and Future Opportunities: Managing Produced Water in the Marcellus

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

• Location:
  Malking Penthouse, Littauer Building (PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION)
• Date:
  Monday, April 9, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Documenting the World: Film, Photography, and the Scientific Record

Lunch will be provided to those who RSVP by the Thursday before....

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn Suite 100
• Date:
  Monday, April 9, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

"Death by a Thousand Cuts? How to Stop the Current Cyber Onslaught on the U.S."

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Director's Lunch with Eric Rosenbach, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Monday, April 9, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

The 2012 Election, Medicare, and the Budget Deficit Debate

*Lunch provided by the Health Policy PIC* Dr. Robert J. Blendon is currently the Richard L. Menschel Professor and Senior Associate Dean...

• Location:
  T102
• Date:
  Monday, April 9, 2012
• Time:
  12:30 PM

Alec Ross: "Using Digital Skills for Careers in Government"

Discussion with Alec Ross, Senior Adviser, Innovation in the Office of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Moderated by Susan Crawford, Visiting Stanton...

• Location:
  Wiener Auditorium, Taubman Building, Ground Floor
• Date:
  Monday, April 9, 2012
• Time:
  2:30 PM

The Grand Energy Transition: Robert A. Hefner, founder and owner GHK

Robert Hefner will introduce clips from the new film, "The GET", based on his 2009 book, followed by a moderated panel discussion...

• Location:
  L140
• Date:
  Monday, April 9, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

The Center for Economic Opportunity: NYC's Innovative Solution to Fighting Urban Poverty

The Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO), this year’s Innovations in American Government Award winner, works to design, implement, and evaluate anti-poverty programs....

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
• Date:
  Monday, April 9, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

STUDY GROUP: China and America—On a Political Collision Course? 2012’s Foreign Policy Impact on Asia, Africa and the World

With IOP Resident Fellow Steven Schrage and guest Ambassador Richard Williamson—Co-Chair (with Madeleine Albright) U.S.-China High-Level Political Party Leaders Dialogue, Former Ambassador...

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Monday, April 9, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

STUDY GROUP: All Politics Is Social: Digital Diplomacy: Beyond our Borders?

• Location:
  L166
• Date:
  Monday, April 9, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

Summer Research Assistants wanted to work on HKS Project on "Innovation & Access to Technologies for Sustainable Development"

The Harvard Kennedy School project on "Innovation and Access to Technologies for Sustainable Development" is seeking paid research assistants for the summer...

• Location:
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 10, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 AM

Summer Research Assistants wanted to work on HKS Project on "Innovation & Access to Technologies for Sustainable Development"

The Harvard Kennedy School project on "Innovation and Access to Technologies for Sustainable Development" is seeking paid research assistants for the summer...

• Location:
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 10, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 AM

Augmenting Suspension in Nuclear Facilities

MTA/ISP Fellow David Nusbaum will discuss the techniques necessary for an "augmented suspension" of nuclear facilities as a way of strengthening safeguards....

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (Littauer 369)
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 10, 2012
• Time:
  10:00 AM

Riding the Tiger: Challenges of China’s Municipal Finance in the 21st Century

From 1980 to 2011, the number of people living in Chinese cities increased by 500 million. This is urbanization on a...

• Location:
  79 John F. Kennedy Street, Littauer 140
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 10, 2012
• Time:
  11:40 AM

Maria Hinojosa: “Stories from the Frontlines of the New America: Detention, Deportation and the Power of Democratic Resistanc

Speaker Series with Maria Hinojosa, anchor and managing editor of her weekly NPR show, Latino USA, and anchor of the Emmy Award...

• Location:
  Taubman 275
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 10, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Public Speaking Workshop: The Art of the Ask: How to Effectively Ask for Money, presented by Ian Palmquist, MC/MPA 2012

Donations from individuals are the lifeblood of the nonprofit world. So how do you get major donors to open their wallets?...

• Location:
  Littauer Building, Room 332
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 10, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

The Rift Revealed: The Search for Inclusion in Kenya’s Financial Landscape

The rapid take up of mobile money transfer services in Kenya has ignited enthusiasm globally about the potential for financial service delivery...

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn St., Suite 200-North, Room 226
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 10, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

STUDY GROUP: The Politics of Education: Save Our Schools: A National Call to Action

• Location:
  Hauser/BL4
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 10, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

STUDY GROUP: Class Warfare: America’s Safety Net Programs: What Can We Learn from Europe?

