Society and Culture Events
How Society and Security Are Changing in an Aging World
January 30, 2013 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
“We are in the midst of a silent revolution,” said Ann Pawliczko, a senior technical advisor in the population and development branch at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), quoting former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. “It is a revolution that extends well beyond demographics, with major economic, social, cultural, psychological, and spiritual implications.”
Politics, Religion, and Society in Latin America
January 16, 2013 // 9:00am — 11:00am
Latin American Program
Book Launch: Politics, Religion, and Society in Latin America
Man as Media: Old Mass Media and the New Digital Environment in Russia and the United States
December 17, 2012 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Kennan Institute
The third emancipation of text in human history is the emancipation of authorship. Problems of legacy media are usually explained by the development of multimedia and internet technologies. But the real disaster for old mass-media is the emancipated authorship of amateur “occasional” journalists. Fulbright-Kennan Institute Research Scholar and consultant Andrey Miroshnichenko asks, what will be the result of the competition between the professionalism of staff journalists and the cognitive surplus of guerrilla journalists? How will business models and design of content develop in Russian and American media?
The Remarkable Past and Present Fate of UNESCO
November 19, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
History and Public Policy Program
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, Cultural, and Communications Organization (UNESCO) grew from seeds planted during World War II and enjoyed bipartisan Congressional support as it joined the UN family in the 1940s. But controversy overtook it; the United States withdrew by 1984. It re-entered nearly twenty years later, but objecting to the agency’s 2011 vote to admit the Palestinian Authority, it began extracting itself once again. Barring a political miracle, the United States will assume observer status by this time next year. What will be the consequences?
Women Leading a Progressive Interpretation of the Shariah Law: Case Studies from Musawah (A Global Movement for Equality and Justice in the Muslim Family)
November 19, 2012 // 9:00am — 10:00am
Global Women's Leadership Initiative
Zainah Anwar of Stanford University, introduced by Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Director of the Global Women’s Leadership Initiative.
“Woman-Made Women: American Designers, Taste, and Mid-Century Culture”
November 07, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Global Women's Leadership Initiative
Join us for a lecture in the series "The Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Women’s History" with Dr. Kathy Peiss
On the Move for Being “Gej” (Gay): Sexuality Rights, Migration, and Democratic Consolidation in Southeast Europe
November 05, 2012 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
European Studies
If you are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender, where in the world do you belong? Today, the growing visibility and activism among those whose gender identity or sexual orientation is outside of the culturally accepted norms in Southeast Europe is coinciding with international and European pressures to protect sexual and gender differences as basic human rights.
And That Which People Are Thinking
November 01, 2012 // 6:00pm — 8:00pm
Kennan Institute
Kennan Institute/Harriman Institute Ukrainian Literature Series // Vasil Gabor, writer, Lviv, will read and discuss some of his latest works and writings. Please note: A reception precedes the event at 5:30 PM.
[POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE] Regional Educational Politics in Russia 20 Years after the Collapse of the USSR
October 23, 2012 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
Kennan Institute
NOTE: This event has been postponed until further notice. ||
Alexandr Rusakov, Rector, Yaroslavl State University; Igor Kiselev, Professor and Chair of Sociology, Department of Social and Political Sciences, Yaroslavl State University, and former Fulbright-Kennan Institute Research Scholar
Reform Without End: Europe’s Welfare Traditions
October 22, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
History and Public Policy Program
Surveying Europe’s welfare traditions since 1500, in this seminar session Tom Adams will discuss characteristics of the modern European welfare state, many rooted in long-held values and centuries of experience. Profound social changes have repeatedly challenged communities to re-examine and reshape institutions and practices. The diversity of arrangements across Europe has contributed to an ongoing exchange of observation, experiment, and aspiration – in short, to reform without end.