Events Calendar

China Goes Global Conference

The Ash Center will be hosting the 5th annual China Goes Global Conference at Harvard Kennedy School from October 3 – 4, 2011. ...

• Location:
  Taubman Building
• Date:
  Monday, October 3, 2011
• Time:
  8:00 AM

Renewable energy on the coast of Maine and beyond

ETIP/Consortium Energy Policy Seminar Series George Baker, HBSRenewable Energy on the Coast of Maine and Beyond Monday, October 312pm-1:30pm Fainsod Room, Room 324, Littauer...

• Location:
  Fainsod Room, Room 324, Littauer Building, HKS
• Date:
  Monday, October 3, 2011
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Phase-Change: The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of Solar Energy, 1946-

STS Circle with Daniel Barber (Barnard College) The STS Circle at Harvard meets weekly during the academic semester. Sandwich lunches are provided....

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 100, Rm 106
• Date:
  Monday, October 3, 2011
• Time:
  12:15 PM

"A Conversation with Ambassador Timothy Roemer," a Belfer Center Director's Lunch

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Directors' Lunch with Ambassador Timothy Roemer, former U.S. Ambassador to India...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Monday, October 3, 2011
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Public Speaking Workshop: "Framing"

Public Speaking Workshop presented by Luci Herman,Harvard Kennedy School, Lecturer in Public Policy.Why are some policy speakers and politicians so effective at persuading...

• Location:
  Land Hall, Belfer Building, 4th floor
• Date:
  Monday, October 3, 2011
• Time:
  1:10 PM

Civil Resistance and Military Interventions: The Case of the Arab Spring

The National Security and Human Rights Program will be hosting  Professor Adam Roberts, President of the British Academy  and Emeritus Professor of...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room (Rubenstein 219)
• Date:
  Monday, October 3, 2011
• Time:
  2:30 PM

The European Parliament: A Key Actor in Transnational Democracy

Klaus Welle is the European Parliament’s most senior official. Appointed by its Bureau, he is responsible for Parliament’s administration, heading the Secretariat....

• Location:
  124 Mount Auburn, Suite 200-North
• Date:
  Monday, October 3, 2011
• Time:
  2:45 PM

The Washington Ecosystem

The Role of the Modern Lobbyist in the Washington Ecosystem: ...

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Monday, October 3, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

The Divided States of America

From the Perspective of New Hampshire Voters Guests: New Hampshire Democratic Chairman Raymond Buckley (invited) and New Hampshire GOP strategist Mike Dennehy (invited) We...

• Location:
  Littauer 166
• Date:
  Monday, October 3, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Harvard Kennedy School to attend APSIA New York graduate school fair

The event will take place at the NYU Kimmel Center. Attendees will learn about our degree programs, admissions procedures and financial aid opportunities. Please visit...

• Location:
  New York, NY
• Date:
  Monday, October 3, 2011
• Time:
  6:00 PM

A Conversation with Dr. Richard Haass

A Conversation with: Dr. Richard Haass President, Council on Foreign Relations Meghan O’Sullivan (Moderator) Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, HKSCo-sponsor: Council of American...

• Location:
  John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Monday, October 3, 2011
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Nuclear 101: Uranium Enrichment and Plutonium Production

Speakers: R. Scott Kemp, Associate Research Scholar, Program on Science and Global Security, Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs, Princeton...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 4, 2011
• Time:
  10:00 AM

Howard Fineman: "HuffPost, the Web and the Campaign of 2012"

Speaker Series with Howard Fineman, senior politics editor at the Huffington Post and an NBC News analyst, contributing reports to the network...

• Location:
  Taubman 275
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 4, 2011
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Nonproliferation Strategy in the Centrifuge Age

Speaker: R. Scott Kemp, Associate Research Scholar, Program on Science and Global Security, Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs, Princeton...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 4, 2011
• Time:
  12:15 PM

The Politics of Financial Crises

Charters and Agencies—Too Many Recipes & Too Many Cooks Event Speakers: Diane Casey-Landry, Former Chief Operating Officer and Senior Executive Vice President...

• Location:
  Littauer 166
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 4, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

"Myths, Misperceptions, and the Military," a For the Common Defense Study Group

Topic for October 4: Myths, Misperceptions, and the Military The Harvard Kennedy School Armed Forces Club, the National Security Program, and the Belfer...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 4, 2011
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Closure, Accountability, and the Split: Gaza Today

With Raji Sourani Founder and Director, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Gaza; Laureate, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award for Human Rights Presented...

• Location:
  Wiener Auditorium, Ground Floor, Taubman Building, Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 4, 2011
• Time:
  4:45 PM

Screening & Discussion: Women War & Peace

A Conversation with: Helen Benedict Author, Sand QueenAbby Disney Executive Producer, Women War and PeaceLTC Elizabeth Medina National Security Fellow, HKSSahana Dharmapuri (Moderator) Fellow, Carr...

• Location:
  John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 4, 2011
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Harvard Toastmasters Club

The Harvard Toastmasters Club is a weekly meeting of Harvard students and community members who want to improve their public speaking and...

• Location:
  Taubman Building, Room 301
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 4, 2011
• Time:
  7:00 PM

Morocco: The Path to Democracy?

Has Morocco found the magic formula? The right path to democracy, that is a reformist path without the vagaries of revolutionary upheaval?...

• Location:
  124 Mount Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 5, 2011
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Rappaport Institute Public Policy Summer Fellowship Information Session

• Are you a graduate student interested in public policy? • Do you want to gain experience in state or local government before you graduate? • Are...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th floor Belfer Building
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 5, 2011
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Writing and Thinking

Writing Workshop presented by Joshua Rothman, Harvard Kennedy School, Adjunct Lecturer.You can't be a clear writer unless you're a clear thinker....

• Location:
  Land Hall, Belfer Building, 4th floor
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 5, 2011
• Time:
  1:10 PM

Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

Kenneth Gillingham: How Do Consumers Respond to Gasoline Price Changes? Heterogeneity in Vehicle Choice and Driving Behavior...

