Events Calendar

Epistemic Disobedience

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, November 12, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Politics as a Noble Pursuit

 ***Special Time***** Politics as a Noble Pursuit  a study group with IOP fall 2012 fellow Jim Doyle, former governor (2003-11) and attorney general, (1991-2003)...

• Location:
  Littauer 166
• Date:
  Tuesday, November 13, 2012
• Time:
  10:00 AM

Financial Health Series -Budgeting Tips and Tools

How to Make the Most of Your Money? Budgeting Tips and Tools presentation by Tom Murphy, Director of Student Services at...

• Location:
  Bell Hall
• Date:
  Tuesday, November 13, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Daniel Kanstroom presents "The Immigration Debate"

Please join us for a special lecture by Daniel Kanstroom, professor of law and director, International Human Rights Program Boston College Law...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room (R-219)
• Date:
  Tuesday, November 13, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Mike Allen: "The Role of New Media in Election Coverage"

Discussion with Mike Allen, chief political reporter for Politico, and writes the daily Playbook....

• Location:
  Taubman 275
• Date:
  Tuesday, November 13, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

What's Next for Health Care Reform: Post-Election Insights

Professor Sheila Burke explains the imminent future of Health Care reform now that the election has come to a close. Lunch...

• Location:
  WAPP Cason Conference Room
• Date:
  Tuesday, November 13, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Brown Bag with David Maraniss

Brown Bagwith David Maraniss Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Author, Barack Obama: The Story moderated by IOP Fellow andFormer Governor of Wisconsin Jim Doyle Monday, November 13, 2012 Harvard...

• Location:
  Littauer 166
• Date:
  Tuesday, November 13, 2012
• Time:
  1:00 PM

Harvard-MIT Economic Development Seminar: "Early Childhood Development Policies: A Randomised Control Trial"

• Location:
  Harvard Hall 104
• Date:
  Tuesday, November 13, 2012
• Time:
  2:40 PM

Emerging Markets Entrepreneurship

Visit is hosted by the Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative of the US State Department.  David Ellwood, HKS Dean,...

• Location:
  L-150
• Date:
  Tuesday, November 13, 2012
• Time:
  3:00 PM

Emerging Markets Entrepreneurship

The Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative at the US State Department is hosting entrepreneurs from Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Malaysia,...

• Location:
  L150
• Date:
  Tuesday, November 13, 2012
• Time:
  3:00 PM

**Special Date & Location****The Debate About Debates

****Special Date & Location**** The Debate About Debatesa study group with IOP Fellow Brett O'DonnellPresident, O'Donnell and Associates, Ltd; chief strategist, Bachmann for President...

• Location:
  Littauer 130
• Date:
  Tuesday, November 13, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

It’s the Economy Stupid

It’s the Economy StupidNina Easton, senior editor and Washington columnist, Fortune magazine Special Guest : David Smick Hedge funder and author, The...

• Location:
  Littauer 166
• Date:
  Tuesday, November 13, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Politics as a Noble Pursuit

Politics as a Noble Pursuit  a study group with IOP fall 2012 fellow Jim Doyle, former governor (2003-11) and...

• Location:
  Littauer 166
• Date:
  Tuesday, November 13, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Political Stability at Risk: National Elections in Indonesia 2014 and Myanmar 2015

About the SeminarIndonesia, a developing democracy with experience in three rounds of national elections, and Burma, a nascent democracy, are both attempting...

• Location:
• Date:
  Tuesday, November 13, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

2012 Gleitsman Citizen Activist Award Ceremony with Rebecca Onie

What does it take to convince one person that our healthcare system needed to change its pedagogical approach and routinely address a...

• Location:
  Alison Dining Room, 5th Floor, Taubman Building
• Date:
  Tuesday, November 13, 2012
• Time:
  5:00 PM

The Impact of the Adams Scholarship in Degree Attainment in Massachusetts

Joshua Goodman, Assistant Professor of Policy, Harvard Kennedy SchoolRespondent: Rep. Tom Sannicandro, (D-Ashland), Chair of the Massachusetts Legislature's Joint Committee on Higher EducationGoodman...

• Location:
  Bell Hall
• Date:
  Tuesday, November 13, 2012
• Time:
  5:45 PM

NEW TIME!: The future of the transatlantic agenda: Can we re-balance together?

Wolfgang Ischinger is an experienced German diplomat with the current mandate as Chairman of the Munich Conference...