• Location:
  Malkin Penthouse
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 10, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

Democratic Development and Democratic Decay

All political orders are subject to decay over time for at least two reasons: first, institutions created to meet one set...

• Location:
  Wiener Auditorium, Taubman Building, HKS
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 10, 2012
• Time:
  5:30 PM

Right to Water Study Group. Topic: "Professor Steve Caton discusses 'Water Issues in Yemen'"

Please join the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Program for its next study group at which Steve Caton, Professor of Contemporary Arab Studies at...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 10, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

The Economy and Politics of the American Presidential Election: Is It the Economy, Stupid?

A conversation with: MIKE MURPHY, Republican Political Consultant and PAUL VOLCKER, Former Chairman of President Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board This event is open to...

• Location:
  Starr Auditorium
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 10, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Writing Workshop with Ron Suskind - A.M. Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence at the Shorenstein Center

• Location:
  Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building, Lobby
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 11, 2012
• Time:
  10:10 AM

HKS Fund Student Thank-a-Thon

Come to the Study for 30 minutes on Wednesday, 11 April, to get FREE lunch and get to know alumni when...

• Location:
  The Study (Conference Room, Taubman T202)
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 11, 2012
• Time:
  11:30 AM

Poverty, Human Rights and Development in Latin America Study Group Meeting

Please join the next meeting of  the Poverty, Human Rights and Development in Latin America Study Group at which Independent Development Projects...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room (R-219)
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 11, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

STUDY GROUP: Why Study America? How Have Politics and Public Policy Issues Kept the U.S. Disunited?

• Location:
  L166
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 11, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

STUDY GROUP: Defining Your Path to Public Service: tThe Politics of Healthcare Delivery: A Case Study of Struggles and Progre

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 11, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

Middle East Film Series: Mabul or The Flood (Israel, 2011)

Everything is complicated in Yoni's life. He's almost 13, real gifted, but physically undeveloped and struggles daily to grow up before his...

• Location:
  Wiener Auditorium, Taubman Building, Ground Floor, Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 11, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

"North Korea-What's Next?" a Seminar with Siegfried S. Hecker.

Following a provocative 2010, the year 2011 was one of diplomatic rapprochement by North Korea. Yet, Pyongyang continued to increase its nuclear...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library- Littauer 369
• Date:
  Thursday, April 12, 2012
• Time:
  10:00 AM

Graduating students: "Show What You Can Do" for the HKS Fund!

Graduating HKS Students: Stop by the "Show What You Can Do" Table in the Forum from 10:30 to 2:30 on Monday,...

• Location:
  Forum
• Date:
  Thursday, April 12, 2012
• Time:
  10:30 AM

Broken Homes and Broken Promises: Making the Case of Comprehensive Domestic Violence Policy Reform

Daniel Manne, WAPPP Fellow The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) declared that all women in the U.S. had the right...

• Location:
  WAPPP Cason Seminar Room, T-102
• Date:
  Thursday, April 12, 2012
• Time:
  11:40 AM

Financial Regulatory Reform: Innovation in Regulatory Design and Implementation

This seminar will be given by Diana Farrell, Director, McKinsey Center for Government. Following the financial crisis and the ensuing Great Recession, revamping...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
• Date:
  Thursday, April 12, 2012
• Time:
  11:45 AM

Bankers, Bureaucrats, and the Bond Market: A Financial History of the Russian Revolution, 1900–1917

Speaker: Hassan Malik, Ernest May Fellow in History & Policy, International Security Program Coffee & Tea Provided Link to seminar description: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/5766/ Sponsored by...

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

Writing Workshop: "Interviewing" with Morgan McVicar, MC/MPA 2003, HKS Writing Consultant, Adjunct Professor in Journalism, B

"Interviewing" Whether you are the interviewer or the interviewee, preparation is essential to a successful interview. But what does that entail? How do...

• Location:
  Taubman Building, Room 275
• Date:
  Thursday, April 12, 2012
• Time:
  2:40 PM

The Economic Situation in the European Union: An Address by Former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi

In 1999, Prodi was appointed president of the European Commission, the executive body of the European Union. During his presidency, the euro...

