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Honoring the Legacy of Madeleine K. Albright: A Symposium on Diplomacy

Join us on September 29 for a symposium on the life and work of Secretary Albright, and the issues she cared about, featuring prominent American and foreign policymakers and scholars.

Speakers will include President Bill Clinton (SFS’68), former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

Entry is on a first-come, first-served basis for all Georgetown community members, who will be asked to present their GU ID. Registration is required for external guests. The event will be live-streamed on the SFS Facebook page.

Morning Session – Copley Formal Lounge, 10:00-11:30am

The World She Shaped: Albright’s Academic Legacy

  • G. John Ikenberry, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University
  • Stacie Goddard, Betty Freyhof Johnson ’44 Professor of Political Science; Paula Phillips Bernstein ’58 Faculty Director of the Albright Institute for Global Affairs
  • Deborah Avant, Sié Chéou-Kang Chair for International Security and Diplomacy at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver
  • Angela Stent, former Director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies and Professor Emerita of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University
  • Moderator: Elizabeth Saunders, Director of the Mortara Center for International Studies and Associate Professor in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University

Afternoon Session – Gaston Hall, 12:30-4:00pm

A Conversation with Members of Albright’s Aspen Ministers Forum, 12:30-1:30pm

  • Mayu Ávila, first woman Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador,1999-2004
  • Tzipi Livni, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel, 2006-2009
  • Margot Wallström, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, 2014-2019
  • Moderator: Edward Luce, U.S. national editor and columnist at the Financial Times

The View from Washington and New York: A Conversation with U.S. Officials Following in Albright’s Footsteps, 2:00-3:00pm

  • Wendy Sherman, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
  • Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
  • Moderator: Ambassador Melanne Verveer

A Conversation with the Clintons, 3:00-4:00pm

  • President Bill Clinton (SFS ’68)
  • Hillary Rodham Clinton, former U.S. Secretary of State
  • Moderator: Ambassador Melanne Verveer

The symposium is sponsored by the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and the Aspen Ministers Forum. The symposium will be followed by an evening reception, sponsored by the Dentons Global Advisors – Albright Stonebridge Group.

 

Public Health Policy:

To protect the health and safety of the Georgetown community, visitors must follow the University’s protocol for verifying their COVID-19 vaccination status. Masks will be required indoors.

Please email sfsevents@georgetown.edu by 9/26 with any accessibility requests. A good-faith effort will be made to fulfill all requests made after this date.