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SUMMARY:Enduring Hostility: A Book Talk on the Making of America's Iran Policy
DESCRIPTION:A book talk with Dalia Dassa Kaye\n\n\nNearly fifty years after the Iranian Revolution and creation of the Islamic Republic\, tensions remain high between the United States and Iran\, culminating in a U.S.- and Israeli-led war in Iran. Dalia Dassa Kaye’s timely new book\, Enduring Hostilities\, examines the roots of hostilities between the two countries and how U.S. policy over the past four decades has been shaped not only by differing ideologies between the two countries\, but also by U.S. political perceptions at various points in time. Join Penn’s Middle East Center and Perry World House for an in-depth\, thoughtful discussion on the U.S.-Iran relationship\, the current state of the conflict between the two countries\, and what lessons should be gleaned from nearly four decades of enduring hostilities. \nPanelist\nDr. Dalia Dassa Kaye is a senior fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations and director of its Initiative on Regional Security Architectures. A life member of the Council on Foreign Relations\, Dalia is an internationally recognized expert on geopolitics and Middle East policy. During her fifteen years at the RAND Corporation\, Dalia served as a senior political scientist and the director of the Center of Middle East Public Policy.  \nShe has received numerous awards and held previous positions at an array of research and public policy institutions\, including as a Fulbright Schuman visiting scholar at Lund University\, a fellow at the Wilson Center\, an advisor at the Foreign Ministry of The Netherlands\, an assistant professor of political science and international affairs at the George Washington University\, a research fellow at the Brookings Institution\, and a legislative assistant on Capitol Hill.  \nShe is a frequent public speaker and contributor to leading media outlets\, including BBC\, CNN\, NPR\, PBS\, and Foreign Affairs. She is the author of dozens of articles and policy reports\, as well as three books\, including most recently Enduring Hostility: The Making of America’s Iran Policy (Stanford University Press\, 2026).  \nDalia holds her BA\, MA\, and PhD in political science from the University of California\, Berkeley. \nModerator\nMarie Harf comes to Penn with two decades of varied experience in the U.S. federal government\, higher education\, media\, and politics. Previously she worked as senior advisor for strategic communications to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and deputy spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State\, as the foreign policy director on Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign\, and as a Middle East analyst and spokesperson at the Central Intelligence Agency. She has also held senior roles at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and for Congressman Seth Moulton’s political organization. Since 2017\, Harf has been an on-air commentator for Fox News. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Indiana University with concentrations in Jewish Studies and Russian and Eastern European Studies\, and a master’s degree in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/enduring-hostility-a-book-talk-on-the-making-of-americas-iran-policy/
LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Social Justice as Public Health
DESCRIPTION:A conversation with UNAID Executive Director Winnie Byanyima\n\n\nThe global fight against HIV/AIDS changed the world\, not just by saving lives\, but by advancing human rights. It taught us that we can’t meet public health goals without protecting marginalized and vulnerable people. In the case of HIV/AIDS\, this meant reaching LGBTQ+ people\, sex workers\, and those least able to access treatment and therapeutics. \nThe results were historic and arguably one of the greatest public health achievements in modern history. Hard-won gains built out a human rights infrastructure that served well into the future. It has not only guided many rights-based sexual and reproductive health initiatives today\, but also informed efforts to stop Mpox\, Ebola\, and COVID\, among other health threats. \nDespite these successes\, recent shifts in the global financial and geopolitical landscapes are putting health and human rights gains at-risk. In this special event at Perry World House\, Winnie Byanyima will unpack what needs to happen next to assure that countries have what they need to protect both human rights and healthcare. Drawing on her experience at the helm of UNAIDS\, she will discuss how to leverage social justice for public health – and improve on the progress we’ve made. \nPanelist \nWinnie Byanyima is the Executive Director of UNAIDS and an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. A passionate and longstanding champion for social justice and a global leader on inequality\, Ms Byanyima leads the United Nations’ efforts to end the AIDS pandemic by 2030. Ms Byanyima believes that health care is a human right\, and she is the co-founder and co-chair of the People’s Medicines Alliance\, advocating for equitable access to medical technologies that help to prevent and respond to current and future pandemics. \nBefore joining UNAIDS\, Ms Byanyima served as the Executive Director of Oxfam International. Previously\, Ms Byanyima was elected for three terms in the parliament of her country\, Uganda\, where she led the first parliamentary women’s caucus\, championing ground-breaking gender equality provisions in the county’s 1995 post-conflict constitution. \nMs Byanyima led the establishment of the African Union Commission’s Directorate of Gender and Development and served as Director of Gender and Development at the United Nations Development Programme. She founded the Forum for Women in Democracy\, a Ugandan nongovernmental organization\, and has been deeply involved in building global coalitions on social and economic justice. \nMs Byanyima has co-chaired the World Economic Forum and served on Prime Minister Trudeau’s Gender Advisory Council during Canada’s G7 Presidency. She has also served on the Global Commission on Climate Adaptation\, the International Labour Organization’s Global Commission on the Future of Work and the World Bank’s Advisory Council on Gender and Development. In 2025 Ms Byanyima served on President Ramaphosa’s G20 Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts on Global Wealth Inequality. \nShe holds a master of science degree in mechanical engineering from Cranfield University and a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Manchester. Ms Byanyima is the recipient of numerous global and national awards\, including the 2023 Hall of Femme Award bestowed by IWFSA (International Women’s Forum South Africa). She has been awarded 4 honorary doctorates from the universities of Manchester (UK)\, Mount Saint Vincent’s (Canada)\, Cranfield (UK)\, and Free State (South Africa).
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/social-justice-as-public-health/
LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Rise of the Kleptocrats? Corruption in an Age of Disruption
DESCRIPTION:A conversation on the current state of global anti-corruption efforts.\n\n\nThroughout the world\, corruption props up dictators\, energizes criminal organizations\, diverts resources from economic development\, and corrodes public trust. Corruption contributes to leaving millions around the world insecure and impoverished. In today’s globalized world\, corruption crosses borders: billions of dollars flow illicitly through the international financial system\, bribes pass between countries\, and authoritarian regimes—from Russia to China to Iran—weaponize corruption to achieve their objectives. \nUS administrations for decades have paid attention to fighting the problem of global corruption. For example\, in 2021\, the Biden administration called fighting corruption a “Core United States National Security Interest” and developed a strategy to implement it. The second Trump administration has effectively dismantled many of the programs designed to fight corruption\, kleptocracy\, and bribery abroad. \nWhat is the current state of global anti-corruption efforts? How does today’s corruption affect global democracy? Do efforts to combat corruption—like sanctions—help\, or do they exacerbate problems? What steps should government and civil society take to push back on corrupt actors without the U.S. in the lead? \nPanelists \nPhilip Nichols is the Joseph Kolodny Professor of Social Responsibility in Business and a Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the University of Pennsylvania. His research and teaching generally deals with emerging economies\, but for the last thirty years he has specifically studied corruption\, and has worked with polities and organizations around the world to understand corruption and to develop strategies for its control. Professor Nichols has served as the President of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business\, as Co-Chair of the American Society of International Law’s Anti-Corruption Group and its Economic Law Interest Group\, and as Co-Chair of UNCEFACT/LG\, a United Nations experts committee on electronic commerce. \nCasey Michel is the director of the Combating Kleptocracy Program at the Human Rights Foundation. He has written multiple books on international corruption and foreign influence\, including American Kleptocracy and Foreign Agents. His third book\, United States of Oligarchy\, will be published by St. Martin’s Press in August 2026. His writing regularly appears in The New York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, Financial Times\, Foreign Affairs\, and many more outlets. He is currently sanctioned by the Russian regime for his work.. \nDani Schulkin is the Director of Democracy Initiatives at the law-and-policy journal Just Security\, based at NYU School of Law. She co-leads “When Guardrails Erode\,” an anti-corruption series and accompanying Anti-Corruption Tracker cataloging the systematic weakening of U.S. oversight and accountability mechanisms designed to police corruption.Schulkin previously served as Senior Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General at the Department of Justice and as Senior Advisor to the Homeland Security Advisor at the White House National Security Council during the Biden Administration. Her previous roles include the White House Office of the Staff Secretary\, Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS)\, the New York Attorney General’s Bureau of Internet and Technology\, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. \nModerator \nRichard Nephew returned from a public service leave of absence to the Center on Global Energy Policy and Faculty of the School of International and Public Affairs on 1 July 2024. \nDuring his most recent leave\, he was the inaugural U.S. Coordinator on Global Anti-Corruption at the Department of State (2022-2024). He was also elected as the President of the Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption. During his government career\, he has also served as the Deputy Special Envoy for Iran (2021)\, Principal Deputy Coordinator for Sanctions Policy at the Department of State (2013-2015)\, and Director for Iran at the National Security Council (2011-2013)\, among other senior civil service staff roles from 2003-2011. \nWhile a senior research scholar at SIPA since 2015\, Nephew has written dozens of reports and articles for various publications focused on geopolitics and their intersection with energy markets\, economic statecraft\, nuclear topics\, and sanctions. He is also the author of The Art of Sanctions: A View from the Field\, published by Columbia University Press in 2018. \nIn addition to his primary appointment at CGEP\, he is an adjunct fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and operates his own consulting LLC\, “Go Beyond Compliance.” In the latter capacity\, he acts as a nonproliferation consultant to Commonwealth Fusion Systems. \nNephew holds a Masters in Security Policy Studies and a Bachelors in International Affairs\, both from The George Washington University. He is married with three children.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/the-rise-of-the-kleptocrats-corruption-in-an-age-of-disruption/
LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:A World Between Hope and Despair
DESCRIPTION:A conversation with Margot Wallström\, Sweden’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs\n\n\nJoin Perry World House for a conversation with Sweden’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Perry World House Distinguished Visiting Fellow\, Margot Wallström\, on the state and future of democracy. \nDrawing on her decades-long career in global affairs\, Wallström will reflect on the mounting pressures facing democratic governance across the European continent—and their implications worldwide. She will examine how issues such as immigration\, new security threats\, and the rising cost of living are shaping voter behavior and political priorities. The conversation will also explore\, among other stressors\, the growing influence of mis- and disinformation in undermining public trust and democratic institutions. \nWallstrom will discuss how democracies are responding to these pressures as well as the impact of their responses on the future democratic governance worldwide. \nSpeaker \nMargot Wallström is a Swedish politician from the Social Democratic Party with a long career at national\, European\, and international levels. She served as Sweden’s minister of foreign affairs between 2014 and 2019. \nMargot Wallström was appointed the first United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict from 2010 to 2012. She worked as vice president of the European Commission and European Commissioner for Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy from 2004 to 2010 and European Commissioner for the Environment from 1999 to 2004. \nFrom 1988\, she held several cabinet posts\, first as deputy minister of civil affairs\, minister of culture\, and also minister of social affairs\, an assignment she left after the 1998 election. \nShe was the CEO of a regional TV network in Värmland\, Sweden\, from 1993 to 1994. Before taking up her appointment as EU commissioner\, she was the executive vice president of Worldview Global Media in Colombo\, Sri Lanka. \nMrs. Wallström has been awarded several honorary doctorates and international recognition and awards. \nModerator \nAs Associate Vice Provost for Global Initiatives\, Amy Gadsden works with Penn’s schools and centers to develop and implement strategies to increase Penn’s global engagement both on campus and overseas. She oversees Penn Global’s reporting offices\, including International Student and Scholar Services\, Penn Abroad\, Global Support Services\, Global Initiatives\, Perry World House\, and Penn Washington. She also oversees Penn Global’s research funds\, including the China Research and Engagement Fund\, India Research and Engagement Fund\, Holman Africa Research and Engagement Fund\, and the Global Research and Engagement Fund. \nIn 2016\, Dr. Gadsden was named executive director of Penn China Initiatives to coordinate and develop University strategy and activity in China. In this role\, she works closely with the Penn Wharton China Center. \nPrior to joining the Provost’s Office\, Dr. Gadsden spent five years (2009-2014) as Associate Dean for International and Strategic Initiatives at Penn Law\, where she built a comprehensive program aimed at expanding the Law School’s global curriculum\, professional development opportunities\, and reputation and managed cross-disciplinary programs. She established or expanded all of Penn Law’s signature international programs\, including the Global Research Seminar\, the Bok Visiting Professors Program\, and the Penn Law International Internship and Summer Human Rights Fellows Programs. She also played a key role in building Penn Law’s cross disciplinary programs\, pioneering new initiatives in law and technology and law and health. \nAs an adjunct law faculty member\, Dr. Gadsden taught seminars in international human rights and rule of law. Currently\, she teaches an undergraduate course on the history of US-China relations. \nBefore coming to Penn\, Dr. Gadsden spent more than a decade working in the foreign policy field with a focus on China. She served as a Country Director for the International Republican Institute and as a Special Advisor for China at the United States Department of State. Early in her career\, she published several articles on democracy and human rights in China\, documenting changes in legal and civil society reform. Dr. Gadsden was one of the first American scholars to observe and write about grassroots elections in the PRC in the mid-1990s. \nDr. Gadsden has also consulted for the Pew Charitable Trusts\, the United Nations Development Programme\, and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. \nShe holds a B.A. from Yale College and a Ph.D. in Chinese legal history from the University of Pennsylvania and serves on the board of the William Penn Charter School\, the nation’s oldest Quaker school.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/a-world-between-hope-and-despair/
LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Talk | North: The Future of Post-Climate America
DESCRIPTION:Join us to discuss Jesse M. Keenan’s new book North: The Future of Post-Climate America\n\n\nClimate change is already fundamentally reshaping where and how we live. Join Perry World House for a conversation with Jesse M. Keenan on his new book\, North: The Future of Post-Climate America (Oxford University Press). \nNorth offers a critical reframing of adaptation science and the role that people\, markets\, and public institutions play in shaping human mobility and the capacity of American communities to adapt. With fast-moving markets and slow-moving governments\, everyday people are caught in the crosshairs. While some will seek to preserve the status quo\, others will relocate from places that are increasingly uninhabitable\, too risky\, or too expensive for permanent settlement. As the era of Sun Belt migration comes to an end and climate impacts accelerate\, everything from local relocations to transcontinental climate migrations are already well underway. \nAt the same time\, new geographies of opportunity are receiving zones for those who are seeking a more sustainable and less precarious way of life. North is not just a collection of scientific observations and projections about America’s future in the face of climate change. It is also a projection of optimism about America’s capacity for decarbonization\, environmental stewardship\, and population mobility. \nThe discussion will explore how shifting climates are altering the physical and demographic landscape of the United States\, creating a new era of migration\, market adaptation\, and transformed electoral politics. \nSpeaker\nJesse M. Keenan is the Favrot II Associate Professor of Sustainable Real Estate and Urban Planning\, Director of the Center on Climate Change and Urbanism\, and Director of the Climate Change Science and Practice Minor Program at Tulane University. Keenan’s research focuses on the intersection of climate change mitigation and adaptation in the built environment\, including aspects of design\, engineering\, regulation\, planning and financing. Keenan has previously advised on matters concerning the built environment for agencies of the U.S. government\, governors\, mayors\, Fortune 500 companies\, technology ventures\, community enterprises and international NGOs. Keenan formerly served as the Director and Area Head for Real Estate and Built Environment on the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Design; Fellow of Science\, Technology and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government; and as the Research Director of the Center for Urban Real Estate on the faculty of the Graduate School of Architecture\, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University\, as well as visiting appointments at the University of Pennsylvania and Oxford University.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/book-talk-north-the-future-of-post-climate-america/
LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Genocide Accusation Against Israel: A Scholarly Exchange
DESCRIPTION:In this discussion\, two leading experts on the study of genocide will consider the accusations of genocide against Israel.\n\n\nOmer Bartov will explain when and why he concluded that Israel was perpetrating genocide in Gaza\, examine the deeper causes of events in Gaza and the West Bank\, ponder the question of Israel’s appearance of impunity\, and consider the possible long-term effects of events since October 7. \nNorman J.W. Goda will discuss genocide accusations against Israel from historical\, political\, and legal perspectives. He will argue that the accusations as they relate to the war in Gaza should be examined from a more empirical perspective than has often been the case. \nThe Concept of Genocide \nA series exploring an idea used to convey the magnitude of the Holocaust that has now become newly charged and profoundly contentious. \nAlthough its legal definition differs somewhat from its role in popular discourse\, the word “genocide” as used today is understood as the “crime of all crimes\,” the gravest assault against human life and identity. For many years\, the word was closely associated with the Holocaust\, the Nazi campaign to exterminate the Jews. Many now accuse the state of Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians. \nDespite its pervasiveness in public discourse\, the concept of genocide is relatively new. It did not enter international law until 1948. Moreover\, scholars are divided regarding its legal definition and applications. This lecture series examines genocide as both a legal concept and a historical phenomenon. Over five lectures\, leading scholars will investigate: What is the concept of genocide? How did the Holocaust and state power define its postwar emergence? And how have recent debates amid Israel’s war in Gaza redefined scholars’ understanding of the limits and advantages of the genocide concept? Please join us for an important and pressing discussion. \nSpeakers \nOmer Bartov is an Israeli-American scholar and Dean’s Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University. He has written widely on war crimes\, interethnic relations\, and genocide. Recent books\, published in multiple languages\, include Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz (2018)\, which won the National Jewish Book Award\, and Genocide\, the Holocaust and Israel-Palestine: First-Person History in Times of Crisis (2023)\, named Choice 2024 Outstanding Academic Title. Bartov’s essays and commentaries have been widely featured in national and international magazines and media outlets. His new book\, Israel: What Went Wrong? will be published in April 2026 by FSG in the U.S. and Penguin/Random Books in the U.K. \n \nNorman J. W. Goda is the Norman and Irma Braman Professor of Holocaust Studies at the University of Florida. He specializes in the Holocaust\, Holocaust memory\, and Holocaust justice. His books include Tales from Spandau: Nazi Criminals and the Cold War (2007); The Holocaust: Europe\, the World\, and the Jews (2022); Rethinking Holocaust Justice: Essays Across Disciplines (2018) and Outside Looking In: The World Universalizes the Holocaust(2026). \n \nThis event is cosponsored by Perry World House. The Katz Center gratefully acknowledges the support of the Goldhirsh-Yellin Foundation.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/the-genocide-accusation-against-israel-a-scholarly-exchange/
LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Ahead of the Disaster: Turning Prediction into Protection and Prevention
DESCRIPTION:.\n\n\nSatellites\, supercomputers\, and data are available today to predict climate disasters better than ever before. Yet across the globe\, extreme heat\, floods\, and storms continue to catch communities off guard\, often hitting the poorest and most vulnerable the hardest. If these disasters can be seen coming\, why is there still a struggle to stop the damage? \nThe problem is not just the physics of the atmosphere—it is the last mile of policy and human response. For an early warning system to be effective and help save lives\, a scientific forecast must be transformed into a political decision\, a clear message\, and a localized\, concrete plan of action. \nJoin Perry World House\, the Penn Center for Science\, Sustainability\, and the Media\, and Center for East Asian Studies\, for a discussion on how to bridge the gap between high-level climate modeling and practical disaster risk management. Experts will explore how to turn “big data” into “big action” to strengthen global resilience and protect communities. \nThe event will feature Mami Mizutori\, Perry World House Distinguished Fellow\, Japan Foundation Visiting Fellow at the Center for East Asian Studies\, Specially Appointed Professor at Tohoku University\, and former Head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. It will be moderated by Dr. Michael Mann\, Presidential Distinguished Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Penn Center for Science\, Sustainability\, and the Media. \nSpeakers \nMami Mizutori was the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction from March 2018 until December 2023. Previously\, from 2011 she served as the Executive Director of the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures at the University of East Anglia\, United Kingdom. Mami joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in 1983\, where she was responsible as the Director of the United Nations Policy Division\, the National Security Policy Division and the Status of US Forces Agreement Division\, and Director of the Japan Information and Culture Centre at the Japanese Embassy in London. She was also stationed at the Japanese embassies of Washington DC and Mexico City. She is currently a Specially Appointed Professor and Strategic Management Advisor at Tohoku University with a focus on disaster risk reduction and an Advisor to Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co.\, Ltd. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk\, Cambridge University\, UK and on the Board of the Association for Aid and Relief Japan\, a Japanese NPO focusing on refugees and internally displaced people globally and in Japan. \nDr. Michael Mann is Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania\, with a secondary appointment in the Annenberg School for Communication. His research focuses on climate science and climate change. He was selected by Scientific American as one of the fifty leading visionaries in science and technology in 2002\, was awarded the Hans Oeschger Medal of the European Geophysical Union in 2012. He made Bloomberg News‘ list of fifty most influential people in 2013. He has received the Friend of the Planet Award from the National Center for Science Education\, the Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication from Climate\, the Award for Public Engagement with Science from the AAAS\, the Climate Communication Prize from the American Geophysical Union and the Leo Szilard Award of the American Physical Society. He received the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement 2019 and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2020. He is a Fellow of the AGU\, AMS\, GSA\, AAAS and the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. He is co-founder of RealClimate.org\, author of more than 200 peer-reviewed and edited publications\, numerous op-eds and commentaries\, and five books including Dire Predictions\, The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars\, The Madhouse Effect\, The Tantrum that Saved the World\, and The New Climate War.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/ahead-of-the-disaster-turning-prediction-into-protection-and-prevention/
LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Reimagining the Future of Global Development
DESCRIPTION:.\n\n\nThe shuttering of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) this year marked the end of an era in global development\, threatening the livelihood of millions of vulnerable people. For decades\, development initiatives resourced by USAID\, as well as many other countries\, helped expand health care\, education\, and economic opportunity worldwide. Despite its flaws\, the system\, which leveraged multilateral institutions and civil society organizations\, worked to alleviate suffering\, reduce poverty\, and save lives. \nYet\, even before USAID’s closure\, this system for development was increasingly under strain and critique. Governments were shifting resources toward hard security as well as disaster response\, from pandemics\, to wars\, to climate catastrophes. At the same time\, multilateral institutions struggled to adapt to new economic and political realities that impacted on development approaches that could not always assure equitable partnership or long-term outcomes. \nWith important gains at risk and lives at stake\, today’s moment calls for a reimagining of the development paradigm. Join Perry World House for a conversation with His Excellency Lord Malloch-Brown\, former UN Deputy Secretary-General\, on what shape the future of development might take – and how the world might do better. \nSpeaker \nMark Malloch-Brown has had a long career in international affairs\, development\, business\, and communications. At the United Nations\, Mark Malloch-Brown led the global promotion of the UN Millennium Development Goals as head of the UN Development Programme (UNDP). At the UNDP\, and previously as vice president of external affairs at the World Bank\, he led reform efforts to increase the impact of both organisations. He later served as Kofi Annan’s chief of staff\, and then as UN Deputy Secretary General\, before joining the British government of Prime Minister Gordon Brown\, as minister responsible for Africa and Asia from 2007 to 2009. Most recently\, he was president of the Open Society Foundations\, the world’s largest private funder of independent groups working for justice\, democratic governance\, and human rights. Mark Malloch-Brown is a Visiting Professor in Practice at the London School of Economics (LSE)\, he was knighted for his contributions to international affairs\, and is currently on leave from the British House of Lords. \nModerator \nAyse Kaya is professor of political science at Swarthmore College and adjunct professor of business economics and public policy at the Wharton School. Her research center on multilateral economic institutions\, particularly the World Bank\, the International Monetary Fund\, and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank\, and global environmental governance. She is currently writing a book on global climate finance\, which also integrates her observations from several climate change summits (COPs). She is a former visiting fellow at Perry World House.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/reimagining-the-future-of-global-development/
LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:COP30 to COP31: Will Climate Cooperation Wane Before Emissions Peak?