• Location:
  Wiener Auditorium, Taubman Building, HKS
• Date:
  Thursday, April 12, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

STUDY GROUP: The Making of the President 2012: Selecting the Vice President

• Location:
  L166
• Date:
  Thursday, April 12, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

Study Group on Theater and Human Rights

The Study Group on Theater and Human Rights invites you to join this ongoing weekly exploration of the interrelationship of theater and...

• Location:
  RSVP for Venue
• Date:
  Thursday, April 12, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

A Public Address by General Martin E. Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

A public address by General Martin E. Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff....

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Thursday, April 12, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

CID Friday Speaker Series with James Salo and Alex Lamb

James Salo, Senior Vice President, and Alex Lamb, Vice President, TruCost are this week's guest speakers. Valuing the environmental impacts of companies...

• Location:
  Perkins Room, 4th Floor Rubenstein, HKS
• Date:
  Friday, April 13, 2012
• Time:
  11:45 AM

Friday Library Workshop - Organize Your Research with Zotero

Use Zotero to organize and insert citations into your papers. Learn how to save citations from the web, HOLLIS, and databases...

• Location:
  Instruction Room
• Date:
  Friday, April 13, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Labor Rights, Human Rights and a Critical Sociology of Law: Three Way Stretch

The Sexuality, Gender, and Human Rights Program is pleased to host Richard Weiner, Professor of Political Science at Rhode Island College, to discuss...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room (R-219)
• Date:
  Friday, April 13, 2012
• Time:
  2:00 PM

"The Eurozone Crisis," a Belfer Center Director's Seminar with Martin Wolf

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Director's Seminar with Financial Times Chief Economics Commentator Martin Wolf, CBE,...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Friday, April 13, 2012
• Time:
  2:00 PM

HKS Got Talent?

As part of the “HKS Got Talent?” show, a Kennedy School community event for faculty, staff and students, there will be...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Friday, April 13, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Digital Communications Workshop: Big Ideas in the Digital World, presented by Megan Garber, staff writer, The Atlantic, forme

In a world of whirlwind information, how do we ensure that big ideas, the ideas that change minds and change the...

• Location:
  Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building, Lobby
• Date:
  Monday, April 16, 2012
• Time:
  10:10 AM

Graduating students: "Show What You Can Do" for the HKS Fund!

Graduating HKS Students: Stop by the "Show What You Can Do" Table in the Forum from 10:30 to 2:30 on Monday,...

• Location:
  Forum
• Date:
  Monday, April 16, 2012
• Time:
  10:30 AM

The Politics of Maps: Mapping the West Bank Barrier

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn Suite 100, Rm 110
• Date:
  Monday, April 16, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Exploring the Transition to Democracy in the Arab Region

Panel 1: From Autocracy to Democracy in the Arab region Samir Makdisi: Autocratic Environment and the Initial Democratic Breakthroughs Rami G. Khouri:...

• Location:
  Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building, 4th Floor, HKS
• Date:
  Monday, April 16, 2012
• Time:
  1:45 PM

PAE Info Session with MPP2s: Human Rights, Environment & Corporate Social Responsibility

Come hear several MPP2s discuss their PAE experiences, including finding and working with clients; the pros & cons of single vs. partners;...

• Location:
  Perkins Room (Rubenstein 4th floor)
• Date:
  Monday, April 16, 2012
• Time:
  3:00 PM

The Stakes of Politics & Policy: Global Political Risks and 2012

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Monday, April 16, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

like All General Elections Are Social: Lessons from the Primaries

• Location:
  L166
• Date:
  Monday, April 16, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

The U.S. Foreign Service at Work in Africa: A public address by Ambassador Ronald McMullen

Ronald McMullen, former United States Ambassador to Eritrea (2007-2010) and now Diplomat-in-Residence at the University of Texas at...

• Location:
  Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building
• Date:
  Monday, April 16, 2012
• Time:
  4:30 PM

**EVENT CANCELLED** Gender & Security Seminar Series. Topic: 'Institutionalizing Gender in Peace Operations'

**EVENT CANCELLED** The next meeting of the Gender & Security Seminar Series will feature Claire Hutchinson, Gender Affairs Officer, UN Department of Peackeeping,...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room (R-219)
• Date:
  Monday, April 16, 2012
• Time:
  5:00 PM

Jake Tapper: "The 2012 Presidential Race: Behind the Scenes."

