Events

Upcoming Events

2024 Mar 19

Confronting Dictators: Lessons from Egypt, Russia, and Venezuela

5:00pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Allison Dining Room, 5th Floor, Taubman Building, Harvard Kennedy School

Harvard ID holders are invited to join us for a discussion featuring student researchers from the Non-Violent Action Lab: 

  • Shady ElGhazaly Harb MC/MPA 2023 (Egypt) 
  • Maria Kuznetsova MPP 2025 (Russia)  
  • Freddy Guevara MC/MPA 2024 (Venezuela) 

Erica Chenoweth, Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment and Director, Nonviolent Action Lab, will moderate.  

The panelists will discuss how their experiences, lessons learned, and perspectives on their respective struggles, nations,...

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2024 Mar 19

Leveling the playing field: Sports and racial equity in the United States

6:00pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

JFK Jr. Forum, Harvard Kennedy School and Virtual

In the United States, sports and patriotism go hand in hand. For decades, expressions of national pride have been common at sporting events — starting with national anthem renditions in 1918 and including military flyovers since 2001. Once considered a 'politically neutral' space, the sports industry is now a contested stage for American patriotism and dissent — as well as power struggles between white owners and managers, and the vast majority of players, who are of color. How are players and journalists using this stage to advance racial equity in the U.S. today? 

On...

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2024 Mar 21

India’s National Election: The Future of the World’s Largest Democracy

9:00am to 10:00am

Location: 

Virtual, Registration Required

As India prepares for general elections beginning next month, the world’s largest democracy finds itself at an inflection point. With incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) expected to maintain control of the country’s parliament, what can we expect from a third five-year term? What are the opportunities and challenges that a dominant BJP poses to India’s democracy? Is India’s democracy in decline, as some assert, or does it remain broadly competitive and inclusive and perhaps even a relative bastion of democracy’s promise?

Speakers include:...

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2024 Mar 22

Seminar Series with David Hogg: Lessons from the Movement for Gun Reform

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

Location will be shared upon accepted application

Join David Hogg, AB ‘23, President, Leaders We Deserve, for a four-part seminar series that will explore several facets of creating successful social movements.

In this interactive series, students will learn foundational skills and strategies for launching and sustaining the gun reform movement and will have opportunities to test these skills. Each session will be augmented by short readings and live practice using the tools gained in the lesson and students will also hear from David’s personal experience in launching a nationwide social movement. 

All...

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2024 Mar 22

The Impact of National Service on Beliefs, Mindsets, and Life Pathways: Evidence from Teach For All

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

Ash Center Seminar Room, Room 225 Suite 200N, 124 Mount Auburn Street

You’re invited to join Cecilia Mo, Judith E. Gruber Associate Professor at the University of California Berkley, for an American Politics Speaker Series discussion sponsored by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation and the Center for American Political Studies.

Registration is encouraged but not required. This event series will not be recorded.

This event is open to Harvard ID holders only. Lunch will be served.

Register today...
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2024 Mar 22

Indonesian Language Class – Every Friday

Repeats every week every Friday until Mon May 20 2024 except Fri Nov 24 2023, Fri Dec 22 2023, Fri Dec 29 2023, Fri Jan 05 2024, Fri Jan 12 2024, Fri Jan 19 2024.
2:00pm to 4:00pm

Location: 

124 Mount Auburn Street, Suite 100N, Room 106

The Indonesia Program at the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia invites you to join a not-for-credit Indonesian language and culture course. The class is open to a diverse audience including Harvard students, faculty, fellows, staff members, as well as students and scholars from the wider Boston area. Your instructor, Ivanna Zakiyah, a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA), will guide you through an inclusive curriculum suitable for all skill levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced learners.

Embark on a cultural journey through Indonesia as you develop...

