Events Calendar

PAE Workshop: Graphs, Charts, and Visuals for Quantitative Data & Effective PowerPoint

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

• Location:
  Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building, Lobby
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 1, 2012
• Time:
  10:10 AM

CID Info Session on Summer Internships in Africa and Middle East

Are you interested in working in Africa or the Middle East this summer?  Join an information session with Professor Ishac Diwan to...

• Location:
  Perkins Room, 4th Floor Rubenstein (R-415)
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 1, 2012
• Time:
  2:30 PM

Environmental Economics and Policy

Linda Bui: The Impact of Voluntary Programs on Polluter Behavior: Evidence from Pollution Prevention Programs and Toxic Releases...

• Location:
  Harvard Kennedy School Room Littauer-382
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 1, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Information and Relationships: Measuring the Impact of Information and Relational Skills on Girls' Health and Social Outcomes

Kathleen McGinn, Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Accurate information is necessary for making good decisions, but information held by one party...

• Location:
  WAPPP Cason Seminar Room, T-102
• Date:
  Thursday, February 2, 2012
• Time:
  11:40 AM

M-RCBG Seminar Series: The Logic of Reforms and Opening Up: Reform strategies in China and implications for the rest of the w

Fu Jun, Executive Dean of the School of Government, Peking University will be speaking on "The Logic of Reforms and Opening Up:...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
• Date:
  Thursday, February 2, 2012
• Time:
  11:45 AM

Passion & Purpose: Stories from the Best and Brightest Young Business Leaders

Join us for a lively panel on the next generation of leadership with the authors and contributors of Passion & Purpose:...

• Location:
  Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building
• Date:
  Thursday, February 2, 2012
• Time:
  11:45 AM

Navigating the Nuclear Marketplace: How States Select Acquisition Strategies

Speaker: Malfrid Braut-Hegghammer, Assistant Professor, Norwegian Defence University; Former Research Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2008–2010 Coffee & tea provided. Link...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Thursday, February 2, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Writing Workshop: Writing to Persuade

Writing Workshop presented by Morgan McVicar, MC/MPA 2003, Harvard Kennedy School, Writing Consultant...

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

Right to Water Study Group. Topic: "Water Rights that Help and Those that Don't"

Please join us for the first of this semster's seven sessions. This session's topic will be "Water Rights that Help and...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room (R-219)
• Date:
  Thursday, February 2, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Building Democracy in Muslim-Majority Countries: Indonesia, Senegal, & Tunisia

In this seminar, Professor Alfred Stepan will elaborate on his research building democracy in Muslim-majority countries, with special emphasis on Indonesia, Senegal,...

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
• Date:
  Thursday, February 2, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Iran and US Policy

In a Future of Diplomacy Project lecture,Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering, will discuss the political and diplomatic challenges and choices the United States...

• Location:
  NYE B, Taubman Building, Fifth Floor
• Date:
  Thursday, February 2, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

FORUM: "Egypt: From Tahrir Square to Today"

A panel conversation with: Mona Eltahawy, Columnist, Toronto Star, The Jerusalem Report & Politiken Tarek Masoud, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, HKS Charles Sennott,...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Thursday, February 2, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Davos Debrief

• Location:
  Bell Hall
• Date:
  Friday, February 3, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Reimagining Detroit: The role of private philanthropy in solving complex societal issues

PanelistsRobin Hacke, Director of Capital Formation, Living Cities, DCBenjamin Kennedy, Program Officer, Kresge FoundationLaura Trudeau, Senior Program Director, Kresge FoundationModeratorJim Bildner, Adjunct...

• Location:
  Weil Town Hall (Belfer L1, Lobby Level), Harvard Kennedy School of Governme
• Date:
  Friday, February 3, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Friday Library Workshop - Create a Research Plan

Learn how to create questions from your topic, identify search terms, think through search limitations, and discover potential sources of information....

• Location:
• Date:
  Friday, February 3, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Digital Communications Workshop: Digital Storytelling from Afghanistan

Digital Storytelling from Afghanistan presented by Michael Sheridan, filmaker and Catherine Rielly, DevCom Executive Producer. Filmmaker Michael Sheridan presents his remarkable story of assisting...

• Location:
  Rubenstein Building, 2nd Floor, Carr Center Conference Room
• Date:
  Friday, February 3, 2012
• Time:
  2:10 PM

FORUM: A conversation with Wael Ghonim and David Gergen

A conversation between: Wael Ghonim, Internet Activist, Computer Engineer & Head of Marketing of Google Middle East & North Africa David Gergen, Director,...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Friday, February 3, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Writing Workshop with Ron Suskind - A.M. Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence at the Shorenstein Center

• Location:
  Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building, Lobby
• Date:
  Monday, February 6, 2012
• Time:
  10:10 AM

Historians and earthquakes in the central United States: Making the past clear when the future isn't

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

• Location:
  124 Mount Auburn Suite 100
• Date:
  Monday, February 6, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Workshops on Mobilization and New Media for Nonprofit Leaders in China at Peking University

• Location:
  Belfer Building, BL4 (front entrance) HKS School of Government
• Date:
  Monday, February 6, 2012
• Time:
  12:30 PM

Gender & Security Seminar Series. Topic: 'Introducing the New US National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security'

Please join us for the first sesion of the Gender & Security Seminar Series for this spring semester. This session's topic will...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room (R-219)
• Date:
  Monday, February 6, 2012
• Time:
  5:00 PM

FORUM: A Conversation with Peter Thiel and Niall Ferguson

A conversation with: Peter Thiel, founding CEO of PayPal; Member, Board of Directors, Facebook; entrepreneur; and venture capitalist and Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch...