Speaker Series with Jake Tapper, Senior White House Correspondent, ABC News and a substitute host for ABC's This Week....

• Location:
  Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building, 5th Floor
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 17, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Community-Powered Disaster Recovery: A Brownbag Presentation by Recovers.Org

Created in the wake of an EF3 tornado, Recovers.org provides free software and support to recovering areas immediately after a disaster. In...

• Location:
  Taubman 301
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 17, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Money Growing on Trees? Stopping Tropical Deforestation to Solve the Climate and Resource Crises

Lunch provided Limited space:  To reserve a seat please RSVP to lauren_bloomberg@hks.harvard.edu. Speakers:Per Fredrik Ilsaas Pharo is the Director of Norway’s International Climate...

• Location:
  Littauer-166 (IOP conference room)
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 17, 2012
• Time:
  12:30 PM

The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future

There is no more society closed off from the world today then North Korea. Not even Burma or Syria rival the...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (Littauer 369)
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 17, 2012
• Time:
  2:30 PM

Right to Water Study Group. Topic: ''Professor Richard M. Vogel discusses 'Balancing Human & Environmental Needs for Water: T

Please join the Right to Water Study Group. for a presentation by Richard M. Vogel, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Tufts...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room (R-219)
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 17, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Communications Program Writing Workshop: "On Style" Presented by Greg Harris, HKS Writing Consultant

Express yourself more powerfully and memorably on the page by overcoming lifeless, awkward prose.  This workshop will show you a better approach...

• Location:
  Littauer Building, Room 332
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 17, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Harvard in the Delta: Reflecting on Five Years of the Community Development Project

Since 2008, HKS students have engaged the residents of Baptist Town, a rural community in Greenwood, MS, in local community development efforts....

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn, Suite 200-North, Room 226
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 17, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Employing the Instruments of National Power: AMB Nick Burns; COL Drew Poppas; & Sarah Haig, MPP '12

The National Security Program and the Belfer Center are co-sponsors of a study group for American military affairs.  The study group introduces...

• Location:
  Belfer Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 17, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Deleterious Me: Whole Genome Sequencing, 23andMe, and the Crowd-Sourced Health Care Revolution

Anne Wojcicki is the CEO and co-founder of 23andMe, a privately-held personal genomics and biotechnology company headquartered in Mountain View, California. Since...

• Location:
  Emerson Hall, Room 105
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 17, 2012
• Time:
  5:00 PM

Iron Wall 2012: Israel and the Arab Transformation

A conversation with Yoram Meital, Associate Professor, Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University; Chairman, Ben-Gurion University Chaim Herzog Center for ME Studies &...

• Location:
  NYE A, Taubman Building, Fifth Floor, Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 17, 2012
• Time:
  5:00 PM

Screening of "De Panzazo", Mexican Documentary about Education

First international screening of ¡De Panzazo!Barely Passed! Worldwide recognized documentary that reflects the reality of the education system in Mexico. Subtitled version.The...

• Location:
  TSAI Auditorium, DRCLAS, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 17, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Heaven's Rain with Producer and Co-Writer Brooks Douglass (MC/MPA '02)

Please join us for a screening of the film Heaven's Rain, followed by a discussion with the Producer and Co-Writer HKS...

• Location:
  Wiener Auditorium, Taubman Building, Ground Floor, HKS
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 17, 2012
• Time:
  6:45 PM

Architectures for Life

Recent developments in genomic and communication technologies are prompting shifts in the social, institutional and ethical architectures of biomedicine. Examples include direct-to-consumer genetic...

• Location:
  Maxwell Dworkin 119, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 18, 2012
• Time:
  9:00 AM

Richard Plepler: "HBO in the 21st Century."

"HBO in the 21st Century." A conversation with Richard Plepler, co-president of HBO. Moderated by Alex Jones, Shorenstein Center Director....

• Location:
  Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building, 5th Floor
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 18, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

M-RCBG Seminar: Single-Payer Healthcare Reform in Vermont: Is it Economically Sustainable?

Timothy Christian, MD, Professor of Medicine at the University of Vermont and Senior Fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government...

• Location:
  Fainsod Room, 3rd Floor Littauer Building
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 18, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Andrew Wolk, Founder of Root Cause visits with HKS Social Impact Investing Club

Please join us for a session with Andrew Wolk, Founder of Root Cause  Andrew Wolk is the founder and CEO of Root...