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2024 Mar 25

India Votes 2024: From the Outside In

12:00pm

Location: 

Online via Zoom, with in-person watch party in CGIS South, Room S030 (Lee)

This spring, the Mittal Institute will host a series of events focused on the Indian elections, from how they are covered to what it means regionally and globally. This is the second part of the series, focusing on “How do India’s neighbors perceive recent developments in India?”

Speakers:

  • Nusrat Chowdhury, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Amherst College
  • Farzana Haniffa, Professor of Sociology, University of Colombo
  • Nida Kirmani, Associate Professor of Sociology, Lahore University of Management Sciences
  • Kanak...
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2024 Mar 27

Why Citizens Don’t Hold Politicians Accountable for Air Pollution

4:00pm to 5:15pm

Location: 

Ash Center Seminar Room, Room 225 Suite 200N, 124 Mount Auburn Street

You’re invited to a Global Challenges to Democracy Seminar Series event featuring Tariq Thachil, Professor, Madan Lal Sobti Chair for the Study of Contemporary India; Director, Center for Advanced Study of India; University of Pennsylvania.  

Urban citizens in low-income democracies rarely hold elected officials accountable for toxic air. To understand why, Thachil will discuss a recent paper co-authored by Shikhar Singh.  

This event will be recorded. Light refreshments will be served.

...
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2024 Mar 28

GETTING-Plurality — “Generative Social Choice”

12:00pm to 1:15pm

Location: 

Virtual, Registration Required

Please join us for a GETTING-Plurality Research workshop series event, convened by the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation. In this session, we’ll hear from presenting author Ariel Procaccia, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University, who will speak on his latest paper “Generative Social Choice.” Procaccia will be joined in conversation by  commentator Divya Siddarth, a political economist and social technologist; and moderator Zoë Hitzig, Junior...

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2024 Mar 28

DEI in Higher Education: Five Truths and Five Myths

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

Virtual event, registration required

Since 2023, legislators across 28 U.S. states and in Congress have introduced 81 bills restricting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs at colleges and universities, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education’s DEI Legislation Tracker. To report on this trend and its consequences, journalists need to understand the history of diversity initiatives, common myths about DEI today and the latest research showing what works — and doesn’t work — for creating equal opportunity and better outcomes among students, faculty and staff, and college campuses as a whole.  

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2024 Mar 29

El Salvador’s presidential elections and the future of democracy

11:15am to 12:15pm

Location: 

Online event, registration required

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele was recently re-elected with more than 80% of the vote. While Bukele is credited with bringing the country’s crime rate to historic lows, he has also adopted increasingly authoritarian measures under the guise of fighting the country’s powerful gangs. Speakers will analyze the sources of Bukele’s popularity, the human toll of Bukele’s prolonged state of exception, and the threats to democracy in El Salvador.  

Speakers include:  

  • ...
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2024 Mar 29

The Polarization and Politicalization of Trust in Science

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

Ash Center Seminar Room, Room 225 Suite 200N, 124 Mount Auburn Street

You’re invited to join Jamie Druckman, Payson S. Wild Professor at Northwestern University, for an American Politics Speaker Series discussion sponsored by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation and the Center for American Political Studies.

Registration is encouraged but not required. This event series will not be recorded.

This event is open to Harvard ID holders only. Lunch will be served.

Register here
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2024 Mar 29

Indonesian Language Class – Every Friday

2:00pm to 4:00pm

Location: 

124 Mount Auburn Street, Suite 100N, Room 106

The Indonesia Program at the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia invites you to join a not-for-credit Indonesian language and culture course. The class is open to a diverse audience including Harvard students, faculty, fellows, staff members, as well as students and scholars from the wider Boston area. Your instructor, Ivanna Zakiyah, a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA), will guide you through an inclusive curriculum suitable for all skill levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced learners.

Embark on a cultural journey through Indonesia as you develop...

