Interview with SAfm, South African Radio
Sunday August 24, 13.00 GMT, 14.00 South African time
SAfm’s popular Sunday book show interviews Elizabeth about The Wisdom of Whores. For more info, see here
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Presentation at United Nations Symposium on AIDS in Africa
Tuesday, September 9
United Nations, New York
Elizabeth will examine the interaction between HIV prevention and treatment in an era of rapidly expanding access to antiretroviral therapy, in a talk entitled “Reconsidering Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS”. The presentation is part of an all-day symposium, “The Social and Economic Dimensions of HIV/AIDS in Africa”, which is part of the United Nations University-Cornell Africa Series.
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Talk at the UNC Chapel Hill
September 10, 2008
Elizabeth will give a talk in the “AIDS Narratives” series at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, School of Public Health
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Epidemiology Masterclass, Oxford University
September 22, 2008
“Of prostitutes, policemen and politicians.” A masterclass in the Global Public Health series, this discussion will focus on the challenges of conducting good research in challenging conditions, and in translating data into policies that improve lives.
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Talk at the Alternative Book Fair, Antwerp
October 4, 2008
Antwerp, Belgium
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Talk at the Ubud Writers’ and Readers’ Festival
October 14 - 19, 2008
Bali, Indonesia
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Talk at the Harvard School of Public Health
Monday November 3, 2008
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
“Public Health Prostitutes: Selling HIV programmes to the highest bidder?”
A talk about the incentives that distort evidence-based policy in HIV prevention.
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Presentation, World Bank
Tuesday November 4, 2008 (TBC)
Elizabeth will speak in a plenary session on Risk and Decision-making at the World Bank’s Human Development Forum
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Lecture at the London School of Economics
Thursday November 6, 2008
London School of Economics
In a series of public policy lectures co-sponsored by the Department for International Development, Elizabeth will give a talk entitled “Time to slaughter some Sacred Cows? Confronting failure in the war on HIV/AIDS”
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Talk at the Royal Institution, Shaping Science Students’ Conference
Friday November 7, 2008
Royal Institution, London Elizabeth will talk to 6th form students about the practicalities of researching risk behaviour and infectious disease among sex workers and drug addicts in developing countries. She will describe how science gets communicated to politicians and the public, and how it gets translated into policies that affect all of our lives.
More information here.
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Talk at Waterstone’s Bookshop, Gower Street, London
Wednesday November 12, 2008
Waterstone’s, 82 Gower Street, London
Elizabeth will talk about the hiccups involved in writing, and selling, a book that is about death, taxation and statistics, and that is also a damned good laugh.
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Lecture at Harvard School of Medicine
Tuesday December 2, 2008
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
“Has George Bush made whores of us all?”
A talk about how pussyfooting, politics and pursestrings have undermined the world’s response to HIV.
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Lecture at the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton
Wednesday December 3, 2008
Princeton, NJ
“The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels and the Business of AIDS”
PAST EVENTS
Discussion on NPR’s Fresh Air radio programme
Monday, June 9. Broadcast time varies by time zone
Elizabeth will discuss The Wisdom of Whores and some of the issues raised in the book on Fresh Air, NPR’s wonderful arts and discussion programme.
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Interview on Newshour, BBC World Service
Tuesday, June 10. 1200 GMT
As heads of state and ministers gather at the United Nations to review the progress made in containing AIDS, Elizabeth speaks to the BBC’s leading current affairs programme about success, failure and future challenges.
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Reading and discussion at Book Culture in New York
Thursday, June 12, 7:00 PM
536 West 112 Street, New York City, NY 10025
Elizabeth will talk about: “Sexing up without dumbing down — how to communicate good science to bad politicians.” She’ll read from her book to illustrate how this can be done (and how not to do it) and answer questions.
More information from Book Culture
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Discussion at the Center for Global Development, Washington DC
Friday, June 13. 12:30 - 2pm
Elizabeth will provoke a discussion with a short talk entitled:
“Selling ourselves to the highest bidder: Have distorted incentives in the AIDS industry made whores of us all?”
She expects to learn a lot from colleagues at CGD.
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Talk at USAID
Monday, June 16. 10 am
Ronald Reagan Building
Washington, D.C.
