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Below we have listed events,
upcoming seminars, conferences and speaking engagements
For questions about events listed please
contact
Laura Ax.
Links to previous events:
Spring 2007;
Fall 2006;
Spring 2006
that the Hauser
Center and its staff are either sponsoring or participating in throughout
September, October, November, and December, 2007,
and January 2008.
| September | Happening | Details | Sponsored By |
| 9/6/07 Lamont Library 9:00-11:00am |
Hauser Center Strategy and Breakfast Meeting. | Annual meeting of all Hauser Center principals and staff to discuss strategic plans for the coming year. | Hauser Center |
| 9/7/07 Washington, DC |
Emerging Issues in Philanthropy Seminar Series. | The seminar will be conducted with a diverse group of scholars, practitioners, and government representatives to discuss "IRS Form 990 Redesign." The seminar, co-organized by Marion Fremont-Smith, is by invitation only. | Joint Project of The Urban Institute Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy and The Hauser Center |
| 9/10/07 Hauser Center 3:00 - 5:00pm |
Hauser Center Student Open House. | Come by the Hauser Center to meet faculty, researchers and staff; learn about courses and studying nonprofits and civil society; pick up a nonprofit course guide; and have refreshments and snacks. This is a public event. | Hauser Center |
| 9/13/07 Malkin Penthouse, KSG 12:30 - 2:00pm |
Hauser Center 10th Anniversary Seminar Series, with presenter Robert Putnam, Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy. | In celebration of the Hauser Center's 10-Year Anniversary, Robert Putnam will present a luncheon seminar on "American Grace: The Changing Contribution of Religion to American Civic Life." Please RSVP to Maryann Leach. | Hauser Center |
| 9/13/07 Bell Hall, KSG 4:00-6:00pm |
Farewell party for Tiziana Dearing. | Tiziana Dearing, former Executive Director of the Hauser Center will be honored at this farewell gathering. This is a public event. | Hauser Center |
| 9/17/07 Emerson Hall, Harvard Yard 4:00-6:00pm |
Presentation by Fazle Hasan Abed, founder and chairperson of BRAC. | Fazle Hasan Abed, founder and chairperson of BRAC, a civil society poverty alleviation organization based in Bangladesh, will give a presentation on "Thinking big and scaling up - the BRAC approach to poverty alleviation." A reception will follow the presentation. This is a public event. | Co-sponsored by Center for International Development, Harvard Initiative for Global Health, Harvard School of Public Health, and Hauser Center |
| October | Happening | Details | Sponsored By |
| 10/4/07 Fainsod, KSG 12:30 - 2:00pm |
Hauser Center 10th Anniversary Seminar Series, with presenter Christopher Winship, Diker-Tishman Professor of Sociology. | In celebration of the Hauser Center's 10-Year Anniversary, Christopher Winship will present a luncheon seminar on "Taking the Measure of the Voluntary Sector." Please RSVP to Maryann Leach. | Hauser Center |
| 10/9/07 Center for the Study of World Religions, 42 Francis Ave, Cambridge 3:15 - 5:00pm |
"Peace Building From the Bottom: Consciousness Transformation for People-Centered Conflict Resolution," A lecture by Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne, founder of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement. | Sarvodaya is a holistic community development movement in Sri Lanka, working in 15,000 villages, and developed around a set of philosophical tenets drawn from Buddhism and Gandhian thought. A response will be offered by Christopher S. Queen, Lecturer on the Study of Religion, Harvard University. This event is free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible. | Center for the Study of World Religions, Program on Negotiation, and the Hauser Center |
| 10/10/07 HBS Baker Library B82 4:30-6:00pm |
What is a Multi-Governed Organization? And Why Should We Care? with presenter Dutch Leonard, George F. Baker, Jr. Professor of Public Management in the John F Kennedy School of Government; Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration. | This seminar is part of the Nonprofit Governance and Accountability Project and The Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative 2007-2008 Seminar Series "Problems and Prospects in Nonprofit Governance." Please RSVP to Maryann Leach, as space is limited. | Hauser Center and Harvard Law School |
| 10/16/07 Hauser Center 12:30-2:00pm |
Preliminary Observations on the Structure and Governance of Multi-Governed Organizations," with presenters Marion Fremont-Smith, Adjunct Lecturer, Kennedy School of Government, and Senior Research Fellow, and Peter Dobkin Hall, Hauser Lecturer in Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government. | This seminar is part of the Nonprofit Governance and Accountability Project and The Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative 2007-2008 Seminar Series "Problems and Prospects in Nonprofit Governance." Please RSVP to Maryann Leach, as space is limited. Lunch will be served. | Hauser Center and Harvard Law School |
| 10/25/07 Hauser Center 12:30 - 2:00pm |