• Location:
  Harvard Kennedy School Room Littauer-382
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 5, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Study Group with Ambassador Tim Roemer

National & Economic Security in the Post 9/11 Era...

• Location:
  Facutly Dining Room
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 5, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

An American Abroad: An Inside Look At How American Consultants Run High-Level Political Campaigns Around the World

Israel 1999    Case study in polling & research...

• Location:
  Littauer 166
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 5, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Ousting Autocrats: The Political Economy of Competitive Authoritarianism

Why do incumbents in competitive authoritarian regimes continue to win elections or lose power? Employing a time-series cross-national analysis of election outcomes,...

• Location:
  124 Mount Auburn, Suite 200-North
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 5, 2011
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Nonviolent Struggle: Lessons from Serbia Applied in the Middle East and Africa

Srdja Popovic and Slobodan Djinovic, CANVAS (Center for Applied NonViolent Action and Strategies) “To the world's autocrats, they are sworn...

• Location:
  Nye A, Taubman Building (5th floor)
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 5, 2011
• Time:
  4:15 PM

Transportation Speaker Series: Planes, Trains and Automobiles (and Bikes)

Highlight:Estimates suggest that Massachusetts must spend an additional $1 billion per year simply to repair and maintain our aging transportation infrastructure.  Former...

• Location:
  Taubman 301
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 5, 2011
• Time:
  4:30 PM

Harvard Kennedy School to attend APSIA Washington, DC graduate school fair

The event will take place at the GWU Marvin Center. Attendees will be able to learn about our degree programs, admissions procedures...

• Location:
  Washington, DC
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 5, 2011
• Time:
  5:00 PM

Women in Politics in Europe and the United States

Tea with Baroness Shirley Williams Baroness Williams was originally a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) and Cabinet Minister. In 2001-2004, she served...

• Location:
  WAPPP Cason Seminar Room, T102
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 5, 2011
• Time:
  5:00 PM

Middle East Film Series: Men on the Bridge (Turkey, 2009)

The stories of three men working at the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul are told by the original characters, in this mosaic depicting...

• Location:
  Wiener Auditorium, Ground Floor, Taubman Building, Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 5, 2011
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Educational Choices and Subjective Expectations of Returns: Evidence on Intra-Household Decisions and Gender Differences

Katja Kaufmann, WAPPP Fellow, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and IGIER, Bocconi University The goal of this paper is to improve our...

• Location:
  WAPPP Cason Seminar Room, Taubman 1st floor
• Date:
  Thursday, October 6, 2011
• Time:
  11:40 AM

Peter Hart: "The Divided States of America: What the Voters Think"

Speaker Series with Peter Hart, chairman of Peter D. Hart Research Associates. Co-sponsored with the Institute of Politics....

• Location:
  Littauer 166
• Date:
  Thursday, October 6, 2011
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Compellence and Accommodation in Counterinsurgency Warfare

Speaker: Jacqueline L. Hazelton, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2009–2011; Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Rochester Coffee & tea...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Thursday, October 6, 2011
• Time:
  12:15 PM

The Global Interface of Medicine, Business, and Government

Led by M-RCBG Senior Fellow Tim Christian, MD, MPA, this study group encourages students to challenge their assumptions about global health care...

• Location:
  T-401
• Date:
  Thursday, October 6, 2011
• Time:
  3:00 PM

STUDY GROUP: Real-Time Politics: Presidential elections, partisan press & public outrage

Everyone’s in Bed Together Special Guest: Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele A dark secret of political Washington is message...

• Location:
  Littauer 166
• Date:
  Thursday, October 6, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

STUDY GROUP: A Hands-on, Roll-up-Your-Sleeves, Look at Campaigns, Media and Politics

Neil Newhouse Mitt Romney AND Scott Brown’s pollster & strategist Using Research to develop message in political campaigns...

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Thursday, October 6, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

The Change of Chinese Public Opinion Towards Government and NGOs

Victor (Yue) Yuan is chairman of the board and founder and president of Horizon Research Consultancy Group which was founded in 1992....

• Location:
  124 Mount Auburn, Suite 200-North
• Date:
  Thursday, October 6, 2011
• Time:
  4:10 PM

M-RCBG Panel Discussion: The public pension funding hole-Can we invest our way out of it?

Moderator: Brant Maller Founder, Alternative Investments Forum Panelists: David Russ Former CIO, Dartmouth Foundation Jim Geary Maine Community Foundation Professor Randolph Cohen MIT Sloan School Tim Cahill Former...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
• Date:
  Thursday, October 6, 2011
• Time:
  4:30 PM

Gender & Security Seminar Series. Topic: 'UN 1325 and Sexual Violence'

Gender & Security Seminar Series will host Jocelyn Kelley, Director of the Women and War Program at the HHI, for a...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room
• Date:
  Thursday, October 6, 2011
• Time:
  5:00 PM

M-RCBG Seminar: Are All Welcome A-board: Does the Gender of Directors Matter?

Miriam Schwartz Ziv examines boards that are relatively gender-balanced (a third of their directors are women): boards of business firms in which...

• Location:
  Fainsod Room, 3rd Floor Littauer Building
• Date:
  Friday, October 7, 2011
• Time:
  11:45 AM

Writing Workshop: "The Policy Memo"

Writing Workshop presented by Luci Herman, Harvard Kennedy School, Lecturer in Public Policy....

• Location:
  Land Hall, Belfer Building, 4th floor
• Date:
  Monday, October 10, 2011
• Time:
  1:10 PM

Harvard Kennedy School to attend Idealist Chicago

Harvard Kennedy School will attend the Idealist graduate school fair. Attendees will learn about our degree programs, admissions procedures and financial aid...

• Location:
  Chicago, IL
• Date:
  Monday, October 10, 2011
• Time:
  5:00 PM

International Organizations and Information: Intervening Between the Causes and Effects of Nuclear Proliferation

Speaker: Robert L. Brown, Stanton Nuclear Security Junior Faculty Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program Coffee & tea provided. Link to seminar...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 11, 2011
• Time:
  10:00 AM

Innovative Urban Regeneration in Romania: Sibiu's Political & Economic Growth Within a Multicultural Environment

A lunch-lecture by Klaus Johannis, mayor of Sibiu, Romania Lunch will be provided. RSVP...

