Events Calendar

Middle East Film Series: Back Home (Algeria, 2006)

Join us for a screening of Back Home (Bled Number One) by Dir. Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche (2006) on Sunday 4 March 2012...

• Location:
  Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA
• Date:
  Sunday, March 4, 2012
• Time:
  7:00 PM

Digital Communications Workshop: Crowdsourced Reporting- Storytelling from Multiple Vantage Points with Annie Shreffler, Free

Digital Communications Workshop presented by Annie Shreffler, Freelance Multimedia Reporter. Annie will present best practices and examples of good crowdsourced projects.She’ll discuss her...

• Location:
  Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building, Lobby
• Date:
  Monday, March 5, 2012
• Time:
  10:10 AM

Are Current Electricity Markets Suitable to Integrate Non-dispatchable (Renewable) Producers?

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

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

Why is the 'Social,' Not 'Technology,' the Central Subject in African(ist) History?

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

• Location:
  124 Mt Auburn Suite 100
• Date:
  Monday, March 5, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

"U.S. National Security Space Strategy," a Belfer Center Lunch with Ambassador Greg Schulte

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Lunch with Ambassador Greg Schulte, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Monday, March 5, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Hauser Brown Bag Lunch

Refreshments will be served...

• Location:
  Littauer Building, Malkin Penthouse (4th floor)
• Date:
  Monday, March 5, 2012
• Time:
  1:15 PM

Healthy San Francisco: Providing Healthcare to San Francisco’s Uninsured

Healthy San Francisco targets underserved and disadvantaged populations. As an initiative of the city and county of San Francisco, it provides healthcare...

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
• Date:
  Monday, March 5, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

STUDY GROUP: All Politics Is Social led by IOP Resident Fellow Farai Chideya

• Location:
  L166
• Date:
  Monday, March 5, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

Gaza and Prospects for Reconciliation

Paul Aaron will lead a discussion on reconciliation in Gaza following the May 5th Cairo Agreement. Aaron is Project Director for Towards...

• Location:
  Fainsod, Room 324 in the Littauer Building at Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Monday, March 5, 2012
• Time:
  5:00 PM

"The Last Mountain" and Q & A with the film's director, Bill Haney

The 2012 ENRP Environmental Film Series kicks off with "The Last Mountain", a documentary about a small Appalachian community's efforts to block...

• Location:
  Nye BC, Taubman Building
• Date:
  Monday, March 5, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

North Korean Nuclear Program in Transition

Senior Fellow and former IAEA Deputy Director General Olli Heinonen will discuss the North Korean nuclear program. Before joining the Belfer Center...

• Location:
• Date:
  Tuesday, March 6, 2012
• Time:
  10:00 AM

M-RCBG Seminar: The Necessary Framework for Economic Reforms: A Comparative Analysis of India, Brazil, Israel, the Netherland

This seminar will be given by Francesco Giavazzi, Professor of Economics at Bocconi University in Milan, and Visiting Professor of Ecomonics at...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
• Date:
  Tuesday, March 6, 2012
• Time:
  11:30 AM

Melinda Henneberger: "Super Tuesday."

Speaker Series with Melinda Henneberger, political reporter and blogger, The Washington Post....

• Location:
  Taubman 275
• Date:
  Tuesday, March 6, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

“Observations from the Middle East,” a Belfer Center Student Session with Rolf Mowatt-Larssen

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a student seminar with Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, Belfer Center Senior Fellow, in the...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Tuesday, March 6, 2012
• Time:
  2:00 PM

Right to Water Study Group. Topic: 'The Economics of a Right to Safe Water'

Please join us for an exciting led by Michael Kremer, Gates Professor of Developing Societies, FAS, who will be this session's guest...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room
• Date:
  Tuesday, March 6, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Public Speaking: Sex, Beer, and Rock 'n Roll? The Good Opening - presented by Holly Weeks, HKS Adjunct Lecturer in Public Pol

Public Speaking Workshop presented by Holly Weeks, HKS Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy. Sex, Beer, and Rock 'n Roll? The Good Opening: A...