• Location:
  Perkins Room, 4th floor Rubenstein, HKS
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 18, 2012
• Time:
  1:00 PM

The International Human Rights Movement

• Location:
  Wasserstein Hall 3013, Harvard Law School
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 18, 2012
• Time:
  2:00 PM

"A Conversation with Acting Under Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller"

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 18, 2012
• Time:
  3:00 PM

Environmental Economics and Policy

Katharine Sims: Impacts of Mexico's National Payments for Ecosystem Services Program...

• Location:
  Harvard Kennedy School Room Littauer-382
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 18, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Why Study America? Hardball Politics: An American Tradition

• Location:
  L166
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 18, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

Curate Your Own Experience: Commumity Engagement Through Culture

Wine and Cheese Reception to Follow...

• Location:
  Belfer Building, Weil Town Hall (B L1) Harvard Kennedy School of Government
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 18, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Ethics under Fire

"Ethics under Fire" - Colonel (reserves) 'Bentzi' Gruber, Israeli Defense Forces, explores the dilemma facing IDF soldiers often having to make split...

• Location:
  Wiener Auditorium (Taubman Bldg. ground floor)
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 18, 2012
• Time:
  6:15 PM

Nuclear Security Summit Process – Accelerating Global Nuclear Security Actions

Ms. Anne Harrington, Deputy Administrator, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration/DOE,  will discuss the impact that the Nuclear Security Summit process has...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369
• Date:
  Thursday, April 19, 2012
• Time:
  10:30 AM

Trafficking & Modern Slavery Student Policy Group. Topic: 'Stigma, Psychological Health, and Human Trafficking'

Please join us for the next meeting of the Trafficking & Modern Slavery Student Policy Group, where the topic will be: 'Stigma,...

• Location:
  RSVP for Venue
• Date:
  Thursday, April 19, 2012
• Time:
  11:30 AM

Older Women Gain a Foothold: Reaching for Full Human Rights on Paper and Beyond

Judy Lear, Gray Panthers and Ferdous Ara Begum, Gender Issues Specialist Older women are invisible. They are among the most vulnerable in societies...

• Location:
  WAPPP Cason Seminar Room, T-102
• Date:
  Thursday, April 19, 2012
• Time:
  11:40 AM

Ben Heineman: Responsible Corporate Supply Chain Practices: Apple in Context

• Location:
  Malkin Penthouse, 4th Floor Littauer Building
• Date:
  Thursday, April 19, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Sanctions on Iran: Can They Work?

Speaker: Ian J. Stewart, Research Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom Coffee & tea provided Link to seminar description: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/5777/ Sponsored by...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Thursday, April 19, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Energy Case Competition

(*DATE AND LOCATION CHANGE*) The Geopolitics of Energy Project at Harvard Kennedy School is excited to announce the second annual Energy Policy Case Competition....

• Location:
  Nye A&B - 5th Floor of Taubman - Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Thursday, April 19, 2012
• Time:
  3:00 PM

Gender & Security Seminar Series. Topic: 'Gender-Mainstreaming Training'

Please join us for what will be a joint session of the Gender and Security Initiative and the Carr Center's Human...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room
• Date:
  Thursday, April 19, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

HRE Initiative, Training Series. Topic: "Strategies for gender mainstreaming"

Please join us for what will be a joint session of the Human Rights in Education Training Secies and the Carr...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room
• Date:
  Thursday, April 19, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

The Making of the President 2012: Previewing the General: Obama v. Romney

• Location:
  L166
• Date:
  Thursday, April 19, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

Study Group on Theater and Human Rights

The Study Group on Theater and Human Rights invites you to join this ongoing weekly exploration of the interrelationship of theater and...

• Location:
  RSVP for Venue
• Date:
  Thursday, April 19, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

The Public Value of Art: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Who Picks up the Check?

Panelists Rebecca Blunk, Executive Director,  New England Foundations for the Arts Anna Fitzloff, Director of Marketing and Communications, American Repertory Theater Jill Johnson, Dance Director...

• Location:
  Taubman Building, Rotunda and Weiner Auditorium (ground floor) Harvard Kenn
• Date:
  Thursday, April 19, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

"Big League Chew: Joe and Mike Talk Politics, Media and Baseball"

A conversation with: Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski Co-hosts of MSNBC’s Morning Joe Moderated by Ted Strickland Resident Fellow, Institute of Politics; Gov. of...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Thursday, April 19, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Earth Month: Cool Recycling Demonstration!