• Location:
  Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building (5th floor), Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 11, 2011
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Marvin Kalb: "Haunting Legacy: How a Lost War Still Influences White House War Policy."

Marvin Kalb, founding director of the Joan Shorenstein Center and author of Haunting Legacy with Deborah Kalb....

• Location:
  Taubman 275
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 11, 2011
• Time:
  12:00 PM

"A Conversation with Michael Leiter," a Belfer Center Student and Fellows Session

RSVP REQUIRED, please RSVP to:  belfer_events@hks.harvard.edu The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Student &...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 11, 2011
• Time:
  2:00 PM

STUDY GROUP - The Politics of Financial Crises

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – A $500M Dream or Nightmare?  Guest Speaker:  Elizabeth Vale, director of external affairs...

• Location:
  Littauer 166
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 11, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Writing Workshop: "Writing Book Reviews"

Writing Workshop presented by Thea Singer, Harvard Kennedy School Writing Consultant. Writing Book Reviews:How to Unite Analysis with Personal Response...

• Location:
  Littauer Building, Room 332
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 11, 2011
• Time:
  4:10 PM

"Large Scale Land Warfare and the US Army," a For the Common Defense Study Group Session

Topic for October 11: Large Scale Land Warfare and the US Army The Harvard Kennedy School Armed Forces Club, the National Security Program,...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 11, 2011
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Information Session: Winter Field Study: Strategic Response to Human Trafficking (IGA-353M)

Join us for an information session on the Winter Session course "Strategic Response to Human Trafficking" to discuss the course curriculum and...

• Location:
  Allison Dining Room - Taubman - 5th floor
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 11, 2011
• Time:
  4:15 PM

Defying Conventional Wisdom: Should Boston Expand its Convention Center (and Add Nearby Hotel Rooms as Well)?

Presentation by James E. Rooney, Executive Director, Massachusetts Convention Center Authority Commentary by Michael Widmer, President, Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation Moderated by Alan Altshuler, Harvard University...

• Location:
  Malkin Penthouse, 4th floor Littauer Building
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 11, 2011
• Time:
  5:30 PM

Harvard Kennedy School to attend APSIA Miami graduate school fair

Harvard Kennedy School will attend the APSIA graduate school fair in Miami. Attendees will learn about our degree programs, admissions procedures and...

• Location:
  Miami, FL
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 11, 2011
• Time:
  6:00 PM

A conversation with The Hon. Ed Rendell

A Conversation with: THE HONORABLE Edward Rendell IOP Visiting Fellow Governor of Pennsylvania (2003-2011) Mayor of Philadelphia, PA (1992-2000) Chair, Democratic National...

• Location:
  John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 11, 2011
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Harvard Toastmasters Club

The Harvard Toastmasters Club is a weekly meeting of Harvard students and community members who want to improve their public speaking and...

• Location:
  Taubman Building, Room 301
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 11, 2011
• Time:
  7:00 PM

Creating Shared Value: Concept and Applications

Lunch seminar with Mark Kramer, M-RCBG Senior Fellow and co-author of the 2011 Harvard Business Review article that introduced the shared value...

• Location:
  Allison Dining Room
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 12, 2011
• Time:
  11:15 AM

Writing Workshop: "The Policy Memo"

Writing Workshop presented by Luci Herman, Harvard Kennedy School, Lecturer in Public Policy....

• Location:
  Land Hall, Belfer Building, 4th floor
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 12, 2011
• Time:
  1:10 PM

Latin American Study Group: A discussion of 'The trade-off of growth and inequaliy.'

Join us for the Poverty, Human Rights and Development in Latin America Study Group were we will be discussing the trade-off...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 12, 2011
• Time:
  1:15 PM

Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

Antony Millner: On Welfare Frameworks and Catastrophic Climate Risks...

• Location:
  Harvard Kennedy School Room Littauer-382
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 12, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Turning the Arab Spring into Summer

A conversation with Ron Bruder, Founder of Education for Employment, an organization that provides vocational training to young Arabs to become entrepreneurs....

• Location:
  Malkin Penthouse, 4th Floor, Littauer Building, Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 12, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

What It's Like To Run A Nonprofit With Impact: A Conversation with Donna Callejon, Global Giving's Chief Business Officer.

Global Giving was founded by World Bank executives Mari Kuraishi and Dennis Whittle who were asked to develop innovative ways to combat...

• Location:
  Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Taubman Building, Allison Dining Room
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 12, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

STUDY GROUP - Presented by Governor Ed Rendell and Dr. Kirstin Snow

Title: “Building America’s Future: A Plan for Long-term Revitalization” This is a workshop designed so that students can witness what a real press...

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 12, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

STUDY GROUP - An American Abroad: An Inside Look At How American Consultants Run High-Level Political Campaigns Around the Wo

Running a National Campaign in an Emerging Democracy ...

• Location:
  Littauer 166
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 12, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

CID Community Event with Oxfam: Special Report on "Watching the Watchdogs"

Join HKS alum Emily Greenspan and colleauge Ian Gary for a discussion on Oxfam's recent report that examines lessons learned from three...

• Location:
  Perkins Room, 4th floor Rubenstein Building, HKS
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 12, 2011
• Time:
  4:05 PM

CANCELLED: Democratic Development and Democratic Decay

This event has been cancelled. Please revisit the Ash website for news on when it will be rescheduled. Featuring Francis...

• Location:
  Nye ABC, Taubman Building, 5th Floor, HKS
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 12, 2011
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Ambassador Zhang Yesui: US-China Relations and China's Role in the World

H.E. Zhang Yesui, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the United States will deliver a public address on US-Chinese relations...

