Speakers at SAIS: Adding depth to the curriculum

Students at SAIS have access to world-class faculty. They also have access to visiting experts.

At SAIS Europe, the Bologna Institute for Policy Research (BIPR), organizes the Seminar Series, which attract policy-makers, academicians and practitioners across the world.

Students have the opportunity to listen to the experts and, most importantly, to ask them questions.

General John R. Allen talks about the Evolution of ISIL

Whatever one's interests, they can be sure there will be experts coming to SAIS to talk about the topics that whet their appetites. What's more, attending the talks gives students the opportunity to learn about and become interested in subjects they had not previously considered.

Below we list some of the speakers coming to SAIS in the month of October. For a full calendar of events, click here.

Prof. Christopher Hill will deliver a lecture on "Emerging Populism and Foreign Policy", a topic of great relevance in Europe nowadays.

Prof. Riordan Roett, director of the Latin American Studies Program, will visit the SAIS Europe campus also to talk about the rising of populism. However, Prof. Roett will look at the topic from a different prism in his talk titled "Populism is on the rise across the world, but not in Latin America, Why?".

Irene Khan, Director-General, IDLO

Ratna Kapur, will talk about religion and constitutional law in India in her seminar called "Faith in Law: The Politics of Secularism, Religion and Hindu Majoritarianism in Indian Constitutional Law".

Prof. Gary Sick is here for the month to deliver a four-week seminar on U.S.- Iranian relations. Here's a previous interview with prof. Sick.

Award-winning journalist Tina Brown, will talk about "Women Leaders Making a Difference on the Global Stage".

Irene Khan, Director-General of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) in Rome, will talk about "International Migration: Crisis or Opportunity?".

Ambassador Sergey I. Kislyak, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the US, will discuss "The Current State of US-Russian Relations.” 

Amina Abdiuahab