Events Calendar

Decision-Making Under Scarcity: Navigating the Water-Energy Nexus in the Yellow River Basin, People's Republic of China

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

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS
• Date:
  Monday, April 1, 2013
• Time:
  12:00 PM

A Common European Space? Harmonizing the Sustainability of European Biofuels

Sandwich lunches are provided to those who RSVP by the Thursday before....

• Location:
  Pierce 100F, 29 Oxford Street
• Date:
  Monday, April 1, 2013
• Time:
  12:15 PM

The Future of the GOP: Political Engagement – The Business Viewpoint

Guests:Andy Abboud, Vice President, Government Relations, Las Vegas SandsBill Miller, Senior Vice President, Business Roundtable Corporate lobbying groups play an increasingly active role each...

• Location:
  Littauer 166
• Date:
  Monday, April 1, 2013
• Time:
  4:00 PM

International NGOs and Celebrities: A Discussion with Valeria Mazza

Part of the INGOs study group, this session focuses on how INGOs can effectively partner with celebrities to build their brand, increase...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building
• Date:
  Monday, April 1, 2013
• Time:
  6:00 PM

4/2 CPL Invite: All About Networking - A Spring 2013 Lunch Conversation with Theresa Ellis

All About Networking A Spring 2013 Lunch Conversationled by Theresa Ellis, Gleitsman Visiting Practitioner and Founder of Common Impact Have you ever wondered...

• Location:
  Darman Seminar Room (T-135), Center for Public Leadership, HKS
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 2, 2013
• Time:
  11:45 AM

Dana Bash: "Covering Congress in a Challenging Political Landscape"

Speaker series with Dana Bash, chief congressional correspondent, CNN....

• Location:
  Nye BC, Taubman Building, 5th Floor
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 2, 2013
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Gaining Separation: Assessing the Obama and Romney Advertising Strategies

This session, Elizabeth Wilner, an expert on political advertisement time-buying and research, will give a presentation that demonstrates how the Obama campaign...

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 2, 2013
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Art of Communications: Public Diplomacy 2.0 – The role of broadcasting and technology in America’s communications

Guest: Jim Glassman, former Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors and Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public AffairsThe...

• Location:
  Littauer 166
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 2, 2013
• Time:
  4:00 PM

A Deep Dive into Congressional Elections

Behind the Numbers: How Polling Helped Shape the Obama Campaign’s Winning Strategy  Guest: Joel Benenson, Lead Pollster for President Obama's Campaign and Founding...

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 2, 2013
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Arctic Power: New National Security Challenges

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 2, 2013
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Lessons from the Cold War

Michael Dobbs is a former Washington Post foreign correspondent who covered the collapse of Communism, and has just completed a trilogy of...

• Location:
  Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 2, 2013
• Time:
  5:00 PM

Pope Francis: Does A New Pope Mean Change?

Pope Francis: Does A New Pope Mean Change? A panel conversation with:John CarrInstitute of Politics Fellow (Fall '12) Executive Director, Department of Justice,...

• Location:
  John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 2, 2013
• Time:
  7:00 PM

Accelerate the Accelerators! Are There Alternatives to Nuclear Research Reactors?

Speaker: David Nusbaum, Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program Coffee and tea provided. Link to seminar description: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/6015/ Sponsored by Project...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 3, 2013
• Time:
  10:00 AM

The Odd Couple: Bank Regulation and Human Rights in Peru

This seminar will be given by Dani Schydlowsky, Chief Banking, Insurance and Private Pension Regulator in Peru; Head of Superintendencia de Banca,...

• Location:
  Fainsod Room, 3rd Floor Littauer
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 3, 2013
• Time:
  12:00 PM

"China's New Leadership and the Prospects for Economic and Political Reform," a Belfer Center Director's Lunch

POSITIVE RSVP ONLINE ONLY: http://belfercenter.hks.harvard.edu/events/rudd.html The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Director's Lunch with...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 3, 2013
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Neighborhood Recovery Efforts in New Orleans: A Book Talk by Tom Wooten

A book about collective resilience, "We Shall Not Be Moved" tells the stories of five New Orleans neighborhoods—Broadmoor, Hollygrove, Lakeview, the Lower...

• Location:
  Belfer L-4, Hauser Center Conference Room
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 3, 2013
• Time:
  12:30 PM

"Write and Publish Book Reviews" - Writing Workshop presented by Greg Harris, HKS Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Writing

Writing Book Reviews Get into print while developing yourself as a professional!  In this workshop, you'll learn how to craft a public...

• Location:
  RG-20, Rubenstein Building, Floor 1
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 3, 2013
• Time:
  1:10 PM

"Fighting Cultural Suppression in Guatemala through Preservation of Mayan Language in Community Radio"

"Fighting Cultural Suppression in Guatemala through Preservation of Mayan Language in Community Radio." Ava Berinstein and Marc Camp will be discussing the...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 3, 2013
• Time:
  4:00 PM

China's Rise, America's Response

****This Event is Ticketed by Lottery****See Link Below*** China: Friend or Foe?This session will look at the use of China...

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 3, 2013
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

Erich Muehlegger, Harvard University. “Do the Laws of Tax Incidence Hold? Point of Collection and the Pass-through of State Diesel Taxes.”...

• Location:
  Harvard Kennedy School Room Littauer-382
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 3, 2013
• Time:
  4:10 PM

The MoveOn Effect: The Unexpected Transformation of American Political Advocacy

Online politics is neither limited to "clicktivism" nor comprised of "organizing without organizations." In Dave Karpf's new book, he presents evidence that...

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 3, 2013
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Egypt: A Look to the Future

Please join us for a conversation with His Excellency Mohamed M. Tawfik, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the...