DESCRIPTION:.\n\n\nTen years after the Paris Agreement demonstrated a profound collective will to address global emissions\, the world’s efforts to confront the accelerating climate crisis reached a pivotal moment at the UN Climate Conference (COP30) in the Amazon. Emissions continue to rise as multilateralism is met with more and more challenges. \nWhile COP30 participants acknowledged the Paris Agreement’s past successes\, the proceedings highlighted a difficult reality: the political will needed for momentous multilateral agreement remains elusive. Instead\, progress was characterized less by formal consensus and more by achievements outside the official process. These “outside track” successes included initiatives led by Brazil\, Colombia\, and the Netherlands to make progress on transitioning away from fossil fuels; the launch of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF); new momentum on carbon pricing and markets; and various efforts related to non-CO2 gases. Parties did agree on a goal to triple adaptation finance\, but they did not MANAGE a robust response to countries’ climate action plans also known as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). \nThe next Climate Conference (COP31) will be a partnership between Türkiye and Australia. A central question will be if there is a “new normal” or if the formal process can revive ambition and multilateralism. Is the WORLD pivoting permanently toward a model where the most significant climate action happens on the outside track? \nJoin Perry World House for this critical expert discussion with current and former climate negotiators. \nSpeakers \nSue Biniaz most recently served as the principal deputy special envoy for climate at the U.S. State Department\, where\, among other things\, she led the U.S. team on international climate negotiations. From 1989 to 2017\, she was the State Department’s lead climate lawyer and played a role in the development of all the major climate agreements\, including the Paris Agreement. As deputy legal advisor and in other positions\, she was responsible for legal issues related to U.S. treaty practice\, the environment\, oceans\, outer space\, the Western Hemisphere\, Europe\, Asia\, Somali piracy\, human rights\, law enforcement\, and private international law. She is a senior fellow and lecturer at the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs. \nAnne Rasmussen is a distinguished Samoan climate expert and a leading voice for vulnerable nations in international climate diplomacy. With over a decade of experience in high-level negotiations\, she currently serves as the Chief Negotiator for the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). \nA graduate of the University of the South Pacific with a background in geography and postgraduate expertise in climate change\, Rasmussen began her diplomatic career at COP18 in 2012. Since then\, she has held pivotal roles in the UN climate process\, including leading negotiations on climate finance for the Green Climate Fund and serving as a Vice-President at COP27. \nDr Sally Box leads the International Climate Negotiations Division in the Australian Government’s Department of Climate Change\, Energy\, the Environment and Water. She is Australia’s Head of Delegation to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and has led the Australian negotiations team at the four most recent UN Climate Conferences of the Parties. \nPrior to this role\, Sally served as the Australian Government’s Threatened Species Commissioner\, where she led the development and implementation of the Threatened Species Strategy and the environmental response to the 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires. \nSally has over 20 years’ experience working in the Australian Public Service in the fields of climate change and environment policy development\, program delivery\, regulation\, and communications. She has a PhD in Plant Sciences from the Australian National University and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) from the University of Adelaide. \nSally was awarded a Public Service Medal in 2022 for her leadership of the environmental response to the 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires. \nSally lives in Canberra\, Australia\, with her husband\, four children and much-loved black labrador.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/cop30-to-cop31-will-climate-cooperation-wane-before-emissions-peak/
LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Venezuela and U.S. Policy After Maduro
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an in-depth discussion of Venezuela and U.S. policy following strikes in Caracas and the capture of Nicolás Maduro.\n\n\nFollowing the U.S. strikes in Caracas and subsequent capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro\, there are many questions that remain. What will governance in Venezuela look like in the short- and long-term\, and how will that affect Venezuelan citizens? How will these U.S. actions affect foreign policy\, particularly in the Western Hemisphere? How will access to Venezuelan oil affect global energy markets and prices? And what will be the long-term ramifications in the global arena to how the United States has moved forward in Venezuela? Join Perry World House for an in-depth\, virtual discussion of these topics and more. \n\n\n \nSPEAKERS\nCarolina Jiménez Sandoval is the president of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA). She holds more 20 years of experience in research and advocacy for human rights in the Americas and throughout the world. As a leader in the field with extensive experience in the region and Washington\, she guides WOLA’s team to achieve strategic impact in social justice and human rights. \nPrior to WOLA\, she served as deputy research director for the Americas with Amnesty International in Mexico City. In her almost seven years there\, she led a team of researchers documenting human rights violations and designing advocacy strategies to guarantee respect for human rights. Her work included a wide variety of themes and countries\, from addressing grave crimes under international law in Venezuela and Nicaragua to promoting the rights of migrants and refugees in Central America\, Mexico\, and the United States. Prior to that\, she was program officer for the Open Society Foundations’ Latin America Program and International Migration Initiative where she led the creation of CAMMINA (the Central America and Mexico Migration Alliance)\, a donor collaborative funded by OSF\, AVINA and the Ford Foundation to support migrants’ rights organizations in the region. \nShe has a PhD in international studies from Waseda University\, Japan\, and did a postdoctoral program in human rights and ethics at the Central University of Venezuela. She holds a master’s degree in international law and Asian studies from Chuo University\, Japan\, and a master’s of philosophy in international relations from the University of Cambridge\, England. She graduated from the Universidad Central de Venezuela with a BA in international relations. She is a frequent contributor in English and Spanish to media outlets and publications across Latin America\, the United States\, and Europe\, including the Washington Post\, the New York Times\, PBS\, CNN\, BBC\, The Guardian\, El País\, Deutsche Welle\, and various academic journals\, among others. She is a national of Venezuela and Mexico. \n \nRobert M. Scher is the former head of international affairs for bp America. In this position\, he tracked and analyzed U.S. foreign policy as it affects bp’s businesses around the world. \nScher has close to twenty-five years of experience in senior global affairs and national security roles in the U.S. government\, most recently serving as the assistant secretary of defense for strategy\, plans\, and capabilities in the Pentagon from 2014 to 2017. In that role\, he directly advised the U.S. Secretary of Defense on a wide range of global defense\, security\, strategy\, and budgeting matters. Prior to becoming assistant secretary\, Scher held a series of progressively more senior roles at the U.S. Departments of Defense and State\, focused on defense strategy and Asian foreign policy. He also served in the private sector as a consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton on defense and foreign affairs issues. Scher received a bachelor’s degree from Swarthmore College\, and a master’s of international affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. \n \nSamantha Vinograd leads Brunswick’s U.S. geopolitical practice. She has served under three U.S. administrations and in several key private sector roles. \nMost recently\, she served as the Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism\, Threat Prevention\, and Law Enforcement Policy at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security where she developed\, implemented and evaluated policies to identify and mitigate risks to the U.S. Prior to joining the Biden Administration\, Samantha led global public policy at Stripe and worked for Goldman Sachs where she focused on building public-private sector partnerships. Samantha began her career in Baghdad under President Bush working for the U.S. Department of the Treasury\, and she subsequently served on President Obama’s National Security Council as the Director for Iraq\, Director for International Economics and Energy and as the Senior Advisor to the National Security Advisor. She is a CBS News contributor\, a Senior Advisor at the Biden Institute\, and a Trustee at Save the Children US. \nShe is fluent in French and studied advanced Arabic and Hebrew. She received her BA in Asian and Middle Eastern studies from the University of Pennsylvania and her MA in security studies from Georgetown University. \n \nMODERATOR\nMichael C. Horowitz is the director of Perry World House and Richard Perry professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also senior fellow in innovation and technology at the Council on Foreign Relations. From 2022 to 2024\, Professor Horowitz served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for force development and emerging capabilities. He is the author of The Diffusion of Military Power: Causes and Consequences for International Politics\, and the co-author of Why Leaders Fight. He won the Karl Deutsch Award given by the International Studies Association for early career contributions to the fields of international relations and peace research. He has published in a wide array of peer reviewed journals and popular outlets. His research interests include the intersection of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics with global politics\, military innovation\, the role of leaders in international politics\, and geopolitical forecasting methodology. Professor Horowitz worked for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy as a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow. He is a life member at the Council on Foreign Relations. Professor Horowitz received a PhD in Government from Harvard University and a BA in political science from Emory University.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/virtual-event-venezuela-and-u-s-policy-after-maduro/
LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Understanding U.S. Action in Venezuela
DESCRIPTION:.\n\n\nPlease join Perry World House for a timely conversation examining the U.S. government policy and actions toward Venezuela\, including strikes on Venezuelan boats and the people on board. \nOver the recent weeks\, Venezuela has surged back into global headlines amid escalating geopolitical tensions. The United States has conducted military strikes against Venezuelan boats in international waters\, raising questions about the legality of the Trump administration’s actions. Our panel will explore why the United States has chosen to act now\, what strategic objectives are shaping current policy\, and how these decisions are being interpreted across Latin America and beyond. As the situation on the ground continues to shift\, experts will assess potential endgames for U.S.–Venezuela relations\, and the international law implications. \n\n\n \nSPEAKERS\nSamantha Vinograd leads Brunswick’s U.S. geopolitical practice. She has served under three bipartisan Administrations and in several key private sector roles. \nMost recently\, she served as the Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism\, Threat Prevention\, and Law Enforcement Policy at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security where she developed\, implemented and evaluated policies to identify and mitigate risks to the U.S. Prior to joining the Biden Administration\, Samantha led global public policy at Stripe and worked for Goldman Sachs where she focused on building public-private sector partnerships. Samantha began her career in Baghdad under President Bush working for the U.S. Department of the Treasury\, and she subsequently served on President Obama’s National Security Council as the Director for Iraq\, Director for International Economics and Energy and as the Senior Advisor to the National Security Advisor. She is a CBS News contributor\, a Senior Advisor at the Biden Institute\, and a Trustee at Save the Children US. \nShe is fluent in French and studied advanced Arabic and Hebrew. She received her BA in Asian and Middle Eastern studies from the University of Pennsylvania and her MA in security studies from Georgetown University. \nWilliam Burke-White is a professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania’s Carey Law School. Burke-White\, an international lawyer and political scientist\, is a leading expert on US foreign policy\, multilateral institutions\, and international law. He researches and writes on the relationships between law and politics in international affairs and has particular expertise on the design and implementation of complex global governance solutions that involve multiple countries\, international institutions\, and multilateral legal regimes. He has significant regional expertise on Russia\, Eastern Europe\, and Latin America. His current research examines the role of sub-state actors in the international legal system and the impacts of changing global power dynamics on the norms and structures of international law. Professor Burke-White served as the Inaugural Director of Perry World House from 2014 to 2019. He holds both bachelor’s and law degrees from Harvard University\, and a doctorate in international relations from the University of Cambridge\, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. \n \nMODERATOR\nMichael C. Horowitz is Director of Perry World House and Richard Perry Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also Senior Fellow in Innovation and Technology at the Council on Foreign Relations. From 2022 to 2024\, Professor Horowitz served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Development and Emerging Capabilities. He is the author of The Diffusion of Military Power: Causes and Consequences for International Politics\, and the co-author of Why Leaders Fight. He won the Karl Deutsch Award given by the International Studies Association for early career contributions to the fields of international relations and peace research. He has published in a wide array of peer reviewed journals and popular outlets. His research interests include the intersection of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics with global politics\, military innovation\, the role of leaders in international politics\, and geopolitical forecasting methodology. Professor Horowitz worked for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy as a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow. He is a life member at the Council on Foreign Relations. Professor Horowitz received his Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University and his B.A. in political science from Emory University.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/understanding-u-s-action-in-venezuela/
LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Building a "Democratic Playbook"
DESCRIPTION:Join Perry World House for a special conversation on democratic resilience.\n\n\nPerry World House is pleased to host a special conversation on democratic resilience with Penn Global’s Middle East Distinguished Visiting Professor Dahlia Scheindlin and Perry World House Distinguished Visiting Fellows Zack Beauchamp and Carolina Jiménez Sandoval. \nAfter decades of democratic backsliding in dozens of countries around the world\, scholars\, journalists\, and activists are familiar with the “authoritarian playbook”: from Hungary to Brazil to Israel to Senegal\, aspiring authoritarians use similar tactics to try to transform democracies to autocracies. \nAt the same time\, there is far less understanding of what a “democratic playbook” looks like. How do resilient democracies\, including societies in war or conflict\, push back against authoritarian and populist movements? What institutional\, social\, and normative practices have been able to slow or even block democratic backsliding? What tactics and strategies on the part of opposition parties\, civil society have been effective? How do societies persevere when democratic rights are taken away? Please join us for this important and timely conversation. \nSpeakers \nZack Beauchamp is a senior correspondent at Vox\, where he covers challenges to democracy in the United States and abroad\, right-wing populism\, and the world of ideas. He has received funding awards from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting to report on democratic decline in Israel and Hungary in the field\, and is the author of On The Right\, a newsletter on the American conservative movement. He has appeared on a wide range of television and radio networks\, including MSNBC\, CNN\, Fox News\, BBC\, CBC\, ABC (Australia)\, and Al Jazeera. \nCarolina Jiménez Sandoval is the President of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA). She holds over 20 years of experience in research and advocacy for human rights in the Americas and throughout the world. As a leader in the field with extensive experience in the region and Washington\, she guides WOLA’s team to achieve strategic impact in social justice and human rights. \nDahlia Scheindlin is a public opinion expert and international political and strategic consultant based in Tel Aviv. Over two decades\, she has advised on nine national campaigns in Israel and has worked on campaigns in fifteen other countries and regions. She is recognized for her contributions to discussions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; the peace process; and issues of democracy\, human rights\, and social justice. She conducts public opinion research related to the Israeli Palestinian conflict\, including the Palestinian-Israeli Pulse survey\, an ongoing project. She is a regular columnist at Haaretz newspaper (English)\, focusing on the Israel-Palestinian conflict\, Israeli politics\, and foreign affairs; she is a founding member of +972 Magazine\, an independent online magazine jointly run by Palestinian and Israeli journalists\, and is a fellow at the Century Foundation. Her most recent book\, The Crooked Timber of Democracy: Promise Unfulfilled\, published in September 2023\, critically analyzes Israel’s path to democracy.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/building-a-democratic-playbook/
LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Security\, Prosperity\, and the Future of Climate
DESCRIPTION:Join Perry World House for this special event with German Vice Chancellor and PWH Distinguished Global Leader Robert Habeck.\n\n\nAs the climate crisis intensifies\, governments must navigate an increasingly difficult trade-off: how to advance ambitious climate and energy goals while safeguarding national security and economic prosperity. Globally\, the calculus behind these policy choices is shifting. Defense budgets are swelling. Economies are strained. Meanwhile global energy demand continues to rise\, and climate impacts are accelerating. Against this backdrop\, global climate policy must chart a new path or risk being sidelined\, despite rising urgency for action. At this event\, former German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck will reflect on these tensions\, drawing from his experience at the frontlines of the energy transition and the choices leaders must confront. \n\n\nSpeaker\n \nRobert Habeck has been Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection since December 8\, 2021. Member of the Bundestag since 2021 2018 – 2022 Party Chairman of Alliance 90/The Greens 2017 – 2018 Deputy Minister-President and Minister for Energy Transition\, Agriculture\, Environment\, Nature Conservation and Digitalization of the State of Schleswig-Holstein 2012 – 2017 Deputy Minister-President and Minister for Energy Transition\, Agriculture\, Environment and Rural Areas of the State of Schleswig-Holstein 2009 – 2012 Group Chairman in the State Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein 2008 – 2009 Group Chairman in the District Council of Schleswig-Flensburg 2004 – 2009 State Chairman of Alliance 90/The Greens in Schleswig-Holstein 2002 – 2004 District Chairman of Alliance 90/The Greens in Schleswig-Flensburg Member of Alliance 90/The Greens Worked as a freelance writer 2000 Doctorate from the University of Hamburg 1991 to 1996 Studied in Freiburg im Breisgau (German Studies\, Philosophy\, and Philology)\, Roskilde\, Denmark (Humanities)\, and Hamburg (Literature and Philosophy)\, receiving a Master’s degree Dr. Robert Habeck was born on September 2\, 1969\, in Lübeck. He is married and has four children. \nModerator\nSanya Carley is the Mark Alan Hughes Faculty Director of the Kleinman Center and Presidential Distinguished Professor of Energy Policy and City Planning at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design. She holds secondary appointments at the Wharton School and the School of Social Policy and Practice. She also co-directs the Energy Justice Lab and is a Resources for the Future (RFF) university fellow. Carley’s research focuses on energy justice and just transitions\, energy insecurity\, electricity and transportation markets\, and public perceptions of energy infrastructure and technologies. She recently released a book\, “Power Lines: The Human Costs of American Energy in Transition.” Carley is also an author of the Fifth National Climate Assessment report and a member of the Innovation Policy Forum for the National Academies. Prior to her appointment at Penn\, Carley was a Paul H. O’Neill Professor at Indiana University\, and held administrative positions there as a Chair\, Program Director of the top-ranked Master of Public Affairs program\, and as Associate Vice Provost of Faculty & Academic Affairs\, respectively. Carley received her Ph.D. in public policy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\, her M.S. in urban and regional planning from the University of Wisconsin-Madison\, and bachelor’s degrees in economics and sustainable development from Swarthmore College.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/security-prosperity-and-the-future-of-climate/
LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Images that Influence Our Climate Future
DESCRIPTION:Join Perry World House for this special event with award-winning National Geographic photographer Jason Edwards.\n\n\nFor decades\, renowned National Geographic photographer Jason Edwards has documented both the breathtaking beauty of the natural world and the urgent threats it faces. His photography illustrates the unique power of still imagery to shape narratives\, inspire communities\, and even influence policy. In this special event\, Edwards will explain how visual storytelling from the frontlines of the climate crisis can spark action. He will also discuss the future of his craft given the rise and reach of artificial intelligence. \nBeyond the images themselves\, Edwards will share the adventures\, challenges\, and insights that lie behind the lens\, offering a rare glimpse into what it takes to capture the shot that just might change the world. \nJoin Perry World House for this special event\, to be moderated by Dr. Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw\, Inaugural Faculty Director of Penn’s Arthur Ross Gallery. \n\n\nSpeaker\n \nNational Geographic’s Jason Edwards has been at the forefront of natural history photography for more than three decades. His image portfolio ranks among the largest of any photographer in the Society’s long history. Based in Melbourne Australia\, a passion for wildlife and the environment has been with him over his extensive career that began as a zookeeper at the Zoological Board of Victoria. Jason has since been recognized globally for his contributions to Science\, the Environment\, and the Arts. Jason is the author and photographer of ‘Icebergs to Iguanas’ a large format series of books illustrating his National Geographic imagery. He also authored and photographed science education books for the children’s education market\, and his imagery has appeared on everything from environmental campaigns to Hollywood blockbusters. As a leader and mentor\, Jason has worked with photographers of all levels\, instructing them in the art of storytelling and how to find and translate images. He has spent years providing rich and entertaining experiences; working in partnership with organizations and individuals; guiding participants both on private expeditions and as one of National Geographic’s most sought experts. For Jason Edward’s full bio and list of awards and recognition\, please click here. \nModerator\nGwendolyn DuBois Shaw is the James and Nan Wagner Farquhar Professor in the Department of the History of Art and the inaugural faculty director of the Arthur Ross Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on portraiture and issues of representation in the American context. She has previously served on the faculty of Harvard University and as the Director of Research\, Publications\, and Scholarly Programs at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. In addition to her books\, The Art of Remembering\, Essays on African American Art and History\, (Duke: 2024)\, Seeing the Unspeakable: The Art of Kara Walker (Duke: 2004) and First Ladies of the United States (Smithsonian: 2020)\, she has also curated numerous exhibitions\, including “Portraits of a People: Picturing African Americans in the Nineteenth Century” (2006)\, “Represent: 200 Years of African American Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art” (2015)\, “I Dream a World: Selections from Brian Lanker’s Portraits of Remarkable Black Women\,” at the National Portrait Gallery (2021-23)\, and “After Modernism: Selections from the Neumann Family Collection\,” at the Arthur Ross Gallery (2025). For Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw’s full bio and list of awards and recognitions\, please click here.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/images-that-influence-our-climate-future/
LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Democracy\, Gender\, & Leadership: President Nandi-Ndaitwah of Namibia
DESCRIPTION:Join PWH for a conversation with President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of Namibia\, the second woman to be elected President in Africa.\n\n\nPlease join Perry World House for a conversation with President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of Namibia. President Nandi-Ndaitwah began her term in March 2025 as only the second woman ever elected president in Africa\, and the first in Namibia. Today\, under President Nandi-Ndaitwah’s leadership\, two thirds of Namibia’s cabinet positions are held by women\, including offices in foreign affairs\, finance\, health\, and education. \nHer election comes at a time when democracy globally is under threat and policies supporting women’s empowerment are being rolled back on every continent\, including Africa. At the same time\, surveys show that support for democracy in Africa is strong: two-thirds of Africans say they prefer democracy to any other system of government. \nPresident Nandi-Ndaitwah has announced a commitment to democracy\, gender equality\, improved governance\, and economic growth. What can we learn from Namibia’s experience? What can it tell us about democracy and gender in the region and beyond? On a continent where the median age is 19\, the population is set to double to 2.5 billion by 2050\, and global share of GDP could triple in the next two decades\, the answers to these questions are of global importance. \n\n\nSPEAKER\n \nH.E. Dr. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah was elected president of Namibia in December 2024. Her political career started in 1966 when she joined the South West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO) at the age of 14. In 1974\, she left the country to join SWAPO in exile to fight for Namibia’s independence. She returned to Namibia in 1989 and following Independence in 1990\, she was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. She served as a Minister of Women Affairs and Child Welfare from 2000-2005 where she played a pivotal role in advocating for the protection of the rights of women and children both domestically and internationally. She has held other ministerial positions including Minister of Environment and Tourism and Minister of Foreign Affairs. H.E. Dr. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is married to the former Chief of Defence Force of the Republic of Namibia\, Lieutenant-General (Rtd) Epaphras Denga Ndaitwah with whom she shares three sons. \n \nMODERATOR\nJoseph Asunka has served as CEO of Afrobarometer since April 2021. He was previously program officer in the Global Development and Population program at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation\, where he managed a portfolio of grants that support efforts to increase transparency and accountability in fiscal governance and foster citizen participation to improve public services in developing countries. \nBefore joining Hewlett\, Joseph was a lecturer in political science at the University of California\, Los Angeles (UCLA)\, where he taught courses on African politics\, political economy of development\, research methods\, and data analysis. Prior to that\, he was program officer at the Ghana Center for Democratic Development\, a Core Partner of Afrobarometer. He served as data manager for Afrobarometer prior to his PhD studies at UCLA. \nJoseph’s research interests include distributive politics\, elections and electoral processes\, and migration. He has published in journals such as the British Journal of Political Science\, Research and Politics\, and Population Research and Policy Review. Born in Ghana\, Joseph holds a PhD in political science from UCLA.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/democracy-gender-leadership-president-nandi-ndaitwah-of-namibia/
LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Role of Business Leaders in Addressing Bias and Hate
DESCRIPTION:Join CEOs Stanley Bergman of Henry Schein Inc and Farooq Kathwari of Ethan Allen Interiors to discuss how the business leaders address bias.\n\n\nJewish and Muslim leaders have worked together for years advocating for issues of common concern. A primary focus has been combatting the rise in bias and hate crimes in our country. CEOs Stanley Bergman and Farooq Kathwari will share their experiences in leading these efforts. \n \nSpeakers\nSince 1989\, Stanley M. Bergman has been Chairman of the Board and CEO of Henry Schein\, Inc.\, a Fortune 500® company and the world’s largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental and medical practitioners\, with more than 25\,000 Team Schein Members worldwide and operations or affiliates in 33 countries and territories. Henry Schein is a member of the S&P 500® index. In 2024\, the Company’s sales reached $12.7 billion. Henry Schein has earned a top score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index since 2015. \nStanley is a former past President of the AJC (American Jewish Committee)\, Co-Founder of the AJC’s Africa Institute\, Co-Chair of the Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council and Chair of The Wits Fund\, Inc. \nMr. Bergman serves as a board member or advisor for numerous institutions including New York University College of Dentistry; the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine; Hebrew University; the University of the Witwatersrand Fund; The World Economic Forum’s Health Care Governors; the Business Council for International Understanding and the Metropolitan Opera. Mr. Bergman is an honorary member of the American Dental Association and the Alpha Omega International Dental Society. Mr. Bergman is the recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor; the CR Magazine Corporate Responsibility Lifetime Achievement Award; the 2017 CEO of the Year award by Chief Executive Magazine\, the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW) Dirk Van Dongen Lifetime Achievement Award; Honorary Doctorates from The University of the Witwatersrand\, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem\, Western University of Health Sciences\, Hofstra University\, A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health\, Case Western Reserve University\, and Farmingdale State College (SUNY); and Honorary Fellowships from King’s College London – Dental Institute and the International College of Dentists. \nStan and Dr. Marion Bergman\, and their family are active supporters of organizations fostering the arts\, higher education\, and cultural diversity\, as well as grassroots healthcare and sustainable entrepreneurial economic development initiatives in the United States\, Africa and other developing regions of the world. \nMr. Bergman is a graduate of The University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and is a South African Chartered Accountant and a NYS Certified Public Accountant (CPA). \n \nFarooq Kathwari has been the chairman and CEO of Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. since 1988. He serves several nonprofit organizations\, including the Board of Overseers of the International Rescue Committee; the advisory board of the Center for Strategic and International Studies; and the Council on Foreign Relations. He is chairman emeritus of Refugees International; an advisory member of the New York Stock Exchange; former chairman of the National Retail Federation; former chairman of the American Home Furnishings Alliance; a director of the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University; and a member of the International Advisory Council of the United States Institute of Peace. \nFounder of the Kashmir Study Group\, he served as a member of the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders from 2010 to 2014. He was also tapped to join the bipartisan\, congressionally mandated United States Institute of Peace Task Force on Extremism in Fragile States\, co-chaired by Governor Tom Kean and Representative Lee Hamilton\, who formerly led the 9/11 Commission. \nAmong his recognitions\, Mr. Kathwari is a recipient of the 2018 Ellis Island Medal of Honor and has been inducted into the American Furniture Hall of Fame. He has been recognized as an Outstanding American by Choice by the U.S. government. He has also received the Yale School of Management’s Chief Executive Leadership Institute Lifetime of Leadership Award; the National Human Relations Award from the American Jewish Committee; the National Retail Federation Gold Medal; and Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award. \nMr. Kathwari is the author of Trailblazer: from the Mountains of Kashmir to the Summit of Global Business and Beyond\, a memoir published in September 2019. He serves on the board of the Western Connecticut State University Foundation\, the advisory board of The Hebrew Home at Riverdale\, and has been recognized by Worth magazine as one of the 50 Best CEOs in the United States. \nFor more information\, visit farooqkathwari.com. \n \nModerator\nDeborah Amos is a Ferris Professor of Journalism in Residence. \nA longtime international correspondent\, Amos spent much of her award-winning career at National Public Radio. Her reporting on the Middle East and refugees in the U.S. regularly featured on NPR’s Morning Edition\, Weekend Edition\, and All Things Considered. She recently covered the Syrian and Iraqi refugee crises\, the economy in the Middle East\, and the Arab youth surge. Previously she reported for ABC’s Nightline and PBS’s Frontline. \nAmos is the author of two books: Eclipse of the Sunnis: Power\, Exile\, and Upheaval in the Middle East\, and Lines in the Sand: Desert Storm and the Remaking of the Arab World. She has won several major journalism honors\, including a Courage in Journalism Award from the International Women’s Media Foundation\, a George Foster Peabody Award\, an Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award\, and an Emmy.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/the-role-of-business-leaders-in-addressing-bias-and-hate/
LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Human Rights and Migration: Solutions for A World on the Move
DESCRIPTION:Amy Pope\, Director General of the International Organization for Migration\, will discuss more efficient migration systems.\n\n\nToday the world is experiencing unprecedented levels of displacement\, driven by conflict\, economic instability and the impacts of climate change. These challenges have brought about a rising amount of irregular and often dangerous migration\, exacerbating the increasingly divisive political debate around migrants and migration. \nMigration\, however\, is a permanent reality and a key driver of growth and innovation. Join IOM Director General Amy Pope for a discussion about how safe\, orderly\, and more efficient migration systems help create well-managed borders\, reduce irregular migration and promote shared prosperity. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is the world’s leading intergovernmental organization in the field of migration\, committed to the principle that safe and orderly migration benefits migrants\, governments\, and society. \n \nSpeakers\nAmy Pope became Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on 1 October 2023\, bringing a wealth of experience in addressing complex migration issues and passion for changing the global narrative about people on the move. She is the first woman to hold the post in IOM’s 73-year history. Before joining IOM\, D.G. Pope served as the senior advisor on migration to U.S. President Joe Biden and served as the deputy homeland security advisor to President Barack Obama. While at the White House\, Ms. Pope developed and implemented comprehensive strategies to address migration in areas such as countering trafficking in persons\, resettling refugees\, and vulnerable people\, and preparing communities to respond and adapt to climate-related crises. Ms. Pope has also occupied positions at the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Senate and was a partner in the London-based law firm\, Schillings. She graduated magna cum laude from the Duke University School of Law with a JD and has a BA in political science (with honors) from Haverford College in Pennsylvania.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/human-rights-and-migration-solutions-for-a-world-on-the-move/
LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Common Sense Diplomacy
DESCRIPTION:Andrea Mitchell will conduct a far-ranging conversation with Ambs. David L. Cohen and  Amy Gutmann on their experiences as diplomats.\n\n\nIn the spirit of Penn’s commitment to embracing global engagement\, Andrea Mitchell will conduct a far-ranging conversation with Ambassador David L. Cohen and Ambassador Amy Gutmann on their experiences as diplomats. They will discuss what best prepared them for their positions\, what its greatest perils and pleasures were\, and lessons learned. They will address the challenges of defending democratic sovereignty\, security\, and economic progress and the job of diplomacy when personal beliefs may be at odds with the “official” positions of Washington. \n \nSpeakers\nDavid L. Cohen was nominated to be U.S. ambassador to Canada by President Joe Biden\, and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Prior to that appointment\, he served as senior advisor to the CEO at Comcast Corporation as of January 1\, 2020. He was previously senior executive vice president at Comcast NBCUniversal\, where his portfolio included corporate communications\, legal affairs\, government and regulatory affairs\, public affairs\, corporate administration\, corporate real estate and security\, and community impact. Cohen also served as the company’s first chief diversity officer. Before starting with Comcast in July 2002\, Cohen served as a partner in and chairman of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll\, LLP\, one of the 100 largest law firms in the country. From January 1992 to April 1997\, Cohen served as chief of staff to the Honorable Edward G. Rendell\, the mayor of Philadelphia. He has served on many nonprofit boards\, including as chair of the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania and its Executive Committee; as chair of the trustee board and the executive committee of Penn Medicine; as chair of the board of directors and the executive committee of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce; as chair of the Philadelphia Theatre Company; as a member of the Board of the National Urban League; and as chair of the corporate board of advisors of UnidosUS. \nAmy Gutmann is a prize-winning scholar\, teacher\, university leader\, and diplomat. She has published and lectured widely on democracy and education; deliberation\, compromise\, diplomacy\, and their critics; bioethics and access to health care; human rights; identity politics; and ethics in public affairs. Gutmann served as U.S. ambassador to Germany (2022-24). During her tenure\, the German relationship with the United States became stronger than ever in the post-WWII period\, on multiple measures including support for Ukraine’s defense against Putin\, increased trade and investment\, and resistance to rising extremism. Gutmann was the eighth and longest serving president of Penn\, serving from 2004 to 2022. Named by Fortune in 2018 as one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders\,” Gutmann is renowned for championing affordable access to education and health care\, innovative discoveries that save lives and propel economies forward\, global engagement\, and public-private partnerships. \nAndrea Mitchell is NBC News’ chief Washington and chief foreign affairs correspondent\, reporting on political and international news for NBC Nightly News\, the Today Show\, Meet the Press\, and the network’s digital and streaming platforms. She has covered every presidential campaign for NBC News since 1980\, and for 17 years also anchored “Andrea Mitchell Reports\,” a weekday program of political and foreign policy news on MSNBC. A pioneer in her field\, Mitchell is known for her tenacity whether she is covering domestic politics or reporting from conflict zones in Iraq\, Afghanistan\, North Korea\, or the Middle East. Mitchell has been honored for her distinguished reporting\, receiving the lifetime achievement award at the 40th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards\, The International Radio and Television Society Foundation’s Giant of Broadcasting and Electronic Arts Honor\, the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award\, the Freedom of the Press Award from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press\, and a Lifetime Achievement Award at the sixth annual Washington Women in Journalism Awards. A Penn alumna\, she is a former vice chair of the Board of Trustees and founder of the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy in the College of Arts and Sciences. In 2018\, she was the University’s commencement speaker and received an honorary doctorate of humanities from the University. \n \nWelcoming remarks by\nMichael C. Horowitz is director of Perry World House and Richard Perry professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also senior fellow in innovation and technology at the Council on Foreign Relations. From 2022 to 2024\, Professor Horowitz served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for force development and emerging capabilities. He is the author of The Diffusion of Military Power: Causes and Consequences for International Politics\, and the co-author of Why Leaders Fight. He won the Karl Deutsch Award given by the International Studies Association for early career contributions to the fields of international relations and peace research. He has published in a wide array of peer reviewed journals and popular outlets. His research interests include the intersection of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics with global politics\, military innovation\, the role of leaders in international politics\, and geopolitical forecasting methodology. Horowitz worked for the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy as a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/common-sense-diplomacy/
LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Pioneers of Plant-Based Fine Dining: A Conversation with the Chefs of Vedge
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion with the chefs/owners of Vedge about their innovative approach to plant-based cuisine.\n\n\nJoin us for an exclusive event featuring Philadelphia locals Richard Landau and Kate Jacoby\, the visionary chefs and co-owners of the renowned VEDGE restaurant. Known for their innovative approach to plant-based cuisine\, Landau and Jacoby will discuss their culinary journey\, sustainability philosophy\, and creative processes that have made them a groundbreaking force in the world of fine vegetarian dining. They will share first-hand insights of the challenges and innovations shaping the future of food and offer a unique perspective on gastronomy in a climate changed world. Whether you’re a seasoned foodie or new to plant-based eating\, this event promises to be an unforgettable culinary education. \n\n\nSPEAKERS\n \nHusband/Wife team Richard Landau and Kate Jacoby are the Chefs/Owners of Philadelphia’s renowned vegetable restaurant\, Vedge.   \nChef Rich Landau\, a pioneer of the modern\, plant based dining experience\, opened his first restaurant\, Horizons\, in 1994. His mission: to demonstrate the creativity and satisfaction of vegetable cuisine. Through his 3+ decades in the restaurant industry\, teaching\, consulting and in media appearances including winning Food Network’s Chopped\, Landau has used the carnivore’s palate he grew up with to translate his vision for vegan cuisine to a broader audience.  Cooking Light Magazine said “Landau takes a guns-a-blazing approach to flavor”.  Chef Landau is a 6-time finalist for the James Beard Foundation’s Best Chef Mid Atlantic as well as twice being named “Best chef in Philadelphia” by Philadelphia Magazine.  \nChef Kate Jacoby studied French and Sociology at Georgetown. In 2001\, she switched gears to join Landau at Horizons\, the restaurant she had already grown to know and love as a customer. Her work in the kitchen beside Landau helped hone her pastry skills and shaped her approach to desserts. A James Beard Nationally Nominated Pastry Chef and a Certified Sommelier\, her recent focus also includes overseeing the Wine Program and working the couples small vegetable farm in Chester County.   \nLandau and Jacoby met in 2001 and began to grow the business together.   In 2009 The couple and their team cooked the first Vegan meal ever served at the James Beard House in Manhattan. In 2011 they opened “Vedge” in an elegant Center city Philadelphia brownstone to national acclaim. Landau and Jacoby have authored five cookbooks\, including “Vedge: 100 Plates Large and Small that Redefine Vegetable Cooking” and the newly released released Vedge Cocktail Book. \nLandau and Jacoby are both native Philadelphians who take pride in helping shape the culinary landscape in their region and who are committed to further raising the bar for vegetable cuisine across the country.  When not in the kitchen\, they love to travel with their son Rio\, always on the hunt for their next great food experience. \n \nMODERATOR\nDeputy Director Michael Weisberg is the Bess W. Heyman President’s Distinguished Professor of Philosophy. A climate diplomat\, philosopher of science\, climate policy researcher\, and experienced academic leader\, he has negotiated and achieved collective outcomes in the complex landscape of climate\, ocean\, and development issues at the highest levels of international diplomacy. \nAn expert on the climate needs of small island developing states\, Weisberg currently serves as senior advisor to Jamaica’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and as an advisor to the Fiji and Palau negotiating teams at COP. Weisberg was a leading voice in the development of the “mosaic of solutions” for addressing loss and damage due to the adverse impacts of climate change\, which led to major breakthroughs on the topic at COP27 and COP28. This framework was developed in collaboration with the Maldivian Government and the International Peace Institute\, where he is a Non-resident Senior Advisor. \nWeisberg serves as editor-in-chief of Biology and Philosophy and director of the Galápagos Education and Research Alliance. He is the author of Simulation and Similarity: Using Models to Understand the World\, co-author of the landmark photographic study Galápagos: Life in Motion\, and a contributing author to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Sixth Assessment Report. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. \nWeisberg educates the next generation of environmental leaders in the classroom\, at the negotiating table\, and in the field\, ensuring that their voices have maximal impact on addressing the climate crisis.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/pioneers-of-plant-based-fine-dining-a-conversation-with-the-chefs-of-vedge/
LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Autocracy in the World
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion with Ruth Ben-Ghiat for a conversation on the role that media must play in keeping democracy alive and well.\n\n\nIf 2024 was the year of democracy—a year that saw more people worldwide heading to the polls than ever before—then what is in store for 2025? Early returns are worrisome: political repression continues to throttle civil society movements while global media struggles to keep pace with rampant information manipulation and propaganda. In many places autocratic leaders are tightening their grip on power and democratic backsliding seems to be on the rise globally. Join Perry World House as we welcome Ruth Ben-Ghiat\, an expert on fascism and authoritarian movements\, who will talk about our current global political moment in history\, how it echoes with authoritarianism of the past\, and the critical role media must play in order to keep democracy alive and well. \n\n\nSPEAKER\n \nRuth Ben-Ghiat is Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University. She writes about authoritarianism\, propaganda\, and democracy protection. She is the recipient of Guggenheim and other fellowships and appears frequently on MSNBC She publishes Lucid\, a Substack newsletter on threats to democracy in the U.S. and abroad. \nHer latest book\, Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present examines how authoritarian leaders use corruption\, violence\, propaganda\, and machismo to stay in power\, and how resistance to them has unfolded over a century. She is also a consultant for television and film productions\, including the Academy Award-winning 2022 movie Pinocchio (Guillermo del Toro\, 2022)\, and the Netflix docuseries Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial (Joe Berlinguer\, 2024). \nShe testified to the House Jan. 6 Committee and advises civil society organizations\, including churches and multinational corporations\, that face autocratic interferences in the US and around the world. As an advisor to Protect Democracy\, she was part of a 2019 Amicus Curiae brief in the context of PEN America’s lawsuit against the Trump administration’s attempts to stifle press freedoms. And in January 2024 she co-authored an amicus brief submitted to the Supreme Court on the January 6 insurrection seen through the lens of the history of international anti-democratic violence. \n \nMODERATOR\nSarah Banet-Weiser\, the Walter H. Annenberg Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania\, is also its Lauren Berlant Professor of Communication. In addition\, she is a research professor at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and the founding director of the Center for Collaborative Communication at the Annenberg Schools (C3). \nHer teaching and research interests include gender in the media\, identity\, citizenship\, and cultural politics\, consumer culture and popular media\, race and the media\, and intersectional feminism. Committed to intellectual and activist conversations that explore how global media politics are exercised\, expressed\, and perpetuated in different cultural contexts\, she has authored or edited eight books\, including Believability: Sexual Violence\, Media\, and the Politics of Doubt (Polity Press\, 2023)\, the award-winning Authentic™: The Politics of Ambivalence in a Brand Culture (NYU Press\, 2012)\, Empowered: Popular Feminism and Popular Misogyny (Duke\, 2018)\, and dozens of peer-reviewed articles\, book chapters\, and essays. In 2019-2020\, she had a regular column on popular feminism in the Los Angeles Review of Books. \nHer research is deeply interdisciplinary\, as is her scholarly editorial work. She was formerly the editor of the flagship journal of the American Studies Association\, American Quarterly\, as well as co-editor of the International Communication Association journal\, Communication\, Culture\, Critique\, and was the founding co-editor of the New York University Press book series\, Critical Cultural Communication Studies. Banet-Weiser has been the recipient of international fellowships and visiting professorships at\, among others\, the Fondation Maison des sciences de l’homme in Paris\, France; the Gulbenkian Foundation and the University of Portugal in Lisbon\, Portugal; Microsoft Research New England (the social media collective); and McGill University in Montreal (Media@McGill Scholar). She is also a Fellow of the International Communication Association. \nBanet-Weiser is the recipient of scholarly and mentoring awards\, including the Constance Rourke Prize for Best Article in American Quarterly\, and the Mellon Graduate Student Mentoring Award. She is a Distinguished Faculty Fellow at the Center for Excellence in Teaching at the University of Southern California. She was formerly a Professor and Head of Department at the London School of Economics after 19 years in the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California\, where she was Professor\, Vice Dean\, and the Director of the School of Communication.
