Events Calendar

Power Sector Technology Investment Planning Under Uncertainty

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

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS
• Date:
  Monday, April 29, 2013
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Courting Innovation: The Constitution(s) of Indian Biomedicine

Sandwich lunches provided to those who RSVP by the Thursday before....

• Location:
  Pierce 100F, 29 Oxford Street
• Date:
  Monday, April 29, 2013
• Time:
  12:15 PM

"Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin" Belfer Center Director's Lunch with Fiona Hill

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Monday, April 29, 2013
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Building Capacity for Science, Technology, and Innovation for the Left-Behind in Science: The Role of TWAS

Please join us for a lunch seminar with Romain Murenzi, Executive Director of TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing...

• Location:
  United States
• Date:
  Monday, April 29, 2013
• Time:
  12:30 PM

Careers in Public Policy

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Student Session with Fiona Hill, Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution in...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Monday, April 29, 2013
• Time:
  2:30 PM

Special Speaker Series Featuring: Duncan Green, Oxfam

"From Poverty to Power" A Discussion with Duncan Green, Senior Strategic Adviser, Oxfam GB Duncan Green is the author of From Poverty...

• Location:
  Land Hall, 4th Flr, Belfer Building, Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Monday, April 29, 2013
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Chinese Cities: Booming Growth or Doomed to Fail?

China's cities have reportedly been driving the country's decades-long economic miracle. But behind this veneer of economic stability lies a system of...

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn St., Suite 200-North
• Date:
  Monday, April 29, 2013
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Building Capacity for Scientific and Technological Catch-Up in Developing Countries: The Role of The World Academy of Science

Please join Professor Romain Murenzi, Executive Director of TWAS, for a public lecture. Moderators: Calestous Juma and Venky Narayanamurti Science, technology, and...

• Location:
  Starr Auditorium
• Date:
  Monday, April 29, 2013
• Time:
  5:00 PM

Special Speaker Series Featuring: Nemat Shafik, IMF

Special Speaker Series: "The Eurozone crisis: how did we get here and where are we going" Nemat Shafik assumed the position...

• Location:
  Perkins Room (R-415), 4th Floor Rubenstein, HKS
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 30, 2013
• Time:
  11:45 AM

Richard Gingras: "Evolution of the News Ecosystem."

Speaker Series with Richard Gingras, head of news and social products, Google....

• Location:
  Taubman 275
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 30, 2013
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Army Special Forces: Iraq and Afghanistan Lessons- COL Chris Riga, COL Mike Foster, & COL Chris Donahue

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, April 30, 2013
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Seminar with M.K. Narayanan - "India's Engagement with the World, with particular reference to Indo-US Relations"

"India's Engagement with the World: A Special Focus on India-US Relations" M.K. Narayanan is the Governor of West Bengal, India. From 2005 to...

• Location:
  Faculty Dining Room (Littauer 163)
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 30, 2013
• Time:
  4:30 PM

Dr. Ellis Goldberg: "Sectarian Violence: The Third Rail of Egyptian Politics"

Ellis Goldberg is a professor of political science at the University of Washington where he teaches Middle East politics. Most of his...

• Location:
  Allison Dining Room
• Date:
  Wednesday, May 1, 2013
• Time:
  12:00 PM

"Income shocks and political movements in Bolivia," a presentation by Pablo Selaya, Ph.D.

The Carr Center's Latin America Program is proud to sponsor a presentation by Pablo Selaya, visiting scholar at IQSS, Harvard University and...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room (R-219)
• Date:
  Wednesday, May 1, 2013
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Tanner Lectures on Human Values

This year's Tanner Lectures on Human Values will be delivered by Robert C. Post. The Lectures are scheduled on Wednesday and Thursday,...

• Location:
• Date:
  Wednesday, May 1, 2013
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Transitional Justice Seminar Series: "Transitional Justice Foundations - Rethinking Transitional Justice; Policy Panel"

Please join us for the last scheduled session of this semester's seminar series on topics in transitional justice. This session's title is:"Transitional...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room (R-219)
• Date:
  Wednesday, May 1, 2013
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

Erin Mansur, Dartmouth College. “Will Carbon Prices Reduce Emissions in the US Electricity Industry? Evidence from the Shale Gas Experience.”...

• Location:
  Harvard Kennedy School Room Littauer-382
• Date:
  Wednesday, May 1, 2013
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Creating the Policy and Legal Framework for a Location-Enabled Society

Link to description: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/6028/ Free and open to the public Co-sponsored by the Centre for Spatial Law and Policy based in Washington, D.C., Harvard's...

• Location:
  CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010), 1730 Cambridge St.
• Date:
  Thursday, May 2, 2013
• Time:
  12:00 AM

New Ideas for Achieving Economic Inclusion and Mobility in the U.S.

This panel discussion includes three HKS alumni who have dedicated their careers to promoting financial inclusion, wealth building, and economic opportunity for...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
• Date:
  Thursday, May 2, 2013
• Time:
  11:45 AM

The Open Door and U.S. Policy in Iraq between the World Wars

Speaker: Annie Tracy Samuel, research fellow, International Security Program Coffee & tea provided Link to seminar description: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/6057 Sponsored by the International Security Program...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Thursday, May 2, 2013
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Human Rights to Water & Sanitation: Annette Huber-Lee and Nidal al-Azraq present "Water and the Wall: Contrasts in Access bet

Please join the Human Rights to Water & Sanitation Study Group for its next session, at which Annette Huber-Lee and Nidal al-Azraq will present...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room (R-219)
• Date:
  Thursday, May 2, 2013
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Josette Sheeran: "Leading in a Flat World - Lessons from the Frontlines of World Hunger

Josette Sheeran is vice-chairman of the World Economic Forum and former executive director of the United Nations...

• Location:
  Littauer 280, Littauer Building, Second floor
• Date:
  Thursday, May 2, 2013
• Time:
  4:15 PM

A conversation with Soledad O'Brien & Callie Crossley

A Conversation with Soledad O'Brien Award-winning broadcast journalist Harvard College (’88) &Callie Crossley Under the...

• Location:
  John F. Kennedy Jr Forum
• Date:
  Thursday, May 2, 2013
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Nuclear 101: America's Sea-Based Strategic Deterrent

Speaker: Ryan J. Heilman, Military Professor, United States Naval War College Coffee & tea provided Link to seminar description: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/6074/ Sponsored by Project on...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Friday, May 3, 2013
• Time:
  10:00 AM

Beyond Harvard: Public Policy Research as HKS Alumni

Join us to explore the various types of free information sources available for your research. Academic Search Alumni Edition, a database provided...

• Location:
  Instruction Room
• Date:
  Friday, May 3, 2013
• Time:
  11:00 AM

"The Future of Russia and the World," a Belfer Center Director's Lunch with Ambassador Georgiy Mamedov

POSITIVE RSVP ONLINE ONLY: http://belfercenter.hks.harvard.edu/events/mamedov.html The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Director's Lunch with...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Friday, May 3, 2013
• Time:
  12:15 PM

"Can War Be Prevented?" Belfer Center Director's Seminar with David Hamburg and Martha Minow

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library (L369)
• Date:
  Friday, May 3, 2013
• Time:
  2:30 PM