Events Calendar

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

A Transatlantic Perspective of the Strauss Kahn Affair: French Feminism Reexamined

Muriel Rouyer, Visiting Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School This talk will examine how the Dominique Strauss Kahn affair exposed the ongoing...

• Location:
  WAPPP Cason Seminar Room, T-102
• Date:
  Thursday, March 1, 2012
• Time:
  11:40 AM

Regulatory Policy Program Seminar: Regulating the Shadow Banking System

This seminar will be given by Andrew Metrick, Michael H. Jordan Professor of Finance and Management at the Yale School of Management. The...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
• Date:
  Thursday, March 1, 2012
• Time:
  11:45 AM

Controlling the 'Absolute Weapon': Delegation, Legitimacy, and Authority at the IAEA

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

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Thursday, March 1, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Digital Communications Workshop: Using Social Networks to Address Mental Health Issues in the Wake of Japan's Earthquake. Pre

Social networks can be powerful tools for civic engagement. Learning to harness their power by using tools such as iPads for creating...

• Location:
  Taubman Building, Room 275
• Date:
  Thursday, March 1, 2012
• Time:
  2:40 PM

STUDY GROUP: The Future of Democracy in Egypt

Speaker: IOP Visiting Fellow Wael Nawara...

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Thursday, March 1, 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, March 1, 2012
• Time:
  4:15 PM

FORUM: Premiere Screening and Discussion of HBO Films' GAME CHANGE

***Harvard ID Required*** Join us for a premiere screening of HBO Films' GAME CHANGE, followed by a discussion with GAME CHANGE co-authors...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Thursday, March 1, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Fukushima – Response and Lessons Learned

Dr. Akira Omoto, Commisioner of the Japanese Atomic Energy Commission, will discuss the Fukushima accident, the response and current status of the...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (Littauer 369)
• Date:
  Friday, March 2, 2012
• Time:
  10:00 AM

Friday Library Workshop - Find Public Policy Resources

• Location:
  Instruction Room
• Date:
  Friday, March 2, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

"Geoengineering, Geopolitics, and Corporate Interests," a Belfer Center Director's Lunch with David Keith

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Director's Lunch with David Keith, the Gordon McKay Professor of Applied...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Friday, March 2, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

2012 Gleitsman Social Change Film Forum - March 2nd and 3rd

Moderated by Professor Robb Moss, this conversation will feature current HKS students who are active in the field of film and social change.  We...

• Location:
  Kennedy Room, Charles Pavilion, Charles Hotel
• Date:
  Friday, March 2, 2012
• Time:
  3:00 PM

2012 Gleitsman Social Change Film Forum - March 2nd and 3rd

Moderated by Professor Robb Moss, this conversation will feature current HKS students who are active in the field of film and social...

• Location:
  Kennedy Room, Charles Pavilion, Charles Hotel
• Date:
  Friday, March 2, 2012
• Time:
  3:00 PM

2012 Gleitsman Social Change Film Forum - March 2nd and 3rd

Join us for the Saturday session of the 2012 Gleitsman Social Change Film Forum honoring two exceptional documentary films from this year's...

• Location:
  Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
• Date:
  Saturday, March 3, 2012
• Time:
  9:00 AM

2012 Gleitsman Social Change Film Forum - March 2nd and 3rd

Join us for the Saturday session of the 2012 Gleitsman Social Change Film Forum honoring two exceptional documentary films from this year's...

• Location:
  Harvard Film Archives, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
• Date:
  Saturday, March 3, 2012
• Time:
  9:00 AM