EVENTS ARCHIVE
For the Common Defense: A Study of American Military Affairs
Lecture Series
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
February 3, 2008 - April 21, 2008
4:10-5:30 p.m. - Presentation and Discussion.
The National Security Program's lecture series entitled "A Study of American Military Affairs" has released their spring schedule.
The Impact of Policies to Reduce Oil Consumption and GHG Emissions in the Transport Sector: Insights from NEMS
Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
February 5, 2008
9:30-11:00 a.m.
Speaker: Kelly Sims Gallagher, ETIP Director, Gustavo Collantes, ETIP Research Fellow
Related Projects: Energy Technology Innovation Policy, Environment and Natural Resources, Science, Technology, and Public Policy
Gallagher and Collantes will present the modeling results for eight policy scenarios for reducing oil consumption and greenhouse-gas emissions in the U.S. transport sector. They will present insights gained from using NEMS (National Energy Modeling System), and how these might influence future policy directions. They will also discuss limitations to NEMS, and areas for further research.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come-first served basis.
Prospects for a Nuclear Deal with Iran
Director's Luncheon
RSVP required - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
February 6, 2008
12:15-1:45 p.m. - Presentation and Discussion
The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Directors' Lunch with Gary Samore on Wednesday, February 6th in the Belfer Center Library (L369).
College Major Choice and the Gender Gap
Seminar
Harvard students, staff, faculty - Fainsod Room, Littauer-324
February 7, 2008
9:00-11:00 a.m.
Related Project: The Dubai Initiative
Basit Zafar, a Ph.D candidate in economics at Northwestern University, studies the question of how undergraduates choose college majors, and attempts to explain why males and females make different choices with regards to college majors.
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Grand Strategy and the Nuclear Marketplace: Civilian Nuclear Cooperation, the Balance of Power, and the Bomb
Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Nye B, Fifth Floor Taubman Building
February 7, 2008
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Matthew Fuhrmann, Research Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom
Related Projects: International Security, Managing the Atom
This project seeks to explain when and why states engage in civilian nuclear cooperation. It advances a general theoretical argument that states exchange nuclear technology to meet security-related objectives.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
Duration or Discretion : A Study of Incentives in Performance Reviews
Seminar
Harvard students, staff, faculty - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
February 7, 2008
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Zaki Zahran is a sixth year Ph.D. student in Georgetown's Economics Department. His research focuses on Political Economy. His main area of interest is the study of corruption, and how institutions shape the behaviour of economic and political agents.
Economic Development, Religious Competition, and the Rise and Fall of Muslim Science
Seminar
Harvard students, staff, faculty - Fainsod Room, Littauer-324
February 8, 2008
Eric Chaney is a graduate student at UC Berkeley where he will receive his PhD in Economics in Spring 2008. His dissertation "Essays in Middle Eastern Economics" combines his interest in economic history with his interest in modern Middle Eastern development. Eric has a paper forthcoming in the Journal of Comparative Economics on the Iraqi bond market. His job market paper is entitled "Religious Competition and the Rise and Fall of Muslim Science." Prior to going to UC Berkeley he received his BA in Economics and BS in Mathematics from Stanford University. He also spent a year studying classical Arabic in Damascus, Syria, where he earned a certificate in Arabic from the Institut Francais du Proche Orient.
The OPEC Disease
Seminar
Harvard students, staff, faculty - Fainsod Room, Littauer-324
February 8, 2008
2:00-4:00 p.m.
Abderrahmane Cherif has a Master of Science degree in economics from the London School of Economics and is currently a PhD candidate in economics at the University of Chicago. His research interests are in macroeconomics, growth, and international trade. He is particularly interested in studying the link between natural resources abundance and development.
Port City States of the Indian Ocean: Their Past, Present, and Future Trajectories
Workshop
Invitation Only - Fainsod Room, Littauer-324
February 9, 2008 - February 10, 2008
Related Project: The Dubai Initiative
This workshop will analyze the rapid growth in the global importance of the port city states of the Arabian Gulf over the last decade through presentations by Harvard and Dubai School of Government faculty and experts from The Middle East and Europe.
Freedom from Oil, with David Sandalow, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Director's Luncheon
RSVP required - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
February 11, 2008
12:15-1:45 p.m. - Presentation and Discussion
The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Directors' Lunch with David Sandalow, Senior Fellow at Brookings on Monday, February 11th in the Belfer Center Library (L369).