• Location:
  Littauer L-150
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 12, 2011
• Time:
  4:15 PM

Ambassador Zhang Yesui: US-China Relations and China's Role in the World

*PLEASE OBSERVE THE LOCATION CHANGE OF THIS LECTURE*: WIENER AUDITORIUM, TAUBMAN BUILDING (Ground Floor)H.E. Zhang Yesui, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China...

• Location:
  NEW LOCATION: WIENER AUDITORIUM, Taubman Building
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 12, 2011
• Time:
  4:15 PM

Transportation Speaker Series: Planes, Trains and Automobiles (and Bikes)

Highlight: Jay Walder, MPP '83, outgoing Chairman and CEO of New York's MTA and (effective January 1) CEO of Hong Kong's MTR,...

• Location:
  Taubman 301
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 12, 2011
• Time:
  4:30 PM

Nuclear Power Plant Exporters' Principles of Conduct: Evolution, Status, and Prospects

Speaker: Ariel Levite, Senior Associate, Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Coffee & tea provided Link to seminar description: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/5605/ Sponsored by...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369
• Date:
  Thursday, October 13, 2011
• Time:
  10:00 AM

Women, Business and the Law Report 2012: Removing Barriers to Economic Inclusion

Rita Ramalho, Program Manager, Enterprise Analysis Unit, The World Bank The World Bank Group’s Women, Business and the Law project aims to improve...

• Location:
  WAPPP Cason Seminar Room, Taubman 1st floor
• Date:
  Thursday, October 13, 2011
• Time:
  11:40 AM

M-RCBG Seminar: Underfunded State Pensions: The Size of the Problem, the Obstacles to Reform and the Best Path Forward

This seminar will be given by Thomas J. Healey, HKS Senior Fellow, and Carl Hess, President of Towers Watson Investment Services, Inc. Lunch...

• Location:
  Fainsod Room, 3rd Floor Littauer Building
• Date:
  Thursday, October 13, 2011
• Time:
  11:45 AM

Beyond Kumbaya: Using Symbolic Reparations in the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

Speaker: Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch, Associate, International Security Program Brown bag seminar, Coffee & tea provided. Link to seminar description:...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Thursday, October 13, 2011
• Time:
  12:15 PM

STUDY GROUP: A Hands-on, Roll-up-Your-Sleeves, Look at Campaigns, Media and Politics

Producing the Ads I:  How do they work?  Writing, shooting, producing and post production -- what actually goes into the making of...

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Thursday, October 13, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

STUDY GROUP: Real-Time Politics: Stop the Insanity

Guest: Scott Montgomery, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his role establishing and editing the St. Petersburg Times’ Politifact. When is it the...

• Location:
  Littauer 166
• Date:
  Thursday, October 13, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

"We are the 99 Percent" -- From Frustration to Occupation

A conversation with:Marshall Ganz Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, HKSTodd Gitlin Professor and Chair, PhD Program, Columbia Journalism SchoolTHE HONORABLE Edward Rendell IOP Visiting Fellow Governor...

• Location:
  John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Thursday, October 13, 2011
• Time:
  6:00 PM

EXPLORING: The Media and Politics Frontier

Join the Shorenstein Center in celebratrating our 25th anniversary with a weekend of provocative conversation and forward thinking. View the full schedule of...

• Location:
  Nye Conference Center, Taubman Building, 5th Floor
• Date:
  Friday, October 14, 2011
• Time:
  9:00 AM

CID Speaker Series: Molly Kinder, USAID: "Investing in development innovation: testing promising solutions, and scaling prove

Molly Kinder, MPA/ID alum, and previously with Center for Global Development is now Director of Special Programs working on Development Innovation Ventures at USAID with Admininstrator...

• Location:
  Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein, HKS
• Date:
  Friday, October 14, 2011
• Time:
  11:45 AM

M-RCBG Seminar-Smart Growth and Wellbeing: A Small Scale Example of Transforming Purpose

In commemoration of 25 years of Aruba's autonomy within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Prime Minister Michiel Godfried "Mike" Eman will describe...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
• Date:
  Friday, October 14, 2011
• Time:
  11:45 AM

A Luncheon Seminar with Robert Josephs, PhD: Testosterone’s Relationship to Dominance and General Anxiety Symptoms

The Harvard Decision Science Laboratory sponsors a luncheon featuring Robert Josephs, a leading researcher at the intersection of social psychology and hormones....

• Location:
  Porte Seminar Room, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room 250
• Date:
  Friday, October 14, 2011
• Time:
  12:00 PM

EXPLORING: The Media and Politics Frontier

Join the Shorenstein Center in celebratrating our 25th anniversary with a weekend of provocative conversation and forward thinking. View the full schedule...

• Location:
  Nye Conference Center, Taubman Building, 5th Floor
• Date:
  Saturday, October 15, 2011
• Time:
  10:00 AM

Harvard Kennedy School Open House

The Office of Enrollment Services will host an open house for prospective students. Attendees will learn about our degree programs, meet current...

• Location:
  Cambridge, MA
• Date:
  Monday, October 17, 2011
• Time:
  9:00 AM

Three Worlds of Relief: Race, Immigration, and the American Welfare State from the Progressive Era to the New Deal

An Inequality Seminar presentation by Cybelle Fox, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley. Sponsored by the Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality...

• Location:
  Malkin Penthouse (Littauer, 4th Fl) | Harvard Kennedy School | 79 JFK St
• Date:
  Monday, October 17, 2011
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Advice for the Courts? Science Studies, Criminal Justice, and the Forensic Science Crisis

STS Circle with Gary Edmond (UNSW School of Law) The STS Circle at Harvard meets weekly during the academic semester. Please...

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 100, Rm 106
• Date:
  Monday, October 17, 2011
• Time:
  12:15 PM

"A Conversation with General Cartwright," a Belfer Center Director's Lunch

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Directors' Lunch with former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Monday, October 17, 2011
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Digital Communications Workshop: "Managing the Idea Stream"

Digital Communications Workshop presented by John Wihbey, Harvard Kennedy School, Shorenstein Center, Web Journalist and Researcher....