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

Lourdes Garcia-Navarro: "Women and War in the Arab World"

Speaker Series with Lourdes Garcia-Navarro, foreign correspondent, NPR....

• Location:
  Taubman 275
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 7, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Do Nuclear Power Plants Benefit Japan's Local Communities?

The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs’ special series on post-disaster Japan continues. Professor Saito’s research interests focus on the institutional determinants of representation and redistribution,...

• Location:
  Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St.
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 7, 2012
• Time:
  12:30 PM

Public Speaking Workshop: Creating Your Speaker Persona: A Little Larger than Life

Creating Your Speaker Persona: A Little Larger than Life, presented by Holly Weeks, HKS, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy. Your persona is the...

• Location:
  Littauer Building, Room 332
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 7, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

The Changing Face of Foreclosures in Massachusetts

Presentation by Tim Davis, independent consultant who produces the quarterly Foreclosure Monitor for the Massachusetts Housing PartnershipCommentary by Clark Ziegler, Executive Director, Massachusetts...

• Location:
  Allison Dining Room, 5th floor, Taubman Building, 15 Eliot Street
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 7, 2012
• Time:
  5:30 PM

Digital Communications Workshop: Social Media Analytics

Social Media Analytics Workshop presented by Nicco Mele, HKS, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy How do you read a Google Analytics report...

• Location:
  Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building, Lobby
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 8, 2012
• Time:
  10:10 AM

February Freecycle, Small Electronics Recycling, and Makeup & Toiletry Drive

February Freecycle, Small Electronics Recycling, and Makeup & Toiletry Drive* *The drive benefits homeless women living...

• Location:
  The Forum
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 8, 2012
• Time:
  11:30 AM

Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

Solomon Hsiang: Destruction, Disinvestment, and Death:  Economic and Human Losses Following Environmental Disaster...

• Location:
  Harvard Kennedy School Room Littauer-382
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 8, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Poverty, Human Rights and Development in Latin America Study Group Meeting

Please join us for this semester's first meeting of the Poverty, Human Rights and Development in Latin America study group. This week...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conferece Room (R-219)
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 8, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Bringing King to China

Bringing King to China is about a young American woman struggling to bring Martin Luther King, Jr.'s dream of nonviolence to China,...

• Location:
  Land Hall, Belfer Building, 4th Floor; 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 8, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Like Daughter, Like Judge: How Having Daughters Affects Judges’ Voting on Women’s Issues

Maya Sen, Doctoral Candidate, Harvard Department of Government Social scientists have long maintained that women judges might behave differently than their male colleagues...

• Location:
  WAPPP Cason Seminar Room, T-102
• Date:
  Thursday, February 9, 2012
• Time:
  11:40 AM

Miss Representation Screening

Like drawing back a curtain to let bright light stream in, Miss Representation uncovers a glaring reality we live with every...

• Location:
  WAPPP Cason Seminar Room, Taubman 102
• Date:
  Thursday, February 9, 2012
• Time:
  11:40 AM

M-RCBG Seminar: Super PACs--The WMDs of Campaign Finance

This seminar will be given by Ben Heineman, Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Lunch will...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
• Date:
  Thursday, February 9, 2012
• Time:
  11:45 AM

Life on the Downward Slope: Assessing the Consequences of Great Power Decline

Speaker: Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson, Research Fellow, International Security Program Coffee & tea provided. Link to seminar description: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/5683/ Sponsored by the International Security...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Thursday, February 9, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

"5 Secrets of Powerful Public Speakers" a Public Speaking Workshop with Marie Danziger

5 Secrets of Powerful Public Speakers This workshop will summarize the key lessons from “The Arts of Communication” and then give participants...

• Location:
  Taubman Building, Room 275
• Date:
  Thursday, February 9, 2012
• Time:
  2:40 PM

Nuclear 101: U.S. Nuclear Missile Operations

Lt. Col. Ronald Allen will provide an overview of U.S. nuclear missile operations and their role in deterrence. Lieutenant Colonel Ronald G....

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (Littauer 369)
• Date:
  Thursday, February 9, 2012
• Time:
  3:00 PM

"Power Politics in the Age of Google." <strong> Watch the LIVE Webcast at 4 p.m. EST </strong>

A digital power play stopped the SOPA and PIPA legislation. Watch the LIVE Webcast at 4 p.m. EST What are the...