• Location:
  Littauer Building, Room 332
• Date:
  Tuesday, March 6, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Leadership on the Sharp End in Iraq & Afghanistan, with COL Poppas, LTC Howerton, & LTC DiGiambattista

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, March 6, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

STUDY GROUP led by IOP Fellow Margaret McKenna with guests Gary Huggins & Chris Gabrieli

Equaling the Playing Field: Out of School Time...

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Tuesday, March 6, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

STUDY GROUP led by IOP Fellow Ted Strickland with guest Mattathias Schwartz

The “Occupy” Movements: Are They Tangible Expressions of Class Warfare?...

• Location:
  L166
• Date:
  Tuesday, March 6, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

Goldsmith Awards Ceremony with address by Alan Rusbridger, The Guardian

Goldsmith Awards Ceremony with address by Alan Rusbridger, The Guardian. Presentation of the Prize for Investigative Reporting, Book Prizes and Career Award...

• Location:
  John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Tuesday, March 6, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Goldsmith Seminar on the Past and Present of Investigative Reporting

Goldsmith Seminar on the Past and Present of Investigative Reporting with winners and finalists of the Goldsmith Awards for Investigative Reporting....

• Location:
  Nye Conference Center, Taubman Building, 5th Floor
• Date:
  Wednesday, March 7, 2012
• Time:
  9:00 AM

Will Accountable Care Organizations save American Health Care? Partners Healthcare as a Pioneer ACO

*Lunch provided by the Health Policy PIC* Thomas H. Lee, MD, is an internist and cardiologist, and is Network President for...

• Location:
  T401
• Date:
  Wednesday, March 7, 2012
• Time:
  11:30 AM

M-RCBG Seminar: Challenges and Opportunities in Regulating Banks, Insurance Companies and Retirement Funds in Peru

Regulators have been at the center of the debate (blame?) in the current economic recession. Taking over the job of Chief...

• Location:
  Fainsod Room, 3rd Floor Littauer Building
• Date:
  Wednesday, March 7, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Scott Heiferman: "Meetup and the Bottom-Up Revolution in Politics."

Speaker Series with Scott Heiferman, CEO and a co-founder of Meetup.org....

• Location:
  Cason Seminar Room, Taubman Building, 1st Floor
• Date:
  Wednesday, March 7, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Environmental Economics and Policy

Benjamin Olken: The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics...

• Location:
  Harvard Kennedy School Room Littauer-382
• Date:
  Wednesday, March 7, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Poverty, Human Rights and Development in Latin America Study Group, speaker Prof. Marty Chen

Please join us for the Poverty, Human Rights and Development in Latin America study group where Prof. Marty Chen will be discussing...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room
• Date:
  Wednesday, March 7, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Mixing Confucianism and Democracy

Many people think that Confucian political thought is incompatible with democracy. Professor Joseph Chan argues that this is an overstatement and that...

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
• Date:
  Wednesday, March 7, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

International Security Challenges: The Relevance of Europe in a Rapidly Changing World

A lecture by Arnaud Danjean, member of the European Parliament (France) and member of the Delegation for Relations with Albania, Bosnia and...

• Location:
  Guido Goldman Room, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkl
• Date:
  Wednesday, March 7, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

STUDY GROUP: Why Study America? led by IOP Fellow George Nethercutt

• Location:
  L166
• Date:
  Wednesday, March 7, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

Harvard Women's Week Dinner

A featured event on the 2012 Harvard Women’s Week calendar, members of the Harvard and Cambridge community are welcomed to join the...

• Location:
  Taubman ABC
• Date:
  Wednesday, March 7, 2012
• Time:
  5:30 PM

Women's Health and Health System Reform: The Route to Transformational Development?

