Events Calendar

Science, Technology, and Society Seminar: STS Circle at Harvard

Paul Forman (Smithsonian Institution, Emeritus) presenting Politico-legal Proceduralism, Belief in Scientific Method, and the Elevation of Means Over Ends in Modernity. Sandwich...

• Location:
  Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street
• Date:
  Monday, October 15, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Politico-legal Proceduralism, Belief in Scientific Method, and the Elevation of Means Over Ends in Modernity

Sandwich lunches are provided. Please RSVP to sts@hks.harvard.edu by Thursday noon the week before....

• Location:
  Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street
• Date:
  Monday, October 15, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Comprehensive Tax Reform and U.S. Energy Policy

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

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS
• Date:
  Monday, October 15, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

"Israel's Strategic Situation in a Changing Middle East," a Belfer Center Director's Lunch with Major General Ido Nehushtan

POSITIVE RSVP ONLINE ONLY: http://belfercenter.hks.harvard.edu/events/nehushtan.html The...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Monday, October 15, 2012
• Time:
  12:45 PM

"Persuasive Storytelling," a Public Speaking Workshop with Marie Danziger, HKS Lecturer in Public Policy

Persuasive Storytelling: Leaders need a repertoire of stories to inspire and persuade.  But what kinds of stories work well as speech material?  Does...

• Location:
  Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building Lobby
• Date:
  Monday, October 15, 2012
• Time:
  1:10 PM

Human Rights to Water & Sanitation Study Group: Susan Murcott, "Lessons in Safe Drinking Water from Northern Ghana: Assessing

Please join the Human Rights to Water & Sanitation Study Group for their next session where Susan Murcott will present: "Lessons in Safe...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room (R-219)
• Date:
  Monday, October 15, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Former Prime Minister of Singapore: Managing a Changing World/Asia - Perspectives from a Small State

Goh Chok Tong, Emeritus Senior Minister and former Prime Minister of Singapore will offer his thoughts on the role of Singapore in...

• Location:
  CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Belfer Case Study Room (S020)
• Date:
  Monday, October 15, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Bill Kristol - Editor of The Weekly Standard

Bill Kristol Editor of The Weekly Standard "Foreign Policy and the U.S. Presidential Election" Moderated by Professor Meghan O'Sullivan Please RSVP to Leah...

• Location:
  L369 - Belfer Center Library
• Date:
  Monday, October 15, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Fit for the Future? A Closer Look at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)

This is the launch of the International NGOs study group. Pablo Marco will share his reflections on the big challenges MSF...

• Location:
  Belfer L-4
• Date:
  Monday, October 15, 2012
• Time:
  4:30 PM

Promoting Cycling and Walking for Sustainable Cities: Lessons from Europe and North America

Our speaker today is John Pucher, professor of planning and public policy-Rutgers University, and author of City Cycling (MIT Press 2012).Many believe...

• Location:
  Stubbins (Room 112) in Gund Hall (GSD-48 Quincy St.)
• Date:
  Monday, October 15, 2012
• Time:
  4:30 PM

Buttressing the Status Quo: The Problem of Algeria's "Opposition" and its Democratic Deficit

A talk by Hugh Roberts, Edward Keller Professor of North African and Middle Eastern History, Tufts University....

• Location:
  Bell Hall, Belfer Building, Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Monday, October 15, 2012
• Time:
  5:00 PM

Harvard Kennedy School to attend APSIA New York admission forum

Harvard Kennedy School will attend the APSIA admission forum in New York. Please visit www.apsia.org for more information and to register....

• Location:
  New York, NY
• Date:
  Monday, October 15, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

"Organizing your Writing Process," a Writing Workshop with Jerry Lanson, Associate Professor of Journalism, Emerson College,

Clear writing starts with clear thinking. It's that simple. And so the writing process for any writing project begins at the beginning,...

