Tag: Center for Government and International Studies

  • Nation & World

    ‘The Paintings of Yoshiaki Shimizu’

    At the Center for Government and International Studies, a small exhibit captures the life and work of an artist influenced by Harvard, by a range of cultural forces, and by the postwar art movements swirling in Europe and New York City in the 1950s and ’60s.

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    "Irresolution: The Paintings of Yoshiaki Shimizu,” an intimate exhibit at the CGIS is marked by a large banner showing the artist at 24 years old.
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    Closing the care gap

    Models of low-cost, high-quality health care are cause for hope that disparities in treatment between U.S. whites and minorities can be closed, said speakers at a University-wide symposium on Oct. 11.

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  • Nation & World

    Thinking outside the gilded frame

    Far from icons of the past, Bettina Burch’s paintings of the HGSE and CGIS community — from janitors to students to deans — gently upend the concept of the “Harvard portrait.”

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    Spotlight on the international

    Harvard is one of the world’s most international universities, with students and faculty from around the world. Overseas research and study abroad opportunities abound.

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    Quashing a voice, attacking a Nobel

    A Nobel Peace Prize for jailed Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo brought a flood of criticism from China’s ruling Communist Party. The reaction shows China’s dedication to maintaining its “moral authority” at home, said Bao Pu, publisher of a new book of Liu’s essays.

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    Six years a hostage

    Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt offered a gripping discussion of her six years held hostage by the FARC rebel group during a discussion at Harvard’s Center for Government and International Studies.

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    The bad news on Afghanistan

    In a talk at Harvard’s Center for Government and International Studies, Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh said he was disappointed in the Obama administration’s approach to Afghanistan and criticized U.S. journalists for not being aggressive enough in their coverage of American foreign policy.

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    When China’s doors reopened

    Retired diplomat Nicholas Platt ’57 weighs in on China then and now, and on the durability of U.S. ties to that nation.

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    A march toward the arts

    The relocation of the Silk Road Project to Harvard space in Allston is just the latest indicator that the University is expanding its commitment to the arts as a pivotal source of creativity.

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    Looking at ‘Invisible Cities’

    Harvard students, in an eclectic art show, travel to real and imagined “Invisible Cities,” which simmer beneath the surface of the real.

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    Havana, then and now

    A new exhibit at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies pairs historic postcards with visions of current Havana.

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    Iraqi film series offers rare glimpse into bleak world

    Beginning today through Saturday (April 17-19), the Tsai Auditorium at the Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS) will host selections from the first international Iraq Short Film Festival (originally held in Baghdad in 2005).

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    At CGIS, attorney Amsterdam blasts Russian Federation, others

    “We’ve got to stop blaming Vladimir Putin,” Robert Amsterdam told his listeners at the Center for Government and International Studies Tuesday morning (May 15). “That does us no good.

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    ‘Walls of Tehran’ panels to explore art, propaganda

    An afternoon panel in association with “Walls of Martyrdom” — a photography exhibit of Tehran’s propaganda murals by Ph.D. candidate in public policy Fotini Christia — will be held May 18 from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS). Sponsored by the Weatherhead Center, the Center for Middle Eastern…

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