“Trusting Truth: The Path to Avoiding Gridlock in Public Dialogue” with Ron Suskind

, A.M. Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence, Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy,

Kennedy School of Government

Date: Monday, April 23, 2012Time: 4:00-6:00 PM

Where: CGIS South S-250, 1730 Cambridge Street

Contact Chair: Donna Hicks (dhicks@wcfia.harvard.edu)

Speaker Bio: Ron Suskind is the A.M. Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence. One of the … Read More 

Russia’s Leadership Challenges
in the 21st Century
with

Kevin Ryan
Executive Director for Research
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Kennedy School of Government
and
Simon Saradzhyan
Fellow
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Kennedy School of Government
 
Date: Monday, March 26, 2012
Time: 4:00-6:00 PM
Where: CGIS South S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street
Contact Chair: Donna Hicks (dhicks@wcfia.harvard.edu)
 

Speaker Bios
Brigadier General Kevin Ryan (U.S. Army retired) is Executive Director … Read More 

Pakistan and the US:
Ships Passing in the Night
with

Pir Zubair Shah
Reporter for The New York Times and Nieman Fellow
and
David Greenway
Columnist for The Boston Globe and Shorenstein Fellow
 
Date: Monday, February 27, 2012
Time: 4:00-6:00 PM
Where: CGIS South S-354, 1730 Cambridge Street
Contact Chair: Donna Hicks (dhicks@wcfia.harvard.edu)
 

Speaker Bios
H.D.S. (David) Greenway is a contributing columnist for The Boston Globe, The International Herald … Read More 

“Beyond diplomacy:  Embedding peace and conflict transformation processes in Nepal and Lebanon”

 with

Jeff Seul
Chairman, Peace Appeal Foundation
and

Martin Wahlisch
International Lawyer and Researcher, Common Space Initiative (Beirut) 
 
Date: November 8, 2011
Time: 4:00-6:00 PM
Where: Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
1737 Cambridge Street, Room K-354, Cambridge MA
Contact Chair: Donna Hicks (dhicks@wcfia.harvard.edu).

Speaker Bios
Jeff Seul, Chairman of the Peace Appeal Foundation, is a partner in … Read More 

“Political Polarization and Ideas for Restoring Civility to Government in 2012”

with

Jill Lepore,
Professor of American History at Harvard University
and

Mark McKinnon
Reidy Fellow at the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government
 
Date: October 25, 2011
Time: 4:00-6:00 PM
Where: Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
1737 Cambridge Street, Room K-354, Cambridge MA
Contact Chair: … Read More 

 “South Africa:  Press, Politics and Development
in the Post-Apartheid Era.”

with

Bob Giles
Curator, Nieman Foundation for Journalism
and
Rob Rose
Business reporter for South Africa’s Sunday Times and Nieman Fellow
 
Date: April 26, 2011
Time: 4:00-6:00 PM
Where: CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street,
Bowie Vernon Room (Room N-262), Cambridge MA
Contact Chair: Donna Hicks (dhicks@wcfia.harvard.edu).

Speaker Bios
Bob Giles is Curator of the Nieman Foundation for … Read More 

“The Military and the Media:  Two Perspectives– Iraq and Pakistan”

with

Wajahat Khan,
and

Emma Sky

Date: March 29, 2011

Time: 4:00-6:00 PM

Where: Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street,
Bowie Vernon Room (Room N-262), Cambridge MA
Contact Chair: Donna Hicks (dhicks@wcfia.harvard.edu).

Speaker Bios
Emma Sky left Iraq in September 2010, where she had served for three years as Political Advisor to General … Read More 

“Understanding public protests in Egypt and Iran: What is similar, what is different”

with

Hoochang Chehabi
and
Nazila Fathi
Date: February 22, 2011

Time: 4:00-6:00 PM

Where: Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street,
Bowie Vernon Room (Room N-262), Cambridge MA
Contact Chair: Donna Hicks (dhicks@wcfia.harvard.edu).

Speaker Bios
Houchang Chehabi is Professor of International Relations and History at Boston University. He specializes in Middle … Read More