Christiane Amanpour and James Rubin to Speak April 9

04/04/08

Christiane Amanpour, CNN international correspondent, and James Rubin, former assistant U.S. secretary of state, will speak at Ithaca College on Wednesday, April 9.

James Rubin and Christiane Amanpour
April 9, 2008
7:30 p.m., Ben Light Gymnasium, Hill Center

The Park Distinguished Visitor Series is made possible through the generosity of the Park Foundation. Past visitors have included journalist Bill Moyers, filmmaker Ken Burns, author and political satirist P. J. O'Rourke, president and CEO of the Public Broadcasting Service Pat Mitchell, and Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist Clarence Page.

James P. Rubin

James P. Rubin is currently an adjunct professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.

From May 2000 to December 2007, Rubin lived in London, working as a broadcaster, professor, commentator, and communications consultant. Most recently, from October 2005 to October 2007, he was international news anchor and world affairs commentator for Sky News.

Rubin served under President Clinton as assistant secretary of state for public affairs and as chief spokesman for the U.S. Department of State from 1997 to 2000. He was also a top policy adviser to secretary of state Madeleine K. Albright. He conducted daily on-camera briefings for the State Department press corps and represented the administration in print, radio, and television interviews regarding U.S. diplomatic, foreign economic, and national security policies. During the 2004 general presidential election, Rubin served as senior adviser for national security for John Kerry.

Christiane Amanpour

Christiane Amanpour is CNN's chief international correspondent, based in London. Amanpour has reported on crises from the world's many hotspots, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, Somalia, Rwanda, the Balkans, and, most recently, North Korea.

Her assignments range from exclusive interviews with numerous world leaders to reporting from the heart of war zones, for which she has received wide acclaim, particularly for her extensive coverage of the conflict in the Balkans.

Just prior to her appearance at Ithaca College, the Amanpour-hosted documentary series, CNN Presents: God's Warriors, won a Peabody Award from the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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