Ежегодно Посольство США в Кыргызской Республике приглашает специалиста из штатов. В этом году они приурочили данное событие к BarCamp Central Asia 2008.
Недавно стало известно, что посольство обеспечит приезд Amar C. Bakshi на наше мероприятие.
BIOGRAPHY
Amar C. Bakshi spent the past year reporting for the online editions of The Washington Post and Newsweek, traveling around the world looking at how America impacts ordinary lives in a dozen countries. He posted text and video daily at www.washingtonpost.com/america.
Before launching How the World Sees America, Amar worked with David Ignatius and Fareed Zakaria as the first editor of PostGlobal, an international affairs forum. Amar is also the founder of Aina Arts, a nonprofit organization connecting local artisans with schools in the developing world, and was the associate managing editor of the Oxford International Review. He graduated from Harvard, writing his thesis on media propaganda in Zimbabwe.
Amar speaks widely on public diplomacy, public opinion, new media, the future of journalism, and America’s image in the world at universities across the United States, think tanks, and on international TV and radio, including CPSAN, BBC and NPR.
RECENT SPEECHES & PRESS
Think Tanks & TV
The New America Foundation (CSPAN)
Close Up at The Newseum (CSPAN)
Foreign Service Executive Leadership Institute
Foreign Service Public Diplomacy
CNN, Turkey
Partnership for a Secure America
Universities
Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs
Berkeley School of Journalism
Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
University of California, Los Angeles
The New School University
University of Maryland
George Washington University
American University
Franklin College
Radio
Air America “The Lionel Show”
WGN Chicago “The John Warner Show”
WBEZ “Worldview”
WBAI “WakeUp Call”
WNUR “Feedback”
UCLA Radio “The Diplomat”
SELECT POSTS
India: Inside and Indian Madrassa: Peacefully Awaiting America’s Fall
Pakistan: Drag Queen Defies U.S.
Philippines: Child of a Filipina Prostitute: “The Dirt of the Americans”
Lebanon: Lebanon’s Hip-Hop Struggle
Turkey: Metal Storm: Imagining U.S.-Turkey War
Venezuela: General Fortifies Venezuela Against the U.S.
See all of South Korea, Israel, Palestine, England, and Mexico at:
www.washingtonpost.com/america
“Fascinating and groundbreaking.”
- Fareed Zakaria
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