Event Type: Yale Postdoctoral Trainees
Global Migration and Youth Leadership in the Pursuit of Freedom
According to the UNHCR, 89.3 million people around the world were forced to flee their homes as a result of persecution, conflict or violence in 2021. That figure reached 103 million in mid-2022. Among them are nearly 27.1 million refugees, around half of whom are under the age of 18. While these young people require support, they are also uniquely capable of effective change and leadership of mobilizing civic engagement in their home communities and in the world. Yet, the odds often seem to be stacked against them. What can be done about this? This panel tries to piece together a framework for the role of youth leadership in systemic…
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Tombs, Ghosts, Djinns, Shadows: The Decade in South Asian Fiction
Join 2022 World Fellow and Editor-in-Chief of Penguin Random House India Manasi Subramaniam for a lunchtime discussion on South Asian fiction. Open to the Yale community.
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Nature Conservation and Public Participation: Seventeen Years Practice of a Grassroots Environmental NGO in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
The Yale community is invited to hear from 2022 World Fellow Zhao Zhong, founder and director of Green Camel Bell, as he discusses conservation efforts in the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau.
More InformationPublic Sphere Salon @Yale: Elon Buys Twitter: What’s Next for the World's Town Square?
You are invited to join World Fellows Belabbes Benkredda and Raheel Khursheed for the inaugural Public Sphere Salon @Yale. On Friday, November 11 at 9AM ET, Belabbes and Raheel will host a virtual discussion titled “Elon Buys Twitter: What’s Next for the World’s Town Square?”. Please RSVP to receive the Zoom link: https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vzLTpjmZTPKelTtzdoxzBQ The Public Sphere Salon @Yale is a new initiative from Belabbes and Raheel and is supported by the International Leadership Center at the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs.
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Voices of New Belarus
The Yale community is invited to hear the 2022 Yale World Fellows read and discuss the documentary play of Belarusian playwright and civil activist Andrei Kureichik. The play features 14 real monologues of Belarusians chosen from more than 700 stories of victims of Lukashenko’s repressive machine. In the play, politicians, journalists, activists, people of all ages and professions share their experience of political repression. This reading is an invitation to a broad discussion about the problem of political prisoners in the world and ways you can help.
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Creative Industries in Latin America
Join 2022 World Fellow Martin Inthamoussú as he leads a conversation on the cultural and creative sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. There will be a closing performance by David Alzate (Jackson School of Global Affairs MPP candidate). Open to the Yale community.
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Accelerating Sustainable Development in the age of COVID, Conflict, and Climate
We invite you to hear 2022 World Fellow Babatunde Omilola speak about sustainable development in Africa. Open to the Yale community, tune in virtually via Zoom or in-person (registration required): https://yaleconnect.yale.edu/YSEAD/rsvp_boot?id=1873319
More InformationChallenges to "Freedom of Expression" in Developing Countries Under Authoritarian Regimes
Join 2022 World Fellow Fakhar Durrani as he discusses challenges facing journalists in Pakistan. Fakhar is an investigative journalist for The News International, Pakistan’s leading English-language newspaper where he reports in-depth stories often in high-risk situations. This event is part of Saint Anthony Hall’s 2022 lecture series and is open to the Yale and New Haven communities.
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War in Ukraine
The Jackson Institute for Global Affairs will host a panel discussion on the situation in Ukraine featuring the following panelists: Timothy Snyder, the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale, Arne Westad, Elihu Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale, and Nellie Petlick, a Jackson graduate student who previously served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in south-central Ukraine. Attendance is limited to current members of the Yale campus community with a valid Yale ID and registration via EventBrite is required. *Please note that registration for this event is now full. The event will be recorded; the video will be posted to our website jackson.yale.edu/virtual-events
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Yale Cyber Leadership Forum | AI Ethics and Safety
The 2022 Yale Cyber Leadership Forum will take place as a series of hybrid in-person and virtual discussions, bringing together an impressive array of attorneys, technologists, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and academics to explore the national security challenges associated with artificial intelligence and machine learning. A collaboration between Yale’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs and Yale Law School’s Center for Global Legal Challenges, the Forum is directed by Oona A. Hathaway, Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law. This year’s Forum, Bridging the Divide: National Security Implications of Artificial Intelligence, will explore how advances in AI have the potential to dramatically alter the cybersecurity threat landscape. The Forum will…
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