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 […]
Kimani Nehusi (PhD) is a progressive African historian born in Guyana. Dr. Nehusi is an academic who lectured at the University of Guyana, the University of London and the University of East London and currently lectures at Temple University in Philadelphia. He is known for his work on linguistics and Ancient Egyptian( Kemet) linguistic dispersal […]
Natan Sachs is the director of the Center for Middle East Policy and a senior fellow in the Foreign Policy Program at Brookings. He has taught as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University's Department of Government and its Security Studies Program. Prior to joining Brookings, Sachs was a Fulbright fellow in Indonesia, a visiting fellow […]
Ambassador William B. Taylor is vice president, Europe and Russia at the U.S. Institute of Peace. In 2019, he served as chargé d'affaires at the U.S. embassy in Kyiv and as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine from 2006 to 2009. During the Arab Spring, he oversaw U.S. assistance and support to Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and […]
Bret Schafer is a senior fellow and head of the Alliance for Securing Democracy's information manipulation team. Bret is the creator and manager of Hamilton 2.0, an online open-source dashboard tracking the outputs of Russian, Chinese, and Iranian state media outlets, diplomats, and government officials. As an expert in computational propaganda, state-backed information operations, and […]
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 […]
Brief biography: Ronald J. Granieri is a 2024 Templeton Fellow and the Director of the Center for the Study of America and the West at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He also hosts People, Politics, and Prose, a monthly event series at FPRI. Dr. Granieri is also Professor of History in the Department of National Security and Strategy at […]
TEAM REGISTRATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 14TH An evening of fun with the proceeds benefiting scholarships for outstanding Berks County High School Senior students interested in International Relations, Political Science, Public Administration, and Global Studies.[et_pb_image src="https://wacreading.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/PDFXEdit_0Bzh8MZ8Yq-265x300.png" alt="Raffles: Craft Beer Liquor Wine Golf Silent Art Auction" title_text="PDFXEdit_0Bzh8MZ8Yq" _builder_version="4.27.0" _module_preset="default" width="100%" custom_margin="0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Scholarships are in recognition […]
Carol Jenkins is the CEO of World Learning Inc., which encompasses three distinct branches: The Experiment in International Living; School for International Training, which includes SIT Study Abroad and SIT Graduate Institute; and the nonprofit global development and exchange unit World Learning. Jenkins also serves as president of the global development and exchange division, where […]
Charles Kupchan is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and professor of international affairs at Georgetown University in the Walsh School of Foreign Service and Department of Government. From 2014 to 2017, Kupchan served as special assistant to the president and senior director for European affairs on the staff of the […]
