Christiane Amanpour, CNN’s chief international correspondent and anchor of the network's award-winning global affairs program, “Amanpour,” will give the 2015-16 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture on April 13, 5-6:30 p.m. at Korn Convocation Hall, UCLA Anderson School of Management. The annual lecture is sponsored by the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations and the Daniel Pearl Foundation.
Amanpour’s career in journalism spans three decades, 18 of them as an international correspondent reporting on all the major crises from the world’s many hotspots, including the Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan, including Iraq, Afghanistan, the Palestinian territories, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, Somalia, Rwanda, the Balkans and the United States during Hurricane Katrina. She has interviewed most of the top world leaders over the past two decades and has received every major broadcast award, including an inaugural Television Academy Award, 10 news and documentary Emmys and four George Foster Peabody Awards.
In 2007, Amanpour was made a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II for her “highly distinguished, innovative contribution” to the field of journalism. In 1998, the City of Sarajevo named her an honorary citizen for her “personal contribution to spreading the truth” during the Bosnia war from 1992 to 1995. Amanpour graduated summa cum laude from the University of Rhode Island with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and has received nine honorary doctoral degrees.
In sponsoring the Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture Series, the Burkle Center celebrates the memory of Pearl as a prominent journalist who dedicated his life to bringing joy and understanding to the world. Past presenters have included David Remnick of The New Yorker, Leon Wieseltier of The New Republic, Christopher Hitchens, CNN's Anderson Cooper, Daniel Schorr of NPR and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Reservations are required and are now being accepted. Please note that this event is restricted to UCLA faculty, staff and students. A valid UCLA ID will be required upon check-in. Visit the website to RSVP and find detailed guidelines for guests.