Paula Johnson, Chief, Division of Women's Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Health system reform in the...

• Location:
  WAPPP Cason Seminar Room, T-102
• Date:
  Thursday, March 8, 2012
• Time:
  11:40 AM

Regulatory Policy Program Seminar: Regulation, Unemployment, and Cost-Benefit Analysis

This seminar will be given by Eric Posner, Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law at the University of Chicago. Regulatory agencies take...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building
• Date:
  Thursday, March 8, 2012
• Time:
  11:45 AM

Financial Literacy Series: Retirement & Estate Planning Basics

Financial Literacy Series: Retirement & Estate Planning BasicsThursday, March 8, 2012 12:00 pm – 2:00 pmMalkin Penthouse, Littauer Building This is one of...

• Location:
  Malkin Penthouse
• Date:
  Thursday, March 8, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Impressions of Post Qaddafi Libya

Thomas Dallal is an attorney and former photojournalist. He has worked in the Middle East as a journalist in the 1990s,...

• Location:
  Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building, Fifth Floor, Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Thursday, March 8, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Institutional Change and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime

Speaker: Wilfred Wan, Stanton Nuclear Security Predoctoral Fellow, International Security Program/project on Managing the Atom Coffee & tea provided. Link to seminar description: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/5718/ Sponsored...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Thursday, March 8, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

"A Conversation with General David M. Rodriguez," a Belfer Center Seminar with David M. Rodriguez

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Seminar with with General David M. Rodriguez, Commander of U.S. Army...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Thursday, March 8, 2012
• Time:
  2:00 PM

SPECIAL STUDY GROUP: The Politics of Education with IOP Fellow Margaret McKenna and Wendy Kopp

• Location:
  L166
• Date:
  Thursday, March 8, 2012
• Time:
  2:30 PM

Writing Workshop: Writing to Persuade - presented by Morgan McVicar, MC/MPA 2003, HKS Writing Consultant.

Writing Workshop presented by Morgan McVicar, MC/MPA 2003, HKS Writing Consultant. Writing to Persuade The art of writing op-eds and columns. Social and political...

• Location:
  Taubman Building, Room 275
• Date:
  Thursday, March 8, 2012
• Time:
  2:40 PM

Human Rights in Educations Initiative, Training Series. Topic: "Planning an advocacy strategy"

The next session of the Carr Center's Human Rights in Education Initiative training series will feature Carr Center Executive Director, Charlie Clements...

• Location:
  RSVP for Venue
• Date:
  Thursday, March 8, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

If the Banks are Doing So Well, Why Can’t I Get a Loan? Regulatory Constraints to Financial Inclusion in Indonesia

This seminar will explore two paradoxes of Indonesia’s financial sector: 1) Indonesia has been a global leader in microfinance for the past...

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
• Date:
  Thursday, March 8, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

STUDY GROUP: The Future of Democracy in Egypt led by Wael Nawara

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Thursday, March 8, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

STUDY GROUP: The Making of the President 2012: A Real-Time Look at Americans Selecting Their Lead led by IOP Fellow Artur Dav

• Location:
  L166
• Date:
  Thursday, March 8, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

CID Speaker Series featuring Vijay Vaitheeswaran

Join Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran, a correspondent for The Economist, for a discussion on Global Innovation and his new book Need, Speed, and...

• Location:
  Fainsod, 3rd Floor, Littauer, HKS
• Date:
  Thursday, March 8, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Iron Jawed Angels

"Iron Jawed Angels" tells the remarkable and little-known story of a group of passionate and dynamic young women who put their...

• Location:
  WAPPP Cason Seminar Room, Taubman-102
• Date:
  Thursday, March 8, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

"ASEAN's Relations with the Big Powers," a Belfer Center Director's Lunch with George M. Yeo

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Director's Lunch with Mr. George Yong-Boon Yeo, former Member of Singapore's...

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