• Location:
  Land Hall, Belfer Building, 4th floor
• Date:
  Monday, October 17, 2011
• Time:
  1:10 PM

"Wanted Dead or Alive: Manhunts from Geronimo to Bin Laden," a Belfer Center Director's Seminar with Benjamin Runkle

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Directors' Seminar with Author Benjamin Runkle, in the Belfer Center Library...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Monday, October 17, 2011
• Time:
  2:00 PM

"A Conversation with Benjamin Runkle," a Belfer Center Fellows and Student Session

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Student & Fellows' Seminar with Author Benjamin Runkle, in the Belfer...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Monday, October 17, 2011
• Time:
  3:30 PM

STUDY GROUP: The Washington Ecosystem: The Rise of the Tea Party and Life as a Freshman Member of Congress in the New Republi

Guest Speaker: Congressman Michael Grimm (R-NY) Before 2007 few Americans had ever heard of the Tea (Taxed Enough Already) Party; by November 2008...

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Monday, October 17, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

STUDY GROUP The Divided States of America: What might the next Congress look like?

Guests: Guy Cecil, Executive Director, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Robby Mook, Executive Director, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee ...

• Location:
  Littuaer 166
• Date:
  Monday, October 17, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Gender & Security Seminar Series. Topic: 'UN 1325 and Women in International Security'

Please join us for the semester's 4th meeting of the Gender & Security study group. This week's speaker Jolynn Shoemaker, Executive Director...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room
• Date:
  Monday, October 17, 2011
• Time:
  5:00 PM

Writing Workshop: "Ed Page Confidential: Secrets of the Op-ed Page Revealed"

Writing Workshop presented by Renee Loth “Ed Page Confidential: Secrets of the Op-ed Page Revealed” A look at opinion journalism in the digital...

• Location:
  Starr Auditorium, Belfer Building, 2.5th Floor
• Date:
  Monday, October 17, 2011
• Time:
  6:00 PM

STUDY GROUP - The Politics of Financial Crises

Systemic Risk -- The Cause, the Cure, the Choices and Too Big To Fail Guest:  The Honorable John C. Dugan, partner Covington and...

• Location:
  Littauer 166
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 18, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Special Study Group: The Euro-Zone Crisis

A Special IOP Study Group THE EURO-ZONE CRISIS ...

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 18, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Public Speaking Workshop: "Oral Briefings"

Public Speaking Workshop presented by Luci Herman, Harvard Kennedy School, Lecturer in Public Policy....

• Location:
  Littauer Building, Room 332
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 18, 2011
• Time:
  4:10 PM

"Amphibious Warfare and the Marine Corps," a For the Common Defense Study Group Session

Topic for October 18: Amphibious Warfare and the Marine Corps The Harvard Kennedy School Armed Forces Club, the National Security Program, and the...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 18, 2011
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Right to Water Study Group. Topic: 'MDGs vs. the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation'

The Right to Water Study Group will host a discussion of 'The Relationship between the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation and the Millennium...

• Location:
  Fainsod Room (Littauer, floor 3)
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 18, 2011
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Speed Networking with M-RCBG Senior Fellows

Discuss jobs and other opportunities at Speed Networking event offered by Senior Fellows of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government. Participating...

• Location:
  Bell Hall
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 18, 2011
• Time:
  6:00 PM

"Financial Crisis Déjà Vu?”

A Conversation with: Diane Casey-Landry Fall 2011 Resident Fellow, Institute of Politics COO & Senior Executive VP, American Bankers Association (2007-2011) John Dugan Partner, Covington &...

• Location:
  John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 18, 2011
• Time:
  6:00 PM

The Foreclosure Crisis, Homelessness, and HomeBASE in Metro Boston

Please join us next Wednesday for a Brown Bag Lecture with Chris Norris, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership (MBHP), the...

• Location:
  Harvard Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy Street, Gund Hall, Stubbins 11
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 19, 2011
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Poverty, Human Rights, Development Study Group: Impact Evaluation: The Use of Evidence to Inform Policy

Joins us for the next meeting of the Poverty, Human Rights, Development  Study Group. Topic: "Impact Evaluation: The Use of Evidence to...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 19, 2011
• Time:
  1:15 PM

Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

David Hémous: The Environment, Trade, and Directed Technological Change...

• Location:
  Harvard Kennedy School Room Littauer-382
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 19, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

STUDY GROUP - An American Abroad: An Inside Look At How American Consultants Run High-Level Political Campaigns Around the Wo

From Speeches to Sound Bites This session will look at how American consultants develop...

• Location:
  Littauer 166
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 19, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Political Institutions and the Opinion-Policy Link

Professor Christopher Wlezien describes his recent research, drawing on data from two sources: (1) public preferences for spending from the International Social...

• Location:
  124 Mount Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 19, 2011
• Time:
  4:10 PM

The Post-Colonial Context of Political Islam: Pan-Islamism, Secularism, and Nationalism

A conversation with Ahmed H. Al-Rahim, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of Virginia. Moderated by Professor Tarek Masoud. Ahmed H. al-Rahim...

• Location:
  Fainsod Room, Third Floor, Littauer Building, Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 19, 2011
• Time:
  5:00 PM

Can We Measure the Quality of Urban Governance?

Americans’ lives remain deeply affected by what transpires at the local levels of government. Constituents demand leaders who will deliver quality schools,...

• Location:
  Nye A
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 19, 2011
• Time:
  5:30 PM

Islam and Democracy: Two Expressions of Islam in Contemporary Indonesia

Islam is commonly perceived as incompatible to democracy. This seminar will reveal the two expressions of liberal-democratic and radical-conservative Islam in Indonesia...

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
• Date:
  Thursday, October 20, 2011
• Time:
  10:00 AM

Trafficking & Modern-Day Slavery Student Policy Group

Trafficking & Modern-Day Slavery Student Policy Group. Topic: "Combatting Trafficking: Legal Mechanisms & Methods"**Students Only** (RSVP required)More info: http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/isht/study_group/2011_12/details_oct20.php...

