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SUMMARY:Experience as a Peace Corps Volunteer in E. Timor with Jaymi Smith
DESCRIPTION:This is a zoom presentation \nJaymi 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. \nIn her presentation\, she will share her experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer\, including what it’s like to live and work in a completely different culture\, the challenges and rewards of living in a less developed country\, and the important lessons she has learned about herself along the way. She will also introduce you to the rich culture and history of Timor-Leste\, a place many may not yet be familiar with. \nIf you have ever considered becoming a volunteer or are simply interested in the process and experiences of a Peace Corps volunteer\, we invite you to join Jaymi for this presentation.  She looks forward to sharing her journey. \nThis is a virtual presentation co-sponsored with Penn State Berks. \nClick here to register for this event now.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/experience-as-a-peace-corps-volunteer-in-e-timor-with-jamie-smith/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:The Palestinian and Israeli Conflict: An Historical Perspective with Tod Witman
DESCRIPTION:VIRTUAL EVENT 12:00 NOON APRIL 10TH \nMr. 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 Center\, Alvernia University. \nTod Witman is a 32 year veteran educator in Berks County’s public schools\, with the last 21 served at Schuylkill Valley High School.  He is a longtime teacher of Advanced Placement World History and World Cultures courses and has taught almost every Social Studies course offered at SVHS.  He has participated in multiple highly selective institutes designed for high school history teachers\, including several from the Foreign Policy Association in New York City and the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia.  These range in topics from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to Iran’s interactions with the West to Russia’s foreign policy aspirations since the collapse of The Soviet Union.  In addition to teaching high school history\, he is a scoring leader for the College Board’s annual AP World History Reading.  He has also served as an AP World History consultant for the College Board and the National Math and Science Initiative via a program that delivers Advanced Placement content to traditionally underserved student populations in New York City.  He founded the World Affairs Club and Model UN Team at Schuylkill Valley High School and has worked closely with the World Affairs Council of Greater Reading to bring international learning opportunities to students across Berks County. \nThis event will be held VIRTUALLY at 12:00 Noon April 10th.\nClick here to register for this event now.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/the-palestinian-and-israeli-conflict-an-historical-perspective-with-tod-witman/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
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SUMMARY:International Careers Panel for College Students sponsored by WAC of Tennessee and WAC of Greater Reading
DESCRIPTION: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. \nDo you wonder what jobs and careers there are in International affairs? There is more than you think. Every Fall and Spring\, the World Affairs Council of TN assembles diplomats\, business peoples\, NGO officials\, returned Peace Corp volunteers  and more to talk about their experiences and insights and to answer your questions at this very popular panel. Topics for discussion include opportunities for internships\, the transition between school and work\, advise for career paths\, and hard and soft skills needed for current and future careers. \nThis Program is free for students. Click here or go to www.tnwac.org web site to register. \nPlease note that Tennessee is in the Central Time Zone and we are in the Eastern Time Zone. Tennessee’s start time for this program is 11:30 AM. Start time for WAC Reading is 12:30 PM Eastern Time.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/international-careers-panel-for-college-students-sponsored-by-wac-of-tennessee-and-wac-of-greater-reading/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:The Chesapeake Bay Estuary with Brian Gish
DESCRIPTION:  \nSince 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 Germany\, with professional experience in both the public and private sectors. He holds an undergraduate degree in Environmental Geography from Johns Hopkins University and a graduate degree in Environmental Planning from the University of Pennsylvania. A twelfth generation Lancastrian\, in his spare time\, Brian enjoys making furniture\, hiking\, and pursuing wild trout in the Commonwealth’s many rivers and streams. \nThis event will be held at 12:00 noon on February 14th at the McGlinn Conference Center\nClick here to register for this event now.\nDEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS FEBRUARY 7TH
