Dr. Abiodun Williams is Professor of the Practice of International Politics at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and The Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University. He was also Director of the Institute for Global Leadership at Tufts University from 2017 to 2022. Previously, he held leadership positions at thinks tanks in the United States and Europe. From 2001 to 2007 Dr. Williams was Director of Strategic Planning to UN Secretaries-General Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-Moon. He gained valuable field operational experience, serving with the UN from 1994 to 2000 in peacekeeping operations in North Macedonia, Haiti, and Bosnia and Herzegovina in senior political and humanitarian roles. He has held faculty appointments at the National Defense University, the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and the University of Rochester. Dr. Williams has furthered his impact on international affairs and education through service on several boards. He served as Chair of the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS), and as a member of the UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Justice, the Group of Senior Experts of the UN’s Human Rights Up Front Initiative, the International Board of Directors of the United World Colleges, and the Lester Pearson UWC College Board of Trustees. He is the recipient of several awards including the Dr. Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award from Tufts University and the Constantine E. Maguire Medal from Georgetown University. He is the author or editor of five books, including Kofi Annan and Global Leadership at the United Nations.
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Boston Public Library - Rabb Lecture Hall
June Millington—guitarist and founding member of all-female rock band Fanny—will converse with Emm Gryner—independent singer/songwriter, bassist, and pianist—about Fanny, music, and activism. The main content will conclude with a musical performance. This program is part of the Boston Public Library's Lowell Lecture Series and their “Revolutionary Music: Music for Social Change” programmatic theme.
Boston Public Library - Rabb Lecture Hall
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