The Right Honourable Gordon Brown, MP, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and New York University’s inaugural Distinguished Global Leader in Residence, will join Robert Shrum, veteran political consultant and Senior Fellow at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, in a lively one-hour conversation Tuesday, December 14, at 1:30 p.m. The discussion before an audience consisting primarily of students and faculty will grapple with global politics, economics, and Brown’s newly published book “Beyond the Crash: Overcoming the First Crisis of Globalization.”

New York University President John Sexton will welcome Brown with opening remarks.

** Media coverage is invited.**

When: Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010, from 1:30 p.m.to 2:30 p.m. (Doors open at 1 p.m.)

Where: Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South (enter at MacDougal Street), Tishman Auditorium, New York, N.Y.

RSVP is required. Media wishing to cover the event should get in touch with NYU press contact Robert Polner at 212.998.2337 or robert.polner(at)nyu.edu .

Copies of Mr. Brown’s book “Beyond the Crash” will be inscribed and available for purchase immediately after the event.