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/the-chesapeake-bay-estuary/
LOCATION:McGlinn Conference Center\, 460 Saint Bernardine Street\, Reading\, PA\, 19607\, United States
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SUMMARY:Understanding the Current Palestinian and Israeli Conflict
DESCRIPTION:The World Affairs Council of Greater Reading will hold a moderated panel discussion Wednesday\, January 17\, 2024\, 4:30-5:30 p.m. at the McGlinn Conference Center\, Alvernia University\, 460 Saint Bernadine Street\, Reading\, PA. Educator Tod D. Witman will review the long 4\,000 year history of the area followed in succeeding order by Brian Chartock\, Chief Executive Officer\, the Jewish Federation of Reading and Rubina Tareen\, Outreach Coordinator\, the Islamic Center of Reading. The three panelist each will have 8-10 minutes to present followed by question and answer with the audience. \nThis event will be held at 4:30pm on January 17th at the McGlinn Conference Center and simulcast via Zoom Webinar\nRegister to attend live at the McGlinn Conference Center\n– OR –\nAttend the Zoom Webinar Virtually \nThere is no charge to attend.\nThere will be a free-will offering at the event for those who wish to contribute.\nRegistration is strongly encouraged.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/understanding-the-current-palestinian-and-israeli-conflict/
LOCATION:McGlinn Conference Center\, 460 Saint Bernardine Street\, Reading\, PA\, 19607\, United States
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SUMMARY:43rd Annual Leo Camp Memorial Lecture at Albright College
DESCRIPTION:Will the environment survive a renewed Middle East peace process? A blueprint for progress. \nPresented by Alon Tal
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/43rd-annual-leo-camp-memorial-lecture-at-albright-college/
LOCATION:Albright College\, McMillan Student Center South Lounge\, 13th and Bern Streets\, Reading\, PA\, 19612\, United States
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SUMMARY:India and what its Democracy means to the US and the World with Dr. Daniel Markey
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Daniel Markey is a senior advisor on South Asia at the United States Institute of Peace. He is also a senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Foreign Policy Institute. \nFrom 2015-2021\, Dr. Markey was a senior research professor in international relations at SAIS\, where he launched and led the Master of Arts in Global Policy degree program and taught courses in international politics and policy. From 2007-2015\, Dr. Markey was a senior fellow for India\, Pakistan\, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations. From 2003 to 2007\, Dr. Markey was a member of the U.S. State Department’s Policy Planning Staff. His work focused on U.S. strategy in South Asia\, especially Pakistan and India. Prior to government service\, he taught in the Department of Politics at Princeton University and served as executive director of Princeton’s Research Program in International Security. Earlier\, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard’s Olin Institute for Strategic Studies. \nDr. Markey has two decades of academic\, think tank\, and government experience focused on international relations and U.S. policy in Asia\, with a particular focus on South Asia and China’s evolving role in the region. Dr. Markey earned his bachelor’s in international relations from Johns Hopkins and his doctorate in politics from Princeton. \nDr. Markey is the author of China’s Western Horizon: Beijing and the New Geopolitics of Eurasia (Oxford University Press\, 2020). The book assesses the evolving political\, economic\, and security links between China and its western neighbors\, including Pakistan\, India\, Kazakhstan\, Russia\, Saudi Arabia\, and Iran. He is also the author of No Exit from Pakistan: America’s Tortured Relationship with Islamabad (Cambridge University Press\, 2013) as well as numerous reports\, articles\, book chapters\, and opinion pieces. His commentary has been featured widely in U.S. and international media. \nThis event will be held virtually on September 21 at 12:00 noon. \nClick here to register for this event now.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/india-and-what-its-democracy-means-to-the-us-and-the-world-with-dr-danial-markey/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:275th Anniversary Celebration of Reading's Founding - Breakfast Event