Hauser Center 10th Anniversary Seminar Series, with presenters Mark Moore, Hauser Professor of Nonprofit Organizations, and Peter Dobkin Hall, Hauser Lecturer in Public Policy. | In celebration of the Hauser Center's 10-Year Anniversary, Mark Moore and Peter Dobkin Hall will give a seminar on "Not your father's nonprofit sector: Beyond instrumental conceptions of philanthropy, voluntarism, and nonprofit organizations." Please RSVP to Maryann Leach. | Hauser Center |
| 10/29/07 KSG Littauer Bldg 4:00 - 5:30pm |
Faculty Workshops: Initiative on Religion
in International Affairs, "The Global Jihad." |
Assaf Moghadam of Harvard University and Peter Bergen of CNN will lead the discussion. This event is by invitation only. For questions contact Rosita Scarfo. | Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Hauser Center |
| 10/31/07 HBS TBD 4:30-6:00pm |
"Multi-Governed Nonprofit Organizations: Building Practice and Theory," with presenter TBD. | This seminar is part of the Nonprofit Governance and Accountability Project and The Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative 2007-2008 Seminar Series "Problems and Prospects in Nonprofit Governance." Please RSVP to Maryann Leach, as space is limited. | Hauser Center and Harvard Law School |
| November | Happening | Details | Sponsored By |
| 11/8/07 Hauser Center 11:00 - 12:30pm |
Hauser Center 10th Anniversary Seminar Series, with presenter Christine Letts, Rita E. Hauser Lecturer in the Practice of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership. | In celebration of the Hauser Center's 10-Year Anniversary, Christine Letts will present a luncheon seminar on "Teaching Nonprofit Management in Distance Learning Modes." Please RSVP to Maryann Leach. | Hauser Center |
| 11/14/07 Hauser Center 12:30-2:00pm |
Who Governs the Expert? Expertise as Global Governance with presenter David Kennedy, Manley Hudson Professor of Law, Harvard Law School. |
This seminar is part of the Nonprofit Governance and Accountability Project and The Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative 2007-2008 Seminar Series "Problems and Prospects in Nonprofit Governance." Please RSVP to Maryann Leach, as space is limited. Lunch will be served. | Hauser Center and Harvard Law School |
| 11/15/07 Hauser Center 12:30 - 2:00pm |
Hauser Center 10th Anniversary Seminar Series, with presenter J. Richard Hackman, Edgar Pierce Professor of Social and Organizational Psychology. | In celebration of the Hauser Center's 10-Year Anniversary, J. Richard Hackman will present a luncheon seminar on "The Role of Values in Animating and Guiding Organizations." Please RSVP to Maryann Leach. | Hauser Center |
| 11/19/07 KSG Littauer Bldg 4:00 - 5:30pm |
Faculty Workshops: Initiative on Religion
in International Affairs, "Varieties of Secularism." |
Elizabeth Hurd of Northwestern University will lead the discussion. This event is by invitation only. For questions contact Rosita Scarfo. | Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Hauser Center |
| 11/20/07 Malkin Penthouse, KSG 4:00 - 6:00pm |
Panel discussion on immigration and religion, led by Peggy Levitt from her book God Needs No Passport. | Panelists will include Peggy Levitt, Chair and Associate Professor of Sociology at Wellesley College; J. Bryan Hehir, Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life at Harvard; and Cheng Imm Tan, Head of the Office of New Bostonians; and will be moderated by David Luberoff, Executive Director of the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston. This is a public event. | Hauser Center and Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston |
| 11/20/07 Harvard COOP 6:00pm |
Book presentation and signing by Peggy Levitt for book God Needs No Passport, Immigrants and the Changing American Religious Landscape. | Peggy Levitt will present her book and have an opportunity to sign copies of the book. This is a public event. | Hauser Center |
| 11/26-27/07 Hauser Center & The Charles Hotel |
Hauser Center 10th Anniversary Research Colloquium. | In celebration of the Hauser Center's 10-Year Anniversary, key scholars and practitioners involved in the Hauser Center past and present will gather. Colloquium is by invitation only. | Hauser Center |
| December | Happening | Details | Sponsored By |
| 12/11/07 Hauser Center 12:30-2:00pm |
This seminar is part of the Nonprofit Governance and Accountability Project and The Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative 2007-2008 Seminar Series "Problems and Prospects in Nonprofit Governance." Please RSVP to Maryann Leach, as space is limited. Lunch will be served. | Hauser Center and Harvard Law School | |
| 12/13/07 Hauser Center 12:30 - 2:00pm |
Hauser Center 10th Anniversary Seminar Series, with presenter Herman Dutch Leonard, George F. Baker, Jr. Professor of Public Management at KSG and Eliot I. Snider Professor of Business Administration at HBS. | In celebration of the Hauser Center's 10-Year Anniversary, Dutch Leonard will present a luncheon seminar on "Are All Organizations Public - and What Would That Imply?" Please RSVP to Maryann Leach. | Hauser Center |
| January | Happening | Details | Sponsored By |
| 1/30/08 Hauser Center 12:00 - 1:30pm |
"When Nongovernmental Organizations Govern: Accountability in Private Conservation Networks" with Cristina Balboa | Cristina Balboa, Hauser Research Fellow and Yale University Doctoral Candidate, will present the Brown-bag seminar. This is a public event. Please RSVP to Maryann Leach. | Hauser Center |
