EVENTS ARCHIVE
Harvard Arab Weekend
Non-Belfer Event
Conference
Open to the Public
November 12, 2009 - November 15, 2009
Related Project: The Dubai Initiative
As the world recovers from an unprecedented financial downturn, public and private institutions across the globe seek innovative means to overcome the daunting challenges they face. Through this year's theme "From Tradition to Innovation | Leading Change in MENA" the students of Harvard will explore innovations that stem from a region rich in traditions. From the birth of the green oasis of MASDAR to the revitalization of the ancient landmark of Fez, we will take you on a unique journey of discovery and understanding. The exciting program we offer you this year will also include joint panels between the various graduate schools as well as a poster session. In addition to a series of spectacular panels, this event will be host to the 4th Annual Career Fair, a Civil Society Forum and an Alumni Gala Dinner.
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Public-Private Partnerships for Sustainable Transit: Mexico City’s Metrobus
Seminar
Open to the Public - Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
November 12, 2009
12:15-1:45 p.m.
Related Project: Environment and Natural Resources
The winners of the 2009 Roy Award for Environmental Partnership, the Mexico City Metrobus, will discuss the innovative Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system that reduces air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, while improving the quality of life and transportation options in Mexico City, one of the largest cities in the world.
This seminar is a unique opportunity to learn how a successful public private partnership is successfully planned, developed and managed from the perspective of the organizations that made it happen.
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Agglomeration: Sneaking up on the Balance of Power?
Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
November 12, 2009
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Emma Belcher, Research Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, Richard N. Rosecrance, Adjunct Professor, Harvard Kennedy School, Senior Fellow, International Security Program
Related Projects: International Security, Managing the Atom, Science, Technology, and Public Policy
This seminar explores the concept of agglomeration as a means of building agreements incrementally, actively excluding potential obstructionist powers, and then inviting them to join the agreement as a fait accompli. It employs the Concert of Europe, the European Union, and the Proliferation Security Initiative as case studies.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
When China Rules the World: The Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World
Non-Belfer Event
Seminar
Open to the Public - WCFIA - Bowie-Vernon Room K262
November 12, 2009
12:30-2:00 p.m.
Moderator/Chair Ferguson, Niall
Speakers: Jacques, Martin, Visiting Fellow, Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics; columnist, The Guardian and New Statesman.
U.S.-Ireland Relations: An Ambassador’s Perspective
Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
November 12, 2009
2:30-3:45 p.m.
Belfer Center Seminar with His Excellency Michael Collins, Ambassador of Ireland to the United States, on "U.S.-Ireland Relations: An Ambassador's Perspective"
Marcelo Ebrard, Mayor of Mexico City: Sustainable Mega-Cities, Mexico City's "Plan Verde"
Special Event
Open to the Public - Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St.
November 12, 2009
4:00-5:15 p.m.
Related Project: Environment and Natural Resources
Please join us for a special address by Marcelo Ebrard, Mayor of Mexico City
Sponsored by the Environment and Natural Resources Program at the Belfer Center, the Taubman Center for State and Local Government, the Harvard University Center for the Envrionment and the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
62 Years of Unrest: Regional and International Ramifications of the Kashmir Conflict
Non-Belfer Event
Panel Discussion
Open to the Public - Malkin Penthouse, Littauer 4th Floor
November 12, 2009
4:30-6:30 p.m.
with
Angana Chatterji, Ayesha Jalal, Alexander Evans
Moderated by: Sugata Bose
As the U.S. works with India and Pakistan on a diplomatic solution for Kashmir, the voice of the Kashmiri people must not be lost. In an attempt to capture the nuances of the conflict and to build an inclusive dialogue, the Carr Center presents the 2009-10 Speaker Series Kashmir: Human Rights Policy for "The World's Most Militarized Dispute." Weaving in historians, anthropologists, lawyers, policymakers, artists, Kashmiris and non-Kashmiris, we hope to begin a conversation that unravels the issues that led President Obama to classify Kashmir as a diplomatic "tar pit."
The Speaker Series is generously co-sponsored by The South Asia Initiave, at Harvard University.
When China Rules the World: The Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World
Seminar
Harvard students, staff, faculty - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
November 12, 2009
4:30-5:30 p.m.
The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a seminar with Martin Jacques, Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE IDEAS and visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics Asia Research Centre.
Disjointed History: Modern Politics and the Media
Non-Belfer Event
Lecture
Open to the Public - John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
November 12, 2009
6:00-8:00 p.m.
"Disjointed History: Modern Politics and the Media." Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics by Taylor Branch, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the trilogy, America in the King Years and The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President, scheduled for publication in September 2009. Nat Hentoff will receive the David Nyhan Prize for Political Journalism.
John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, Kennedy School of Government
Disjointed History-- Modern Politics and the Media
Non-Belfer Event
Forum Event
Open to the Public - John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
November 12, 2009
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Event Speakers: Taylor Branch Pulitzer Prize winning author; Author, "Parting the Waters: America in the King Years" and "The Clinton Tapes"
Event CoSponsors: The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy
