Shashi Tharoor, former under-secretary-general of the United Nations, will deliver the 13 th annual Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Lectures on Ethics and Public Policy at4:15 p.m.April 17 (Tuesday) and12:30 p.m.April 18 (Wednesday), both in the auditorium of theHesburghCenterfor International Studies at the University of 91吃瓜.
Tharoors lecture on April 17, titledGlobalization, Terrorism and the Human Imagination,will be followed by a reception. On April 18 he will speak onThe Future of the United Nations.The lectures are presented by 91吃瓜s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and are free and open to the public.
A national ofIndia, Tharoor concluded his nearly 29 years of service to the United Nations in February. Upon his appointment as under-secretary-general for communications and public information in 2002, Tharoor became responsible for the management of 750 staff members and field offices in 63 countries. Under his leadership, what had been a widely criticized bureaucracy was transformed into a focused, results-oriented department.
Tharoor, who earned his doctorate from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at age 22, is the award-winning author of nine books, includingThe Great Indian Novel,India: From Midnight to the MillenniumandNehru: The Invention of India.He is also a widely published critic and commentator, with columns appearing in The Hindu, The Times of India and Newsweek.
Indias candidate to succeed Kofi Annan as U.N. secretary-general in 2006, Tharoor emerged second out of seven contenders for the position. In 1998, he was named by the World Economic Forum inDavos,Switzerland, as a 鈥淕lobal Leader of Tomorrow.鈥�
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