The Frontiers of Democracy Initiative and CEU President and Rector John Shattuck invite you to
"The Refugee Crisis in Europe: How Did It Happen? What Do We Do Now?"
a lecture by
MICHAEL IGNATIEFF
Professor, Harvard University
2009-2011 Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
ABSTRACT / The forces driving refugees towards Europe are complex: the dissolution of Middle Eastern tyrannies, the errors of Western foreign policy, the ongoing crisis of African poverty and state failure, the pressures of climate change on poor societies. In the face of these forces, what should Europe do: seal its frontiers with razor wire or create a new system of managed migration?
BIO / Michael Ignatieff is a writer, teacher and former politician. Born in Canada, educated at the University of Toronto and Harvard University, he has written award-winning books, worked as a television presenter and documentary filmmaker, editorial columnist and university teacher. He has taught at the University of British Columbia, Cambridge University, the London School of Economics and Harvard University, where he was Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Kennedy School of Government between 2000 and 2005. He is a member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada and holds eleven honorary degrees. Between 2006 and 2011, he was Member of Parliament for Etobicoke Lakeshore, Deputy Leader and Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. Between 2011 and 2013, he held a professorial appointment at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. In 2014, he rejoined the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University as Edward R. Murrow Professor of the Practice of Politics and the Press. He also serves as Centennial Chair of the Project on Global Ethics at the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs in New York.
RSVP by January 13 at Dist_Ignatieff_1@ceu.edu
The entire event will be livestreamed at CEU's Ustream channel at:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/central-european-university