• Location:
  RSVP for Venue
• Date:
  Thursday, October 20, 2011
• Time:
  11:30 AM

The Power of Political Voice: Women's Political Representation and Crime in India

Lakshmi Iyer, Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Lakshmi Iyer, Anandi Mani, Prachi Mishra, and Petia Topalova Description: We examine the...

• Location:
  WAPPP Cason Seminar Room, Taubman 1st floor
• Date:
  Thursday, October 20, 2011
• Time:
  11:40 AM

M-RCBG Seminar: Regulatory Capture: A New Look at an Old Problem

This seminar will be given by David Moss, John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. In recent years, the...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
• Date:
  Thursday, October 20, 2011
• Time:
  11:45 AM

A discussion of 'The New World of UN Peace Operations' with Thorsten Benner, Global Public Policy Institute

Brown Bag lecture by Thorsten Benner, Co-Founder and Associate Director, Global Public Policy Institute, Berlin, of his book 'The New World of...

• Location:
  Nye 'A', Taubman Conference Center (Taubman Building, Floor 5)
• Date:
  Thursday, October 20, 2011
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Goodbye or See You Later: Why States Fight Some Secessionists but Not Others

Speaker: Ahsan I. Butt, research fellow, International Security Program Coffee & tea provided. Link to seminar description: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/5612/ Sponsored by the International Security Program...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Thursday, October 20, 2011
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Europe and the Danish EU-Presidency 2012

Come join us for an interesting lecture and Q&A with: NICOLAI WAMMEN, newly appointed Minister for European Affairs of Denmark, on: “Europe...

• Location:
  Perkins Room - Rubenstein 415
• Date:
  Thursday, October 20, 2011
• Time:
  2:00 PM

The Global Interface of Medicine, Business, and Government

Led by M-RCBG Senior Fellow Tim Christian, MD, MPA, this study group encourages students to challenge their assumptions about global health care...

• Location:
  T-401
• Date:
  Thursday, October 20, 2011
• Time:
  3:00 PM

Not All of Us Were Keynesians: The New York Stock Exchange and the Origins of Supply-Side Economics

Professors Alex Keyssar and Moshik Temkin are happy to present: Julia Ott The New School for Social Research Not All of...

• Location:
  Perkins Room, Rubenstein 415
• Date:
  Thursday, October 20, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

STUDY GROUP: A Hands-on, Roll-up-Your-Sleeves, Look at Campaigns, Media and Politics

Producing the Ads II:  Going Negative.   These ads have become such a strong force in political campaign media that we’ll devote a...

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Thursday, October 20, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

STUDY GROUP: Real-Time Politics: – How Calling Something Crazy and Putting an Exclamation Point at the End is Just as Bad

Invited guest: Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo Turns out, the left’s spin cycle is...

• Location:
  Littauer 166
• Date:
  Thursday, October 20, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Crisis Mapping and Early Warning Systems in Humanitarian Relief: A Presentation by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

The Program on Crisis Leadership and the Crisis Management Student Group at HKS welcome Dr. Gregg Greenough and John Crowley of...

• Location:
  Ash Center Lobby, 2nd Floor North, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
• Date:
  Thursday, October 20, 2011
• Time:
  4:30 PM

Harvard Kennedy School Recruiting Reception

Harvard Kennedy School hosts a recruiting reception at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill. Attendees will learn about our degree programs, admissions...

• Location:
  Washington, DC
• Date:
  Thursday, October 20, 2011
• Time:
  6:00 PM

CID Speaker Series: Isabella Jean, CDA Collaborative Learning Project

Meet Isabella Jean and learn about the Listening Project on aid effectiveness and needs assessment work at the CDA Collaborative Learning Project....

• Location:
  Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein, HKS
• Date:
  Friday, October 21, 2011
• Time:
  11:45 AM

The Pakistan Conundrum

Ali Dayan Hasan, Pakistan director, Human Rights Watch, will discuss "The Pakistan Conundrum." More info: http://hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/events/2011/month10/Pakistan_20111024.php...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room
• Date:
  Monday, October 24, 2011
• Time:
  11:00 AM

China's Energy Future

ETIP/Consortium Energy Policy Seminar Trevor Houser, Peterson Institute for International Economics China's Energy Future Monday, October 24, 12pm-1:30pmBell hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS Lunch...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS
• Date:
  Monday, October 24, 2011
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Frozen Human Tissue and the Problem of Indeterminacy

STS Circle with Joanna Radin (University of Pennsylvania)...

• Location:
  124 Mt Auburn Suite 100, Room 106
• Date:
  Monday, October 24, 2011
• Time:
  12:15 PM

A World Without Superpowers

Speaker: Barry Buzan, Montague Burton Professor Emeritus, Department of International Relations, London School of Economics Coffee & tea provided Link to seminar description: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/5602/ Sponsored...

• Location:
  Littauer-166
• Date:
  Monday, October 24, 2011
• Time:
  12:15 PM

"Counterstrike," a Belfer Center Director's Lunch with Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Directors' Lunch with Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker, New York Times...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Monday, October 24, 2011
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Writing Workshop: The Executive Summary and Briefing Book

Writing Workshop presented by Luci Herman, Harvard Kennedy School, Lecturer in Public Policy.This workshop teaches the basic strategies and structures for effective...

• Location:
  Land Hall, Belfer Building, 4th floor
• Date:
  Monday, October 24, 2011
• Time:
  1:10 PM

"Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America's Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda."

Seminar with Eric Schmitt, terrorism correspondent for The New York Times, and Thom Shanker, Pentagon correspondent for The New York Times. Moderators:...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, Belfer Building, 5th floor
• Date:
  Monday, October 24, 2011
• Time:
  3:00 PM

STUDY GROUP - The Washington Ecosystem:The Rise and Power of the Media in the Washington Ecosystem

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Monday, October 24, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

STUDY GROUP - The Divided States of America

Will Polarization Drive Voters to a Third-Party?Is there space in a polarized landscape for a third party candidacy?  Is it possible for...

