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2016 Summer Calendar

JUN

01

Wed Jun 1, 2016 through Wed Aug 31, 2016

1000 North Third Street

The Aspen Institute
Africa and the Middle East

Israel/Palestine Partnership Opportunity Delegation

JUL

24

Sun Jul 24, 2016 through Fri Jul 29, 2016
National Security

The Aspen Security Forum 2016

JUL

27

Wed Jul 27, 2016 through Sat Jul 30, 2016

Doerr-Hosier Center

Aspen Institute
National Security

McCloskey Speaker Series: Jeh Johnson

JUL

27

Wed Jul 27, 2016 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Greenwald Pavilion, Aspen Meadows Campus
National Security

Aspen Security Forum Public Event: Lisa Monaco

JUL

30

Sat Jul 30, 2016

Greenwald Pavilion

Aspen Meadows Campus
Technology

Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence

AUG

01

Mon Aug 1, 2016 through Tue Aug 2, 2016

Aspen Meadows Resort

News, Ideas, & Past Events

Culture

Smithsonian: on the Road to Tomorrow

A year in to his tenure as 13th secretary of the Smithsonian, David Skorton spoke with David Rubenstein about the road forward for the world’s largest museum and research complex.

BY Aspen Institute Arts Program

Video

7 hours ago
Family Finances

How to boost both savings and income

Amid all the talk of inequality and economic insecurity, the discussion on the left has been strangely divided. One side says: Raise wages s

BY Andrew Yarrow

Journal of Ideas

11 hours ago
Culture

Makers and Breakers of the 21st Century

Walter Isaacson in conversation with Thomas Friedman.

BY Socrates Program

Video

11 hours ago
Culture

Stories from the Frontlines

Socrates Fireside Chat – Robin Wright in conversation with Elliot Gerson.

BY Socrates Program

Video

13 hours ago
Employment and Jobs

The Toll of Unpredictable Work Hours

With the steady paycheck disappearing for more workers, income volatility is rising sharply.

BY Andrew Yarrow

Blog Post

13 hours ago
US Government

Is Partisanship the New Prejudice?

Former Independent candidate for Kansas Senate Greg Orman is critical of the two-party political system.

BY Ellen Atkinson

Blog Post

15 hours ago
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Family Finances

How to boost both savings and income

Amid all the talk of inequality and economic insecurity, the discussion on the left has been strangely divided. One side says: Raise wages s

BY Andrew Yarrow

Journal of Ideas

11 hours ago
Africa and the Middle East

The Future of Turkish Diplomacy

It started out as an ordinary Friday evening but abruptly turned into a night of confusion and dread.

BY Doruk Ergun

Journal of Ideas

6 days ago
World Affairs

How Is Islam Different in Indonesia?

Shadi Hamid is a senior fellow in the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World at The Brookings Institution and the author of the ne

BY Shadi Hamid

Journal of Ideas

07.01.2016
Colleges and Universities

Free Speech Misconceptions on Campus

Greg Lukianoff is the president and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). He’s the author of ‘Unlearning

BY Greg Lukianoff

Journal of Ideas

06.30.2016
Food Access

Getting Food Into the Election Conversation

Dariush Mozaffarian is Dean of the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, and the Jean Mayer Chair and Professor of Nutrit

BY Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH

Journal of Ideas

06.25.2016
Business School

Advice on Leadership and Self-Awareness

Please allow me to speak directly to today’s graduates. You’ve secured a degree from a high-quality university with demanding academic r

BY Justice Leo E. Strine, Jr.

Journal of Ideas

06.24.2016

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