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Wintersession 2025
ENVIRONMENT
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
Frontiers of Change: The Next Wave of Climate Action
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.
Wintersession 2024
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.
Wintersession 2024
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.
Wintersession 2024
EDUCATION
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
HUMAN RIGHTS
Genevieve Bates: Transitional Justice in World Politics
Wintersession 2024
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.
Wintersession 2024
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
LEADERSHIP
Negotiating for Humanity: A Conversation with Ambassador Ellen Løj
Wintersession 2024
CULTURE
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
HEALTH & WELLBEING
Sabine Franklin: Global Health and Humanitarianism
Wintersession 2024
EDUCATION
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
LEADERSHIP
MaddyTalks Preview
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
HUMAN RIGHTS
The Kenner Lecture—Negotiating for Humanity: A Conversation with Ambassador Elayne Whyte
Wintersession 2023
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.
Wintersession 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.
Wintersession 2023
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.
Wintersession 2023
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.
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
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
Wintersession 2022
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)
Wintersession 2016
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
HEALTH & WELLBEING
LEADERSHIP
MaddyTalks
Wintersession 2021
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
Women in Diplomacy: A Conversation with Former Female Foreign Ministers
Four distinguished former Foreign Ministers will share their perspectives on female leadership, the path to gender equality, and promoting the next generation of women leaders.
Wintersession 2021
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
For Sama: A Conversation with Filmmaker Waad al-Kateab
Filmmaker Waad al-Kateab will discuss her academy award-nominated film For Sama
The Spoke
EDUCATION
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
LEADERSHIP
Meet The Spoke
Feb 2, 2018
by The Albright Institute
Helen Virginia Hunt
Senior Fellow at the Aspen Institute and the Harvard Bloomberg Center for Cities
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
SCIENCE & TECH
Nicole Wong
Mary Jane Durnford Lewis ’59 Distinguished Visiting Professor
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
SCIENCE & TECH
Bina Venkataraman
Editor-at-Large and Columnist of the Future at The Washington Post
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
Michael Horowitz
Richard Perry Professor and Director of Perry World House
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
Courtney Yang
’24
Program Coordinator, Global HIV Access Program, Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc.
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
HEALTH & WELLBEING
Grace Abuhamad
’13
Fellow, Atlantic Council
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
SCIENCE & TECH
Sara Minkara
’11
Special Advisor on International Disability Rights, United States Department of State
INEQUALITY
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
HUMAN RIGHTS
Megan Karsh
Senior Leadership and Organizational Advisor
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
Ellen Margrethe Løj
Retired Danish Ambassador
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
LEADERSHIP
Elayne Whyte
Professor of Practice at Johns Hopkins University and Former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the...
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
HUMAN RIGHTS
Rachel F. Robbins
Strategic Advisor and Independent Consultant to International Organizations, Private Sector Foundations and Non-Governmental...
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
Andrejs Pildegovičs
Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
LEADERSHIP
Joseph DeThomas
Ambassador, retired
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
Scott Nathan
Chief Executive Officer, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
Marie L. Yovanovitch
United States Ambassador to Ukraine (2016–2019)
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
LEADERSHIP
Véronique Christory
Senior Arms Control Adviser for the ICRC, Delegation to the UN
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila
Minister of Foreign Affairs, El Salvador (1999-2003)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
Alexander Cooley
Claire Tow Professor of Political Science, Barnard College
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
Phillip Ayoub
Associate Professor of Diplomacy and World Affairs, Occidental College
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
Waad al-Kateab
Syrian Filmmaker and Activist
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY