Events Calendar

Fixing the National Security State: Commissions and the Politics of Disaster and Reform

Sandwich lunches provided. RSVP by the Thursday before....

• Location:
  Pierce 100F, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
• Date:
  Monday, September 10, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Belfer Center Open House

Belfer Center Mission: Leadership in advancing policy-relevant knowledge about the most important challenges of international security and other...

• Location:
  Malkin Penthouse, Littauer 4th floor
• Date:
  Monday, September 10, 2012
• Time:
  3:30 PM

Ask What You Can Do: Inspiring Public Service

A panel conversation with HKS Alumni: Paula Broadwell U.S. Army Reserve Major; Assistant Professor for the U.S. Military Academy and Author; MC/MPA...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Monday, September 10, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

"Whole of Nation Cyberpower"

Speaker:  Alexander Klimburg, Fellow and Senior Advisor, Austrian Institute for International Affairs Beverages provided....

• Location:
  Fainsod Room, L324
• Date:
  Tuesday, September 11, 2012
• Time:
  9:30 AM

Leadership Roundtable with Haim Saban: Media Executive, Political Activist, Philanthropist

From an impoverished immigrant childhood in Israel to one of the world’s leading media moguls, Haim Saban has much to say...

• Location:
  Darman Seminar Room, Center for Public Leadership, Taubman, 1st Floor
• Date:
  Tuesday, September 11, 2012
• Time:
  11:40 AM

M-RCBG Open House

Please come and learn more about M-RCBG's programs, faculty and student activities. Pizza, dessert and beverages will be provided. For additional information,...

• Location:
  Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer Building)
• Date:
  Tuesday, September 11, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Dana Priest: "The Cost of Secrecy: What the Post-9/11 Decade Teaches Us About the Media and Government."

"The Cost of Secrecy: What the Post–9/11 Decade Teaches Us About the Media and Government." Speaker Series with Dana Priest, national security...

• Location:
  Taubman 275
• Date:
  Tuesday, September 11, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

From Harvard Square to the Oval Office: Information Session

From Harvard Square to the Oval Office: A Political Campaign Practicum ('Oval Office') is a non-partisan initiative of the Women and Public...

• Location:
  WAPPP Cason Seminar Room - T 102
• Date:
  Tuesday, September 11, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

“ALL IN: The Education of Gen. David Petraeus” with author Paula Broadwell (MPA ’08)

No RSVP required. Light refreshments will be served....

• Location:
  Taubman 401, Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Tuesday, September 11, 2012
• Time:
  1:00 PM

Hauser Center Student Open House

• Location:
  Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building Main Entrance (Lobby Level)
• Date:
  Tuesday, September 11, 2012
• Time:
  2:00 PM

Harvard-MIT Economic Development Seminar

The lowest level of government in sub-Saharan Africa is often a cadre of chiefs who raise taxes, control the judicial system...

• Location:
  Harvard Hall 104
• Date:
  Tuesday, September 11, 2012
• Time:
  2:40 PM

Carr Center Open House

Come to the Carr Center Open House!Meet our faculty, fellows and staff; and find out all about our programs and other...

• Location:
  Allison Dining Room (5th floor Taubman building)
• Date:
  Tuesday, September 11, 2012
• Time:
  5:00 PM

CID Annual Open House

Come meet CID Faculty and Fellows as well as learn about current research projects and opportunities for student engagement. Refreshments will be provided....

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th floor, Belfer Building, HKS
• Date:
  Tuesday, September 11, 2012
• Time:
  5:30 PM

Non-traditional actors in Diplomacy and International Affairs

Tim Shriver is a social leader, an educator, activist, film producer, and business entrepreneur. He is the...

• Location:
  RG-20, First Floor, Rubenstein Building
• Date:
  Tuesday, September 11, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Middle East Initiative Open House

Come learn more about offerings of MEI, the interface between HKS and the Middle East and North Africa. Refreshments will be provided....

