Events Calendar

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