Join us for Havdalah at 7:00 pm, followed by light refreshments. At 7:30 pm, we will welcome Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat for our annual Schlesinger Law Lecture. Ambassador Eizenstat will discuss his new book, The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements that Changed the World, and America’s most significant and consequential negotiations over the past fifty years.

Ambassador Eizenstat is a former top White House aide, U.S. ambassador, undersecretary of state, and deputy secretary of the treasury who has served in six presidential administrations, played a leading role himself in several of these negotiations, and personally interviewed more than 125 U.S. and international leaders. He has a 360-degree view of international negotiations at the highest level. Eizenstat brings to life the personalities, issues, obstacles, and dramatic breakthroughs that have created the world we live in today. He shows how the United States has been the indispensable leader: sometimes as a direct negotiator seeking a desired outcome; sometimes as a mediator between contesting parties; sometimes wielding military force to achieve a political goal; and sometimes as an advocate for global cooperation on issues like international trade and climate change.

Registration encouraged, but not required.