• Location:
  Littauer 166
• Date:
  Monday, October 24, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Mongolian Politics in Transition

Featuring Dr. Sanjbegz Tumur-Ochir, President of the National University of Mongolia For more information: http://www.ash.harvard.edu/Home/News-Events/Events/Mongolian-Politics-in-Transition...

• Location:
  124 Mount Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
• Date:
  Monday, October 24, 2011
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Regional Security Implications of the Arab Spring

A conversation with Karim Haggag , Director, Egyptian Press and Information Office....

• Location:
  Room 130/Bolton, Littauer Building, First Floor, Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Monday, October 24, 2011
• Time:
  4:30 PM

RECEPTION: Meet the 2011 Dubai Initiative Fellows

The Dubai Initiative is pleased to invite you to a reception to introduce to the Harvard community the Dubai Initiative Fellows...

• Location:
  Belfer Library L-369
• Date:
  Monday, October 24, 2011
• Time:
  4:30 PM

Harvard Kennedy School information session in Oslo

Harvard Kennedy School will host an information session in Oslo at the Kistefos Office, located at Stranden 1, Aker Brygge. Attendees will...

• Location:
  Oslo, Norway
• Date:
  Monday, October 24, 2011
• Time:
  5:00 PM

Gender & Security Seminar Series. Topic: 'Discussion with Ambassador Swanee Hunt'

Gender & Security Seminar Series. Topic: 'Why They Won the Nobel Peace Prize,' a discussion with Ambassador Swanee Hunt.' More info: http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/initiatives/hr_lab/GenderAndSecurity/2011_12/Oct_24.php...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room
• Date:
  Monday, October 24, 2011
• Time:
  5:00 PM

Creating a New Social Compact: Will "Pay-for-Success Contracts" in MA Accelerate Social Innovation and Improve Government Per

Presentation by Jeffrey Liebman, Malcolm Wiener Professor of Public Policy Commentator TBA Moderated by Edward L. Glaeser, Glimp Professor of Economics; Director, Rappaport Institute...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th floor Belfer Building
• Date:
  Monday, October 24, 2011
• Time:
  5:30 PM

Unleashing the Nuclear Watchdog: Strengthening and Reform of the International Atomic Energy Agency

Speaker: Trevor Findlay, research fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program Coffee & tea provided Link to seminar description: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/5618/ Sponsored by Project...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 25, 2011
• Time:
  10:00 AM

Zeynep Tufekci: "From Uprisings in the Arab World to Social Unrest in London: The New Media Ecology and Citizen/State Dynamic

Zeynep Tufekci, assistant professor at the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill....

• Location:
  Taubman 275
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 25, 2011
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Harvard Kennedy School information session in Bergen, Norway

Harvard Kennedy School will host an information session at the University of Bergen in the Social Science Faculty Building, Room 744. Attendees...

• Location:
  Bergen, Norway
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 25, 2011
• Time:
  2:30 PM

Study Group - The Politics of Financial Crises

The Role of the Lobbyists and the Press in DFA Much has been written...

• Location:
  Littauer 166
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 25, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Political Polarization and Ideas for Restoring Civility to Government in 2012.

Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on Negotiation, Conflict and the News Media with Jill Lepore, David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History...

• Location:
  Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, 1737 Cambridge Street, Room N
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 25, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Public Speaking Workshop: "Delivering Bad News Well"

Public Speaking Workshop presented by Holly Weeks, Harvard Kennedy School, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy.Hemingway called courage grace under pressure and...

• Location:
  Littauer Building, Room 332
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 25, 2011
• Time:
  4:10 PM

"Special Operations," a For the Common Defense Study Group Session

Topic for October 25: Special Operations The Harvard Kennedy School Armed Forces Club, the National Security Program, and the Belfer Center for Science...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 25, 2011
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Harvard Kennedy School to attend APSIA Los Angeles graduate school fair

Harvard Kennedy School will attend the APSIA graduate school fair in Los Angeles. Attendees will learn about our degree programs, admissions procedures...

• Location:
  Los Angeles, CA
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 25, 2011
• Time:
  5:00 PM

Harvard Toastmasters Club

The Harvard Toastmasters Club is a weekly meeting of Harvard students and community members who want to improve their public speaking and...

• Location:
  Taubman Building, Room 301
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 25, 2011
• Time:
  7:00 PM

Public Speaking Workshop: "On-Camera Interview Basics"

THIS WORKSHOP IS FULLPublic Speaking Workshop presented by Doug Gavel and Molly Lanzarotta, Harvard Kennedy School, Communications and Public Affairs. This workshop puts...

• Location:
  HKS Studio, Room LG-11D, Littauer Building, ground floor
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 26, 2011
• Time:
  10:00 AM

Janet Brown: "The Commission on Presidential Debates in 2012: Candidates, Conversation & Caffeine."

Speaker Series with Janet Brown, executive director, Commission on Presidential Debates. Co-Sponsored with the Institute of Politics....

• Location:
  Littauer 166
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 26, 2011
• Time:
  11:30 AM

Haiti Reconstruction Process: Accountability and Sustainability from a social perspective: A missing link?

Join us for the Poverty, Human Rights and Development in Latin America Study Group were we will be discussing "Haiti Reconstruction Process: ...

• Location:
  Taubman 135
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 26, 2011
• Time:
  2:30 PM

STUDY GROUP - An American Abroad: An Inside Look At How American Consultants Run High-Level Political Campaigns Around the Wo

Debates: Campaign Turning Points Debates have the potential to become major turning points for...

• Location:
  Littauer 166
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 26, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Transportation Speaker Series: Planes, Trains and Automobiles (and Bikes)

How to Win a Street Fight: Reclaiming the American City From the Automobile In communities across North America, citizens are rising up...

• Location:
  Taubman 301
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 26, 2011
• Time:
  4:30 PM

Harvard Kennedy School to attend APSIA San Diego graduate school fair

Harvard Kennedy School will attend the APSIA graduate school fair in San Diego. Attendees will learn about our degree programs, admissions procedures...