Hands-on demo/Q&A on what can and cannot be recycled at HKS.  Giveaways of great reusable items!  Co-sponsored by HKS Sustainability Initiative and...

• Location:
  Littauer 332
• Date:
  Friday, April 20, 2012
• Time:
  11:00 AM

CID Friday Speaker Series with Professor Linda Brimm

"Global Cosmopolitans" with Professor Linda Brimm, INSEAD...

• Location:
  Perkins Room, 4th Floor Rubenstein, HKS
• Date:
  Friday, April 20, 2012
• Time:
  11:45 AM

Friday Library Workshop - Beyond Harvard: Researching Public Policy as HKS Alumni

Join us to explore the various types of free information sources you can use to conduct research after graduating and about...

• Location:
  Instruction Room
• Date:
  Friday, April 20, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Earth Month: Bike Day!

Come out for free bike safety checks (adjusting brakes, shifting, pumping up tires, lube) from EMS and information from the Boston Cyclist's...

• Location:
  HKS Courtyard
• Date:
  Friday, April 20, 2012
• Time:
  1:00 PM

Human Rights Student Film Series: 'Stolen Childhoods'

Please join us for The Human Rights Student  Film Series presentation of: "Stolen Childhoods," a feature-length documentary on child labor.More info: http://hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/events/generic_event_handler.php?id=671...

• Location:
  Fainsod Room (Littauer 3rd floor)
• Date:
  Friday, April 20, 2012
• Time:
  2:00 PM

Gender & Security Seminar Series. Topic: 'Portrait of a Lady with her Semi-Automatic Weapon'

Please join us for the next meeting of the Gender & Security Seminar series, at which the presenter will be Daisy Rockwell,...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room (R-219)
• Date:
  Friday, April 20, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

"Paradigm Shift: How to Innovate the Peace Process"

A public address by Ambassador Dennis Ross, Former Chief White House Advisor on Middle East Policy, Former National Security Council Special Assistant...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Friday, April 20, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Zero-Waste Quorum Call

Free food & drinks. Students, staff, and faculty welcome!...

• Location:
  Courtyard
• Date:
  Friday, April 20, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Regulating the Brazilian Power Sector

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

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS
• Date:
  Monday, April 23, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Consume, Therefore I Am: The Construction of the Genetic Citizen in the United States

Lunch will be provided to those who RSVP by the Thursday before....

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn Suite 100
• Date:
  Monday, April 23, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Seminar: Living Sustainable Development: Opportunities for Planets, Places and People

UPCOMING EVENTS SEMINAR ON SUSTAINABILITY: Date: Monday 4/23/12 Time: 1:00 – 2:00 PM Location: Nye A, Taubman Building 5th Floor What: Presentation...

• Location:
  Nye A
• Date:
  Monday, April 23, 2012
• Time:
  1:00 PM

Boston Teacher Residency: An Innovative Model for Recruiting, Preparing, and Retaining Educators in the Boston Public Schools

Boston Public Schools’ Boston Teacher Residency program attracts and retains a diverse group of high quality teachers to drive up academic achievement...

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
• Date:
  Monday, April 23, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Harvard Kennedy School Reception

Harvard Kennedy School will host a reception for prospective students. Attendees will learn about our master's degree programs, admisisons procedures and financial...

• Location:
  Virginia Beach, VA
• Date:
  Monday, April 23, 2012
• Time:
  4:30 PM

"The Future of Nigeria"

A Panel Conversation with: Ambassador Adebowale Adefuye Nigerian Ambassador to the US Ambassador Walter Carrington US Ambassador to Nigeria (1993-97) Monica Toft (moderator) Associate Professor of...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Monday, April 23, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Pakistan and the United States: The Past, the Present, and the Future

Pakistani and American scholars from across the Harvard community will get a chance to communicate their respective narratives concerning relations between their...

• Location:
  Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Bldg, 79 JFK St.
• Date:
  Monday, April 23, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Developing Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Business Models

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) asked HKS graduate students to provide an independent assessment of potential business models for developing...

