Saving the Children in Africa
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World Fellow Denis Mizne on Gun Violence in Brazil
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Public Opinion Polling in China
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As chairman and founder of China’s leading public opinion research group, Victor Yuan has been a force for increased social services and government transparency in China.
Public Policy Reform in Argentina
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As co-founder of the Center for the Implementation of Public Policies for Equity and Growth, Ducote has played a key role in promoting public policy reform in Argentina.
German-Turkish integration and diversity initiatives
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Mehmet Daimagüler discusses his work as an advocate for Turkish immigrants in Germany, as a worker for sectarian tolerance, as a promoter of renewable energy in the developing world and as an aspiring politician.
Yale World Fellow on Creating a “Thinking EU”
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As the map and political realities continue to change in Europe, the European Stability Initiative (ESI) provides policy makers with research that helps them understand evolving situations. ESI has been especially active in the Balkans, Turkey, and the Caucausus for the purpose of promoting peace and economic and political stability. Verena Knaus, an ESI founder, talks about Kosovo’s bid for independence. She is currently a World Fellow at Yale.
Yale World Fellow on US-Middle East Relations
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Ashraf Swelam, a World Fellow at Yale University, recalls his role as an Egyptian diplomat in Washington in the days following the September 11 attacks. He talks about the critical mutual interests of the US and Egypt, challenges to the relationship and the broader question of peace in the Middle East.
Social Entrepreneurship in Singapore
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As one of the youngest women elected to Singapore’s parliament, World Fellow Penny Low’s expertise in finance allows her to exert considerable influence. She is a strong proponent of social entrepreneurism.
19 – To Appomattox and Beyond: The End of the War and a Search for Meanings
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Professor Blight uses Herman Melville’s poem “On the Slain Collegians” to introduce the horrifying slaughter of 1864. The architect of the strategy that would eventually lead to Union victory, but at a staggering human cost, was Ulysses S. Grant, brought East to assume control of all Union armies in 1864. Professor Blight narrates the campaigns of 1864, including the Battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor, and the siege of Petersburg. While Robert E. Lee battled Grant to a stalemate in Virginia, however, William Tecumseh Sherman’s Union forces took Atlanta before beginning their March to the Sea, destroying Confederate morale and fighting power from the inside. Professor Blight closes his lecture with a description of the first Memorial Day, celebrated by African Americans in Charleston, SC 1865.