• Location:
  Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building
• Date:
  Tuesday, November 13, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

*NEW TIME: 6PM*The future of the transatlantic agenda: Can we re-balance together?

Wolfgang Ischinger is an experienced German diplomat with the current mandate as Chairman of the Munich Conference...

• Location:
  Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building
• Date:
  Tuesday, November 13, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Tomorrow's Energy Challenges

Carl-Henric Svanberg Chairman, BP; Chairman, AB Volvo in conversation with Rebecca Henderson John and Natty McArthur University Professor, Harvard Business School David...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Tuesday, November 13, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Screening of the film "Call Me Kuchu" followed by Q&A with the filmmakers, Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worral

Screening of the film "Call Me Kuchu" followed by Q&A with the filmmakers, Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall. Moderated by Timothy...

• Location:
  Wiener Auditorium (Taubman, ground floor)
• Date:
  Tuesday, November 13, 2012
• Time:
  6:30 PM

How to Build Traction on Twitter: 10 Ways Twitter can enhance your Communications Efficiency, a Digital Communications worksh

While only 10% of Americans are on Twitter, almost half of all Americans see tweets in other forms of media almost...

• Location:
  L382
• Date:
  Wednesday, November 14, 2012
• Time:
  10:10 AM

Preparing for Catastrophic Emergencies: Lessons from the Wenchuan Earthquake and the Zhouqu Debris Flow Disaster

Wang Lanmin has been Director of the Earthquake Administration of Gansu Province, China, since 2004; he also serves as one of...

• Location:
  Suite 100, Room 106, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
• Date:
  Wednesday, November 14, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Human Rights to Water & Sanitation Study Group: Sam Loewenberg presents "A drop in a bucket: the search for solutions to wate

Please join the next Human Rights to Water & Sanitation Study Group where Sam Loewenberg, journalist and Nieman Global Health Reporting Fellow,...

• Location:
  Fainsod Room (Littauer Building, 3rd floor)
• Date:
  Wednesday, November 14, 2012
• Time:
  2:00 PM

UN Rule of Law Engagement in Post-Conflict States – Where Now?

UN rule of law engagement in post conflict states – where now? A discussion with David Marshall   Promoting the rule of law at...

• Location:
  Taubman-102, WAPPP Cason Conference Room, HKS
• Date:
  Wednesday, November 14, 2012
• Time:
  3:00 PM

Syria and the Arab Spring: A Diplomat’s Reflections

A lecture by Christina Lassen, formerly Denmark’s Ambassador to Syria and to Jordan. Biography: Ambassador Lassen, fellow at the Weatherhead Center for...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Wednesday, November 14, 2012
• Time:
  3:30 PM

Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

Kyle Meng, Columbia University. "The Cost of Potential Cap-and-Trade Policy: An Event Study using Prediction Markets and Lobbying Records."...

• Location:
  Harvard Kennedy School Room Littauer-382
• Date:
  Wednesday, November 14, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Political Disruption - Republic Lost: How $$ Corrupts Congress and How to Stop It

Political Disruption - Republic Lost: How $$ Corrupts Congress and How to Stop It   a study group with IOP fall...

• Location:
  Littauer 166
• Date:
  Wednesday, November 14, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Lessons from the 2012 Election

 Lessons from the 2012 Election   a study group with IOP fall 2012 fellow John Carr,...

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Wednesday, November 14, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Taking Our Country Back: The Crafting of Networked Politics from Howard Dean to Barack Obama

About the SeminarDrawing on open-ended interviews with more than 60 political staffers, accounts of practitioners, and fieldwork, Daniel Kreiss will present on...

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
• Date:
  Wednesday, November 14, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Behavioral Economics and Government Regulation

Prof. Cass Sunstein, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Harvard University, former Director of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs...

• Location:
  Belfer 1, Weil Seminar Room, HKS
• Date:
  Wednesday, November 14, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Panel Discussion - Role of International Institutions – Friends or Foes of Development?

Do you want the opportunity to learn from the firsthand experience of fellow HKS students who have worked in international development? The...

• Location:
  Taubman T-275
• Date:
  Wednesday, November 14, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

Mobility in a Changing World: Innovating through Private Involvement in the Public Sector

Around the world, transportation is undergoing massive change; the developing world is urbanizing rapidly and the West is reversing decades of car-centric...

• Location:
  Taubman 401
• Date:
  Wednesday, November 14, 2012
• Time:
  4:30 PM

The Tohoku Disaster: Responding to Japan’s 3/11 Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Accident

Based on research conducted in Japan this past summer, Dr. Arnold Howitt, Faculty Co-Director of the Program on Crisis Leadership, will explore...

