Events

Past Events

• EDUCATION GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY HEALTH & WELLBEING
  
  Kenner Lecture: Frontiers of Change Innovations and Disruptions in Global Vaccine Technologies

  Presented by The Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs, this year's Kenner was a panel discussion about global health technologies with a special focus on vaccine innovations.
• GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY HUMAN RIGHTS
  
  Disrupting the Narrative: Office of the Special Advisor on International Disability Rights

  Sara Minkara, the Special Advisor on International Disability Rights (SAIDR) at the US State Department, offers insights into the Office's role and operations, with a particular focus on its involvement in shaping foreign policy.
• EDUCATION LEADERSHIP
  
  Tribute to Madeleine Albright—A History of MKAI

  A look back at the Albright Institute's History
• BUSINESS & ECONOMICS CULTURE EDUCATION
  
  2024 Maddy Talks: Global Ideas with Impact.

  In this series of talks, Fellows showcased the significant contributions and important issues they have passionately pursued since participating in the Institute.
• EDUCATION GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY HUMAN RIGHTS
  
  Genevieve Bates: Transitional Justice in World Politics
• INEQUALITY GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERSHIP
  
  Stephanie Kimou: Decolonizing International Development

  Stephanie Kimou, writer, lecturer, and strategist at Popworks Africa introduces concepts of race, privilege, and colonial legacies within the realm of international development.
• Negotiating for Humanity: A Conversation with Ambassador Ellen Løj
  
• CULTURE LEADERSHIP
  
  Mobilization, Unity and Connection Across Difference: Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom
• CULTURE GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY HEALTH & WELLBEING
  
  Sabine Franklin: Global Health and Humanitarianism
• EDUCATION GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERSHIP
  
  MaddyTalks Preview
• Applying Humanitarian Law to Events in Israel-Palestine
  
• GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY HUMAN RIGHTS
  
  The Kenner Lecture—Negotiating for Humanity: A Conversation with Ambassador Elayne Whyte
• GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
  
  Lessons from the Edge: A Conversation with Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch

  The Albright Institute welcomed Marie Yovanovitch, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, for its annual public dialogue on January 19th, 2023.
• GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
  
  Democracy and the Rule of Law

  Igor Logvinenko, Associate Professor of Diplomacy and World Affairs at Occidental College discusses recent trends in transparent governance and the rule of law worldwide.
• BUSINESS & ECONOMICS SCIENCE & TECH
  
  Laura Manley on Technology

  Laura Manley, Executive Director of Shorenstein Center On Media, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University explores the role of technology in democracy building and democratic decline.
• GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY HUMAN RIGHTS
  
  Transitional Justice in World Politics

  Genevieve Bates, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of British Columbia talks about her research on transitional justice.
• GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
  
  Stacie Goddard on Global Security

  Stacie Goddard, Betty Freyhof Johnson '44 Professor of Political Science and Paula Phillips Bernstein ’58 Faculty Director of the Albright Institute for Global Affairs discusses issues of global security and democracy.
• The Diplomat's Toolbox: Making the World Safe for Democracy
  
• GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
  
  Impact of Data in Public Service

  A conversation with Christine Keung '14, Chief Data Officer of the City of San Jose, and Eni Mustafaraj, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Wellesley College
• GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
  
  Explode Outward the Boundaries

  A dialogue with Madeleine Korbel Albright ’59, U.S. Secretary of State (1997-2001) and María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila, Minister of Foreign Affairs, El Salvador (1999-2004)