Events at the IOP

  1. The Politics of Film: Between Imagination and Industry

    Friday April 15 - 4:00pm

    A Conversation with
    Irwin Winkler
    Film Producer and Director
    Academy Award Winner, Best Picture, Rocky (1976)
    Producer of Raging Bull, The Right Stuff and Goodfellas
    Brandon Terry
    Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies and Social Studies, Harvard University

     

  2. Internships and Career Services Office Hours

    Friday April 15 - 1:00pm

    Swing by the Internships and Career Services offices on the second floor of the IOP (rooms 277 and 278) to talk with our team between 1pm and 3pm.

  3. Science and Diplomacy for Solving Humanity's Big Issues- Iran, HEU and Climate

    Thursday April 14 - 6:00pm

    The Robert McNamara Lecture on War and Peace by
    Ernest Moniz
    United States Secretary of Energy
    Graham Allison (Moderator)
    Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, HKS
    Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

     

  4. Political Entrepreneurship: The Democratization of Influence- led by Karin Agness

    Thursday April 14 - 4:00pm

    As the capstone class, students will be invited to discuss their vision for problems that need to be solved and ideas for entrepreneurial projects

  5. Brown Bag Luncheon: Border Security with Commissioner Kerlikowske

    Thursday April 14 - 12:00pm

    Border Security

    A discussion with:

    Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske 
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection

    U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the United States' largest federal law enforcement agency responsible for safeguarding the nation's borders, protecting the U.S. against terrorists and instruments of terror, and at the same time, fostering the nation's economic security through lawful international travel and trade.  This discussion will focus on border security, as well as current issues and trends in today's law enforcement environment, such as use of force, community oriented policing, and integrity.
     

    Institute of Politics, Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer Building, Room 166

     

  6. Closing Guantanamo: For and Against

    Wednesday April 13 - 6:00pm

    A Conversation with
    Thomas Joscelyn
    Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
    Alberto Mora
    Senior Fellow, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
    Barbara Starr (Moderator)
    Pentagon Correspondent, CNN

  7. Building a Movement Across Communities of Color

    Wednesday April 13 - 6:00pm

    Building a Movement Across Communities of Color

    A Panel Discussion with

    Anurima Bhargava, Institute of Politics Fellow, former Chief of the Educational Opportunities Section of the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice

    Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director, The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law 

    Felicia Escobar Carrillo, Special Assistant to President Obama for Immigration Policy, White House Domestic Policy Council

    Harvard Yard, Sever Hall, Room 103

    In partnership with Harvard South Asain Association and Black Students Association

    Pizza will be served 

  8. Universities, the Navy and the Marines: Presence, Partnership, and the Way Ahead

    Wednesday April 13 - 4:30pm

    A Public Address by
    Ray Mabus
    United States Secretary of the Navy
     
    With welcoming remarks by
    Drew Gilpin Faust
    President, Harvard University
    Archon Fung (Moderator)
    Academic Dean, HKS
    Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Citizenship, HKS

  9. Is Governing Possible?- led by Mayor Annise Parker

    Wednesday April 13 - 4:00pm
    What was I thinking?  Public service means private sacrifice.  A public official lives in the public eye, and so does her family.  Can a p

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