• Location:
  Littauer Building, Room 332
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 16, 2012
• Time:
  1:10 PM

"On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines — and Future," a Belfer Center Director's Seminar with Karen Elliot

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 16, 2012
• Time:
  2:30 PM

Harvard/MIT Economic Development Seminar: "Political Favoritism and Economic Growth: Evidence from India"

How does political favoritism impact local economic growth? Using a repeated census of Indian firms that we constructed, and a regression discontinuity...

• Location:
  Harvard Hall 104
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 16, 2012
• Time:
  2:40 PM

"Army and Land Warfare," a For the Common Defense Study Group Meeting with former Army Officer Dan McConnell

For the Common Defense Sessions strive to inform civilian leaders about American military affairs in an informal setting. Bring your questions! No...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 16, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

How to Start a 501(c)3 Social Enterprise: Learning the Legal and Governance Basics. Frontline with Faculty Series

Marion Fremont-Smith will speak about the advantages and disadvantages of seeking tax exempt status and alternative forms for new enterprises. She will...

• Location:
  Taubman, NYE A, 5th floor, Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 16, 2012
• Time:
  4:30 PM

Harvard Kennedy School to attend APSIA Washington, DC graduate admission form

Harvard Kennedy School will attend the APSIA graduate school fair in Washington, DC. Please visit www.apsia.org for more information and to register....

• Location:
  Washington, DC
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 16, 2012
• Time:
  5:30 PM

Speed Networking with Senior Fellows

Participating senior fellows include leaders from business and government: Esko Aho (former Prime Minister of Finland); Richard Balzer (leadership consultant); Mark Fagan...

• Location:
  Bell Hall
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 16, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

“Mexico and the U.S.: A Strategic Partnership,” a David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies’ Mexico and Central Ame

Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan will be speaking on the relationship between the United States and Mexico. There will be a reception following the...

• Location:
  Wiener Auditorium, Taubman Building
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 16, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Presidential Debate Watch Party

Join the IOP for a screening of the second presidential debate. Light refreshments will be served....

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Tuesday, October 16, 2012
• Time:
  9:00 PM

The Iranian Nuclear Dispute as a Challenge for Conflict Resolution

The international dispute over Iran’s nuclear program seems to defy any attempts at finding a negotiated solution. This presentation traces the reasons...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (Littauer 369)
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 17, 2012
• Time:
  10:00 AM

**EVENT POSTPONED** Student Policy Group on Human Trafficking: "Anti-Trafficking Litigation and Legislation"

**EVENT POSTPONED** This event has been postponed until October 24, 2012. Please join us for the next meeting of the Student Policy Group...

• Location:
  RSVP for Venue
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 17, 2012
• Time:
  11:30 AM

Deborah Amos: "How Syrian Activists and Rebels Have Redefined Social Media to Change Society."

Speaker Series with Deborah Amos, Middle East correspondent, National Public Radio....

• Location:
  Taubman 275
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 17, 2012
• Time:
  11:45 AM

Financial Literacy Series (Part I): Investing Basics

This is the first in a series of Personal Finance Education seminars designed to help us navigate our personal finances.  In this...

• Location:
  Allison Dining Room (Taubman, 5th Floor)
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 17, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

"Can the Cash Transfers Revolution be Harnessed to Fight the Oil Curse?"

Dr. Todd Moss VP & Senior Fellow Center for Global Development Former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Sponsored by...

• Location:
  Perkins Room (R-415), 4th Floor Rubenstein, HKS
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 17, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

"Mental Models for Public Speaking," a Communications Program Workshop with Marie Danziger, HKS Lecturer in Public Policy

Mental Models Speeches need “mental models.”  They frame your ideas with recognizable structures to provide clarity, context, contrast, surprise, amusement and “memorability.”  We’ll...

• Location:
  Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building, Lobby
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 17, 2012
• Time:
  1:10 PM

Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

Thomas Covert, Harvard University. "Learning and Experimentation in the North Dakota Bakken Shale."...