• Location:
  San Diego, CA
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 26, 2011
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Van Jones "Rebuild the Dream: The Next American Economy"

"Rebuild the Dream: The Next American Economy" A public address by Van Jones, President and Co-founder of Rebuild the Dream....

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 26, 2011
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Shortchanged: Understanding the Women's Wealth Gap

Mariko Chang, Independent consultant specializing in faculty diversity and program evaluation Women now receive more college degrees than men and enter the workforce...

• Location:
  WAPPP Cason Seminar Room and Office Suite, Taubman 1st floor
• Date:
  Thursday, October 27, 2011
• Time:
  11:40 AM

Energy Technology Innovation Systems: Lessons from the Global Energy Assessment

This seminar will be given by Arnulf Grubler, from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. It is being co-sponsored by...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
• Date:
  Thursday, October 27, 2011
• Time:
  11:45 AM

Harvard Kennedy School information session at Stanford

Harvard Kennedy School will host an information session at Stanford's Black Community Services Center. Attendees will learn about our degree programs, admissions...

• Location:
  Stanford, CA
• Date:
  Thursday, October 27, 2011
• Time:
  12:00 PM

The Unipolar Era: Why American Power Persists and China's Rise Is Limited

Speaker: Michael Beckley, Research Fellow, International Security Program Coffee & tea provided. Link to seminar description: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/5616/ Sponsored by the International Security Program...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Thursday, October 27, 2011
• Time:
  12:15 PM

STUDY GROUP - Real-Time Politics

A Study Group with Christina Bellantoni, IOP Fall 2011 Fellow...

• Location:
  Littauer 166
• Date:
  Thursday, October 27, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

STUDY GROUP - A Hands-on, Roll-up-Your-Sleeves, Look at Campaigns, Media and Politics

The Internet and new technologies.  The Internet has become a huge force in politics. The power of the Internet in politics goes...

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Thursday, October 27, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Social Responsibility in the Private and Public Sectors

Esko Aho, Nokia's Executive Vice President for Corporate Relations and Responsibility and Prime Minister of Finland from 1991 to 1995, will lead...

• Location:
  T-102, Cason Conference Room (WAPPP)
• Date:
  Thursday, October 27, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Harvard Kennedy School to attend APSIA San Francisco graduate school fair

Harvard Kennedy School will attend the APSIA graduate school fair in San Francisco. Attendees will learn about our degree programs, admissions procedures...

• Location:
  San Francisco, CA
• Date:
  Thursday, October 27, 2011
• Time:
  6:00 PM

CID Speaker Series: A conversation on Inclusive Growth with Andrew Stern, Dalberg

A conversation with Andrew Stern, Global Operating Partner, Dalberg Global Advisors "Inclusive Growth:Mobilizing the Private Sector for economic growth and social benefits using...

• Location:
  Perkins Room, 4th floor Rubenstein
• Date:
  Friday, October 28, 2011
• Time:
  11:45 AM

New Models in Philanthropy: The Role of Brand and Paul Newman's Drive to Make a Difference.

• Location:
  Harvard Kennedy School, WEIL Town Hall (Lobby level, Belfer Building)
• Date:
  Friday, October 28, 2011
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Demystifying DC: Making Markets Work Better--Student Experiences in Regulatory Policy

This panel discussion of HKS students highlights the powerful role that regulators play in public and private policies. Hear from students who...

• Location:
  Fainsod L-324
• Date:
  Friday, October 28, 2011
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Film Screening and Discussion: 'Hidden America: Children of the Plains'

An exploration of the intersection of media, human rights, and Native America by examining the recent ABC 20/20 report, "Hidden America: Children...

• Location:
  Taubman 401
• Date:
  Friday, October 28, 2011
• Time:
  2:00 PM

Legal and Regulatory Challenges to Moving Energy and Climate Policy Forward

ETIP/Consortium Energy Policy Seminar Series Jody Freeman, Harvard Law School "Legal and Regulatory Challenges to Moving Energy and Climate Policy Forward" 12pm-1:30pm...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS
• Date:
  Monday, October 31, 2011
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Making Big Promises Come True? Articulating and Realizing the Value of Synthetic Biology

STS Circle with Emma Frow (Edinburgh) The STS Circle at Harvard meets weekly during the academic semester. Sandwich lunches are provided. Please...

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 100, Room 106
• Date:
  Monday, October 31, 2011
• Time:
  12:15 PM

"Sustainability from Theory to Practice: The Walmart Experience," a Belfer Center Director's Lunch with Beth Keck

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Directors' Lunch with Beth Keck, Director of Sustainability at Walmart, in...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Monday, October 31, 2011
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Writing Workshop: "You Have an Idea for a Book, Now What?"

Writing Workshop presented by Morgan McVicar, MC/MPA 2003, Harvard Kennedy School, Writing Consultant. Nearly every nonfiction book begins with a forceful book proposal....

• Location:
  Land Hall, Belfer Building, 4th floor
• Date:
  Monday, October 31, 2011
• Time:
  1:10 PM

The Anti-Corruption Movement in India: Lessons for NGOs and Civil Society

Ramaswami Balasubramaniam, close associate of Anna Hazare, and anti-corruption movement leader in Karnataka reflects on lessons from recent events. Part of the NGOs...

• Location:
  Belfer L-4 (ground floor)
• Date:
  Monday, October 31, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

The Divided States of America: Divided States, Separate Agendas

“Divided States, Separate Agendas” A special guest in Linda’s Moore Forbes’ study group series: “The Divided States of America”Special Guest: BILL GALSTON Senior advisor to...

• Location:
  Littauer 166
• Date:
  Monday, October 31, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

The Washington Ecosystem

A View From Next Door: How is the Washington Ecosystem Viewed from Abroad on the Eve of a Presidential Election? Special Guest:...

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Monday, October 31, 2011
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Transportation Speaker Series: Planes, Trains and Automobiles (and Bikes)

The Current Politics of Transportation: the View from Washington In the contentious fiscal and policy environment in Washington, both the surface transportation and...

• Location:
  Taubman 301
• Date:
  Monday, October 31, 2011
• Time:
  4:30 PM