Elizabeth looks forward to meeting USAID staff and former colleagues. She’ll give a talk entitled:
“People do dumb things for fun: deal with it! A re-evaluation of HIV prevention priorities in the developing world” and expects a lively discussion afterwards.
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Talk at the World Bank
Monday, June 16, 12:00 PM
1818 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20433 USA
Room# MC 10-100
Elizabeth will give a talk about the interactions between HIV treatment and prevention, and hopes for debate.
“Treating our way into trouble? The importance of HIV prevention in an age of ARVs”
The World Bank welcomes allcomers to this talk, but security passes must be arranged so that you can get in. If you you’d like to come along, please e-mail Ndella Njie (nnjie@worldbank.org) by Friday June 14 to confirm your attendance and request a pass.
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Town Hall Discussion at the University of California, San Francisco
Tuesday June 17, 12.00 - 13.00
50 Beale Street, Suite 1300
San Francisco, CA 94105
The Center for AIDS Prevention Studies has invited Elizabeth to lead a discussion with a talk entitled:
Time to slaughter some sacred cows? A fresh look at why we’re failing
in HIV prevention
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Graduate seminar: Of prostitutes, politicians and policemen: How the real world gets in the way of understanding HIV
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Reading and discussion at Cody’s Books in Berkeley
Wednesday, June 18, 7:00 PM
2201 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA
Elizabeth will read from the Wisdom of Whores, and discuss issues raised in the book with the audience.
More information from Cody’s Books
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Reading and discussion at Book Soup in LA
Saturday, June 21, 5:00 PM
8818 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Reading from The Wisdom of Whores and public discussion.
More information from Book Soup
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Talk at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle
Monday June 23, 12.00 pm
Seattle, WA 98102
The HIV division of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have invited Elizabeth to discuss issues raised in The Wisdom of Whores. She’s likely to focus on the difference that independent donors could make in refocusing HIV prevention on things that work.
THIS TALK IS OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION ONLY
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Talk at Path, Seattle
Tuesday June 24, 12.00 pm
1455 NW Leary Way
Seattle, WA
Path is an NGO that describes itself as a catalyst for global health. Elizabeth will talk about catalysing a more effective response to HIV through incentives that reduce the spread of the virus rather than supporting that spread.
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Interview with Susie Bright
Friday, July 25
The fabulous Susie Bright interviews Elizabeth. Can you tell which of the two has had a couple of glasses of wine?
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Here on Earth: Interview with Wisconsin Public Radio
Tuesday, July 29, 3PM US Central Time, 2100 GMT
Live interview with the always-interesting Here on Earth crew.
CBC’s The Current interviews Elizabeth
Friday, August 1, 13.30 GMT, 08.30 EST
The delicious Mike Finnerty interviews Elizabeth ahead of the Mexico AIDS Conference for Canadian Broadcasting’s headline Current Affairs programme, The Current.
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Here on Earth: Interview with Wisconsin Public Radio
Tuesday, July 29, 3PM US Central Time, 2100 GMT
Live interview with the always-interesting Here on Earth crew.
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Panel discussion at the Mexico AIDS conference: Religion
Sunday, August 3, 9.00 AM - 11.00 AM
Elizabeth will be a discussant in the session “Faith in Action on the Margins”
Venue: Session Room 7
This session attempts to highlight the scope of what Faith Based Organizations (FBOs) are doing and to present some examples of innovative work with marginalised populations.
Presentation at the Mexico AIDS conference: Surveillance
Monday, August 4, 14.30 - 16.00
“Measuring the epidemic: What’s the point?”
Venue: Session Room 2
The session, “Methods to understand and track epidemics and measure results”, looks at progress in measuring the spread of HIV, the factors driving its spread, and the effectiveness of prevention and care programmes. Elizabeth’s presentation will examine why better information systems so rarely lead to better HIV prevention programmes.
Special session at the Mexico AIDS conference: Conversation with Elizabeth Pisani
Monday, August 4, 18.30 - 20.00
A special session to discuss issues raised in Elizabeth’s book, The Wisdom of Whores.
Venue: Hotel Camino Real Mexico, Guanajuato Room.
For a map and more information about the session, click here
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Talk at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Monday August 18, 2.30 PM
Pepper’s Theatre
Elizabeth will discuss how good intentions can have bad outcomes with Giles Bolton, author of “Poor Story” and former employee of Britain’s national development agency, DfID.
More information
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