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Jul
1
Time:
WED 4 p.m.
Location:
Virtual Event
Speakers:
Shoshana Madmoni-Gerber
,
Jonas Kaiser
Sponsor:
Ford Hall Forum
Misinformation Wars
Jul
7
Time:
TUE 2 p.m.
Location:
Virtual Event
Speakers:
Martha S. Jones
,
Elaine Weiss
Sponsor:
WGBH
The Vote: A Conversation on Women’s Suffrage
Jul
8
Time:
WED 4 p.m.
Location:
Virtual Event
Speakers:
Arjun Singh
,
Christina Kulich-Vamvakas
Sponsor:
Ford Hall Forum
From Quorum to Proxy: Governing, Representing and Campaigning Remotely
Jul
10
Time:
FRI 9:30 a.m.
Location:
Virtual Event
Speakers:
Joan Donovan
,
Gabrielle Lim
Sponsor:
Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy
Fighting a Two-Front War: Censorship and Disinformation in Southeast Asia
Jul
14
Time:
TUE 3 p.m.
Location:
Virtual Event
Speakers:
Candace Famiglietti
,
Maria Ivanova
Sponsor:
Science for the Public
A Spotlight on the Impact of the Wildlife Trade
Jul
15
Time:
WED 4 p.m.
Location:
Virtual Event
Speakers:
Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch, Ph.D.
,
Andrew Bacevich
Sponsor:
Ford Hall Forum
Militarization and US Policy — Costs, Consequences, and COVID-19
Jul
17
Time:
FRI 9:30 a.m.
Location:
Virtual Event
Speakers:
Pol Tavares
,
Leah Bamberger
Sponsor:
MassINC
It Takes a Village to Make a City: Why We Need Equity in Urban Planning
Jul
22
Time:
WED 4 p.m.
Location:
Virtual Event
Speakers:
Bethany Van Delft
,
Chanel Thervil
Sponsor:
WGBH
BostonTalks: Virtual Creativity
Jul
22
Time:
WED 4 p.m.
Location:
Virtual Event
Speakers:
Dara Lind
,
Maria Toyoda, Ph.D.
Sponsor:
Ford Hall Forum
Migrants, Refugees, & Fragile States — The Humanitarian Crisis & COVID-19
Jul
23
Time:
THU 6 p.m.
Location:
Virtual talk
Speakers:
Margaret Talcott
,
David Leonard
Sponsor:
Boston Public Library
Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy
Jul
24
Time:
FRI 6 p.m.
Location:
Virtual Zoom
Speakers:
Jude Nixon
,
Clint Smith
Sponsor:
Cambridge Forum
Clint Smith: Parenting While Black
Jul
24
Time:
FRI 6 p.m.
Location:
Virtual Event
Speakers:
Jude Nixon
,
Clint Smith
Sponsor:
Cambridge Forum
Clint Smith: Living While Black
Jul
27
Time:
MON 6 p.m.
Location:
Virtual talk
Speaker:
Dr. Richard Haass
Sponsor:
WorldBoston
Richard Haass: Understanding a New Global Era
Jul
29
Time:
WED 4 p.m.
Location:
Virtual Event
Speakers:
Julia Azari
,
Brian Conley
Sponsor:
Ford Hall Forum
Partisanship v. Pandemic: Common Enemy, Disjointed Response
Jul
31
Time:
FRI
Location:
Virtual Event
Speaker:
Erika Spanger-Siegfried
Sponsor:
Science for the Public
Are Coastal Communities Prepared for Rising Seas?
Jul
31
Time:
FRI 1 p.m.
Location:
Virtual talk
Speakers:
Chris Gilliard
,
Emily Dreyfuss
Sponsor:
Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy
The Fight to Ban Facial Recognition Technology