2017

2017 Mar 27

Resisting Tyranny: Lessons from the European 20th Century

6:00pm

Location: 

Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building 4th Floor, HKS

Join Timothy Snyder, Bird White Housum Professor of History, Yale, as he discusses the historical lessons learned from anti-authoritarian movements in 20th century Europe. Moshik Temkin, Associate Professor of History and Public Policy, HKS, will moderate the event. 

About the Speaker

Timothy Snyder is the Bird White Housum Professor of History at Yale University, specializing in the history of central and eastern Europe. Born in 1969 in southwestern Ohio and a graduate of Centerville High School, he received his B.A. from Brown University and his doctorate from...

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2017 Mar 07

Albert H. Gordon Lecture: The New World Order, Call for a Coordinated Global Response

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Harvard Kennedy School, Malkin Penthouse || 79 JFK Street Cambridge, MA 02138

Albert H. Gordon Lecture presented by Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Finance Minister of Indonesia

Against the backdrop of the New World Order, characterized by the rise of nationalism and protectionism, Indonesia has shown renewed commitment to global cooperation, while aggressively pursuing shared prosperity to improve the lives of all its people.  Given its economic relevance and its strategic geographical position, what happens in Indonesia matters to the world.  Indonesia is home to a quarter billion people, is the world’s largest predominantly Muslim nation, and is a member of the G20 with a trillion dollar economy. What is the response of Indonesia to the New World Order? How can global leaders respond to current events without destroying the engines of global prosperity?... Read more about Albert H. Gordon Lecture: The New World Order, Call for a Coordinated Global Response
Moshik Temkin

Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration

February 14, 2017

Experts Provide A Modern Analysis & Historical Perspective at JFK Jr. Forum Event 

President Trump’s controversial executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority countries immediately raised howls of protests from politicians, activists, and the media. Harvard’s President Drew Faust put it succinctly when she said, “[the] executive order imposing restrictions on travel to the United States has provoked uncertainty and escalating anxiety among many people.” At Harvard Kennedy School, students and faculty grappled with the order’s implications and whether it was likely to achieve its stated goal of deterring possible future terrorist attacks.

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2017 Feb 24

Standing for Election: Perspectives on Public Service

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

Ash Center Foyer, 124 Mt. Auburn St., Suite 200-North, Cambridge MA 02138

Ash Center Student Speaker Series

This week, in observance of HKS Public Service Week, join Ash Center Ford Foundation Mason Fellows Kinga Tshering of Bhutan and David Razu Aznar or Mexico for a discussion of each of their past careers in public service. Both students have served in elected office, Kinga as a Member of Parliament in Bhutan's National Assembly, and David in Mexico City's Legislative Assembly.

 

Speakers:

Kinga Tshering, MC-Mason '17
David Razu Aznar, MC-Mason '17...

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2017 Feb 17

Innovations in Criminal Justice

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

Ash Center Foyer, 124 Mt. Auburn St., Suite 200-North

Ash Center Student Speaker Series

The Ash Center's Student Speaker Series returns this week, with a dive into the cutting edge of criminal justice policy. We'll hear from three students whose Policy Analysis Exercise research focused on new and fascinating methods in the field of criminal justice.

Duwain Pinder and Francesca Iofredda, both dual-degree MPP/MBA '17 students, focused on the city of New Orleans, LA as their PAE client, introducing a performance management...

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