• Location:
  Nye AB
• Date:
  Wednesday, November 14, 2012
• Time:
  5:30 PM

Empowering Women: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan

Fotini Christia, Political Science Faculty, Massachusetts Institute of Technology In societies with widespread gender discrimination, development programs involving gender quotas are considered a...

• Location:
  WAPPP Cason Seminar Room, Taubman Building, Room 102
• Date:
  Thursday, November 15, 2012
• Time:
  11:40 AM

The Pharaoh's Curse: Muhammad Morsi and the Temptations of Power

A lecture by Ellis Goldberg, professor of political science at the University of Washington. Biography: Ellis Goldberg is a professor of political...

• Location:
  Ash Center, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200-North (2nd Floor)
• Date:
  Thursday, November 15, 2012
• Time:
  11:45 AM

The Pharaoh's Curse: Muhammad Morsi and the Temptations of Power

Lunch will be served. Ellis Goldberg is a professor of political science at the University of Washington where he teaches Middle East...

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
• Date:
  Thursday, November 15, 2012
• Time:
  11:45 AM

Nancy Nord: Mandatory Regulatory Review at Independent Agencies

This RPP seminar will be given by Nancy Nord, Commissioner, Consumer Product Safety Commission. Lunch will be served. Please RSVP to mrcbg@ksg.harvard.edu...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
• Date:
  Thursday, November 15, 2012
• Time:
  11:45 AM

War of Words: The Case for Negotiations in Afghanistan

Speaker: Matt Waldman, research fellow, International Security Program Coffee & tea provided. Link to seminar description: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/5907/ Sponsored by the International Security Program...

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

University as Community Partners: What responsibility do universities have to their host communities? Frontline with Faculty

What responsibility do universities have to their host communities? What are the most effective ways that universities can contribute to their communities?...

• Location:
  Belfer, Weil Town Hall, Lobby Level, Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Thursday, November 15, 2012
• Time:
  1:30 PM

A presentation by Ivan Simonovic, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights at the United Nations

Mission Possible or Mission Impossible: Implementing the U.N. Human Rights Agenda in...

• Location:
  Fainsod Room (Littauer Center, 3rd floor)
• Date:
  Thursday, November 15, 2012
• Time:
  3:30 PM

Book Discussion: "Liberating Kosovo: Coercive Diplomacy and US Intervention"

In June 2012, David L. Phillips, former fellow with the Future of Diplomacy Project, published "Liberating Kosovo: Coercive Diplomacy and U.S. Intervention"...

• Location:
  Belfer Library, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
• Date:
  Thursday, November 15, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

HRE Training Series: "Women's rights monitoring in conflict and post-conflict countries: experiences from the field" with Dr.

Join us for the 6th session of the Human Rights in Education Training Series. This session, "Women's rights monitoring in conflict and post-conflict...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room (R-219)
• Date:
  Thursday, November 15, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Technology, Innovation & Politics

Technology, Innovation & Politics   a study group with IOP fall 2012 fellow Sonal Shah, deputy...

• Location:
  Littauer 166
• Date:
  Thursday, November 15, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Theodore H. White Lecture with David Brooks.

Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics with David Brooks, columnist, The New York Times. David Nyan Prize for Political Journalism...

• Location:
  John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Thursday, November 15, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics by David Brooks

The 2012 Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics “Election 2012: The Big Questions” by David Brooks Columnist, The New...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Thursday, November 15, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Theodore H. White Seminar on Press and Politics

Theodore H. White Seminar with T.H. White Lecturer David Brooks; Cynthia Tucker, winner of the 2012 David Nyan Prize for Political Journalism;...

• Location:
  Charles Hotel Pavillion
• Date:
  Friday, November 16, 2012
• Time:
  9:00 AM

CID Speaker Series: Featuring Richard Dreimann, Chemonics

• Location:
  Perkins Room, 4th Floor Rubenstein Building
• Date:
  Friday, November 16, 2012
• Time:
  11:45 AM

Sexuality, Gender and Human Rights Study Group: Debrief and Discussion of the 2012 Election Results: Where Do We Go From Here

Join Timothy Patrick McCarthy, director of the Sexuality, Gender and Human Rights Program, for a special study group session devoted to the 2012 election:...

• Location:
  Carr center Conference Room
• Date:
  Friday, November 16, 2012
• Time:
  3:00 PM