• Location:
  Fainsod-L-324
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 24, 2012
• Time:
  8:30 AM

Demonstration of the Upgraded PeopleSoft System (for time reporters)

Harvard is in the process of upgrading PeopleSoft, effective April 23, 2012.  Major enhancements are being made to time reporting and approval...

• Location:
  Allison Dining Room
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 24, 2012
• Time:
  9:30 AM

China’s Nuclear Power Industry after Fukushima and China's Nuclear Safety Practices

In response to the Fukushima accident, China is strengthening its nuclear safety at reactors in operation, under construction and in preparation, including...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (Littauer 369)
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 24, 2012
• Time:
  10:00 AM

"Big Media and Where It's Headed": A conversation with Time Warner's Gary Ginsberg

A Conversation with Gary Ginsberg, the Executive Vice President of Corporate Marketing and Communications at Time Warner Inc....

• Location:
  Taubman 275
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 24, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

A Conversation on The Exciting Promise of Intellectual Property and the Internet

With IOP Resident Fellow George Nethercutt and Lewis Lee, patent attorney for Microsoft, Amazon and HP, whose law firm was voted...

• Location:
  L166
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 24, 2012
• Time:
  2:30 PM

Right to Water Study Group. Topic: "Alex Prud'homme discusses 'The Ripple Effect: The Fate of Fresh Water in the 21st Century

Please join the Human Rights to Water & Sanitation study group for its next session at which journalist Alex Prud'homme will discuss his...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 24, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Equity in Health Care Delivery in Indonesia: Gaps and Governance

Anuraj Shankar is a senior research scientist at Harvard School of Public Health’s Department of Nutrition. Shankar is also principal investigator for...

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 24, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

The National Guard’s Role in the Total Force w/ COL Karl Konzelman & LTC Rich Johnson, US Army, & Lt Col Luke Ahmann, USAF

The National Security Program and the Belfer Center are co-sponsors of a study group for American military affairs.  The study group introduces...

• Location:
  Belfer Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 24, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Harvard Kennedy School reception

Harvard Kennedy School will host a reception in Edinburg, TX. Attendees will learn about our degree programs, admissions procedures and financial aid...

• Location:
  Edinburg, TX
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 24, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

"Church and Community: The Role of the Catholic Church in Cuba”

A Panel Conversation with: Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino Archbishop of Havana Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley Archbishop of Boston Jorge Dominguez (moderator) Vice Provost for International...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 24, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Photo Exhibition Opening and Presentation: 'Courage and Compassion in the Holy Land'

Exhibition Opening and Presentation by Pat Westwater-Jong. The “Courage and Compassion in the Holy Land” project focuses on people who, regardless of their...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room (R-219)
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 24, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Demonstration of the Upgraded PeopleSoft System (for time approvers)

Harvard is in the process of upgrading PeopleSoft, effective April 23, 2012.  Major enhancements are being made to time reporting and approval...

• Location:
  Allison Dining Room
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 25, 2012
• Time:
  9:30 AM

Nuclear 101: Nuclear Safety

David Lochbaum, director of the Nuclear Safety Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, will provide an overview of the risks...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (Littauer 369)
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 25, 2012
• Time:
  1:00 PM

Veterans Job Fair (at Northeastern University)

Veterans and their families and friends are invited to attend. Over 180 employers are expected to participate. Visit http://tinyurl.com/2012NUveteransfair for up-to-date employer...

• Location:
  Northeastern University, Cabot Cage, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 0211
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 25, 2012
• Time:
  1:00 PM

Environmental Economics and Policy

Pinar Keskin: Distributional Consequences of Water Markets:  Local Economic Spillovers from Agricultural Water-use...

• Location:
  Harvard Kennedy School Room Littauer-382
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 25, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Poverty, Human Rights and Development in Latin America Study Group Meeting

Join us for this week's meeting of the Poverty, Human Rights & Development in LATAM study group. Erica Jaffe will be presenting...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room (R-219)
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 25, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Defining Your Path to Public Service: 2012 Election Impact-What's Your Role?"

**Rescheduled from 4/18....

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 25, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

Why Study America? Sunshine in Public Affairs: The CSPAN Story

• Location:
  L166
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 25, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq - Dr. Hussain al-Shahristani "The Arab Awakening: An Iraqi Perspective"

Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq Dr. Hussain al-Shahristani “The Arab Awakening: An Iraqi Perspective” Hosted by MEGHAN O’SULLIVAN JEANE KIRKPATRICK PROFESSOR OF THE PRACTICE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS & RICHARD WILSON MALLINCKRODT...

