EVENTS ARCHIVE
A View from the Other Side of the Hill- The Records of Saddam Hussein
Non-Belfer Event
Seminar
Open to the Public - MIT/SSP E38-615 (292 Main St.)
November 18, 2009
12:00-1:30 p.m.
A View from the Other Side of the Hill- The Records of Saddam Hussein Colonel Kevin Woods Institute for Defense Analysis Wednesday, November 18, 2009
12:00 - 1:30PM
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E40-496 (Lucian Pye conference room)
1 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Light refreshments will be provided
"Renewable Energy Technologies: A Pathway to Energy Independence?” A Seminar with Andy Karsner
Seminar
Harvard students, staff, faculty - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
November 18, 2009
2:30-3:30 p.m.
Former Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Andy Karsner will address the groundbreaking global development in renewable technologies including wind, solar, and hydro.
An Alternative Perspective: An Ethical Reading of Human Rights in Islam
Non-Belfer Event
Lecture
Open to the Public - Neustadt Class Rm, Rubenstein G20
November 18, 2009
4:00-6:00 p.m.
Dr. Ali A. Allawi will discuss the evolution of a doctrine of human
rights and duties in Islam based on an ethical and spiritual understanding.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
4:00- 6:00 PM
Neustadt Classroom
Rubenstein Building, Ground Floor
The purpose of these lectures is to outline a new pathway for the evolution of a doctrine of human rights and duties in Islam that would be based on an ethical and spiritual understanding of these notions. This would produce an alternative understanding of these concepts rather than the normative and jurisprudential- or Sharia-based- path it has taken so far.
Afghanistan: Open Dialogue Seminar
Seminar
Harvard students, staff, faculty - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
November 18, 2009
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Events in Afghanistan have been dominating the news lately, with elections, troop decisions, and Taliban activity all featured prominently. As a result, our next session of the Open Dialogue, which will be next Wednesday at 4:15 p.m. in L369, will feature CIA analyst and MPP '11 Sumit Sood, who has covered and traveled to Afghanistan since 2007 and will provide an introductory brief on some of the essential issues relevant to our future policy. We will then open the floor to questions and general discussion. Snacks and drinks will be provided.
Is Turkey Changing the Direction of its Foreign Policy
Non-Belfer Event
Seminar
Closed to the Public - WCFIA - Bowie-Vernon Room K262
November 18, 2009
4:30-6:00 p.m.
All seminars will meet in CGIS, Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Room K262 on Wednesdays from 4:30-6pm unless otherwise specified
November 18, 2009
"Is Turkey Changing the Direction of its Foreign Policy?"
Tuncay Babali, Ph.D., Fellow Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, and the Turkish Foreign Ministry
Can President Obama Avoid War with Iran?
Non-Belfer Event
Lecture
Open to the Public - Cabot Center - Fletcher School
November 18, 2009
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Speaker: Juan R. I. Cole, Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History, University of Michigan
ASEAN Auditorium Cabot Intercultural Center, 170 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA The Fletcher School
Co-Sponsors: the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, the International Security Studies Program at Tufts University, and the Boston Forum on the Middle East
