Week 4: Leadership in the Twitter Age: The View from Capitol Hill

Join Bob Cohn for a conversation with Claire McCaskill, former Democratic senator from Missouri who left office earlier this year after two terms. An outspoken Democrat from an increasingly Red state, McCaskill will talk about Trump's Washington, the specter of impeachment, the view from beyond the Beltway, and her own expert use of social media.

Guest: Senator Claire McCaskill (former Senator from Missouri, 2007-2019)

Location: Institute of Politics (L-163)

Week 4: Battling Imposter Syndrome

How do you overcome imposter syndrome to reach the point of believing that you deserve the amazing opportunities you’ve worked hard for? This conversation will get to the root of the hardest step in entering politics (or anything in life): believing in yourself and quieting the loud voice of self-sabotage, rejection and doubt.

Guests: IOP Resident Fellows H.E. Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado, Alice Stewart, and LaTosha Brown

Location: Institute of Politics (L-166)

The IOP is excited to welcome Peter Hart to campus for a Brown Bag Lunch, in which he will discuss similarities and differences in 2016 and 2020 polling and how campaign strategists can use them to their advantage in the upcoming election cycle.

Please bring a lunch, dessert and drinks will be provided.

Former IOP Visiting Fellow Jim Wallis will join IOP Director Mark Gearan and guests at a Director’s Breakfast for a discussion about his new book, Christ in Crisis: Why We Need to Reclaim Jesus.  Wallis’ recent book provides a path of spiritual healing and solidarity to help us heal the divide separating Americans.  

This event is open to current Harvard Students.  If you would like to attend, please fill out this form.  

The inaugural Pop-Up Forum conversation with Professors David Gergen and David King with Axios’ Margaret Talev on the evolving impeachment inquiry.

Join the Harvard Political Union in welcoming to campus Alan Mak MP, Member of the British Parliament for Havant, for a riveting discussion on what's in store for Britain as it tackles Brexit.

Alan Mak was first elected on 7 May 2015 as Havant's MP. He was re-elected on 8 June 2017 with an increased majority and the highest Conservative vote share in the constituency's history to continue his hard work for local residents and communities. 

Alan won the Best New Conservative MP Award 2017/18 at the MP of the Year Awards, and currently also serves as a Parliamentary Private Secretary at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

Join the Choose Your Own Adventure series to learn about campaigns – how to get on them and what working on one actually looks and feels like. Learn from three undergraduates: Teddy Landis (Warren 2020), Shreeya Panigrahi (Buttigieg 2020), and Damian Richardson (Harris 2020) who worked on three different democratic primary campaigns this past summer. They'll talk about their own experiences and help you figure out if campaign life is right for you!

While this event is geared towards undergraduate students, all are welcome to join. Please RSVP here: https://forms.gle/M3rnXXKV5E6kLjQU9

Former White House Social Secretary and IOP Resident Fellow Deesha Dyer join former Chief of Protocol of the United States Capricia Marshall for a conversation on the nexus of diplomacy and protocol moderated by former Harvard University Marshal Jackie O’Neill.

Dean Emma Dench of Harvard’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will engage students in a conversation on how lessons from Ancient Rome can help prepare them for leadership roles.  

Hosted by IOP Director Mark Gearan

This event is open to current Harvard Students.  If you would like to attend, please fill out this form.  

Week 3: Sustainable Development Goals: A Global Agenda

The most ambitious global agenda agreed upon by 193 member states of the United Nations. Every day local and global issues align further representing additional challenges as well as opportunities. Can development challenges be addressed from a local perspective? Does working together with other countries represent additional, unnecessary pressures or is it the only way forward?

The agreement to leave one behind, overcome poverty, inequality, climate challenges and others; is it philanthropic or is it a necessity? How do we deal with the exclusion of groups such as migrants and women? Do their rights matter or clash with the rights of others? This will be further explored in the next two sessions. 

Guest: Ambassador Laura E. Flores (Director, Americas Division, UN Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs & Peace Operations and Former Permanent Representative of Panama, United Nations)

Week 3: The 2016 Election: The Surrender of Modern Conservatism

The election of Donald Trump and the surrender of modern conservatism. The abandonment of limited government, free trade and American leadership abroad.

Location: Littauer Building (L-150), Harvard Kennedy School 

Join us for a conversation with CNN's Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta and IOP Resident Fellow Alice Stewart on the press, First Amendment and covering the White House.