Aspen New York Book Series

The Aspen New York Book Series, co-sponsored by the Aspen Institute and Aspen Words, features literary offering including memoirs, essays, short story collections, and novels. The current series has featured authors Gail Sheehy discussing the Art of the Memoir, and Lev Grossman, Hannah Tinti, Mark Thompkins discussing the Art of World Building.

 

 

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Events Across the Institute

Socrates 2025 New Zealand Seminar

Join us for this exclusive Critical Conversation, moderated by Vivian Schiller, internationally renowned former media executive, current Aspen Institute Vice President and Executive Director of Aspen Digital. ‘Will We Ever Trust the News Again’ will examine the challenges facing the industry – and crucially, the promising paths towards a solution.

December 8th – 10th, 2025

2025 Aspen Cyber Summit

Join us in celebrating 10 years of dialogue at the 2025 Aspen Cyber Summit in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, November 18.

November 18th, 2025 9am-5pm

Socrates Montenegro Seminar

Organized in partnership with Aspen Institute Germany and Aspen Institute Romania, the first-ever Socrates seminar in Montenegro will bring together leaders to explore the challenges of democratic backsliding, the importance of rule of law, and the essence of values-based leadership.

November 17th – 19th, 2025

Policy 101

Join the Aspen Policy Academy to learn the basics of the policy process in this 1-hour webinar.

October 8th, 2025 11am-12pm

The Aspen Executive Seminar on Leadership, Values, and the Good Society – October 2025

The Aspen Institute’s signature seminar on Leadership, Values, and the Good Society.

October 4th – 10th, 2025

How to Tell Governments What You Think

Learn how to tell government actors what you think about their ideas in this 1-hour webinar.

September 24th, 2025 9-10am

Rising Civic AI Leaders

A program providing recent tech-to-government civic AI leaders with the knowledge, tools, and support to navigate government processes.

September 18th, 2025 12:00am – November 20th, 2025 12:00am

The Aspen Executive Seminar on Leadership, Values, and the Good Society – September 2025

The Aspen Institute’s signature seminar on Leadership, Values, and the Good Society.

September 13th – 19th, 2025