Special Event

  Since 2018, Brian has developed innovative watershed management plans for streams in the Susquehanna Valley, as part of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Pennsylvania Science Team. He specializes in integrating advanced modeling, remote sensing, and geospatial techniques into community-driven environmental planning. Prior to joining CBF, Brian has done related work in Pennsylvania, California, Massachusetts, and […]

The Tennessee World Affairs Council in collaboration with the World Affairs Council of Greater Reading is offering An International Careers Panel via Zoom at 12:30 - 2:00 Eastern Time on Wednesday April 3, 2024. Do you wonder what jobs and careers there are in International affairs? There is more than you think. Every Fall and […]

VIRTUAL EVENT 12:00 NOON APRIL 10TH Mr. Witman will review the 4,000  year history of the region, expanding upon the well-received presentation he made as part of the panel discussion on the current Palestinian and Israeli conflict hosted by the World Affairs Council of Greater Reading January 17, 2024 at the McGlinn Conference and Spirituality […]

This is a zoom presentation Jaymi Smith graduated from Penn State Berks with a degree in Global Studies in Spring 2023. Currently, she is serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Timor-Leste, a small island in Southeast Asia. In her presentation, she will share her experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer, including what it's like […]

Michael E. O’Hanlon is a senior fellow and director of research in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution, where he specializes in U.S. defense strategy, the use of military force, and American national security policy. He directs the Strobe Talbott Center on Security, Strategy and Technology, as well as the Defense Industrial Base working group, […]

This will be a virtual event. Professor of national security affairs, Terrence Roehrig has been a research fellow at the Kennedy School at Harvard University in the International Security Program and the Project on Managing the Atom. He is a non-resident expert at the Center for Korean Legal Studies at Columbia University. He has published […]

Narges Bajoghli (pronounced: Nar-guess Baa-jogh-lee) is a scholar, public intellectual, and award-winning author whose work explores the intersections of media, power, and resistance in global politics. She serves as the Faculty Lead of  Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and is the co-director of the Rethinking Iran Initiative. Narges is also the […]

The Greater Reading World Affairs Council’s local AWQ competition is scheduled for March 11th, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Schmidt Training and Technology Center at Reading Area Community College. Ten Berks County school districts (Antietam, Boyertown, Conrad Weiser, Governor Mifflin, Exeter, Muhlenberg, Schuylkill Valley, Twin Valley, Wilson, Wyomissing) ten advisors and eighty-nine […]