DESCRIPTION:Delegations from Reading’s two sister cities\, Reading\, England and Reutlingen\, Germany are coming to Reading March 12-17 to join in the celebration of the 275thanniversary of Reading’s founding.  The World Affairs Council of Greater Reading is pleased to hold a breakfast program as  part of the week long set events  planned  for the visits. \nThe program  will be Thursday\, March 16 at the DoubleTree by Hilton.  Registration and breakfast\, 7:15-8:00 a.m. Program: 8-9 a.m. \nThe program with be in the form of a moderated panel discussion with a representative from each delegation discussing the value each perceives in the sister city partnership and a  representative of Reading discussing the significance of the 275th anniversary and the importance of the sister city relationships.  Question and Answer with the audience will follow with everything concluding sharply at 9 a.m. \nThe DoubleTree has heavily discounted the cost for the breakfast as part of its contribution to the 275th anniversary celebration. Cost for the breakfast is $15 per person with payment at the door.   Registration deadline is Monday\, March 13\, 2023. \nThe program promises to be an interesting exchange of perspective and culture.  We look forward to your participation. \nREGISTRATION DEADLINE FOR THIS EVENT IS MARCH 9TH. \nClick here to register for this event now. \nPlease note\, PARKING IS FREE. Do not pay to park.  Simply bring your license plate number with you to WAC registration.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/275th-anniversary-celebration-of-readings-founding-breakfast-event/
LOCATION:DoubleTree by Hilton\, 701 Penn St.\, Reading\, 10601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Where are the Winds of Inflation Blowing Us? with Philip Orlando
DESCRIPTION:Philip Orlando is senior Vice President and Chief Equity Market Strategist of Federated Hermes. He is also Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager with 32 years of industry experience and is responsible for formulating and articulating Federated’s opinions about the equity market as well was positioning strategies for the firm’s products. He serves as chairman of both the Macro Economic Policy and the Prism Assets Committees\, and additionally as head of the Balanced/Macro Team within Federated’s Equity Group. He is Senior Portfolio Manager of Federated’s  AssetmAllocation Fund. \nPrevious associations include CIO & Sr. Portfolio Manager for Value Line and CIO & Portfolio Manager for First Capital Advisors. He received B.A. and MBA degrees from New York University. \nThis event is being held virtually at 11:30 AM on January 26\, 2023. \nClick here to register for this event now.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/where-are-the-winds-of-inflation-blowing-us-with-philip-orlando/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Clash of Cultures: China's Expansion and the Steppe  People of Central Asia with Nicholas Millward
DESCRIPTION:Nick Millward is the president of the Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies. In his talk\, Nick will draw on his research\, his travel experiences in the area and his work to improve the conditions for the people living there. \nNick graduated from Virginia Military Institute in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies. While living in Japan\, Nick joined the executive committee of Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies (YCAPS)\, a non-governmental organization that promotes the study of strategic\, diplomatic and legal issues affecting the Asia-Pacific region. Nick has conducted extensive research on the subversion of ethnic minority groups in Central Asia and looks forward to authoring works in this field of study. \nWhen discussing Central Asian cultural subversion\, Nick is speaking in his private capacity only\, not as a representative of the United States Marine Corps. \nThis event starts at 10:00 AM on Wednesday\, August 19th. \nhttps://www.facebook.com/wacreading/posts/4277410692300514 \nMembers are invited to join by Zoom and participate in the live Q&A. Zoom details will be emailed in our weekly email newsletter. If you are a member and have not received this email\, please send a message to contactus@wacreading.org.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/the-asia-pacific-with-nick-millard/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Recent Developments in the China/Hong Kong Relationship with Dr. Victoria Tin-bor Hui
DESCRIPTION:Faculty Fellow\, Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies\nFaculty Fellow\, The Kellogg Institute for International Studies\nFaculty Fellow\, The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies\nFaculty Affiliate\, Center for Civil and Human Rights \nVictoria Tin-bor Hui received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University and her B.SSc. in Journalism from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. \nHui’s core research examines the centrality of war in the formation and transformation of “China” in the long span of history. She is the author of War and State Formation in Ancient China and Early Modern Europe (Cambridge University Press\, 2005). She has also published “Toward a Dynamic Theory of International Politics” in International Organization\, “Testing Balance of Power Theory in World History” in the European Journal of International Relations\, “The Emergence and Demise of Nascent Constitutional Rights” in The Journal of Political Philosophy\, “Building Castles in the Sand” in the Chinese Journal of International Politics\, “History and Thought in China’s Traditions” in the Journal of Chinese Political Science\, and book chapters “How Tilly’s Warfare Paradigm Is Revolutionizing the Study of Chinese State-Making\,” “Cultural Diversity and Coercive Cultural Homogenization in Chinese History\,” “The China Dream: Revival of What Historical Greatness?”