• Location:
  Wiener Auditorium, Taubman Building, ground floor
• Date:
  Thursday, February 9, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

HRE Initiative, Training Series. Topic: "Nonformal education strategies for promoting empowerment"

This spring we have a new initiative at the Carr Center: Human Rights in Education, led by Carr Center Fellow Felisa Tibbitts. Please...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room (R-219)
• Date:
  Thursday, February 9, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Participatory Grant Making in Action: The Vision of a New Young Feminist Fund

A panel discussion (moderated by Peter Bell, former CEO of CARE) on an innovation in participatory grant making....

• Location:
  Weil Town Hall (Belfer Lobby 1)
• Date:
  Thursday, February 9, 2012
• Time:
  4:30 PM

"India's global agenda: A domestic policy view"

Baijayant “Jay” Panda was elected to the Parliament of India, Lower House (Lok Sabha) from Kendrapara Constituency, Odisha in May 2009. Earlier...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Belfer Building, Third floor
• Date:
  Thursday, February 9, 2012
• Time:
  4:30 PM

Finding Yes: Creating a Constructive Global Conversation about Our Planet’s Future

The Harvard University Center for the Environment Green Conversations series continues this spring. This discussion will examine the question, is it possible...

• Location:
  Tsai Auditorium (Room S-010), 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
• Date:
  Thursday, February 9, 2012
• Time:
  5:00 PM

CID Future of Latin America Series: Venezuela - The Paradoxes of an Oil Economy

Please join CID in welcoming Professor Jose Manuel Puente on a lively discussion of Venezuela's oil economy and his new book.  Refreshments...

• Location:
  Perkins Room, 4th Floor Rubenstein
• Date:
  Thursday, February 9, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

CID Friday Speaker Series Featuring: Stace Lindsay of Fusion Ventures

Join CID's weekly luncheon seminar with Stace Lindsay, founder of Fusion Ventures, an advisory and ventures investment firm.  Learn about Fusion Ventures...

• Location:
  Perkins Room, 4th floor Rubenstein, HKS
• Date:
  Friday, February 10, 2012
• Time:
  11:45 AM

Friday Library Workshop - Find It @ Harvard

Join us to learn about the various Harvard resources such as HOLLIS, Google Scholar, and E-Journals and to learn how to...

• Location:
  Instruction Room
• Date:
  Friday, February 10, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Digital Communications Workshop: Communication Strategies to Support Development Programs and Projects

Digital Communications Workshop presented by Jamil Simon, President of Spectrum Media and Charles Mann, Development economist. While frequently missing in development projects, a well-designed...

• Location:
  Rubinstein Building, 2nd Floor, Carr Conference Room
• Date:
  Friday, February 10, 2012
• Time:
  2:10 PM

Film Screening and Discussion: 'The Times of Harvey Milk' with Timothy Patrick McCarthy

Please join us for the second presentation of the student-organized, Human Rights Film Series. This week's film will be the documentary 'The Times...

• Location:
  Bell Hall (Belfer 5th floor)
• Date:
  Friday, February 10, 2012
• Time:
  2:30 PM

Writing Workshop with Ron Suskind, A.M. Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence at the Shorenstein Center

• Location:
  Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building, Lobby
• Date:
  Monday, February 13, 2012
• Time:
  10:10 AM

Writing Workshop with Ron Suskind, A.M. Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence at the Shorenstein Center

• Location:
  Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building, Lobby
• Date:
  Monday, February 13, 2012
• Time:
  10:10 AM

Show what you can do for the HKS Fund!

To kick off this year’s “Show What You Can Do for HKS” student fundraising campaign, there will be a table set...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Monday, February 13, 2012
• Time:
  10:30 AM

Restoring the Gulf of Mexico--An Energy Policy? A Historical Perspective on Energy/Environment in the Gulf Region

Consortium/ETIP Energy Policy Seminar Series...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS
• Date:
  Monday, February 13, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Not Fade Away: Race and the Politics of the Meantime in Biotech Patenting and Drug Development

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

• Location:
  124 Mt Auburn Suite 100
• Date:
  Monday, February 13, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

"A Conversation with Ben Rhodes," a Belfer Center Director's Lunch with Ben Rhodes

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Director's Lunch with Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Lirbary (L369)
• Date:
  Monday, February 13, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

The future of US relations with Pakistan

The US Ambassador to Pakistan, Cameron Munter, will address the challenges and changes to the US relationship with Pakistan in a public...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, Belfer Building
• Date:
  Monday, February 13, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

STUDY GROUP led by IOP Fellow Farai Chideya

• Location:
  L166
• Date:
  Monday, February 13, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

STUDY GROUP led by IOP Fellow Steven Schrage

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Monday, February 13, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

Whither Europe? Lessons, Risks, and the Way Forward

Whither Europe? Lessons, Risks, and the Way Forward First in a semester-long series of lectures Jeffrey...

