A Conversation with Josef Joffe

Friday, June 16, 2006
Speaker
Josef Joffe

Editor, Die Zeit; and author, Überpower: The Imperial Temptation of America

Presider
James Traub

Contributing Writer, The New York Times Magazine

John B. Hurford Memorial Lecture and The John B. Hurford Memorial Lecture

This meeting is the John B. Hurford Memorial Lecture.

12:15 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Meeting

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