Current Event Schedule

Thursday, September 20 - 4:00 p.m.

The Euro Crisis and Its Impact on Central and Eastern EU Nations

Jan Fischer, former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic; Vice President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; and Candidate for President of the Czech Republic

Chaired by Dr. Grzegorz Ekiert, Professor of Government and Director of the Center for European Studies

Lower Level Conference Room, Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street

A CES Special Event co-sponsored with the Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe and the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

Monday, September 24 – 12:00 p.m.

Macedonia – Integration Without Assimilation Through Respecting of Diversity

Dr. Gjorge Ivanov, President of the Republic of Macedonia

Opening remarks by Dr. Daniel Shapiro, director, Harvard International Negotation Program

Room 2004, Wasserstein Hall, Harvard Law School, 1585 Massachusetts Avenue

Admission for Harvard ID holders only. Limited seating available; please arrive 15-20 minutes before the address begins. No bags, backpacks, or liquids will be allowed into the venue.

Co-sponsored with the Harvard International Negotiation Program and the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School

Tuesday, September 25 – 4:15 p.m.

Rebuilding the Economic & Monetary Union

Dr. Olli Rehn, vice-president of the European Commission and Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro

Moderated by Kenneth Rogoff, Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University

Lower Level Conference Room, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University 27 Kirkland St.

Co-sponsored with the Challenges of the 21st Century: European and American Perspectives series, the Center for European Studies and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs

Thursday, September 27 – 4:00 p.m.

Pathways to Development in Southeastern Europe: The Bulgarian Perspective

H.E. Rosen Plevneliev, president of the Republic of Bulgaria

Chaired by Elaine Kamarck, lecturer in public policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Wiener Auditorium, Taubman Building (courtyard level), Harvard Kennedy School

Co-sponsored with the Center for Public Leadership

Admission by RSVP only. Please e-mail Ilyana Sawka (ilyana_sawka@hks.harvard.edu) with your name and affiliation to request a seat at the event.

Thursday, October 4 – 4:00 p.m.

The Young Turks's Crime Against Humanity: The Armenian Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in the Ottoman Empire

Dr. Taner Akçam, Robert Aram, Marianne Kaloosdian and Stephen and Marion Mugar Chair in Armenian Genocide Studies, Department of History, Clark University

Starr Auditorium, Belfer Building (2nd floor), Harvard Kennedy School

Co-sponsored with the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy

Friday, October 5 – 11:00 a.m.

Euro-Atlantic Prospects and Diversity in the Western Balkans: Perspectives from Macedonia

H.E. Fatmir Besimi, Minister of Defense of the Republic of Macedonia

Belfer Center Library (L369), Littauer Building, Harvard Kennedy School 79 John F. Kennedy St.

Co-sponsored with the Future of Diplomacy Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Admission by RSVP only. Please e-mail Elaine Papoulias (elaine_papoulias@harvard.edu) with your name and affiliation to request a seat at the event.

Thursday, October 11 – 4:00 p.m.

Global Trade Policy and the Rush to Bilateralism

Peter Sutherland, chairman, Goldman Sachs International; chairman, London School of Economics; former EU Commissioner; former Director General of the WTO; former Attorney General of Ireland

Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building (top floor), Harvard Kennedy School 79 John F. Kennedy St.

Co-sponsored with the Challenges of the 21st Century: European and American Perspectives series, the Center for European Studies and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs