Carnegie Council Launches New Season of Its Acclaimed Public Affairs Program

NEW YORK, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Monday, September 20 from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm ET, the CARNEGIE COUNCIL for Ethics in International Affairs launches the new season of its Public Affairs Program, with Eliza Griswold speaking on "The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line between Christianity and Islam." All events take place at Carnegie Council headquarters at 170 East 64 Street in New York City (more details below).

The Carnegie Council's Public Affairs Program consists of over 50 programs a year. Speakers are prominent people in the world of international affairs, from acclaimed authors, to Nobel laureates, to high-ranking policymakers.

Audiences typically consist of diplomats, educators, students, journalists, NGO representatives, members of the business community, and concerned citizens. Both speaker and audience benefit from the well-informed question-and-answer session following the presentation.

All events will be webcast live at http://www.cceia.org/live and soon afterwards event videos, audios, podcasts, and transcripts will be posted on www.carnegiecouncil.org.

"I'm very excited by our fall lineup," says Public Affairs Program Director Joanne Myers, "and we're proud to continue the Carnegie Council tradition of introducing issues of both immediate and long-standing concern. Whether people join us in person or watch online, we hope our events help people think more deeply about the moral questions underlying international affairs."            

SEPTEMBER EVENTS

Monday, September 20, 2010 05:30 PM to 07:00 PM: The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line between Christianity and Islam

Eliza Griswold, award-winning investigative journalist and poet

More than half of the world's Muslims and 60 percent of its Christians live along the tenth parallel in Africa or in Asia. How have these two great faiths come to intersect and how do they interact?

Wednesday, September 22, 2010 08:00 AM to 09:30 AM Self-Determination and Conflict Resolution: From Kosovo to Sudan

Louise Arbour, President & CEO of the International Crisis Group

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2004–2008, Louise Arbour will examine the pursuit of self-determination across a range of situations, focusing particular attention on what is at stake in the upcoming referendum in Southern Sudan.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 05:30 PM to 07:00 PM Grand Strategies: Literature, Statecraft, and World Order

Charles Hill, U.S. Foreign Service, Hoover Institution

What concepts must we employ to have international order? What is needed for civil society to flourish? A distinguished lifelong diplomat and educator, Dr. Hill aims to revive the ancient tradition of statecraft as practiced by humane and broadly educated men and women.

Space is limited. For reservations call Gusta Johnson at 212-838-4120 x259 or email [email protected]. Individual events cost $25.00.  For information on annual subscriptions for Public Affairs events, go to www.carnegiecouncil.org and choose "Donate/Join." The program year runs from September 2010 through June 2011.

The Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs (www.carnegiecouncil.org), established in 1914 by Andrew Carnegie, is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing understanding of the relationship between ethics and international affairs.

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