• Location:
  Harvard University Department of Physics - Jefferson 250
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 25, 2012
• Time:
  4:30 PM

Secrets to Success: Advanced Money Management

In celebration of Financial Literacy Month, Harvard is offering a free money management workshop to all Harvard students. If you have ever...

• Location:
  Harvard Hall Room 201
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 25, 2012
• Time:
  5:00 PM

Working Together on Health Literacy, Diplomacy and Innovative Health Communication to Advance Women’s Health

Global health researcher-advocate, medical doctor and HKS alumnus shares his insights in our weekly seminar. Ratzan leads conversations about the global state...

• Location:
  Nye ABC, Taubman 5th floor
• Date:
  Thursday, April 26, 2012
• Time:
  11:40 AM

The Next Special Operations' Mobility Aircraft: Need vs. Fiscal Constraint

Speaker: Joseph K. Michalek, Research Fellow, International Security Program Coffee & tea provided Link to seminar description: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/5789/ Sponsored by the International Security Program...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Thursday, April 26, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Opportunities and Dilemmas Faced by Chinese Rural Development in China’s Urbanization Wave

Language: Chinese What are the opportunities and dilemmas faced by Chinese rural villages and farmers taking part in China’s massive urbanization wave? What...

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
• Date:
  Thursday, April 26, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

The Harvard Seminar on History and Policy

The Harvard Seminar on History and Policy presents "Restless Empire: The Historical Origins of China's Foreign Policy Challenges Today," featuring O. Arne...

• Location:
  Malkin Penthouse
• Date:
  Thursday, April 26, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

The Role of International Criminal Justice in International Politics and Conflicts: Lessons from the former Yugoslavia and Rw

Justice Richard Goldstone, former chief prosecutor of the United Nations international criminal tribunals for Rwanda and the former...

• Location:
  Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building
• Date:
  Thursday, April 26, 2012
• Time:
  4:30 PM

"Disaster Response: The Military's Role from Japan to the Gulf"

A panel conversation with:General Craig McKinley, National Guard Bureau Chief; Retired Admiral Mary Landry, United States Coast Guard; Brigadier General Julie Bentz,...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Thursday, April 26, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Study Group on Theater and Human Rights

The Study Group on Theater and Human Rights invites you to join this ongoing weekly exploration of the interrelationship of theater and...

• Location:
  RSVP for Venue
• Date:
  Thursday, April 26, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Friday Library Workshop - Beyond Harvard: Researching Public Policy as HKS Alumni

Join us to explore the various types of free information sources you can use to conduct research after graduating and about...

• Location:
  Instruction Room
• Date:
  Friday, April 27, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

4/27 CPL Invite: "An African Election" - A Film Screening and Conversation with Dir. Jarreth Merz

The Center for Public LeadershipProudly presents a special screening of "An African Election" (2010) Followed by a conversation about the film and...

• Location:
  Darman Seminar Room, Center for Public Leadership
• Date:
  Friday, April 27, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Panel Discussion & Reception: 'Yom Hashoah: The importance of remembering the situation of Jews in France today'

Following the play 'Dreyfus' (which starts at 1 pm at the Oberon Theater on Arrow St.), please join us at Harvard...

• Location:
  Smith Hall, Harvard Hillel, 52 Mount Auburn St. Camb. MA
• Date:
  Sunday, April 29, 2012
• Time:
  3:30 PM

Internalizing the Environmental Impacts of Offshore Energy Development

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

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS
• Date:
  Monday, April 30, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Responding to the Arab Spring and Rising Populism: The Challenges of Building a European Migration Policy

• Location:
  Goldman Room, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland St
• Date:
  Monday, April 30, 2012
• Time:
  2:15 PM

Great American City: A Panel Discussion

With discussion from: Kathryn Edin (Professor of Public Policy and Management, Harvard Kennedy School), Thomas Sugrue (David Boies Professor of History and...

• Location:
  Starr Auditorium, Belfer Building
• Date:
  Monday, April 30, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Economic Gardening: An Entrepreneurial Approach to Economic Development

Littleton, Colorado's Economic Gardening program focuses on enhancing the city’s home-grown industries to increase job growth and overall economic prosperity for the...

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
• Date:
  Monday, April 30, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM