Dr. Vishakha Desai: The World As Family
@ Hudson Hall, West Room
Dr. Vishakha N. Desai is Senior Advisor for Global Affairs to the President of Columbia University, Senior Research Scholar in Global Studies at its School of International and Public Affairs, and incoming Chair of the Committee on Global Thought. From 1990 to 2012 Dr. Desai held a variety of positions at the Asia Society, initially as the Director of the Asia Society Museum and for the last eight years as President and CEO. Under her leadership as President of the Asia Society, she expanded the Society’s reach in Asia through innovative programs and through the establishment of new centers in the region.
Dr. Desai is a Trustee of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and Chair of the Board of Trustees for AFS Intercultural Programs. She serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Teach For All, as well as the newly established KREA University, slated to be one of India’s top private Liberal Arts universities, and also serves on the Corporate Board of Mahindra & Mahindra, one of India’s largest global corporations. She has served as Vice Chair of the Advisory Board of the Smithsonian’s Asian Pacific American Center, and as the President of the Association of Art Museum Directors and has been on numerous other boards and advisory committees of not-for-profit organizations nationally and internationally.
In addition to several publications, Dr. Desai is also a frequent contributor to newspapers and magazines in both the US and Asia, and her forthcoming memoir, “World as Family: A story of Multi-rooted Belonging,” will be published by Columbia University press in early 2021.
Dr. Desai is the recipient of five honorary degrees and holds a B.A. in Political Science from Bombay University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Asian Art History from the University of Michigan.
Ticketing: Reserve
Seating: General Admission (Chairs)
Price: FREE
The “Hot Topics” Humanities Local Series of The Hudson Eye is co-organized by Operation Unite NY, and Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation with planning sessions year-round.
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PPE: PROVIDED.