• Location:
  Allison Dining Room
• Date:
  Monday, February 13, 2012
• Time:
  4:30 PM

STUDY GROUP led by IOP Fellow George Nethercutt

Pizza will be served....

• Location:
  L166
• Date:
  Monday, February 13, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Escalation Dynamics in South Asia

Prof. Vipin Narang will discuss the dynamics and dangers of escalation in the context of the Indian and Pakistani nuclear arsenals. Former...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (Littauer 369)
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 14, 2012
• Time:
  10:00 AM

Matt Bai: "Covering the Age of Political Uprising: Decentralization of Politics and the Media."

Speaker Series with Matt Bai, chief political correspondent, New York Times magazine....

• Location:
  Taubman 275
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 14, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Digital Communications Workshop: From Twitter to TV

Digital Communications Workshop presented by Jennifer Hollett, HKS MC/MPA, Award winning cross-platform journalist. From Twitter to TV Cross-platform journalist Jennifer Hollett explains how...

• Location:
  Littauer Building, Room 332
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 14, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

US Special Operations Command: Past, Present, and Future, with Lt Col Michalek

The National Security Program and the Belfer Center are co-sponsors of a study group for American military affairs.  The study group introduces military topics...

• Location:
  Belfer Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 14, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

STUDY GROUP led by IOP Fellow Ted Strickland

• Location:
  L166
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 14, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

STUDY GROUP led by IOP Fellow Margaret McKenna

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 14, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

Writing Workshop: Speechwriting Clinic-Discover the art of speechwriting and learn to write speeches effectively

Writing Workshop presented by Allison Shapira, MC/MPA 2010, Founder and President, Allison M. Shapira Consulting.  How exactly do you write a speech?...

• Location:
  Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building, Lobby
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 15, 2012
• Time:
  10:10 AM

M-RCBG Seminar: The Future of the Euro and the Role of Central Banks

This seminar will be given by Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, a former European Central Bank Board member. Lunch will be served. Please RSVP...

• Location:
  Fainsod Room, 3rd Floor Littauer
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 15, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Clay Johnson: "Agriculture and Obesity Can Teach Us about Media and Ignorance."

Speaker Series with Clay Johnson, founder of Blue State Digital....

• Location:
  Cason Seminar Room, Taubman Building, First floor
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 15, 2012
• Time:
  1:30 PM

Poverty, Human Rights and Development in Latin America Study Group Meeting

Please join us for this week's meeting of the Poverty, Human Rights and Development in Latin America study group where Leonardo Vivas...

• Location:
  Car center Conference Room (R-219)
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 15, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Is America in Decline?

In this Decline of Democracy Seminar, Professor Joseph Nye will draw upon the argument of his recent book, The Future of Power,...

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 15, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

STUDY GROUP led by IOP Fellow Kathy Taylor

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 15, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

India's Global Interests

**THIS EVENT TAKES PLACE AT THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT** Shyam Saran, Fisher Family Fellow with the Future of Diplomacy Project, will...

• Location:
  Belfer Case Study Room, Center for Government and International Studies, 17
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 15, 2012
• Time:
  5:00 PM

"Countdown: Iran, Israel and the Threat of a Military Strike"

A panel conversation with: Nazila Fathi, Spring 2012 Shorenstein Fellow, HKS; Neiman Fellow (2010-11) Charles Freilich, Senior Fellow, International Security Program, HKS Steven E. Miller Director, International...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 15, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Trafficking & Modern-Day Slavery Student Policy Group. Topic: 'Trafficking at Major Sporting Events'

Meeting 6 of the Trafficking & Modern-Day Slavery Student Policy Group. This session's topic: 'Trafficking at Major Sporting Events' Please RSVP required....

• Location:
  RSVP for location
• Date:
  Thursday, February 16, 2012
• Time:
  11:30 AM

International Mobility of Dual Career Couples and State and Funding Agency Policies

Kathrin Zippel, Associate Professor of Sociology, Northeastern University This talk is concerned with institutionalized barriers for the mobility of dual career couples. The...

• Location:
  WAPPP Cason Seminar Room, T-102
• Date:
  Thursday, February 16, 2012
• Time:
  11:40 AM

LEADERSHIP IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT

John Bercow is a British Member of Parliament and has been Speaker of the House of Commons since 2009, a role...

• Location:
  Darman Seminar Room, Center for Public Leadership, 1st floor, Taubman Build
• Date:
  Thursday, February 16, 2012
• Time:
  11:45 AM

Pan-American: The United States, Argentina, and Rival Visions of American Union

Speaker: Pierpaolo Barbieri, Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy, International Security Program Coffee & tea provided Link to seminar announcement: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/5713/ Sponsored by the...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Thursday, February 16, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

A Search for Common Ground

This panel will explore the opportunities and obstacles for global philanthropies to work with religious and secular organizations in the Middle East...