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 100
• Date:
  Wednesday, September 12, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Film screening: "No News From Harare," and discussion with the director.

Screening of the film "No News From Harare," a cutting edge account of Mugabe's Zimbabwe, followed by a discussion with the director, Wendy Dent...

• Location:
  Taubman 301
• Date:
  Wednesday, September 12, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Apply to attend Leadership Development Workshop: "The Hidden Lives of Groups" on Oct 5 & 6

Attendees of this group relations workshop (Oct 5, 6pm-8:15pm; Oct 6, 9am-5pm) will learn about group relations theory and then participate in...

• Location:
  Gutman Center, HGSE
• Date:
  Thursday, September 13, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 AM

Lowest-Low Fertility: A Theory of Normative Rigidity and Economic Context

Mary Brinton, Reischauer Institute, Professor of Sociology and Department Chair Establishing greater gender equity in market work and in households is a shared...

• Location:
  WAPPP Cason Seminar Room, Taubman Building, Room 102
• Date:
  Thursday, September 13, 2012
• Time:
  11:40 AM

The S02 Allowance Trading System: The Ironic History of a Grand Experiment in Market-Based Environmental Policy

Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business & Government and Director of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program at the Harvard Kennedy...

• Location:
  Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer Building)
• Date:
  Thursday, September 13, 2012
• Time:
  11:45 AM

Human Rights to Water & Sanitation Study Group: Tom Gleeson, "From global groundwater depletion to the sustainable use of gro

Human Rights to Water & Sanitation Study Group: Tom Gleeson presents "From global groundwater depletion to the sustainable use of groundwater systems."...

• Location:
  Fainsod Room (3rd floor Littauer Building)
• Date:
  Thursday, September 13, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

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

Please join us for this the first session of this fall semester's Human Rights in Education Training Series. This session's topic: "Analytical tools...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room (R-219)
• Date:
  Thursday, September 13, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Harvard Kennedy School to attend Idealist NY graduate school fair

Harvard Kennedy School will attend the Idealist graduate school fair in New York, NY. Please visit www.idealist.org for details and to register....

• Location:
  New York, NY
• Date:
  Thursday, September 13, 2012
• Time:
  5:00 PM

The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy

This 9/14/12 conference features 5 panel presentations on inequality, poverty and the work of Professor William Julius Wilson. Event is open to...

• Location:
  Harvard University, CGIS South - Concourse Level, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambr
• Date:
  Friday, September 14, 2012
• Time:
  8:30 AM

"Science Technology and Innovation (STI) for Africa's Economic Development: Revising the Strategy"

Please join us this week with Aggrey Ambali, Director, Policy Alignment and Programme Development Directorate and Advisor with NEPAD Science and Technology...

• Location:
  Perkins Room, 4th Floor Rubenstein Building
• Date:
  Friday, September 14, 2012
• Time:
  11:45 AM

Find It @ Harvard

Learn about the Harvard Library system and how to find books, articles, and other resources for your research....

• Location:
  Library Instruction Room
• Date:
  Friday, September 14, 2012
• Time:
  1:00 PM

Gender, Sexuality and Human Rights Study Group: Session One

Please join us for the semester's first meeting of the Gender, Sexuality and Human Rights Study Group led by Timothy Patrick McCarthy. Guests...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room (R-219)
• Date:
  Friday, September 14, 2012
• Time:
  3:00 PM

IOP Fall 2012 Open House

INSTITUTE OF POLITICS OPEN HOUSE EVENT Learn More about IOP Programs & How to Get InvolvedThe National Campaign for Political & Civic Engagement Special...

• Location:
  John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Friday, September 14, 2012
• Time:
  3:00 PM

Business & Government PIC Open House!

The Business and Government PIC invites all returning and incoming students to its Open House. Refreshments will be provided....

• Location:
  RG20 (Neustadt)
• Date:
  Friday, September 14, 2012
• Time:
  5:15 PM