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    2017 Apr 21

    The View from the Military Academies: A Conversation with the Superintendents About Values, Ethics, & the Military Profession

    Registration Closed 9:00am to 10:30am

    Location: 

    NYE A, B Taubman 5th Floor, 79 JFK Street, Harvard Kennedy School (Taubman Building)

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    The View from the Military Academies:
    A Conversation with the Superintendents About Values, Ethics, & the Military Profession 

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    2017 Apr 10

    Violence and cell phone communication patterns: Evidence from Côte d’Ivoire

    12:00pm to 1:30pm

    Location: 

    Nye A, Taubman 520, Taubman Building, 79 JFK St, Cambridge MA 02138

     

    About the seminar:

    "When and where will violent conflict break out?" The answer to this question is critically important to people who might fall victim to violence, to policy makers who are charged with preventing and resolving deadly disputes, and to academics who strive to understand human behavior. The social science literature on reducing political violence mostly concerns answering the question, "Which countries are likely to experience violence?" Recent research has refined geographic predictions to identify local level danger zones....

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    2017 Apr 04

    Lunch talk with Jieun Baek: North Korea's Hidden Revolution

    12:00pm to 1:30pm

    Location: 

    Carr Conference Room, Rubenstein 219, 79 JFK St, Cambridge MA 02138

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    Jieun Baek is a doctoral candidate in Public Policy at the University of Oxford, and authored North Korea’s Hidden Revolution: How the Information Underground is Transforming a Closed Society (Yale University Press, 2016). At this talk, Jieun will discuss her recently published book and...

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    2017 Apr 13

    Lunch seminar: Tensions at the Intersection of Development Aid and Human Rights

    12:00pm to 1:30pm

    Location: 

    Carr Conference Room, Rubenstein 219, 79 JFK St, Cambridge MA 02138

    About the seminar:

    Professor Robert Wilkinson will be discussing "Tensions at the Intersection of Development Aid and Human Rights." 

    Lunch will be served.

    About the speaker:

     

    Robert WilkinsonRobert Wilkinson is a negotiation specialist, who helps organizations deal with negotiation, leadership and management challenges.  He is on the faculty at both the...

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    2017 Apr 06

    I Am Jane Doe Screening & Panel Discussion (Led by Demand Abolition)

    5:00pm to 8:30pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Law School, 1563 Massachusetts Avenue, Pound Hall, Rm. 102

     

    The film chronicles the battle that several American mothers are waging on behalf of their middle-school daughters, victims of sex trafficking on Backpage.com, the adult classifieds section that for years was part of the iconic Village Voice. The film features interviews with Demand Abolition chair and founder Ambassador Swanee Hunt, elected leaders, and our abolitionist partners across the country.

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    2017 Apr 06
    2017 Apr 17

    Guest Speaker: Torture and Public Policy with Daniel Jones

    11:45am to 1:00pm

    Location: 

    Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building 4th Floor

    Please join us for "Torture and Public Policy," a class led by Carr Center Faculty Director Douglas Johnson and Senior Fellow Alberto Mora. Daniel Jones will be presenting, and the class is open to members of the Harvard community.

    danjonesDaniel J. Jones is a senior vice president and policy advisor at The Daschle Group, is President...

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