• Location:
  Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building, 4th Floor, HKS
• Date:
  Thursday, February 16, 2012
• Time:
  1:30 PM

HRE Initiative, Training Series. Topic: "Social media for human rights: choosing and using tools for participation and action

Please join us for the second meeeting of a special training series being offered by the Carr Center's Human Rights in...

• Location:
  RSVP for Venue
• Date:
  Thursday, February 16, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

The Future of Northeast Asia: Mobilization System Life Cycles

Asian politics has been driven by the “Asian economic miracles,” which resulted from the use of mobilization systems. These systems, originally copied...

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
• Date:
  Thursday, February 16, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

The Harvard Seminar on History and Policy

The Harvard Seminar on History and Policy presents "Sailing Backwards on Mexico’s 'Iron River of Guns': The Political Economy of the Arms...

• Location:
  Rubenstein 415 (Perkins Room)
• Date:
  Thursday, February 16, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

STUDY GROUP led by IOP Visiting Fellow Wael Nawara

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Thursday, February 16, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

STUDY GROUP led by IOP Fellow Artur Davis

• Location:
  L166
• Date:
  Thursday, February 16, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

Afghanistan: A negotiated end to America's longest war?

Zalmay Khalilzad is the former United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations, ending his appointment in January 2009. From 2005 to...

• Location:
  Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building
• Date:
  Thursday, February 16, 2012
• Time:
  5:00 PM

A Public Address by Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Prime Minister of Ireland

A public address by Taoiseach Enda Kenny, prime minister of Ireland; moderated by Iris Bohnet, academic dean and professor of public policy,...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Thursday, February 16, 2012
• Time:
  5:00 PM

Inaugural Meeting of the new study group: "Theater and Human Rights"

The first meeting of a new study group exploring the connection between theater and human rights that stretches from ancient Greece until...

• Location:
  Littauer 332, Deland Classroom, HKS
• Date:
  Thursday, February 16, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Speed Networking with Senior Fellows

Participating fellows include: * Artur Davis, a former four-term member of Congress who represented the 7th District of Alabama from 2003 to...

• Location:
  Allison Dining Room, 5th Floor Taubman
• Date:
  Thursday, February 16, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Time to Plan for a New Chapter in US Relations with North Korea

The death of Kim Jong Il and the ascension of Kim Jong Un to power in Pyongyang give the US the...

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
• Date:
  Friday, February 17, 2012
• Time:
  10:15 AM

India-US relations: Challenges and Opportunities

THIS EVENT TAKES PLACE AT THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT Mrs. Nirupama Rao assumed her responsibilities as Ambassador of India to the United States...

• Location:
  Tsai Auditorium, Center for Government and International Studies, 1730 Camb
• Date:
  Friday, February 17, 2012
• Time:
  10:30 AM

"Today's Russia," a Belfer Center Seminar with David Greene

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Director's Lunch with NPR's Morning Programming Host and Correspondent, David Greene,...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 21, 2012
• Time:
  2:00 PM

Panel Discussion: "The 11-Year Hunger Strike: Irony in the Worlds's Largest Democracy"

Please join or a panel discussion titled: "The 11-Year Hunger Strike: Irony in the Worlds's Largest Democracy" The discussion will center on the story...

• Location:
  Malkin Penthouse (5th floor Littauer Buidling)
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 21, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Writing Workshop: The Productive Writer with Greg Harris, HKS Writing Consultant

The Productive Writer:  How to Beat Procrastination Most of us wish we could write more, and more easily.  What are the secrets...

• Location:
  Littauer Building, Room 332
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 21, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Mental Health Policies in Indonesia Today: Enormous Challenges, Emerging Possibilities

Please join us for the first session in the Indonesia Seminar Series this semester with a presentation by Professors Byron Good and...

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 21, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Strategic Systems Analysis & Planning, with LTC Medina

The National Security Program and the Belfer Center are co-sponsors of a study group for American military affairs.  The study group introduces...

• Location:
  Weil Town Hall, BL-1
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 21, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

STUDY GROUP: The Politics of Education

Speakers: IOP Resident Fellow Margaret McKenna and Crystal FitzSimons, Director of School and Out of School Programs, Food Research and Action Center...

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 21, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

STUDY GROUP: Class Warfare: The Politics of the Rich, the Poor, and the Struggling Middle Class

Speakers: IOP Resident Fellow Ted Strickland and Andrew Stern, Senior Fellow-Richman Center, Columbia University; former president SEIU...

• Location:
  L166
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 21, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

Using Historic Preservation to Foster Community Development: Lessons and Issues from Historic Boston, Inc.'s New Focus on Bos

Presentation by Kathy Kottaridis, Executive Director, Historic Boston, Inc.; Rappaport Institute Advisory Board Member; and former Rappaport Urban ScholarCommentary byMatthew Kiefer, Chair...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th floor, Belfer Building, Corner of JFK and Eliot Streets
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 21, 2012
• Time:
  5:30 PM

"Fiscal 911: Washington to the Rescue?”