\, “Confucian Pacifism or Confucian Confusion?”\, “The Triumph of Domination in the Ancient Chinese System” and “Problematizing Sovereignty.” \nHui also studies contentious politics. As a native from Hong Kong\, she has written “Will China Crush the Protests in Hong Kong? Why Beijing Doesn’t Need to Send in the Troops” in Foreign Affairs and “Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement: The Protest and Beyond” in the Journal of Democracy. She also maintains a blog on Hong Kong https://victoriatbhui.wordpress.com. She has extensively commented on Hong Kong politics in the media including the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage\, ChinaFile\, ABC\, the BBC\, the New York Times\, the Guardian\, Bloomberg\, Sky News\, NPR\, Vox\, and the Christian Science Monitor. \nThis event starts at 12:00 PM on Wednesday\, July 8th. \nhttps://www.facebook.com/wacreading/posts/4089635131078072 \nMembers are invited to join by Zoom and participate in the live Q&A. Zoom details will be emailed in our weekly email newsletter. If you are a member and have not received this email\, please send a message to contactus@wacreading.org.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/recent-developments-in-the-china-hong-kong-relationship-with-dr-victoria-tin-bor-hui/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200624T120000
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SUMMARY:Russia and the 2020 Elections-what is Putin's game plan? with Christopher Miller
DESCRIPTION:Chris Miller is assistant professor of international history at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and co-director of the school’s Russia and Eurasia Program. He is author of  Putinomics: Power and Money in Resurgent Russia (2018) and The Struggle to Save the Soviet Economy (2016).  \nHe has previously served as the associate director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy at Yale\, a lecturer at the New Economic School in Moscow\, a visiting researcher at the Carnegie Moscow Center\, a research associate at the Brookings Institution\, and as a fellow at the German Marshall Fund’s Transatlantic Academy. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. from Yale University and his B.A. in history from Harvard University. \nARTICLES\n“The Bureaucratic Bourgeoisie: How the Soviet Union Lost Faith in State-led Economic Development\,” History of Political Economy (2019)\n“Georgii Mirskii and Soviet Theories of Authoritarian Modernization\,” International History Review (2017)\n“Economic Take-Off or Great Leap Forward: Soviet Assessments of Chinese Economic Reforms during Perestroika\,” Soviet and Post-Soviet Review (2016)\n“Gorbachev’s Agricultural Reforms and the Politics of Perestroika\,” Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History (2016) \nBOOKS\n“Putinomics: Power and Money in Resurgent Russia\,” The University of North Carolina Press\, 2018.\n“The Struggle to Save the Soviet Economy: Mikhail Gorbachev and the Collapse of the USSR\,” The University of North Carolina Press\, 2016 \n\nThis event starts at 12:00 PM on Wednesday\, June 24th. \nMembers are invited to join by Zoom and participate in the live Q&A. Zoom details will be emailed in our weekly email newsletter. If you are a member and have not received this email\, please send a message to contactus@wacreading.org. \nJoin via www.wacreading.org/live \nhttps://www.facebook.com/wacreading/posts/4025445150830404 \nPlease join a few minutes early so you don’t miss anything
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/putins-russia-with-christopher-miller/
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SUMMARY:Artificial Intelligence and Data with Abdullah Konak
