Events by Series		Government, Politics, and Communications Series
		September 13 Jonathan Glover Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century Kennedy School of Government, room to be announced In Humanity, Jonathan Glover looks at the politics of our times and the shameful litany of events that made the twentieth century one of the most brutal in human history, and explores the possibilities for creating a social environment that prevents a re-occurrence of atrocities. Co-sponsored by the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy. September 25 David Gergen Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership--Nixon to Clinton Kennedy School of Government, room to be announced A White House adviser to four presidents, both Republican and Democrat, he offers a vivid, behind-the-scenes account of their struggles to exercise power and draws from them key lessons for leaders of the future.
		October 4, 6pm Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn Thunder from the East: A Portrait of a Rising Asia Kennedy School of Government, room to be announced A conversation with two Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times correspondents. Kristof and WuDunn depict a continent poised to reassume the role it ceded five hundred years ago as the "center of the world." They muster convincing evidence that China may soon overtake the United States as the world's largest economy, that India is awakening from its long hibernation, that Japan is developing future consumer technologies that will benefit millions of people. Tickets not required. October 26, 6pm Ted Koppel Off Camera: Private Thoughts Made Public room to be announced One of America's most admired television newsmen gives us an intimate chronicle of the final year of the twentieth century. The year's personalities and events not only are themselves made vivid but also lead to wide-ranging discussions of the past and of expectations of things to come. Co-sponsored by the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy. Tickets not required.