Evgeny Morozov, Yahoo!’s 2010 Georgetown Fellow, will be speaking at a seminar (co-sponsored by Yahoo!) on the Internet, free expression and authoritarian regimes. If you will be in the DC area on the 17th, please see below for more details and to RSVP.

Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Diplomacy

and the Mortara Center invite you to

THE INTERNET, FREE EXPRESSION AND AUTHORITARIANISM

Please join us to discuss the evolving nature of authoritarianism in the age of social media and digital communications. Our speakers will assess the impact of new communication technology on regime stability, free expression and civic engagement, and discuss the changing political environments in Russia, China, and Iran.

2:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Tuesday, November 17th 2009

Mortara Center

3601 N. St. NW

Washington, DC

Click here to RSVP

Session I:         2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Evgeny Morozov

Yahoo! Fellow at Georgetown University

Coffee Break

Session II:        3:30 – 5:00 PM

Andrew Carvin

Senior Strategist, Social Media Desk, National Public Radio

Arvind Ganesan

Director of Business and Human Rights, Human Rights Watch

Shanthi Kalathil

Co-author, Open Networks, Closed Regimes: The Impact of the Internet on

Authoritarian Rule

Marc Lynch

Professor, The George Washington University

This program is sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy and the Mortara Center for International Studies at Georgetown University, with the generous support of the Schott Foundation and Yahoo!