DESCRIPTION:Abdullah Konak is a Professor of Information Sciences and Technology at the Pennsylvania State University\, Berks.  Dr. Konak received his degrees in Industrial Engineering\, B.S. from Yildiz Technical University\, Turkey\, M.S. from Bradley University\, and Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to his current position\, he taught at Auburn University.  Dr. Konak also held visiting positions at Lehigh University\, Cornell University\, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. \n  \nDr. Konak’s primary research interest is in the modeling\, analysis\, and optimization of complex systems using computational intelligence combined with techniques from probability and statistics and from Operations Research.  He has studied a broad range of topics including network design\, reliable system design\, cybersecurity\, facilities design\, green logistics\, production management\, and data sciences.  Dr. Konak has published papers in leading journals such as Operations Research Letters\, Informs Journal on Computing\, Europan Journal of Operations Research\, Computers and Operations Research\, IIE Transactions\, IEEE Transactions on Reliability\, International Journal of Production Research\, and Production Economics.  He has been a principal investigator in sponsored projects from the National Science Foundation\, the National Security Agency\, the US Department of Labor\, and Venture Well. \nDr. Konak currently teaches courses on Database Management Systems\, Cybersecurity\, Agent Based Modelling\, and Entrepreneurship. He is a member of INFORMS and IEEE. \nThis event starts at 12:00 PM on Wednesday\, June 17th. \nMembers are invited to join by Zoom and participate in the live Q&A. Zoom details will be emailed in our weekly email newsletter. If you are a member and have not received this email\, please send a message to contactus@wacreading.org. \nJoin via www.wacreading.org/live \nhttps://www.facebook.com/wacreading/posts/3997391866969066 \nPlease join a few minutes early so you don’t miss anything!
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/artificial-intelligence-and-data-with-abdullah-konak/
LOCATION:PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Red Sea Security with Dr. Randall Fegley
DESCRIPTION:A political historian at Penn State Berks College\, Randall Fegley teaches courses in African\, European and Middle Eastern history\, ethnic conflict in Africa and international law. Joining the Penn State system in 1988\, he specializes in the study of mass trauma\, especially long-term conflicts\, gross human rights violations and prolonged disasters in Rwanda\, Equatorial Guinea\, Uganda\, South Sudan and Sudan. He lived\, taught and completed Ph.D. research in Sudan from 1980 to 1984 and has returned to work there and in other African countries numerous times. In November 2003\, he received Penn State Berks’ Beaver Community Service Award for restoring schools in war-torn Kajo Keji County as part of a program of the Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem. He has been particularly active in the Sudan Studies Association\, the leading scholarly organization on Sudan. Host of the SSA’s 22nd annual conference in May 2002 and a member of the association’s board from 2003 to 2007\, he has also served as the organization’s president and executive director. As the coordinator of Penn State’s four-year degree program in Global Studies\, he set up internship programs in Rwanda and India. His published works have examined Rwandan\, Sudanese\, Belgian and Equatorial Guinean political history\, genocide\, the mythologies that perpetuate conflicts\, elections and governance in post-trauma societies; and the rehabilitation of former slaves and child soldiers. \n  \nThis event starts at 7:00 PM on Wednesday\, June 3rd. \nMembers are invited to join by Zoom and participate in the live Q&A. Zoom details will be emailed in our weekly email newsletter. If you are a member and have not received this email\, please send a message to contactus@wacreading.org. \nPlease join a few minutes early so you don’t miss anything! \nhttps://www.facebook.com/wacreading/posts/3951727394868847 \n 
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/red-sea-security-with-dr-randall-fegley/
LOCATION:PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200527T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200527T133000
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SUMMARY:India and Pakistan with Dr. Sudip Ghosh
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Sudip Ghosh is an associate professor of business at Penn State Berks. His scholarly and teaching interests include corporate finance\, banking and financial regulations\, macro-monetary economics\, and corporate social responsibility. He has presented pre-conference workshops and conference sessions at international conferences. Dissertation Topic: “Risk Based Capital Requirements and the U. S. Loan Market” \nThis event starts at 12:00 PM on Wednesday\, May 27th. \nMembers are invited to join by Zoom and participate in the live Q&A. Zoom details will be emailed in our weekly email newsletter. If you are a member and have not received this email\, please send a message to contactus@wacreading.org. \nJoin via www.wacreading.org/live!\nPlease join a few minutes early so you don’t miss anything! \nhttps://www.facebook.com/wacreading/posts/3926112307430356 \n 
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/india-and-pakistan-with-dr-sudip-ghosh/
