Laura Silber

Laura Silber is Director of Public Affairs at the Open Society Institute, where she runs the Communications department and works with the Soros foundations network to promote advocacy issues. Since 2007 she has been an adjunct professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. [ [http://sipa.columbia.edu Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs] ]

Prior to joining OSI in 2000, Ms. Silber was a contributing writer at "Talk" magazine. She covered the United Nations for the "Financial Times" from 1997-1999. She was also a visiting scholar at the Remarque Institute at New York University. From 1990-1997, she was the Balkans correspondent for the "Financial Times" and covered Yugoslavia's violent disintegration.

She is the co-author, with Allan Little, of the critically acclaimed "Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation" (published as "The Death of Yugoslavia" outside of the United States), which was selected for the "New York Times" notable book list. She was a consultant to the accompanying television documentary series, which among other awards won the BAFTA, duPont Gold Baton and Peabody Prize. She has contributed to a wide range of publications including "The New York Times", "The Washington Post", "The Los Angeles Times" and "The New York Review of Books".

Ms. Silber was a Fulbright Scholar in Yugoslavia and received a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University and a B.A. from Carleton College.

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* [http://www.soros.org/Open Society Institute]
* [http://www.nyu.edu/pages/remarque/ Remarque Institute]