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2024 Apr 03

An Aspirational Path for American Conservatism

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

Ash Seminar Room 225, Suite 200N, 124 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge

You are invited to a discussion with Ryan Streeter and Steve Goldsmith on the future of conservatism today as outlined in a recent paper, An Aspirational Path for American Conservatism. Ryan Streeter is the vice president for research and publications at University of Texas at Austin’s Civitas Institute and most recently served as director of domestic policy at the American Enterprise Institute. Goldsmith is the Derek Bok Professor of the Practice of Urban Policy at Harvard...

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2024 Apr 05

Indonesian Language Class – Every Friday

2:00pm to 4:00pm

Location: 

124 Mount Auburn Street, Suite 100N, Room 106

The Indonesia Program at the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia invites you to join a not-for-credit Indonesian language and culture course. The class is open to a diverse audience including Harvard students, faculty, fellows, staff members, as well as students and scholars from the wider Boston area. Your instructor, Ivanna Zakiyah, a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA), will guide you through an inclusive curriculum suitable for all skill levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced learners.

Embark on a cultural journey through Indonesia as you develop...

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2024 Apr 08

India Votes 2024: Covering the Elections

12:00pm

Location: 

Online on Zoom, with in-person watch party in CGIS South, Room S030 (Lee)

This spring, the Mittal Institute will host a series of events focused on the Indian elections, from how they are covered to what it means regionally and globally. This is the third part of the series, focusing on “How does one report and present the results of elections for Indian and international audiences?”

Speakers:

  • Seema Chishti, editor, The Wire
  • Surabhi Tandon, video journalist and fellow at the Nieman Foundation
  • Samir Patil, founder and publisher, Scroll
  • Mujib Mashal, New Delhi Bureau Chief, The New York...
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2024 Apr 12

Indonesian Language Class – Every Friday

2:00pm to 4:00pm

Location: 

124 Mount Auburn Street, Suite 100N, Room 106

The Indonesia Program at the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia invites you to join a not-for-credit Indonesian language and culture course. The class is open to a diverse audience including Harvard students, faculty, fellows, staff members, as well as students and scholars from the wider Boston area. Your instructor, Ivanna Zakiyah, a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA), will guide you through an inclusive curriculum suitable for all skill levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced learners.

Embark on a cultural journey through Indonesia as you develop...

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2024 Apr 16

India Votes 2024: The Diaspora

5:30pm

Location: 

CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium

This spring, the Mittal Institute will host a series of events focused on the Indian elections, from how they are covered to what it means regionally and globally. This is the fourth and last part of the series, focusing on “How do South Asians in America react to Indian politics?”

Speakers:

  • Sangay Mishra, Associate Professor of Political Science, Drew University
  • Rozina Ali, Journalist
  • Tanmay Misra, Independent Scholar
  • Anjali Kamat, Documentary Filmmaker and Investigative Journalist
  • Moderator: Maya...
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2024 Apr 19

Indonesian Language Class – Every Friday

2:00pm to 4:00pm

Location: 

124 Mount Auburn Street, Suite 100N, Room 106

The Indonesia Program at the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia invites you to join a not-for-credit Indonesian language and culture course. The class is open to a diverse audience including Harvard students, faculty, fellows, staff members, as well as students and scholars from the wider Boston area. Your instructor, Ivanna Zakiyah, a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA), will guide you through an inclusive curriculum suitable for all skill levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced learners.

Embark on a cultural journey through Indonesia as you develop...

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2024 Apr 26

Indonesian Language Class – Every Friday

2:00pm to 4:00pm

Location: 

124 Mount Auburn Street, Suite 100N, Room 106

The Indonesia Program at the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia invites you to join a not-for-credit Indonesian language and culture course. The class is open to a diverse audience including Harvard students, faculty, fellows, staff members, as well as students and scholars from the wider Boston area. Your instructor, Ivanna Zakiyah, a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA), will guide you through an inclusive curriculum suitable for all skill levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced learners.

Embark on a cultural journey through Indonesia as you develop...

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