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LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:How Can Cities Advance Climate Action?
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion on how cities can fill a leadership vacuum on climate and spur global climate action.\n\n\nDuring Donald Trump’s presidency from 2017 to 2021\, cities played a critical role in advancing the climate change agenda\, often stepping in to fill the leadership vacuum left by national rollbacks on environmental policies. Urban centers like New York City and Bristol\, England\, as well as many others\, spearheaded ambitious initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions\, invest in renewable energy\, and promote climate resilience. Many cities reaffirmed their commitment to the Paris Agreement through coalitions like the We Are Still In campaign and the Climate Mayors network. Globally\, cities integrated climate action into urban planning\, demonstrating that local governance could drive meaningful progress on climate despite national inertia or global gridlock. \nFast forward to 2025\, and Trump holds the US presidency once again. He has withdrawn from the Paris Agreement and promises to increase domestic fossil fuel production and reverse many renewable energy provisions and related tax incentives. How will cities respond this time around? Can they fill a leadership vacuum on climate and spur global action? What might help or hinder them? Join us at Perry World House for this expert discussion. \n\n\nSPEAKERS\n \nLolita K. Jackson MBE is the executive director of sustainable cities at Sustainable Development Capital LLP\, a multibillion-pound FTSE 250 climate investment firm. Jackson is a frequent speaker at global gatherings and universities on the topics of climate diplomacy and public and private sector engagement on climate. She previously worked for the NYC Mayor’s Office for fifteen years in a variety of roles\, lastly as the Special Advisor for Climate Policy & Programs\, where she was the climate diplomat for NYC. Jackson is a member of the British-American Project’s US advisory board\, a member of GlobalScot; a trustee of the Jazz Museum in Harlem; a board member of the St Andrew’s Society of New York; and president of the Penn Alumni Class of 1989. She was named to the City & State’s “Energy & Environment Power 100” list for 2022 and was named a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2021. Jackson is a professional singer\, having performed on four continents and at Carnegie Hall. She is an alumna of the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science\, majoring in applied science with a concentration in chemical engineering. \nMarvin Rees was the first person of Black African heritage elected as mayor of any major European city\, serving as Mayor of Bristol from 2016 to 2024. His tenure was marked by a blend of political and social leadership\, earning him numerous awards and an international reputation for his impactful governance. Marvin has been a strong proponent of the potential of urbanization to address global challenges. He delivered a TED Talk in 2022 on the critical role cities play in combating climate change. He has been widely recognised as an effective leader. He chaired the Local Government Association’s City Regions Board and Core Cities UK. He is a Yale World Fellow and holds an Honorary Doctorate from Swansea University and an Honorary Professorship with the University of Bristol. In 2021 he was a recipient of the Penn IUR International Urban Leadership Award\, for leaders guiding cities to sustainable\, vibrant futures. He is a founder member of the Mayors Migration Council\, the 3Ci and sits of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on the Future of Cities. Before entering politics\, Rees worked with Tearfund\, the BBC\, and the National Health Service\, where he focused on reducing health disparities. His is graduate of Operation Black Vote played a pivotal role in his journey\, equipping him to navigate and challenge systemic barriers and he is a Yale World Fellow. In Jan 2024 he was named an OBE in eth New Years Honours List for services to local government. His leadership is rooted in his personal journey. Growing up as a mixed-race son of a single white mother in 1970s Britain\, he faced racism and stigma. This shaped his commitment to social justice\, racial equality\, and poverty alleviation. His lived experiences drive his advocacy for inclusive policies and social mobility\, ensuring that opportunities are accessible to all. \nSince joining ICLEI USA in 2016\, Kale Roberts has provided technical assistance to hundreds of cities and counties on climate action planning\, SDG-alignment\, biodiversity\, and sustainability planning. In his role as Deputy Director\, Kale ensures the ICLEI USA team is supported to deliver on our mission and that organizational operations are serving our vision for a sustainable\, resilient future where everyone in our communities can thrive. As advocacy lead\, Kale conects U.S. local governments to the United Nations’ Local Governments and Municipal Authorities (LGMA) major group and works to enhance city-state-national collaboration on climate and sustainability. \n \nMODERATOR\nParrish Bergquist is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Political Science Department. She studies the political determinants of environmental policy—in the US and abroad—with a particular focus on public will and political behavior. The three major strands of her research focus on explaining the development of attitudes and policy views about climate change and the environment\, examining how public environmental concern is activated in the political system\, and explaining the drivers and consequences of state-level climate policies in the polarized US political context. Throughout her work\, she focuses on environmental politics to develop and test theories on polarization\, public opinion\, persuasion\, and mobilization. In turn\, she applies these lines of theory to one of the most important contemporary policy challenges. Her research has been published in scholarly outlets including the Journal of Politics\, British Journal of Political Science\, Nature Climate Change\, Nature Energy\, and Environmental Research Letters.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/how-can-cities-advance-climate-action/
LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:The State of Democracy in 2025
DESCRIPTION:Join Perry World House as we discuss how we should be thinking about democracy\, and democracy promotion\, in 2025.\n\n\nIn 2024\, two billion people in over 70 countries were eligible to exercise their basic democratic right to vote for their leaders in a national election.       \nThe results were all over the map.    \nThere is no simple explanation for the disparate outcomes. In some cases – India\, the United States\, and Botswana\, for instance – incumbent parties either lost or fared worse than expected.  But in other places incumbent parties fared well.  In Moldova and Romania foreign election interference dramatically altered the outcome of elections; in other places – like Taiwan – foreign influence efforts were less successful.  In Venezuela a dictator stole the election to retain the presidency; in Senegal citizens’ demands ensured a fair vote and transfer of power.  Right wing populist parties did well in some votes\, but in other cases democratic forces successfully united to thwart the far right’s bid for power.   \nLooking back at these consequential votes\, what can we learn about state of democracy today?  What lessons can we draw from the elections of 2024?  How should we be thinking about democracy – and democracy promotion – in 2025?   \n\n\nSPEAKERS\n \nTamara Cofman Wittes became the fourth president of NDI in 2024. Before joining the Institute\, she served as Director of Foreign Assistance in the U.S Department of State. Previously\, she led the Russia sanctions effort for the State Department’s sanctions coordination office. Dr. Wittes also served in the State Department from 2009 – 2012 as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs\, coordinating U.S. policy on democracy and human rights in the Middle East during the Arab uprisings. Dr. Wittes spent nearly twenty years as a foreign policy scholar at the Brookings Institution\, including as director of its Center for Middle East Policy. Her analysis focused on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East\, political and economic change in the region\, and the Arab-Israel conflict. She is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University\, where she has taught courses in international relations\, Middle East policy\, and security studies. \nDr. Wittes was one of the first recipients of the Rabin-Peres Peace Award\, established by President Bill Clinton in 1997. Dr. Wittes has published three books\, most recently Foreign Policy Careers for PhDs: A Practical Guide to a World of Possibilities (Georgetown University Press\, 2023). She holds a bachelor’s in Judaic and Near Eastern studies from Oberlin College\, and master’s and doctoral degrees in Government from Georgetown University. She is a founder of the Leadership Council for Women in National Security\, and served on the board of the National Democratic Institute from 2014 – 2022. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and Women in International Security. A native of Michigan\, Dr. Wittes lives in Washington\, D.C.\, where she tends a robust pollinator garden. \n \nSarah Bush is an associate professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research examines how international actors try to aid democracy\, promote women’s representation\, and influence elections globally. A more recent interest is the politics of climate change. She is the author of two books: The Taming of Democracy Assistance: Why Democracy Promotion Does Not Confront Dictators (Cambridge University Press\, 2015) and Monitors and Meddlers: How Foreign Actors Influence Local Trust in Elections (Cambridge University Press\, 2022). Dr. Bush’s work has also appeared in journals such as the American Political Science Review and International Organization and been covered in outlets including the Economist and Washington Post. She received her Ph.D. from Princeton University.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/the-state-of-democracy-in-2025/
LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Democratic Media and the Elections of 2024
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation on the role the media played in the 2024 elections seen around the world.\n\n\nIn 2024\, nearly two billion people were eligible to perform their basic democratic right: to cast a vote. In countries including Indonesia\, Mexico\, the UK\, India\, and the U.S.\, media played a key role in framing the issues\, candidates\, and parties at the heart of these elections. Yet in many cases reporting lacked the independence\, objectivity\, and accuracy that is essential to a meaningful democratic process. This event\, featuring Perry World House Visiting Fellow Des Freedman and journalist and editor Carol Giacomo\, will explore the principles that undergird a democratic media and reflect on the media’s performance in the elections of 2024\, and point the way to meaningful change and reform. \n\n\nSPEAKERS\n \nDes Freedman is a Professor of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths\, University of London. He is the author of books including The Politics of Media Policy (2008)\, The Contradictions of Media Power (2014)\, Misunderstanding the Internet (2017\, with James Curran and Natalie Fenton)\, and the forthcoming Capitalism and the Media. His edited collections include War and the Media (2003)\, Media and Terrorism (2012) (both with Data Thussu) and Capitalism’s Conscience: 200 Years of the Guardian (2021). He writes on media for Declassified UK and led the 2016 Inquiry into the Future of Public Service Television chaired by the film producer David Puttnam. He is a founding member of the UK Media Reform Coalition and co-organizer of the annual Media Democracy Festival. \n \nCarol Giacomo is chief editor of Arms Control Today\, the Arms Control Association’s flagship publication. Carol was a member of The New York Times editorial board from 2007-2020 writing opinion pieces about all major national security issues including nuclear weapons\, Iran\, Iraq and Afghanistan. Her work involved regular overseas travel\, including trips to North Korea\, Iran and Myanmar. She met a half dozen times with President Obama at the White House and interviewed scores of other world leaders. \nA former diplomatic correspondent for Reuters in Washington\, she covered foreign policy for the international wire service for more than two decades and traveled over 1 million miles to more than 100 countries with eight secretaries of state and other senior U.S. officials. \nDuring the 2020 spring semester\, Ms. Giacomo was a Ferris professor of journalism at Princeton University\, a position she also held in 2013. In Fall 2020\, she was a fellow at the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School. In 2019\, she held the Poynter Chair at Indiana University’s School of Media Studies\, making regular visits to the Bloomington campus to conduct journalism-related classes and workshops for students and faculty. \nIn 2018\, she won an award from The American Academy of Diplomacy\, an organization of retired career diplomats\, for outstanding diplomatic commentary. In 2009\, she won the Georgetown University Weintal Prize for diplomatic reporting. She has also won two publisher’s awards from The New York Times. \nShe is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. In 1999-2000\, she was a senior fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace\, researching U.S. economic and foreign