A Panel Conversation with: The Honorable Mark Warner U.S. Senator, VirginiaThe Honorable Vin Weber Managing Partner, Clark & Weinstock; U.S. House of Representatives (1981-1993)David...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 21, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

"The Rest of the Story: Chemical and Biological Weapons"

U.S. Ambassador Donald A. Mahley will review the unclassified current state of assessed chemical and biological weapons threat, both from states and...

• Location:
  Littauer 130
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 22, 2012
• Time:
  10:00 AM

Digital Communications Workshop: Managing the Idea Stream by John Wihbey, Editor & Researcher, HKS Shorenstein Center

Digital Communications Workshop presented by John Wihbey, HKS Shorenstein Center, Web Journalist and Researcher Setting up good systems and filters is crucial...

• Location:
  Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building, Lobby
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 22, 2012
• Time:
  10:10 AM

ABC's of Credit

Learn how to make credit a friend instead of foe in the overwhelming world of personal finance, loans, and debt. How...

• Location:
  Taubman T-A
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 22, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Environmental Economics and Policy

Jessica Reyes: Lead Exposure and Behavior: Effects on Aggression and Risky Behavior among Children and Adolescents...

• Location:
  Harvard Kennedy School Room Littauer-382
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 22, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

STUDY GROUP: Defining Your Path to Public Service: Navigating Opportunities, Overcoming Roadblocks and the Public Service Car

Speakers: IOP Resident Fellow Kathy Taylor and Ken Levit, Executive Director of the George Kaiser Family Foundation...

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 22, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

Workshop on Venture Capital - What is Venture Capital?

Interested in learning about venture capital and its role in stimulating entrepreneurship? Curious about the relationship between public policy and venture capital?...

• Location:
  Nye A, 5th Floor Taubman Building
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 22, 2012
• Time:
  5:00 PM

Is the Cup Half Full or Half Empty: Reflections on the Second Wave of Feminism

Nancy Gertner, Professor of Practice, Harvard Law School While there has been substantial progress for women, it is essential to reflect on how...

• Location:
  WAPPP Cason Seminar Room, T-102
• Date:
  Thursday, February 23, 2012
• Time:
  11:40 AM

Reviving Regulatory Reform

Christopher DeMuth, Distinguished Fellow at the Hudson Institute, will discuss the regulatory reform movement, which ran approximately from 1975 through 1985, and...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
• Date:
  Thursday, February 23, 2012
• Time:
  11:45 AM

Balancing for Power: Syrian State Power and the Dilemma of Armed Group Allies

Speaker: Ethan Corbin, Research Fellow, International Security Program Coffee & tea provided. Link to seminar description: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/5697 Sponsored by International Security Program...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Thursday, February 23, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

"Persuasive Storytelling" - a Public Speaking Workshop with Marie Danziger, HKS Lecturer in Public Policy. Come with a Story

Persuasive Storytelling  Leaders need a repertoire of stories to inspire and persuade.  But what are the characteristics of a narrative that works?  Does...

• Location:
  Taubman Building, Room 275
• Date:
  Thursday, February 23, 2012
• Time:
  2:40 PM

HRE Initiative, Training Series. Topic: "An introduction to interviewing in situations of armed conflict"

The second in a semester-long series of student training sessions sponsored by the Carr Center's Human Rights in Education Initiative. This session...

• Location:
  RSVP for Venue
• Date:
  Thursday, February 23, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

STUDY GROUP: The Future of Democracy in Egypt

Speaker: IOP Visiting Fellow Wael Nawara...

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Thursday, February 23, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

STUDY GROUP: The Making of the President 2012: A Real-Time Look at Americans Selecting Their Leader

Speaker: IOP Resident Fellow Artur Davis...

• Location:
  L166
• Date:
  Thursday, February 23, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

MEI Speaker Series: Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States in the Arab Spring

With Dr. Gregory Gause, Professor of Political Science, University of Vermont....

• Location:
  Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building, Fifth Floor, Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Thursday, February 23, 2012
• Time:
  5:00 PM

CID Friday Speaker Series Featuring Working in Development Agencies

Join Mid-Career Panelists: Shuhei Ueno, Andrew Chakyoyan, Ramsey Day  who will talk about working in HQs, field organizations and the resources available...

• Location:
  Perkins Room, 4th floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS
• Date:
  Friday, February 24, 2012
• Time:
  11:45 AM

Friday Library Workshop - Discover Country Information

Learn about specialized library databases, such as Economist Intelligence Unit which provide information about a country’s history, government, economy, and/or demographics....

• Location:
  Instruction Room
• Date:
  Friday, February 24, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Film Screening and Discussion: 'Our Disappeared (Nuestros Desaparecidos)' with Juan Mandelbaum

About the documentary "Our Disappeared" Like many modern-day quests, OUR DISAPPEARED starts with an innocent search on Google. But what begins with...