• Location:
  Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building, 5th Floor
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 3, 2013
• Time:
  4:30 PM

China Rising

***THIS FORUM EVENT IS BY LOTTERY*** A panel conversation withAMBASSADOR JON HUNTSMANIOP Heffernan Visiting Fellow, Spring 2013US Ambassador to China, 2009-11Governor...

• Location:
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 3, 2013
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Condoning Stereotyping: How Awareness of Stereotyping Prevalence Impacts Stereotype Expression in Negotiations and Beyond

Melissa Thomas-Hunt, Associate Professor of Business Administration, University of Virginia, Darden School of Business The deleterious effects of stereotyping on individual and group outcomes...

• Location:
  WAPPP Cason Seminar Room, Taubman Building, Room 102
• Date:
  Thursday, April 4, 2013
• Time:
  11:40 AM

Who Gains and Who Loses? Assessing the Distributional Effects of Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulations

This seminar will be given by Lisa Robinson, Senior Fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government at the Harvard Kennedy...

• Location:
  Fainsod Room, 3rd Floor Littauer
• Date:
  Thursday, April 4, 2013
• Time:
  11:45 AM

1957: The Origins of European Union & Lessons for Today

Lucas Kello, Research Fellow, International Security Program/Science, Technology, & Public Policy Program Coffee & tea provided Link to seminar announcement: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/6011/ Sponsored by the...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Thursday, April 4, 2013
• Time:
  12:15 PM

"Everything You Need to Know about Plagiarism" - Writing Workshop presented by Morgan McVicar, MC/MPA 2003

Even some of the greatest thinkers and writers have fallen prey to stealing others’ words and ideas.  This workshop will focus on...

• Location:
  Littauer Building, Room 382
• Date:
  Thursday, April 4, 2013
• Time:
  1:10 PM

A Conversation on Bipartisan Leadership and Service with Governor Jon Huntsman

• Location:
  Darman Seminar Room, Taubman Building, 1st Floor, HKS
• Date:
  Thursday, April 4, 2013
• Time:
  1:30 PM

Civil and Civic Engagement: Working Together Toward A Better Community - The Power of Urban and Suburban Mechanics

Guest: Rob Consalvo, City Councilor (Hyde Park) A discussion about community engagement in our neighborhoods and how person to person involvement makes for...

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Thursday, April 4, 2013
• Time:
  4:00 PM

The Next War? Iran, Israel and the U.S. at the Crossroads

Dr. Reza Aslan, an internationally acclaimed writer and scholar of religions, is the founder of AslanMedia.com, an online journal for news and...

• Location:
  Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building
• Date:
  Thursday, April 4, 2013
• Time:
  4:00 PM

What Does it Mean to Lose Latin America? A Long View of US-Latin American Relations

The Harvard Seminar invites you to our April 4th seminar, featuring Greg Grandin, Professor of History at New York University...

• Location:
  Perkins Room, Rubenstein Room 415
• Date:
  Thursday, April 4, 2013
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Afghanistan: How to End the War?

In a conversation moderated by Future of Diplomacy Project/India & South Asia Program Faculty Director, R. Nicholas Burns, Ambassadors Rabbani and Warlick...

• Location:
  Land Hall, Fourth Floor, Belfer Building
• Date:
  Thursday, April 4, 2013
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Future of Afghanistan Conference

THIS IS A TICKETED CONFERENCE. YOU CAN REGISTER FOR TICKETS HERE: http://afghanistanconference.com/ The “Future of Afghanistan” conference, co-sponsored by the Harvard Kennedy School’s...

• Location:
  Harvard Faculty Club
• Date:
  Friday, April 5, 2013
• Time:
  8:30 AM

CID Speaker Series Featuring: Daryl Collins

Daryl Collins is co-author of Portfolios of the Poor and Senior Associate at Bankable Frontier Associates, a niche consulting practice in Boston...

• Location:
• Date:
  Friday, April 5, 2013
• Time:
  11:45 AM

Blurring Boundaries: Human Rights in Armed Conflicts

Harvard Law School’s National Security Journal, Milbank Tweed Fund, and National Security Law Association, along with HKS National Security Program, are co-sponsoring...

• Location:
  Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, Rm 2009
• Date:
  Friday, April 5, 2013
• Time:
  11:45 AM

Reflections on Educational and International Leadership - A Roundtable Discussion with Allan Goodman

Reflections on Educational and International Leadership: A Roundtable Discussion with Allan Goodman On Friday, April 5th, Allan Goodman, President and CEO of...

• Location:
  Longfellow 208, Harvard Graduate School of Education
• Date:
  Friday, April 5, 2013
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Prison memoir from communist Laos: a conversation with Bounsang Khamkeo

The HR-PIC presents, "Prison memoir from communist Laos:a conversation with Bounsang Khamkeo" ** Lunch wil be served. **...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Rom (R-219)
• Date:
  Friday, April 5, 2013
• Time:
  12:00 PM

"North Korea's Nuclear Weapons: Perceptions, Reality and Options," a Belfer Center Director's Lunch with Dr. Chung Mong Joon

POSITIVE RSVP ONLINE ONLY: http://belfercenter.hks.harvard.edu/events/chung.html The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Director's Lunch with...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Friday, April 5, 2013
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Cross-Cultural Leadership in a Changing City: Supervisor David Campos and the politics of change in San Francisco

Please join the Sexuality, Gender & Human Rights Study Group for, "Cross-Cultural Leadership in a Changing City: the politics of change in...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room (Rubenstein 219)
• Date:
  Friday, April 5, 2013
• Time:
  2:00 PM

Black Policy Conference Keynote by Congressman Elijah Cummings

An Opening Keynote Address by Congressman Elijah E. Cummings U.S. House of...

• Location:
  John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Friday, April 5, 2013
• Time:
  4:00 PM