• Location:
  Harvard Kennedy School Room Littauer-382
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 17, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Gov. Madeleine Kunin Book Event

Gov. Kunin discusses her 2012 book "The New Feminist Agenda: Defining the Next Revolution for Women, Work, and Family".  Gov. Kunin is a...

• Location:
  Perkins Room -- Rubenstein 415
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 17, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

The Role of Religion in the 2012 Campaign

The Role of Religion in the 2012 CampaignCatholic Dimensions In the last ten elections, whoever won the “Catholic vote,” won the...

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 17, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Political Disruption:Occupy Wall Street. How it started. Where it went. Where it's going.

Political Disruption:Occupy Wall Street. How it started. Where it went.  Where it's going. Mark McKinnon A co-founder, No...

• Location:
  Littauer 166
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 17, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Seminar: Ethics and Climate Policy

Prof. John Broome, Oxford University, and Prof. Andrew Light, George Mason University, have both served as government consultants on climate change. They...

• Location:
  Belfer 1, Weil Seminar Room, HKS
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 17, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Transparency for DOTs: Who Measures Up?

"If you can not measure it, you can not improve it." - Lord Kelvin Performance measurement and transparency are the new buzzwords for...

• Location:
  Taubman - Allison Dining Room/5th floor
• Date:
  Wednesday, October 17, 2012
• Time:
  4:30 PM

Temporal Distance and Discrimination: An Audit Study in Academia

Modupe Akinola, Assistant Professor of Management at Columbia Business School Through a field experiment set in academia (with a sample of 6,548 professors),...

• Location:
  WAPPP Cason Seminar Room, Taubman Building, Room 102
• Date:
  Thursday, October 18, 2012
• Time:
  11:40 AM

Navigating the Post-Peace Process Reality in Israel-Palestine

A talk by Diana Buttu, Former Middle East Initiative Fellow, attorney and former advisor to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Diana Buttu is...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
• Date:
  Thursday, October 18, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Credibility is Not Enough: The Failure of U.S. Compellent Threats, 1945–2011

Speaker: Dianne R. Pfundstein, Research Fellow, International Security Program Coffee & tea provided Link to seminar description: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/5856/ Sponsored by the International Security Program...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Thursday, October 18, 2012
• Time:
  12:15 PM

"Cinema on Fire: A Reporter's Take on History, Free Expression, and the Muslim World." Discussion with Steve Inskeep, host of

Discussion with Steve Inskeep, host of NPR's Morning Edition; author of Instant City: Life and Death in Karachi. This event is co-sponsored by...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Thursday, October 18, 2012
• Time:
  2:30 PM

The Student Movement in Chile: A Conversation with its Student Leaders

"The Student Movement in Chile," A Conversation with its Student Leaders with Camila Vallejo, Noam Titelman, and Felipe Barrera-Osorio. Moderated by Timothy Patrick...

• Location:
  Longfellow Hall, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 13 Appian Way, Camb.
• Date:
  Thursday, October 18, 2012
• Time:
  2:30 PM

HRE Training Series: "Introduction to Negotiation Fundamentals and Difficult Conversations"

Please join us for the next session of the Human Rights in Education Training Series. This session's topic, an "Introduction to Negotiation...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room (R-219)
• Date:
  Thursday, October 18, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

A Conversation on Leadership with Sheila Johnson

Sheila Johnson is a multi-faceted woman.  She is CEO of Salamander Hotels and Resorts, owner of three professional sports teams, executive producer...

• Location:
  Darman Seminar Room, Center for Public Leadership
• Date:
  Thursday, October 18, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Technology, Innovation & Politics

Technology, Innovation & Politics Sonal Shahdeputy assistant to the President and director, White House Office of Social Innovation and...

• Location:
  Littauer 166
• Date:
  Thursday, October 18, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM

The Harvard Seminar on History and Policy

The Harvard Seminar on History and Policy presents "Development as a Cold War Weapon: Foreign Experts and the Rise of Indian Economists"...

