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event date: 4/19/2010	4th Annual Bernard and Irene Schwartz Lecture on Congress The 4th Annual Bernard and Irene Schwartz Lecture on Congress examined the motivations, policies and strategies employed to move the health care bill through Congress and to the President’s desk for signature. An expert panel discussed the role of the major players, the meaning of this legislation for our country, and the impact it will have on the American people. The keynote address was delivered by Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut. The lecture was held in the Members Room at the Library of Congress.	event date: 3/25/2010	Culture as a Tool: Diplomacy and International Exchange in the 21st Century This panel examined the motivations, policies and strategies of states in an era of globalization and digital communication. Special attention was paid to the public-private partnerships that foster the practice of cultural diplomacy and international cooperation, and the advocacy efforts shaping future action. Panelists included Frank Hodsoll President and CEO of the Resource Center for Cultural Engagement; Rachel Cooper, Director of Cultural Programs and Performing Arts, The Asia Society; Rochelle Roca Hachem, Programme Specialist for Culture, UNESCO; And, Eduardo Lago, Executive Director, Instituto Cervantes.
event date: 3/4/2010	An Evening with Jim Leach National Endowment for the Humanities Chairman, Jim Leach, launched a fifty-state tour in November 2009 to call attention to the need for civility in public discourse. "Civilization requires civility," says Leach. "Words matter. Polarizing attitudes can jeopardize social cohesion." Leach discussed the role civility plays in public discourse during his visit to NYU in a discussion about Using Civility in a Fractured Society. This event was held at the Humanities Initiative at NYU.	event date: 922/2009	An Evening with Bob Kaiser A sage politician by the name of Jesse Unruh once observed that money is the mother's milk of politics. Robert G. Kaiser believes the nation's capital is drowning in it. He discusses his new book, So Damn Much Money: the Triumph of Lobbying and the Corrosion of American Government, an account of how Washington politics has changed since the 1970's. This event was held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.
event date: 9/17/2009	Constitution Day 2009 To celebrate the history of this living document, Tom Mann, a congressional scholar with the Brookings Institution and Norm Ornstein, a political scientist and resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute discuss the "Rebalancing of Constitutional Powers of the Executive and Legislative Branches: A Status Report on the New Obama Administration.	event date: 1/26/2009	Moving Forward: A Renewed Role for American Arts and Artists in the Global Age Celebrating how the Art and Artifacts Indemnity Act has been a precedent of federal support for the arts on an international level for over three decades. And, in the spirit of renewed support for restoring the centrality of both the visual and performing arts on a national level, we initiated a lively discussion to consider how it can be reinvigorated and enlarged for individual/private and governmental/public diplomacy initiatives, including how the Act can be expanded to better support the performing arts.
event date: 11/4/2008	Election Night Extravaganza! Students, faculty, administrators and community members came together to celebrate one of our country's most historic elections. The night included performances by the NYU Pep Band, Bill Popp and the Tapes and Hula-Hoop Artist Anna Jack. The night also featured food from highly contested swing states, door prizes and blogging opportunities. Over 750 people attended the event.	event date: 10/20/2008	3rd Annual Bernard and Irene Schwartz Lecture on Congress The Lecture featured Dr. Paul C. Light, recognized as one of the nation's leading experts on government reform, the political appointments process, Presidential transition and the civil service. He discussed this year's elections, our stymied government bureaucracy, Congress' role in the Presidential transition and his ideas of how to fix government so it works efficiently and effectively. Following Professor Light was a discussion with experts Virginia L.Thomas and Rudy deLeon.
event date: 9/17/2008	Constitution Day In honor of Constitution Day, the Center hosted a discussion between NYU President John Sexton and NYU Law School’s Michael Waldman on whether the Democrats, after winning back control of the House of Representatives and Senate in 2006, have begun to shift power back to the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue. Have they restored robust legislative initiative and Congressional oversight? Or will the White House -- through signing statements on legislation, executive orders, changes to regulatory frameworks and in the authority to set policy the President claims as commander in chief -- continue to exercise its expansive view of Executive power.	event date: 4/28/2008	Senator Chuck Hagel: Our Next Chapter Senator Chuck Hagel has long been admired by his colleagues on both sides of the Senate floor for his honesty, integrity, and common-sense approach to the challenges of our times. In his book release lecture at NYU, Hagel offers a hard-hitting examination of the current state of our nation and provides substantial, meaningful proposals that can guide America back onto the right path.
event date: 3/24/2008	Mickey Edwards: Reclaiming Conservatism In a book release lecture, Mickey Edwards, a leading figure in the American conservative movement for over 40 years, a prominent Republican congressman, a former national chairman of the American Conservative Union, and a founding trustee of the Heritage Foundation argues loud and clear that conservatives today have abandoned their principles and have become champions of that which they once most feared.	event date: 11/07/2007	Adlai Stevenson's Lasting Legacy In a book launch event of Alvin Liebling's book Adlai Stevenson's Lasting Legacy, contributors John Brademas, William Luers, Adlai E. Stevenson III, Sir Brian Urquhart, William J. vanden Heuvel and Felicity Yost elaborate upon their collection of essays of how the Former Governor of Illinois, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and twice Democratic candidate for President of the United States, Adlai Stevenson played a key role in American politics throughout much of the middle of the twentieth century.
event date: 12/15/2006	Legislating for the Future: Conference #1: Healthcare / Medicare The first of three forums of Professor Paul Light's Legislating for the Future Project, Senator Tom Daschle and Congressman Bill Frenzel come together to discuss the topic of healthcare and Medicare. James Dewar of Rand, Sarah Binder of Brookings and G. Calvin Mackenzie of Colby College also joined the dialogue.	event date: 9/29/2006	Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Press Conference In a press conference Professor Paul Light releases his public opinion survey with an address from Lee Hamilton.
event date: 5/16/2006	Seminar on International Education In a forum addressing the need to improve international education and foreign language studies in the United States, The Committee for Economic Development (CED) and the John Brademas Center for the Study of Congress initiate a discussion on CED's new policy statement, Education for Global Leadership: The Importance of International Studies and Foreign Language Education for U.S. Economic and National Security.	event date: 10/25/2005	Symposium on Presidential & Public Papers With a Keynote Address from the Honorable Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States, the Symposium on Presidential and Public Papers focused on the significance of presidential recordings and materials, looking towards the future of preservation through legislation and the debate over public v. private papers.