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Foreign Affairs Symposium 2021 lineup
Foreign Affairs Symposium announces spring 2021 lineup
Published Feb 15, 2021
Speaker series will feature a lineup of artists, activists, and journalists in its 24th year
Joshua Wong and Nathan Law speak with Giovanna Maria Dora Dore, professor of East Asian studies at Foreign Affairs Symposium
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Hong Kong activists discuss civil disobedience
Published Feb 21, 2020
Foreign Affairs Symposium hosts Joshua Wong and Nathan Law, two of the founders of the 2014 Umbrella Protests, for a conversation on activism and political autonomy
Lineup for the Foreign Affair Symposium 2020
Speaker series
Foreign Affairs Symposium lineup set
Published Feb 3, 2020
Visitors to campus this spring include activists Joshua Wong and Nathan Law, Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Muzoon Almellehan, and Angela Davis
Boots Riley speaks at the Foreign Affairs Symposium
Foreign Affairs Symposium
Artist/activist Boots Riley on film, capitalism, social justice
Published April 4, 2019
Acclaimed director of 'Sorry to Bother You' discusses the history of activism, his artistic career, and effective forms of protest
Composite image of speakers
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Pardon the disruption
Published Feb 11, 2019
The student-run speaker series invites public figures and activists to discuss issue relating to the theme 'Disrupt'
Chelsea Manning and DeRay Mckesson
Foreign Affairs Symposium
Chelsea Manning: 'The objective is to do something'
Published April 3, 2018
In JHU talk, polarizing activist discusses her decision to leak classified documents
Samantha Power
Foreign Affairs Symposium
Four takeaways from Samantha Power's talk
Published March 14, 2018
Former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. discusses current political climate, addresses issue raised by student protesters
Composite of Foreign Affairs Symposium speakers
Foreign Affairs Symposium
Chelsea Manning, Samantha Power headline 2018 lineup
Published Feb 12, 2018
Five events announced for spring speaker series organized and run by undergrads
Suroosh Alvi on stage with Shawna Thomas, D.C. bureau chief for VICE
Foreign Affairs Symposium
Outside the mainstream
Published April 26, 2017
VICE co-founder Suroosh Alvi discusses the future of news and online media
Aneesh Chopra
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Putting faith in government with a little 'G'
Published March 9, 2017
Former U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra says the mechanisms of government can drive innovation, discovery