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Today, we continue with our series Knowledge Rising dedicated to listening to young changemakers. In episode 44, we are joined by Kristeena Monteith. Kris is the creative producer at Talk Up Yout, a suite of multi-media platforms, and executive producer of Talk Up Radio that gives Jamaican Youth a voice and focuses on tackling issues affecting young people. It’s also led, produced and driven by young people and after almost a decade of existence the platform is firmly identified with youth upliftment and empowerment. Not surprisingly, with her dynamism and as a leading activist, Kris was also chosen to be a class of 2018 UN Young Leader for the Sustainable Development Goals.  As a young person herself, Kris speaks on the importance and necessity of activating youth voice and shares the many ways she is using the Talk Up Yout platform to not only encourage young people to speak, but others to listen. Resources  Access the episode transcript here: https://bit.ly/3qb7XCR Learn more about Kris and her work: https://www.kristeenamonteith.com/  Learn more about Talk Up Yout and Talk Up Radio: https://www.talkupyout.com/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkUpYout  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkupyout/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/talkupyout  A special mention to Talk Up Radio’s other superstar co-producer, Andrica Rigg!  Youth and Organizations Mentioned  Kevaughn Ellis - Inner-city Development Youth Association (IDYA): https://www.instagram.com/innercitydya/  Chelsea Wright - Girls Who Know: https://www.instagram.com/girlswhoknowja/  Dainalyn Swaby - Global Yaadie: https://www.instagram.com/globalyaadie/  Najeeb "Jeeby Lyricist" Spence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2TarEMxFfk  Not mentioned:  Isheba Cornwall - Empower Youth Tees: https://www.instagram.com/empower_youth_tees/  Content  Speakers: Kris Monteith and Natalie Alexander  Host: Amy Smith  Editor/Producer: Karen Lee  Images: Kris Monteith  Graphics, social media designs and transcript: Karen Lee  Recorded & produced by the UN Library & Archives Geneva   

This episode introduces a key figure in the 19th century peace movement: the Austrian writer, activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Bertha von Suttner. Who was she, what did she work towards, and how does her contribution connect to our present day? Dr. Hope Elizabeth May, Professor of Philosophy and the Director of the Center for International Ethics at Central Michigan University, joins The Next Page to share more about Bertha and her current research as part of the Bertha von Suttner project.  This episode is a companion to the event held on 26 January 2021 at the UN Library and Archives Geneva, Bertha von Suttner: A Woman Ahead of Her Time, where Dr. May and Colin Wells (Project Manager of the Total Digital Access to the League of Nations Archives), explore her role as an activist and political thinker, her influence on the establishment of the  first multilateral institutions, and her action in favor of international peace.   In spite of her achievements, unthinkable for a woman of her time, many do not know about her work and life. This episode, as well as the online event, are designed as an introduction to her work and ideas. We hope you enjoy! Resources: Episode Transcript: https://bit.ly/39hdKkZ  To watch the replay of the online event, visit: https://bit.ly/2JZ1prQ  Explore resources about Bertha and the peace movement at the Library & Archives in this Research Guide on Bertha von Suttner: https://libraryresources.unog.ch/vonsuttner  Learn more about the Bertha von Suttner Project: https://www.berthavonsuttner.com/  Content Speaker: Dr. Hope Elizabeth May Host/Editor: Natalie Alexander Producer: Natalie Alexander Images: Dr. Hope Elizabeth May Social media designs and transcript: Karen Lee & Natalie Alexander Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva  

Technology has always been an integral part of our lives and our work, but the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted its role in many new ways. In episode 42, we are joined by Gabriele Balbi, Associate Professor in Media Studies at USI Università della Svizzera italiana. As an expert in media history, his work and research are also greatly connected with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), a specialized agency of the UN system. In this conversation, Professor Balbi speaks on the rich evolution and growth of global communications, looking at its history from the telegram to the Internet. He also defines the concept of techno-diplomacy, and further explains its role in multilateral collaboration and conversation. As we face rapid digitization and a "new normal", Professor Balbi also touches upon the new challenge of Zoom fatigue, and the need to balance our digital and physical worlds. We hope this episode brings you new insights and perspectives, not only to our present but equally to our past! About Professor Gabriele Balbi Learn more here: https://bit.ly/2XNe3xc Prof. Gabriele Balbi is Associate Professor in Media Studies at the Institute of Media and Journalism (IMeG), Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society, USI Università della Svizzera italiana (Switzerland). At this institution, he is also program director of the Bachelor in Communication, director of the China Media Observatory, vice director of the Institute of Media and Journalism. Furthermore, he is Chair of ECREA Communication History Section and International Liaisons Representative of the ICA Communication History Division. Prof. Balbi's research is focused on media studies with a historical and long-term perspective. His research is at the crossroads of media studies, the history of technology, media archaeology, Science and Technology Studies, the political economy of communication, and cultural studies. About the ITU ITU History Portal: https://bit.ly/3irH1Mv ITU's First 150 Years: https://bit.ly/3ioQep7 ITU Connect 2030 Agenda: https://bit.ly/39QOiSu Resources Episode transcript: https://bit.ly/3nSrPct History of the International Telecommunications Union: Transnational Techno-Diplomacy from the Telegraph to the Internet (Book): https://bit.ly/39XCXA7 Content Speakers: Professor Gabriele Balbi & Karen Lee Host/Editor: Karen Lee & Natalie Alexander Producer: Karen Lee Images: Gabriele Balbi Social media designs and transcript: Karen Lee  Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva    

Happy New Year to all of our listeners.  In Episode 41, our Director Francesco Pisano speaks with Dr. David Day, Professor of Psychology at Claremont McKenna College and Academic Director of the Kravis Leadership Institute. Are leaders born or made? What defines a leader, and how is the concept of leadership evolving as we question the type of leaders we need to meet our global challenges? As we make our way through the COVID-19 pandemic, what can we learn about being a leader? Dr. David Day, a leadership specialist, speaks on the need for three-dimensional leaders, the difference between leader development and leadership development, and looks to the future and what the next generation of leaders might look like.  In a time where creative, collaborative, and courageous leadership is essential, Dr. David Day encourages us all to be leaders – in any capacity in which we serve.  About Dr. David Day David Day, Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychology at Claremont McKenna College and Academic Director of the Kravis Leadership Institute, Steven L. Eggert ‘82 P'15 Professor of Leadership and George R. Roberts Fellow. Previously he was Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Woodside Chair in Leadership and Management at The University of Western Australia Business School. Resources Kravis Leadership Institute: https://www.kravisleadershipinstitute.org/ Episode Transcript: https://bit.ly/2KKytnh Content Speakers: Dr. David Day & Francesco Pisano Host/Editor: Natalie Alexander & Karen Lee Producer: Karen Lee Images: The Kravis Leadership Institute Social media designs and transcript: Karen Lee  Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva  

Dans cet épisode de The Next Page, Blandine Blukacz-Louisfert, Cheffe de la Section de la Mémoire institutionnelle à la Bibliothèque&Archives des Nations Unies à Genève, accueille le professeur Bertrand Badie pour parler de son dernier livre Inter-socialités - Le monde n'est plus géopolitique.  Professeur à Science Po Paris, le professeur Badie est un des spécialistes français des relations internationales les plus connus et reconnus. Auteur de nombreuses publications, ses domaines de recherches portent sur la sociologie des relations internationales, les droits de l'homme et le multilatéralisme.  Dans ce podcast, le professeur Badie explique comment le concept d’« inter-socialité » peut nous permettre de mieux comprendre le monde dans lequel nous vivons aujourd’hui. En effet, en examinant les dynamiques du système international d’un point de vue inédit, cet épisode de The Next Page nous amène à réfléchir sur la relation entre le politique et le social, le rôle de la notion de puissance dans les relations internationales, la place de l’Etat dans un monde westphalien de plus en plus contesté, et les transformations provoquées par la mondialisation.  Cet épisode est également l’occasion pour entendre le professeur Badie sur sa vision du multilatéralisme. Pour lui, le multilatéralisme du futur doit évoluer en s’inspirant de l’histoire, notamment de la notion de solidarité sociale internationale conceptualisée par Léon Bourgeois, un des pères fondateurs de la Société des Nations et lauréat du prix Nobel de la paix en 1920.  Ressources/Liens Inter-socialités - Le monde n'est plus géopolitique: https://bit.ly/2WoAhF7 Bertrand Badie est aussi auteur de nombreux articles scientifiques, contributions et ouvrages comme New perspectives on the international order : no longer alone in this world et Nouvelles guerres : comprendre les conflits du XXIe siècle. N’hésitez pas à consulter notre base de données pour avoir accès aux publications disponibles à la Bibliothèque&Archives des Nations Unies à Genève: https://libraryresources.unog.ch/tools Contenu: Intervenant(e)s: Professeur Bertrand Badie & Blandine Blukacz-Louisfert Animateur: Pierre-Étienne Bourneuf Réalisation et montage: Karen Lee Image: Citoyens du Monde / Éditions la Découverte  Enregistré et produit à la Bibliothèque des Nations Unies à Genève