• Location:
  Littauer 324
• Date:
  Friday, February 24, 2012
• Time:
  2:00 PM

"The Next Generation of Social Entrepreneurship"

A conversation with: Bill Drayton, CEO and Founder, Ashoka;  Christa Velasquez, Senior Fellow, Initiative for Responsible Investment, Hauser Center; Gordon Bloom (moderator) Director, SE...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Friday, February 24, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

A Dinner with Dr. Julian Harris, Massachusetts State Medicaid Director

*Dinner provided by the Health Policy PIC* Dr. Julian Harris was appointed to serve as the Massachusetts Medicaid Director in July 2011,...

• Location:
  Taubman 102
• Date:
  Friday, February 24, 2012
• Time:
  5:00 PM

The Next Generation of Social Entrepreneurship

This reception will immediately follow the Forum event with Bill Drayton (CEO Ashoka) & Christa Velazquez (Senior Fellow at Initiative for Responsible...

• Location:
  Allison Dining Room, 5th Floor Taubman
• Date:
  Friday, February 24, 2012
• Time:
  5:30 PM

Writing Workshop: Organizing Your Writing Process

Writing Workshop presented by Jerry Lanson, Associate Professor of Journalism, Emerson College. Clear writing starts with clear thinking. It's that simple. And so...

• Location:
  Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building, Lobby
• Date:
  Monday, February 27, 2012
• Time:
  10:10 AM

Oil: The Next Big Surprises

ETIP/Consortium Energy Policy Seminar Series Oil: The Next Big Surprises Leonardo Maugeri, Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School Lunch will be served....

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS
• Date:
  Monday, February 27, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Physics, Emotion, and the Scientific Self in the Nuclear Age: Merle Tuve's Cold War

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

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn Suite 100
• Date:
  Monday, February 27, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

"Foreign Policy Priorities for 2012," a Belfer Center Director's Lunch with Jake Sullivan

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Director's Lunch with Jake Sullivan, Director of Policy Planning, Department of...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Monday, February 27, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

American Leadership in the 21st Century

Jake Sullivan, Director of Policy Planning at US Department of State will deliver a public address on...

• Location:
  Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building
• Date:
  Monday, February 27, 2012
• Time:
  2:30 PM

Targeting the Poor: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia

Rema Hanna will discuss her recent research Targeting the Poor: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia, co-authored with Vivi Alatas, Abhijit...

• Location:
  79 John F. Kennedy St., Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Room Nye A
• Date:
  Monday, February 27, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

How Disruptive Innovation Can Help Government Achieve More for Less

In the wake of the deep austerity facing most governments around the world, leaders are faced with the challenge to “do...

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
• Date:
  Monday, February 27, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

STUDY GROUP: All Politics Is Social

With IOP Resident Fellow Farai Chideya and Jason Rzepka, VP for Public Affairs, MTV...

• Location:
  L166
• Date:
  Monday, February 27, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

STUDY GROUP: The Stakes of 2012 Politics & Policy

Speakers: IOP Resident Fellow Steven Schrage and Vin Weber...

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Monday, February 27, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

Gender & Security Seminar Series. Topic: 'Movie on Gender and Security "War Redefined" '

Please join us for the semester's second session of the Gender & Security seminar series for a screening and discusion of the PBS film...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room (R-219)
• Date:
  Monday, February 27, 2012
• Time:
  5:00 PM

Driving Social Entrepreneurship In Egypt

The NEGMA Conference, which will be held on March 24-25, 2012 at the MIT Media Lab, will be a platform to...

• Location:
  Fainsod, Room 324 in the Littauer Building at Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Monday, February 27, 2012
• Time:
  5:00 PM

Iran and Saudi Arabia in a WMD-Free Persian Gulf

How feasible is it to announce the Persian Gulf as a Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Free Zone? MTA/ISP Fellow Mansour...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (Littauer 369)
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 28, 2012
• Time:
  10:00 AM

Meeting the Challenge: Working with Large Federal Agencies to Achieve Large Landscape Conservation Goals (online event)

~This is a free online Webinar. Registration is required.~ This online session will focus on opportunities to work alongside the U.S. Federal Government...

• Location:
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 28, 2012
• Time:
  11:00 AM

Ray Bonner: "Anatomy of Injustice: A Murder Case Gone Wrong."

Speaker Series with Ray Bonner, former investigative reporter and foreign correspondent for The New York Times and the International Herald Tribune....

• Location:
  Taubman 275
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 28, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Recognizing and Preventing Workplace Harassment

The Kennedy School is committed to supporting a healthy work environment. As a result, we have planned a session that will...

• Location:
  Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 28, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

The Controversy Over Health Reform’s Individual Mandate: What does Massachusetts Teach Us?

*Lunch provided by the Health Policy PIC* From 1996 to 2010 Thomas Glynn was the Chief Operating Officer at Partners HealthCare...