• Location:
  Perkins Room, Rubenstein 415
• Date:
  Thursday, October 18, 2012
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Freddie & Fannie: Where They've Been, What To Do With Them

The 2012 Glauber Lecture by Charles E. Haldeman Chief Executive Officer, Freddie Mac (2009-2012) Robert Glauber (moderator) Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy,...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Thursday, October 18, 2012
• Time:
  6:00 PM

We're Not Broke: Film Screening and Panel Discussion

Film Synopsis: America is in the grip of a societal economic panic. Lawmakers cry "We're Broke!"as they slash budget, lay off schoolteachers,...

• Location:
  Wiener Auditorium, Ground Floor, Taubman Building, HKS
• Date:
  Thursday, October 18, 2012
• Time:
  6:30 PM

A Screening of Electoral Dysfunction

Electoral Dysfunction, a feature-length documentary created by a team of award-winning filmmakers, uses humor an dwit to take an irreverent look at...

• Location:
  Starr Auditorium
• Date:
  Thursday, October 18, 2012
• Time:
  7:00 PM

What happens when 5 billion people have computers in their pockets? 6 out of 7 people do not own computers. Soon they will h

What happens when 5 billion people have computers in their pockets? 6 out of 7 people do not own computers. Soon...

• Location:
  Boylston 105
• Date:
  Thursday, October 18, 2012
• Time:
  8:00 PM

Yemen in Transition: Challenges and Opportunities

Yemeni-American professionals (scientists, public leaders and business people) with some of their counterparts from Yemen as well as American academics who have...

• Location:
  Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street
• Date:
  Friday, October 19, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 AM

CID Speaker Series: “Health Leadership in Africa: Asking Tough Questions”

Join us for a conversation with MP Mwakyusa, former Minister of Health, Tanzania and visiting professor at the Harvard School of Public...

• Location:
  Perkins Room, 4th Floor Rubenstein Building
• Date:
  Friday, October 19, 2012
• Time:
  11:45 AM

"Policy Entrepreneurship for Science and Technology," a Belfer Center Director's Lunch with Thomas Kalil

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Friday, October 19, 2012
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Social Entrepreneurship at Harvard: Programs, Initiatives and Courses

A University-Wide Panel Discussion Chaired by Chris Letts Rita E. Hauser Senior Lecturer in the Practice of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership; Interim...

• Location:
  Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building 4th Floor, Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Friday, October 19, 2012
• Time:
  2:00 PM

Digital Communications Workshop - Communication Strategies to Support Development Programs and Projects, presented by Jamil S

While frequently missing in development projects, a well-designed and multi-faceted communications strategy can greatly enhance effectiveness.  This session will present principles of creating...

• Location:
  Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building, lobby
• Date:
  Friday, October 19, 2012
• Time:
  2:10 PM

Sexuality, Gender and Human Rights Study Group: "Media, Activism, and Queering U.S. History"

Please join us for the next Sexuality, Gender and Human Rights Study Group where Michael Bronski will discuss "Media, Activism, and Queering...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room (R-219)
• Date:
  Friday, October 19, 2012
• Time:
  3:00 PM

Contemporary Human Rights Issues in LATAM: "Human Rights in Colombia: A Tough Transition fromthe Uribe Era" with Jose Miguel

Join us for "Human Rights in Colombia: A Tough Transition fromthe Uribe Era," a discussion with Jose Miguel Vivanco, director, Americas Division,...

• Location:
  Bell Hall (Belfer Building, floor 5)
• Date:
  Friday, October 19, 2012
• Time:
  3:00 PM

Lessons from the Cuban Missile Crisis, Then and Now

A conversation with: Sergei Khrushchev, Visiting Professor of Slavic Languages, Brown University Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs;...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Friday, October 19, 2012
• Time:
  4:00 PM