In this brief English addition to Episode 40 – originally recorded in French – Blandine Blukacz-Louisfert, Chief of the Institutional Memory Section at the United Nations Library&Archives Geneva speaks with Professor Bertrand Badie, a French political scientist and emeritus professor at Sciences Po Paris. In this short summary of the conversation, Professor Badie captures the essence of his new book, Inter-socialités: le monde n’est plus géopolitique. In his book, he argues that international relations have become inter-social rather than geo-political.   Resources  Learn more about Professor Bertrand Badie's new book Inter-socialités - Le monde n'est plus géopolitique: https://bit.ly/2WoAhF7 Read the transcript here: https://libraryresources.unog.ch/c.php?g=673332&p=4880979&t=16152 Access the UN Library&Archives Geneva research guides and resources here: https://libraryresources.unog.ch/tools Content Speakers: Professor Bertrand Badie & Blandine Blukacz-Louisfert Host/Editor: Pierre-Étienne Bourneuf Producer: Karen Lee Images: Citoyens du Monde / Éditions la Découverte  Social media designs and transcript: Karen Lee  Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library&Archives Geneva

In episode 39, we continue our exploration of multilateralism by looking at the challenges of multilateralism and discussing Professor Kathryn Lavelle’s new book on that topic. Kathryn Lavelle is the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor in World Affairs at the Department of Political Affairs at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, where she has worked for the past eighteen years. Professor Lavelle is a permanent member of the New York Council on Foreign Relations and is a global fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars in its Global Europe programme. She also serves as a member of the editorial review board of the UNCTAD journal Transnational Corporations. In this conversation with Francesco Pisano, Director of the Library & Archives, Kathryn Lavelle takes us on a journey through her book The Challenges of Multilateralism. Starting with the historical context in which multilateralism emerged and the creation of major problem-solving organizations, she points to how the perception of multilateralism has changed over time. She highlights some of the challenges and the dynamic progress from which these arise, before they move on to discuss International Organizations and what the multilateralism may look like in the future. Professor Lavelle’s book is an accessible read for anyone interested in global development, public health, the environment, trade, international finance, humanitarian law and security studies.   Resources  Learn more about Professor Kathryn Lavelle's new book The Challenges of Multilateralism: https://bit.ly/37Mol5j Read the transcript here: https://bit.ly/3m1FTj0 The Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/ Graduate Institute Geneva: https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/home.html Arctic Circle Assembly: http://www.arcticcircle.org/ Content Speakers: Professor Kathryn Lavelle & Francesco Pisano Host/Editor: Amy Smith  Producer: Karen Lee Images: Courtesy of Kathryn Lavelle Social media designs and transcript: Karen Lee  Recorded & produced at the Library & Archives UN Geneva

Today, we continue with our Knowledge Rising Series dedicated to conversations with young activists, knowledge-shapers and change-makers. In episode 38, we are joined by Carla McKirdy and Klas Moldéus, members of Young UN: Agents for Change. Established in 2016, Young UN is a cross-UN, global and inclusive network with more than 2,000 members across UN entities in over 80 duty stations. A voluntary and decentralized global network, Young UN fosters a space to catalyze, amplify and accelerate change by crowdsourcing ideas, driving innovation and advocating for cultural change for UN values and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from the bottom-up. Carla and Klas speak on the values of the Young UN network and their ongoing mission to create a space where innovation and new ideas are encouraged and developed. The two also speak on bridging the gap between Young UN and the mechanisms of the larger international bureaucracy of the United Nations, and the continuous ways they are collaborating and conversing with many different parts of the organization. Just as “Agents for Change” is the network’s motto, Carla and Klas also emphasize the importance of embodying these very words themselves, in their everyday. As young professionals, and young UN staff members, they continue to work towards a shared vision of a UN that fully embodies the principles it stands for. About Carla McKirdy Carla has years of experience in communications and advocacy, encompassing journalism, content marketing, knowledge management and multimedia production in both the private and public sectors. Carla has worked for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In addition, she has worked for the Department of Global Communications (DGC) in New York, United States, the United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials (UNAKRT) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands in different capacities. Currently, she is working at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), as the Associate Public Information Officer on the Young Professionals Programme (YPP). About Klas Moldéus Klas Moldéus is working with United Nations Water based in Geneva, Switzerland. Having grown up in Sweden, he has since led sustainable development and startup initiatives in countries including Myanmar, Kenya and Ethiopia. Klas Moldéus is a passionate advocate for sustainable development and innovation, and as part of the Young UN network he has contributed to several initiatives promoting environmental sustainability, bottom-up approaches and driving innovation at the UN. Resources  Learn more about Young UN: http://www.young-un.org/ Read the transcript here: https://bit.ly/364KLit Content Speakers: Klas Moldéus & Carla McKirdy Host/Editor: Natalie Alexander  Producer: Karen Lee Images: Photos by Klas Moldéus / Carla McKirdy Social media designs and transcript: Karen Lee  Recorded & produced at the UN Geneva Library & Archives     