LOCATION:PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200514T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200514T133000
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SUMMARY:China's Road into Latin America with Dr. John Stanley
DESCRIPTION:For Video replay\, click HERE \nDr. John Stanley is originally from the Philadelphia area. He earned his BA from Moravian College in 1994 and later earned his Masters and PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London) where he focused on China’s history and politics. He currently holds the position of Professor in the History Department of Kutztown University where he teaches classes in World History\, general East Asia\, and more focused classes on Chinese history with a focus on the late-19th and early-20th century. The focus of Dr. Stanley’s research work is on the secular activities of missionaries in China. He has published articles on mission schools and medical work of the American Presbyterians in Shandong from the late-19th to the early-20th century.  His more recent research has turned to the role the local population had in mission work with a particular focus on areas of Shandong outside of the larger treaty port cities.  \nThis event starts at 12:00 PM on Thursday\, May 14th.\n \nMembers are invited to join by Zoom and participate in the live Q&A. Zoom details will be emailed in our weekly email newsletter. If you are a member and have not received this email\, please send a message to contactus@wacreading.org. \nThe public is invited to watch the meeting via Facebook Live. \nhttps://www.facebook.com/wacreading/posts/3878699878838266
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/chinas-road-into-latin-america-with-dr-john-stanley/
LOCATION:PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200506T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200506T203000
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SUMMARY:Europe in the Age of Corona - with Ron Granieri
DESCRIPTION:For Video replay\, click HERE \nRon Granieri is an FPRI Templeton Fellow\, the Executive Director of FPRI’s Center for the Study of America and the West\, Editor of the Center’s E-publication The American Review of Books\, Blogs\, and Bull\, and Host of Geopolitics with Granieri\, a monthly series of events for FPRI Members.  He is a specialist in Contemporary German and International History with degrees from both Harvard and the University of Chicago. He is the recipient of a Federal Chancellor Scholarship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and is a member in the American Council on Germany’s Young Leader Program. He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania\, Temple University\, Syracuse University\, Furman University\, and the University of Tubingen. He is the author of The Ambivalent Alliance: Konrad Adenauer\, the CDU/CSU\, and the West\, 1949-1966 (Oxford and New York: Berghahn Books\, 2003)\, and is currently completing a book entitled: The Fall and Rise of German Christian Democracy\, From Detente to Reunification\, for Oxford University Press. \nJoin us Wednesday\, May 6th at 7pm on Facebook Live \nMembers are invited to join live via Zoom \nConnection details can be found in your May 1st Member’s Email Newsletter. \n 
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/europe-in-the-age-of-corona-with-ron-granieri/
LOCATION:PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180409T050000
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SUMMARY:From Coexistence To Shared Society
DESCRIPTION:The Jewish Federation of Reading sponsored event. April 9\, 2018 – 7:00 PM – Reform Congregation Oheb Shalom\, 555 Warwick Dr. Wyomissing. Free and open to the public\nMohammad Darawshe\nFrom Coexistence To Shared Society \nMohammad Darawshe is the Director of Center for Equality & Shared Society\, Givat Haviva. The lecture will focus on efforts of institutions in Israel to move from social interactions between Jewish and Arab youth to a more substantial engagement between both societies\, bringing examples demonstrating abilities to engage in collaborative efforts serving both interests. Mr. Darawshe will touch on what can be down on the social\, economic\, and political arenas to build islands of success in Jewish Arab relations\, and how these efforts manage to engage mainstream leadership from both communities.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/from-coexistence-to-shared-society/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Race\, Perserverance and Catholicism
DESCRIPTION:Alvernia Lecture – 7:00 PM – McGlinn Conference Center @ Alvernia U.\nDr. Darren Davis\nRace\, Perserverance and Catholicism \nDr. Darren Davis is a nationally recognized scholar in political behavior and racial politics.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/4598/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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