policy decision-making during the Asian financial crisis. Born and raised in Connecticut\, she holds a B.A. in English Literature from Regis College\, Weston\, Mass. She began her professional journalism career at The Lowell Sun and later worked at The Hartford Courant in the city\, state and Washington bureau. \n \nSarah Banet-Weiser\, the Walter H. Annenberg Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania\, is also its Lauren Berlant Professor of Communication. In addition\, she is a research professor at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and the founding director of the Center for Collaborative Communication at the Annenberg Schools (C3). \nHer teaching and research interests include gender in the media\, identity\, citizenship\, and cultural politics\, consumer culture and popular media\, race and the media\, and intersectional feminism. Committed to intellectual and activist conversations that explore how global media politics are exercised\, expressed\, and perpetuated in different cultural contexts\, she has authored or edited eight books\, including Believability: Sexual Violence\, Media\, and the Politics of Doubt (Polity Press\, 2023)\, the award-winning Authentic™: The Politics of Ambivalence in a Brand Culture (NYU Press\, 2012)\, Empowered: Popular Feminism and Popular Misogyny (Duke\, 2018)\, and dozens of peer-reviewed articles\, book chapters\, and essays. In 2019-2020\, she had a regular column on popular feminism in the Los Angeles Review of Books. \nHer research is deeply interdisciplinary\, as is her scholarly editorial work. She was formerly the editor of the flagship journal of the American Studies Association\, American Quarterly\, as well as co-editor of the International Communication Association journal\, Communication\, Culture\, Critique\, and was the founding co-editor of the New York University Press book series\, Critical Cultural Communication Studies. Banet-Weiser has been the recipient of international fellowships and visiting professorships at\, among others\, the Fondation Maison des sciences de l’homme in Paris\, France; the Gulbenkian Foundation and the University of Portugal in Lisbon\, Portugal; Microsoft Research New England (the social media collective); and McGill University in Montreal (Media@McGill Scholar). She is also a Fellow of the International Communication Association. \nBanet-Weiser is the recipient of scholarly and mentoring awards\, including the Constance Rourke Prize for Best Article in American Quarterly\, and the Mellon Graduate Student Mentoring Award. She is a Distinguished Faculty Fellow at the Center for Excellence in Teaching at the University of Southern California. She was formerly a Professor and Head of Department at the London School of Economics after 19 years in the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California\, where she was Professor\, Vice Dean\, and the Director of the School of Communication.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/democratic-media-and-the-elections-of-2024/
LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Race to Mobilize International Climate Finance
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation about climate finance ahead of COP29.\n\n\nAs global temperatures continue to rise\, so does the urgency for transformative climate finance to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate impacts globally. But how the world will raise and wield the finance needed – some US$3 trillion a year globally by 2030 – remains fraught. \nPolicymakers are negotiating mileposts like the NCQG (New Collective Quantified Goal)\, an agreed amount developed countries will provide to developing countries for climate action. But the reality is that no matter what they agree\, it won’t be enough. The debate on how to reorient the global financial architecture to support climate-resilient development continues\, with the private sector expected to raise 70% of the trillions needed. \nCan the right regulatory and policy changes be woven into the world’s financial fabric to incentivize corporate action? Can private sector finance pave the way for a quick\, efficient\, and fair energy transition? What roles should civil society and multilateral institutions play? \nJoin Perry World House for this important conversation in the lead up to COP29\, “the finance COP” to learn how to think about these critical questions. \n\n\nSPEAKERS\n \nPaul Bodnar is the director of sustainable finance\, industry\, and diplomacy at the Bezos Earth Fund. He most recently served as global head of sustainable investing at BlackRock\, where he helped build the firm’s $500 billion sustainable funds business\, and also served as head of sustainability policy and engagement. \nPrior to joining BlackRock\, Bodnar held a variety of leadership positions in finance\, government\, and civil society. He was chief strategy officer and Executive Council member at RMI (formerly Rocky Mountain Institute)\, where he founded the Center for Climate-Aligned Finance. Paul served in the Obama White House as special assistant to the president and senior director for energy and climate change at the National Security Council. Prior to that\, Paul served at the State Department as U.S. lead negotiator for climate finance. \nEarlier in his career\, Bodnar was director for carbon finance at Climate Change Capital’s $1.2 billion carbon fund\, where he structured the fund’s largest investments. He was also co-founder and partner at Vertis Environmental Finance\, a leading European environmental commodity brokerage. Bodnar holds a BA from Stanford and an MA from Harvard. \n \nThilmeeza Hussain is the director of the United Nations Regional Commissions New York Office. She formerly served as ambassador and permanent representative of the Maldives to the United Nations and non-resident high commissioner to Canada since 2019. Alongside these roles\, she was co-chair of the Circle of Women Ambassadors to the UN\, led the preparatory committee for the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States\, and was coordinator of the Gender Advisory Board of the president of the 77th UN General Assembly. From 2019 to 2022\, Hussain served as ambassador of the Maldives to the United States.  \nPrior to these diplomatic appointments\, she was an adjunct professor of sustainability at Ramapo College’s School of Social Sciences and Human Services. From 2009 to 2012\, Hussain was the deputy permanent representative of the Maldives to the UN\, working on issues including gender\, climate change\, and sustainable development\, but resigned after a coup d’état that overthrew her country’s first democratically elected government. Hussain holds a master’s degree in business management from Colorado Technical University and a bachelor’s degree from Murdoch University.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/the-race-to-mobilize-international-climate-finance/
LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:The World Today
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation looking at the world through the lens of democracy\, climate change\, security\, and human rights.\n\n\nAs we start a new semester\, we are confronted with a world that has seen significant changes and major global events. In a year that will see more people than ever before going to the polls\, there have already been multiple elections of consequence—including in France\, India\, Iran\, Venezuela\, and the UK. Conflict continues in the Middle East\, Ukraine\, and Sudan – and too many other places. Technology is rapidly shifting the global landscape through advances in AI\, blockchain\, and autonomous systems. And climate change continues to wreak havoc on weather systems—with 2024 on track to be the hottest summer in history and massive storms and flooding affecting people around the globe. Please join a panel of PWH-affiliated Penn faculty discuss what they see as some of the most critical events facing the world\, including some of the key stressors and bright spots on the horizon. The panel will be looking at the world through the lens of their own expertise of democracy\, climate change\, security\, and human rights and global justice—the key themes of PWH’s work – setting the stage for all our work this year. \n\n\nSPEAKERS\n \nSarah Banet-Weiser\, the Walter H. Annenberg Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania\, is also its Lauren Berlant Professor of Communication. In addition\, she is a research professor at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and the founding director of the Center for Collaborative Communication at the Annenberg Schools (C3). \nHer teaching and research interests include gender in the media\, identity\, citizenship\, and cultural politics\, consumer culture and popular media\, race and the media\, and intersectional feminism. Committed to intellectual and activist conversations that explore how global media politics are exercised\, expressed\, and perpetuated in different cultural contexts\, she has authored or edited eight books\, including Believability: Sexual Violence\, Media\, and the Politics of Doubt (Polity Press\, 2023)\, the award-winning Authentic™: The Politics of Ambivalence in a Brand Culture (NYU Press\, 2012)\, Empowered: Popular Feminism and Popular Misogyny (Duke\, 2018)\, and dozens of peer-reviewed articles\, book chapters\, and essays. In 2019-2020\, she had a regular column on popular feminism in the Los Angeles Review of Books. \n \nMichael C. Horowitz is director of Perry World House and Richard Perry Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of The Diffusion of Military Power: Causes and Consequences for International Politics and the co-author of Why Leaders Fight. He won the Karl Deutsch Award given by the International Studies Association for early career contributions to the fields of international relations and peace research. He has published in a wide array of peer-reviewed journals and popular outlets. His research interests include the intersection of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics with global politics\, military innovation\, the role of leaders in international politics\, and geopolitical forecasting methodology. Professor Horowitz previously worked for the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy in the Department of Defense. He is a senior fellow for defense technology and innovation at the Council on Foreign Relations. Professor Horowitz received his PhD in government from Harvard University and his BA in political science from Emory University. \n \nMichael Weisberg is deputy director of Perry World House\, as well as Bess W. Heyman President’s Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. A renowned philosopher of science and senior negotiator at United Nations Climate Conferences\, he is editor-in-chief of Biology and Philosophy\, director of the Penn Laboratory for Understanding Science\, and director of the Galápagos Education and Research Alliance. He is the author of Simulation and Similarity: Using Models to Understand the World and co-author of the landmark photographic study Galápagos: Life in Motion. Professor Weisberg also serves as senior adviser to the Maldivian Minister of Environment and advisor to the Maldivian Ambassador to the United Nations. He received a PhD and MA in Philosophy from Stanford University and a BS in Chemistry and BA in Philosophy with Highest Distinction from the University of California at San Diego.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/the-world-today/
LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:What's Gender Got to Do With It?
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation about consequences of gender toxicity on a global scale.\n\n\n In a world threatened by armed conflicts\, climate collapse\, widening inequality\, and potentially ungovernable technologies\, political leaders have plenty on their plates. At the same time\, regressive and repressive gender policies are taking center stage in many places around the world. For instance\, women’s rights are in continued crisis in Afghanistan; women’s health care is under assault in too many places\, including the U.S.; and loudly anti-feminist presidents govern Argentina and El Salvador.  \nWhy have reductive\, exclusionary\, and even life-endangering reproductive and gender-based policies gained such traction globally? How do gender politics play into it all? Join Perry World House as former UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights and current chair of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Board\, Kate Gilmore\, considers the cause and consequences of gender toxicity on a global scale.  \n\n\nSPEAKER\n \nKate Gilmore is a former United Nations (UN) deputy high commissioner for human rights\, a professor-in-practice with the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)\, and an honorary professor with the University of Essex Human Rights Centre. Chair of International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Board\, she is also vice chair of the Interpeace Board\, co-chair of the World Health Organization (WHO) Gender and Human Rights Advisory Panel on Human Reproduction\, and a member of the WHO Immunization Agenda 2030 Partnership Panel. Previously a fellow with Harvard University’s Carr Centre\, Professor Gilmore was assistant secretary general with the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and earlier\, Amnesty International’s executive deputy secretary general. Her career began in Australia\, having received a BA from the University of New England and a BSW from the University of Melbourne. Her areas of interest include the international human rights system\, political narratives on sexual and reproductive health and rights\, youth exclusion from key political processes\, and international leadership in tumultuous times. 