Episode 37 brings you a philosophical view on global cooperation, multilateralism and diversity. We speak with Professor Souleymane Bachir Diagne, a Senegalese philosopher who is currently the Director of the Institute of African Studies, as well as Professor of French and of Philosophy at Columbia University in the City of New York.  In this conversation, Professor Diagne shares the need to replenish pluralism and diversity in the practice of philosophy today, and to understand the bridges that have connected the philosophies of the world throughout history. He also reflects on global languages, and how each language itself brings a perspective on the world that tests the universality of our own thinking.   We also touch upon philosophy in our daily lives - how can the principles of philosophy help us to face our common global challenges, including the climate crisis and pandemics? He shares the philosophical concepts he believes are critical to restitute in order to move forward together.  We hope this episode brings you food for thought and action.  Resources  Learn more about Professor Souleymane Diagne: https://french.columbia.edu/content/souleymane-bachir-diagne Find out about Professor Diagne’s books and publications: https://french.columbia.edu/content/diagne Read the transcript here: https://bit.ly/2Hf94AK Content Speaker: Professor Souleymane Bachir Diagne Host/Editor: Natalie Alexander  Producer: Karen Lee Images: Photo by Charlotte Force / Columbia University in the City of New York.  Social media designs and transcript: Karen Lee  Recorded & produced at the UN Geneva Library & Archives 

While we cannot travel much these days, as we work together through COVID-19, we hope this story will take you on a bit of a journey! Our colleagues Gudrun Beger and Colin Wells, from the Institutional Memory Section at the UN Geneva Library & Archives, join us for a special look into the League of Nations Archives.  Gudrun is Team Analyst and Colin is Project Manager for the LONTAD Project, the Total Digital Access to the League of Nations Archives Project, which upon completion will ensure free access online to, as well as the digital and physical preservation of, the entire archives of the League of Nations. For this conversation, Gudrun shares a brief history of The World’s Most Traveled Document: our passports and travel IDs. As part of the team working recently on the processing of the Mixed Archival Nansen Fond, they came across examples of some of the very first modern passports and travel IDs issued. Colin also shares some analysis about what we can find in the Archives on these documents, as well as the importance of the Archives collection to our understanding today of our history, the work of the League and some its lasting impacts, and multilateralism as it evolves and moves forward.   Resources and Episode Materials  The Total Digital Access to the League of Nations Archives Project (LONTAD) will ensure state-of-the-art free online access and the digital and physical preservation of the entirety of the archives of the League of Nations (1920-1946), the first global intergovernmental organization aiming to establish international peace and cooperation, and the predecessor of the United Nations. The League of Nations Archives have been registered since 2009 on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register. Find out more here: https://lontad-project.unog.ch/ The LONTAD Project Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Digital_Access_to_the_League_of_Nations_Archives_Project  Learn more about the United Nations Archives at Geneva: https://bit.ly/2WZQuRH Find us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/UNOGLibrary and https://twitter.com/lontadinho  More on the dried bananas mentioned in the episode: the dried bananas were initially sent by a producer of banana flour to the Economic and Financial Section of the League, with a request to include the item in the new unified customs nomenclature. See a photo of the dried bananas below! Images and Credits Dried bananas, found in the League of Nations Archives (United Nations Archives at Geneva).   Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian polar explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace prize laureate. (Wikimedia Commons: Henry Van der Weyd)     Nansen certificate issued in France as an international substitute for a passport, part of the League of Nations Archives (United Nations Archives at Geneva).     Passport of a Russian refugee (Konstantin Wlassoff-Klass) containing numerous German stamps, part of the League of Nations Archives (United Nations Archives at Geneva). Content: Speakers: Gudrun Beger, Colin Wells and Stefan Vukotic. Host & Editor/Producer: Natalie Alexander. Images: United Nations Archives at Geneva (see images for more information). Sound effects: Via Envato Market (Belle Epoque Waltz and WWI Battle Ambience), Soviet March by Shane Ivers (https://www.silvermansound.com) and World of Brothers Allegretto by Dee Yan-Kee). Recorded & produced by the UN Geneva Library & Archives.