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Leading voices to offer insights on war, peace, education and more at University of Michigan
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
War, peace, education and abundance are on the docket for discussion at the University of Michigan this month, with leading voices on those topics coming to campus in person or virtually to share their insights.
The events, hosted by U-M’s Ford School of Public Policy, include conversations with Nobel and Pulitzer prize winners, a former presidential adviser and an early-career alumna in national security.
Oct. 20
Pulitzer-winning journalist Gerard Ryle in discussion with Susan D. Page, professor of practice and director of the Ford School’s Weiser Diplomacy Center, concerning what global investigative journalism reveals about the limits of public policy. Ryle led the worldwide teams of journalists working on the Panama Papers, Paradise Papers and Pandora Papers investigations, the biggest in journalism history.
Details and registration information
Oct. 23
Former national security advisor H.R. McMaster delivers the 7th annual Arthur Vandenberg Lecture. He will provide an overview of the many conflicts around the world, the role the U.S. is playing and can play in the future, and the prospects for peace.
The lecture will be followed by a conversation with Javed Ali, associate professor of practice.
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Oct. 24
Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate, speaks about her fight for girls’ education in her home country of Pakistan and around the world. She will expand on pathways to learning and opportunity. In conversation with Susan. D. Page
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Note: The event is sold out, but registration is available for online viewing.
Oct. 31
Ezra Klein, New York Times journalist and co-author of “Abundance,” joins the Ford School community virtually to discuss his work. The book he wrote with Derek Thompson was selected as the first-ever Ford School-wide read.
The book serves as a critique of a political culture defined by scarcity thinking, regularly overcomplexity and incrementalism. The event will be moderated by Jenna Bednar, professor of political science and public policy as well as the inaugural faculty director of UMICH Votes and Democratic Engagement.
