Past Events
FDR Foundation Holiday Events
Events for Harvard Undergraduates Holiday 2022
Foundation Announces Remote Summer Jobs Initiative
Taking a page from FDR’s WPA playbook, the Foundation creates job opportunities for undergraduates.
Foundation Programming Suspended
In Suite programming is suspended due to the COVID crisis.
National Defence Course: Strategic Communicaton (Helsinki) 4/23
POSTPONED due to COVID-19
From Antartica to Rikers Island: A Fireside Chat with Jasmine Brown 02/27
From Antartica to Rikers Island: A fireside chat on climate change, prison reform, and police misconduct About the Chat: The term “fake news” is one that is being used more and more around the world to discredit legitimate media. Come hear Jasmine Brown discuss her experience as a news producer for ABC News’ “Nightline.” On topics such… Read more »
Fieldwork in Post-Conflict Settings 2/12
A Fireside Chat on violent and non-violent resistance to human rights abuses
Special Operations: More than a Television Show 11/18
A fireside chat on the role of elite US service members and military units
Information and Influence in Sweden
Hybrid Threats in the North of Europe
Airstrikes, Service Members, and Intelligence 11/5
A fireside chat on the weight of decision making from positions of authority
Five Years to Institute Change 10/23
A fireside chat on the struggle for women’s rights and the recreation of the Bahamian criminal justice system
How to Impact Change While Following Orders 10/22
A fireside chat on lessons, challenges, and stories from a Naval Aviator
Predicting Natural Weather Disasters Before They Happen 10/14
A fireside chat with environmental scientist, Charles Lin
Iraq, 2003-2004
Reflections of an American Soldier
China Trends Conference 4/26
What main trends that will affect China’s strategic behavior in the near future?
Death in the Polis: Warfare and Urban Centers in the 21st Century 4/23
A Fireside Chat with Lieutenant Colonels Bill Putnam and Ken Goedecke
The End of History? FDR, Trump and the Fake Past 4/15
The past as propaganda
Capitalism: What’s working. What’s not. 4/8
A Fireside Chat with Nick Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
What effect does the US global military presence have on world opinion? 4/3
A Fireside Chat with U.S. Airforce pilot Bryan Bailey
Representing America in Challenging Times 12/10
A Fireside Chat with Will Stevens, U.S. Foreign Service Institute
21st Century Adversarial Narratives
Can the U.S. Still Influence Foreign Publics to Achieve Foreign Policy Goals?
All Campus Canada Caucus, with Consul General of Canada to New England, David Alward 11/15
An assembly of Harvard’s Canadian students
Ninth Annual FDR Memorial Lecture 11/10
Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times with Nancy Koehn
Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel
A Fireside Chat on Germany and the Future of EU-US Relations
Classic Board Game Night @ the FDR Suite: Monopoly 10/19
“Go directly to jail!” It’s Monopoly at its best.
Fireside Chat with Dr. Cynthia Koch: America First, Again! 10/10
A disgraced, discredited idea is born again.
Classic Board Game Night @ the FDR Suite: Risk 9/28
Who says you can’t rule the world?
Saving Global Democracy ≠ Easy
A Fireside Chat with the author of “Organizing Democracy”
Who Can Save Global Democracy? 9/27
Book Talk and Signing with Paul Poast
Guided Tours of the FDR Suite
Come explore the Gilded Age at Harvard and the formation of a president.
“A Woman is Like a Tea Bag”: Eleanor Roosevelt, and Radical Women of the 20s and 30s 3-26
A look back at some women who made today possible.
American Diplomacy in the Trump Era 3/7
Michelle Kosinski, CNN’s senior diplomatic correspondent
Ending Endless Wars: The Colombian Peace Process 2/6
Reintegration & reconciliation: getting from here to there
Public Diplomacy and the Social Sciences 12/15
Bringing Academics and State Department Officials Together
Life in the Obama White House 12/7
A Fireside Chat with President Obama’s Director of Global Engagement
Populism in America and Europe 12/4
How to save liberal democracy?
Thanksgiving Eve Reception @ the FDR Suite
The most elegant way to start the holidays at Harvard
“Fake News,” Disinformation, and “Election Hacking” 11/13 (NEW DATE)
When does propaganda threaten democracy?
Fireside Chat: First Feminist? Eleanor Roosevelt and Women’s Rights 11/6
Eleanor Roosevelt: Ardent or Reluctant Feminist?
The Harvard Cubans: Film Screening and Q&A with Director
Gilded Age imperialism and public diplomacy! And Harvard!
E3 Conference 9/20
Keeping Trade Lanes Open
Developing Western Countermeasures to Disinformation
“a contest of narratives with strategic outcomes”
3rd Annual Lathrop Brown Memorial Kentucky Derby Party 5/6
Food, fun, and horse racing, what could be better?
Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ “Democracy in Retreat” Symposium 4/11
Watch LIVE here on 4/11 at 10 a.m. ET
8th Annual FDR Memorial Lecture: Formulating a New Good Neighbor Policy 4/8
with Henry Cisneros and Sol Trujillo
The Rule of Law in Mexico and Beyond 2/17
Discuss 100 years of Constitutionalism with the Mexican Supreme Court
Unleashing the Girl Effect 2/10
How can creative action cultivate girls as advocates for gender equality?
The Unity Ball 1/20
Didn’t get your invitation to Trump’s party? No problem!
Inextricably Bound: Prostitution and Sex Trafficking 11/30
The Who, What, Where, Why and How of Sex Trafficking
Inequality: Canada vs USA
A comparative analysis of inequality in the US and Canada, followed by a reception
Harvard-Yale Reception at the FDR Suite 11/19
Featuring our world famous Harvard Punch!
Foreign Intervention, Domestic Disturbance: Brexit, Trump, Beijing, Moscow, and the Future of the West 11/2
Philippe Le Corre, Brookings
Saving a Nation: Restoring the Rule of Law In Guatemala
A rare opportunity to see inside the international world of justice
The World Unbound – FDR, Frida Kahlo & the Cultural Legacy of the Good Neighbor Policy 10/4
The Good Neighbor Policy had impacts far beyond politics….
Living in a Post-Fact World: Lessons from Swedish Counter Propaganda 10/3
A rare chance to take a look behind the disinformation curtain
Explore the Arctic with Ambassador David Balton 9/30
America & the Challenges of the High North
They Hated Eleanor, Too: Women, Politics, Power and Invective 9/28
A look at Hillary Clinton’s candidacy through the lens of Eleanor Roosevelt
Reception with the Consul General of Canada to New England, David Alward 9/27
Hosted by Canadian student organizations at Harvard University
Fireside Chat with Marisa Futernick – Sept. 7, 7pm
“13 Presidents” – an artist’s book, mixing fact and fiction