• Location:
  T102
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 28, 2012
• Time:
  12:30 PM

Right to Water Study Group. Topic: 'Beyond "Rights" and "Development" for tackling the sanitation challenge: Lessons from Guj

Right to Water Study Group. Topic: 'Beyond "Rights" and "Development" for tackling the sanitation challenge: Lessons from Gujarat, India?' presented by Balakrishnan...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room (R-219)
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 28, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Writing Workshop: Write a Nonfiction Book Proposal with Greg Harris, HKS Writing Consultant

Writing Workshop presented by Greg Harris, HKS, Writing Consultant Write a Nonfiction Book Proposal: Nearly every nonfiction book begins life as a successful...

• Location:
  Littauer Building, Room 332
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 28, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Counter-Insurgency vs. Counter-Terrorism Operations, with LTC Sims and MAJ Rob Shaw

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, February 28, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

NATO Chicago Summit Priorities: A Preview

• Location:
  Land Lecture Hall, Belfer Building, Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 28, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

STUDY GROUP:The Politics of Education

Speakers: IOP Resident Fellow Margaret McKenna and Carmel Martin, Assistant Secretary for Research and Evaluation, US Department of Education...

• Location:
  L166
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 28, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

STUDY GROUP: Class Warfare: The Politics of the Rich, the Poor, and the Struggling Middle Class

Speakers: IOP Resident Fellow Ted Strickland and Marian Wright Edelman, Founder and President of the Children's Defense Fund...

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 28, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

A Closer Look at Palestinian Refugees and UNRWA

A conversation with Randa Farah, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Western University. This event is part of the HKS Conversation Series: Can the...

• Location:
  Room NYE A
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 28, 2012
• Time:
  5:00 PM

Do Borrower Rights Improve Borrower Outcomes? Evidence from the Foreclosure Process

Presentation by Paul Willen, Senior Economist and Policy Advisor, Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Commentary by ...

• Location:
  Allison Dining Room, 5th floor, Taubman Building, 15 Eliot Street
• Date:
  Tuesday, February 28, 2012
• Time:
  5:30 PM

Public Speaking Workshop: How to Handle Questions and Answers in Public with Allison Shapira, MC/MPA 2010, Founder & Presiden

Public Speaking Workshop presented by Allison M. Shapira, MC/MPA 2010, Founder and President, Allison M. Shapira Consulting. How to Handle Questions and Answers:...

• Location:
  Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building, Lobby
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 29, 2012
• Time:
  10:10 AM

M-RCBG Seminar: Life in the UN Executive Office: Working from the Inside to Tackle a Global Challenge

This seminar will be given by Joe Colombano, Senior Officer and Economic Advisor in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General of the...

• Location:
  Fainsod Room, 3rd Floor Littauer
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 29, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

NATO's Relations with Russia

A public lecture co-sponsored with the Comparative Economics Seminar and the Cold War Studies Seminar, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies...

• Location:
  CGIS South, Room S354, 1730 Cambridge St.
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 29, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

‘Picking Winners’ Revisited: An Innovation Strategy to Address the Contemporary Economic Crisis

The Science, Technology, and Globalization Project and HKS Executive Education will co-host a seminar with Professor Henry Etzkowitz. Professor Etzkowitz is a...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L-369)
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 29, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Extracting Signal from the Noise of Energy Expert Option

Special Meeting of the ETIP/Consortium Energy Policy Seminar Series Lunch will be served....

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 29, 2012
• Time:
  1:00 PM

Webinar: Role of Brand in the Nonprofit Sector

Participate in a webinar about the Role of Brand in the Nonprofit Sector, hosted by Christopher Stone and Nathalie Kylander, who led...

• Location:
  Register online: http://hausercenter.harvard.edu/875/role-of-brand-webinar-
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 29, 2012
• Time:
  3:00 PM

Executive Education Open House

We cordially invite HKS degree students and staff to our Executive Education Open HouseCome hear from EE staff and faculty about...

• Location:
  The Penthouse
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 29, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Poverty, Human Rights and Development in Latin America Study Group Meeting

Join us for  the Poverty, Human Rights and Development in LA study group where Prof. Dan Levy will discuss quantitative ways of...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 29, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

The Return of the West: The US, EU, and China

The United States is a democracy in (relative) decline. But it need not make war to reverse its fortunes or become...

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 29, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

STUDY GROUP: Defining Your Path to Public Service: Navigating Opportunities, Overcoming Roadblocks and the Public Service Car

Speakers: IOP Resident Fellows Kathy Taylor, Steven Schrage, and Margaret McKenna...

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 29, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

STUDY GROUP: Why Study America?

Speaker: IOP Resident Fellow George Nethercutt...

• Location:
  L166
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 29, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

Future of Civic Participation: Lessons from the cult of wikipedians

Sam Klien is going to talk about Wikipedia – arguably one of the largest open collaborative project in history administered solely by...

• Location:
  LAND Hall, Belfer 4th floor , Harvard Kennedy School.
• Date:
  Wednesday, February 29, 2012
• Time:
  6:30 PM