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LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:How to Discuss the Difficult History of the Middle East
DESCRIPTION:A discussion with Omar Dajani and Mira Sucharov about Middle East history\, and how differences do not need to divide people.\n\n\nOver the last several months\, the peoples of Israel-Palestine have suffered trauma on a scale that is unprecedented even for two nations painfully familiar with tragedy. The terrorist attack launched by Hamas on October 7 resulted in the greatest loss of civilian life of any day in Israel’s history. And Israel’s subsequent military assault on the Gaza Strip has led to more civilian deaths than twenty years of war in Afghanistan. Across the country and around the world\, debates about the causes of these horrific developments and the best way forward have been intense and polarizing. Tensions remain high\, and people are struggling to have civil discussions with those who have different perspectives. \nThis session will bring together two experts who have been working across the ethnic divide to explore the most difficult dimensions of the situation in Israel-Palestine and help others find ways to have productive discussions about it. For the last two years\, Omar Dajani\, a Palestinian-American professor of law\, and Mira Sucharov\, a Canadian-Jewish professor of political science\, have been traveling together across Israel-Palestine as they write a book and develop a podcast about their experiences. Over the course of building a professional partnership and friendship\, they have learned many things about themselves and each other\, but one stands out: overcoming differences in views is easier when you start by communicating about values. \nAnd that is the point at which their lectures begin. Examining the region’s history from two distinct backgrounds\, they contend with the markedly different ways in which their own communities—and the people they encounter—see and talk about occupation\, resistance\, legitimacy\, freedom\, security\, self-determination\, and even what it means to be Jewish and Palestinian. They grapple with the distinction between justifying and understanding actions and the tension that sometimes arises between attachment to community and attachment to values. And they consider whether Israelis and Palestinians can envision a shared future without facing the past. \nJoin Perry World House for what promises to be an enriching\, enlightening\, and informative conversation with two Middle East experts who strive to show their students and broader communities that different experiences and different perspectives do not have to divide people\, even when the subject is a complex region with a painful history. Dajani and Sucharov will discuss the history of the region\, the tragedy of October 7 and beyond\, and how to have difficult conversations about both. \n\n\nSPEAKERS\n \nOmar M. Dajani is professor of law at the McGeorge School of Law\, University of the Pacific\, in Sacramento\, California\, where he teaches Contracts\, Public International Law and U.S. Constitutional Law\, among other subjects. He formerly served as a legal advisor to the Palestinian negotiating team in peace talks with Israel\, participating in the summits at Camp David and Taba\, before joining the office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO). He has since consulted on a variety of legal infrastructure development and conflict resolution projects in the Middle East and elsewhere—for institutions including the U.S. Department of State\, the Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Center (NOREF)\, the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue\, and the European Council on Foreign Relations\, and he currently serves on the board of A Land for All\, an Israeli-Palestinian peace movement. His book\, Federalism and Decentralization in the Contemporary Middle East and North Africa (co-edited with Aslı Bâli) was published by Cambridge University Press in 2023. \nMira Sucharov is professor of political science at Carleton University in Ottawa\, Canada. She is the author or editor of five books\, including\, most recently\, Borders and Belonging: A Memoir (Palgrave Macmillan\, 2021)\, and Social Justice and Israel/Palestine: Foundational & Contemporary Debates (University of Toronto Press\, 2019\, co-edited with Aaron J. Hahn Tapper). She has published over thirty-five scholarly articles and book chapters and is a ten-time teaching award winner\, including having received the top university teaching award in Ontario. Her many op-eds and articles have appeared in the Globe and Mail\, Haaretz\, the Forward\, the Daily Beast\, the Toronto Star\, the Jerusalem Post\, the Huffington Post\, JTA\, and Jewish Currents. She has appeared on CBC\, CTV\, Global News\, Agence-France Press\, and NPR affiliate KDNK; and has been quoted in Vox\, the New York Times\, Buzzfeed\, the Globe and Mail\, the National Post\, and Al Jazeera. She is currently working with Omar Dajani on a podcast about Palestinian and Jewish life in Jaffa called “The Vacant Lot\,” and\, also with Omar Dajani\, a book (under contract with Prometheus) about emotions and attachment in Israel-Palestine. \n \nMODERATOR\nZeid Ra’ad Al Hussein served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2014 to 2018. He was awarded the Stockholm Prize for human rights in 2015 and the Tulip Prize in 2018. He is currently the President and CEO of the International Peace Institute and Perry World House Professor of the Practice of Law and Human Rights at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2019\, Al Hussein was appointed a member of The Elders\, an independent group of global leaders working for peace\, justice\, and human rights\, founded by Nelson Mandela. He served twice as Jordan’s ambassador to the United Nations (in New York) and once as Jordan’s ambassador to the United States. In January 2014\, he served as president of the UN Security Council and earlier\, in 2002\, was elected the first president of the governing body of the International Criminal Court (ICC) — guiding the court’s growth in its first three years from 2002 to 2005. He also represented Jordan twice before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). From 1994 to 1996\, he served as a UN civilian peacekeeper with UNPROFOR. Al Hussein holds degrees from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Cambridge.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/how-to-discuss-the-difficult-history-of-the-middle-east/
LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Understanding Outcomes from the Latest UN Climate Conference
DESCRIPTION:A discussion on the key outcomes of COP28\, the UN Climate Conference.\n\n\nAgainst the backdrop of an escalating climate crisis and another hottest year on record\, the annual United Nations Climate Conference (COP28) convened in the United Arab Emirates to chart a path forward. Policymakers made key strides at the conference\, agreeing to “transition away from fossil fuels;” operationalizing the loss and damage fund; and laying out targets to build resiliency under a Global Goal on Adaptation. The COP Presidency also co-hosted the first-ever Local Climate Action Summit for city leaders and dedicated a day to discussing the climate-health nexus. \nWhile these outcomes and events marked critical steps forward\, were these strides big enough to keep global warming below 2°C and avoid the worst impacts of climate change\, as called for by the Paris Agreement? Based on this latest climate stock take\, can the world correct its course? If so\, what needs to happen next? \nPlease join Perry World House for this discussion featuring Perry World House Fellows and Advisors: Lolita Jackson; Stephen Hammer; and Wolfgang Blau\, moderated by Michael Weisberg. \n\n\nSPEAKERS\n \nWolfgang Blau is the managing partner of the Brunswick Group’s global climate hub and an expert in climate communications. He is the co-founder of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network at Oxford University\, which trains journalists from more than 400 international news organizations each year. Previously\, he was president international and global chief operating officer of Condé Nast. Prior to that\, Blau served as the executive director of digital strategy at the Guardian and as editor-in-chief of Zeit Online\, a position that won him Germany’s “Chief Editor of the Year” award. He started his career at Germany’s national broadcaster ARD and later worked in California as a Silicon Valley reporter for German media. Blau is an advisor to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. He is also a trustee of Internews.org and the Bonn Institute for Journalism and Constructive Dialogue. \nStephen Hammer has over thirty years of experience working on climate change and sustainability issues at the global\, national\, and local levels. An expert on urban scale climate issues\, Hammer turned his attention to global climate policy and finance when he joined the World Bank in 2013. At the Bank\, he advises senior management on global climate policy matters\, has led on major global climate partnerships\, including those with the G7 and G20\, and represents the Bank in international fora. Most recently\, he served as a technical advisor to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Transitional Committee\, charged with setting up a new global fund on loss and damage. Hammer was previously a full-time lecturer on energy policy and planning at MIT and Columbia University. He holds degrees from the London School of Economics and Political Science\, Harvard University\, and the University of California\, Davis \nLolita K. Jackson MBE is the executive director of sustainable cities at Sustainable Development Capital LLP\, a multibillion-pound FTSE 250 climate investment firm. Jackson is a frequent speaker at global gatherings and universities on the topics of climate diplomacy and public and private sector engagement on climate. She previously worked for the NYC Mayor’s Office for fifteen years in a variety of roles\, lastly as the Special Advisor for Climate Policy & Programs\, where she was the climate diplomat for NYC. Jackson is a member of the British-American Project’s US advisory board\, a member of GlobalScot; a trustee of the Jazz Museum in Harlem; a board member of the St Andrew’s Society of New York; and president of the Penn Alumni Class of 1989. She was named to the City & State’s “Energy & Environment Power 100” list for 2022 and was named a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2021. Jackson is a professional singer\, having performed on four continents and at Carnegie Hall. She is an alumna of the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science\, majoring in applied science with a concentration in chemical engineering. \n \nMODERATOR\nMichael Weisberg is interim director of Perry World House\, as well as Bess W. Heyman President’s Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. A renowned philosopher of science and senior negotiator at United Nations Climate Conferences\, he is editor-in-chief of Biology and Philosophy\, director of the Penn Laboratory for Understanding Science\, and director of the Galápagos Education and Research Alliance. He is the author of Simulation and Similarity: Using Models to Understand the World and co-author of the landmark photographic study Galápagos: Life in Motion. Professor Weisberg also serves as senior adviser to the Maldivian Minister of Environment and advisor to the Maldivian Ambassador to the United Nations. He received a PhD and MA in Philosophy from Stanford University and a BS in Chemistry and BA in Philosophy with Highest Distinction from the University of California at San Diego.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/understanding-outcomes-from-the-latest-un-climate-conference/
LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: Our Fragile Moment by Michael Mann
DESCRIPTION:A discussion about Michael Mann’s new book\, Our Fragile Moment: How Lesson’s from Earth’s Past Can Help Us Survive the Climate Crisis\n\n\nA rapidly warming climate is driving natural catastrophes. Drought\, fire\, sea level rise\, heatwaves\, flooding\, and storms threaten the wellbeing of people all around the world. As the dangers unfold\, global warming becomes a lived experience\, and it feels too late to act.    \nIn his new book\, Our Fragile Moment\, Michael Mann turns this climate doomism on its head by looking to Earth’s history for inspiration. Humanity’s inception\, and some of its greatest innovations\, are the result of large-scale environmental change. He writes about how this era of global warming can hold these same opportunities for creative growth – that is\, if we act now.   \nHow can the climate crisis be leveraged to propel humanity forward? Why must we act now\, in this fragile moment? What is stopping us? Join Michael Mann as he answers these critical questions and discusses the premise of his book with Bloomberg Science journalist Faye Flam.   \n\n\nSPEAKERS\nMichael E. Mann is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania\, with a secondary appointment in the Annenberg School for Communication. He is director of the Penn Center for Science\, Sustainability\, and the Media. Mann received his undergraduate degrees in Physics and Applied Math from the University of California at Berkeley\, an M.S. degree in Physics from Yale University\, and a Ph.D. in Geology & Geophysics from Yale University. His research interests include the study of Earth’s climate system and the science\, impacts and policy implications of human-caused climate change.  \nMann is author of more than 200 peer-reviewed and edited publications\, numerous op-eds and commentaries\, and six books including Dire Predictions: Understanding Climate Change\, The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines\, The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial is Threatening our Planet\, Destroying Our Politics\, and Driving Us Crazy\, The Tantrum that Saved the World\, The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet\, and Our Fragile Moment: How Lessons from Earth’s Past Can Help Us Survive the Climate Crisis.  \nMODERATOR\nJournalist Faye Flam has been from the rocky fringes of Greenland to the mountaintops of Haiti to the South Pole to capture stories about science and the natural world. She earned a degree in geophysics from the California Institute of Technology\, where she learned about global warming and the need to explain the threat to the general public. She started her science journalism career as an intern for The Economist before becoming  a staff writer for Science Magazine covering particle physics and cosmology. Her desire to reach the wider public brought her to the Philadelphia Inquirer where she covered science and created a weekly column about evolution. She’s currently a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion\, where she’s able to add critical evaluation and context to scientific advances. In 2020 she won a Pulliam fellowship from the Society for Professional Journalists\, which came with a grant she used to create a podcast called Follow the Science. The weekly episodes examined the pandemic and posed questions about what to believe in a world where so much that’s labelled “science” is either pseudoscientific\, fraudulent\, distorted by the media or just plain wrong.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/book-talk-our-fragile-moment-by-michael-mann/
LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Israel and Hamas at War
DESCRIPTION:Join Perry World House for an expert discussion on the unfolding events in the Middle East.\n\n\nFifty years after the Yom Kippur War redefined boundaries in the Middle East and solidified Israel as a regional power\, the world awoke to the news that Hamas launched a bloody surprise attack from Gaza into Israel. The ongoing attacks have left hundreds of Israeli and Palestinian civilians dead and thousands more injured\, and have prompted Israeli leadership to declare that the country is at war with Hamas. What led to this attack? How has and will the international community respond? And what might we expect to see moving forward\, drawing on historical precedence? Join Perry World House for an expert discussion on the unfolding events in the Middle East.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/israel-and-hamas-at-war/
LOCATION:Perry World House\, 3803 Locust Walk\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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