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International Prize for Arabic Fiction


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Weidenfeld Scholars' London Visit

Annual end-of-year trip

Weidenfeld Scholars' London Visit

25 - 26 June 2012
London

In order to allow Scholars to re-assess their understanding of leadership after participating in the Scholarships Programme, a two day seminar was held in London in late June. As well as enjoying various cultural activities, the Scholars took part in a Leadership Forum held at ISD, which comprised panel sessions during which prominent individuals in the fields of policy, business, NGOs and media engaged Scholars in discussions about their careers and philosophies of leadership.Speakers included Tim Luke, Senior Advisor to the UK Prime Minister on Business Technology and Innovation; Edward Lucas, International Editor of The Economist; and Deborah Rayner, Vice President of CNN Europe, Middle East and Africa.

For the second year, there was a formal dinner at Brooks’s which saw donors, Advisory Board members and other friends assemble to celebrate this extraordinary programme.

Humanitas Visiting Professor in the History of Art, Philippe de Montebello, University of Cambridge, November 2012
The 19th Plenary Meeting of the Club of Three, 17th and 18th of May, FCO Office, London
Meeting of the Turkey Task Force, Istanbul, 13-14 April 2013
Dr Suraya Dalil, Afghan Minister of Health, speaking at the Weidenfeld Debate, Oxford, May 2013
Historian Saul Friedlander, Inaugural Humanitas Visiting Professor in Historiography at the University of Oxford, May 2012
Meeting of the Energy Expert Group to discuss energy issues of mutual concern to Turkey,USA and the EU
Gregory Doran, Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Humanitas Visiting Professor in Drama 2012-2013
Participants watch a presentation during ISD's second Social Media and Intolerance workshop, July 2012
Dr Magnus Ranstorp of the Swedish National Defence College addressing the Counter-terrorism and Communities Workshop, September 2012
Members of the Phoenix Network at a meeting hosted by ISD with the Three Faiths Forum and the British Council, March 2012
The Inaugural Hoffmann Lecture with Jim Leape, Director General of WWF International, February 2013
Journalists Edward Lucas, Deborah Rayner and Nabila Ramdani talking to ISD's Weidenfeld Scholars, June 2012
HE Karel Schwarzenberg, Czech Foreign Minister, addresses an invited audience at an ISD policy breakfast, October 2011
Imogen Cooper, pianist, Humanitas Visiting Professor of Classical Music and Music Education, 2012-2013
Leading activists from pro-democracy movements in the Middle East, speaking at a Weidenfeld Debate, February 2012
European Leader Series, with Mikhail Kasyanov, former Prime Minister of Russia, February 2013, London
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Media, Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman Google, January 2013
Vanessa Redgrave, Humanitas Visiting Professor in Drama 2012, speaking at the University of Oxford, February 2012
Humanitas Visiting Professor in Women's Rights, Ambassador Melanne Verveer, University of Cambridge, March 2013
Humanitas Visiting Professor in Chamber Music 2012, Robert Levin, University of Cambridge, October 2012
Forthcoming events

COMPAS Breakfast Briefing, in partnership with ISD

London, 12 July 2013

13th Meeting of the Policy Planners’ Network (PPN)

Copenhagen, Denmark, 18 June 2013

International Conference on Countering the Appeal of Extremism Online

Copenhagen, Denmark, 17 June 2013

COMPAS Breakfast Briefing, in partnership with ISD

London, 14 June 2013

Terrorism and Political Violence Association

London, 14 to 16 June 2013

Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Opera Studies

University of Oxford, 6 to 8 June 2013

Recent events

Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Chinese Studies

University of Camridge, 21 to 30 May 2013

Club of Three 19th Plenary Meeting

Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, 17 to 18 May 2013

Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Classical Music & Music Education

University of Oxford, 13 to 14 May 2013

Weidenfeld Scholars and Alumni Negotiation Skills Training

ISD Offices, London, 11 May 2013

COMPAS Breakfast Briefing, in partnership with ISD

10 May 2013

Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Historiography

University of Oxford, 9 to 14 May 2013


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