by WAC Reading | Mar 23, 2026
William W. Donner received his PhD in anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently the Freyberger Professor of Pennsylvania German Studies at Kutztown University. He has been involved with the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center, The...
by WAC Reading | Mar 11, 2026
EXCURSION 2026 TWO TREASURES OF HARRISBURG Monday, April 20, 2026 Featuring the Pennsylvania State Capitol & National Civil War Museum The Capitol Experience Our day begins at the Pennsylvania State Capitol, where Senator Judith Schwank willhost our group for an...
by WAC Reading | Jan 16, 2026
READING, PA — The World Affairs Council of Greater Reading hosted the 2026 AcademicWorldQuest competition on March 12, 2026, at the McGlinn Conference Center at AlverniaUniversity. Teams of ninth- through twelfth-grade students from across Berks County faced offin a...
by Gordon Perlmutter | Nov 13, 2025
Dr. Paul D. Esqueda is a Professor Emeritus Engineering. His areas of interest are project management, negotiations, and operations management. He has a particular interest in developing negotiation case studies. For the last 30 years, Esqueda has been primarily...
by Gordon Perlmutter | Sep 4, 2025
Daniel Kurtzer is 45th annual Leo Camp Memorial Lecturer. Kurtzer joined the United States Department of State and was serving as a junior officer at the American Embassy in Cairo when Anwar Sadat was assassinated in 1981. He served in Israel between the years of 1982...
by Gordon Perlmutter | Aug 22, 2025
Dr. Ely Ratner served as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs. Prior to confirmation, he served as the Director, DoD China Task Force and as a Senior Advisor to China to the Secretary of Defense. Before arriving at the Department of...
by Gordon Perlmutter | Aug 20, 2025
Michael 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 co-directs the Security and Strategy...
by Gordon Perlmutter | Aug 20, 2025
Kani Xulam is a native of Kurdistan. He studied International Relations at the University of Toronto, holds a BA in history from the University of California Santa Barbara and an MA in the International Service program at American University. At the University of...
by Gordon Perlmutter | Aug 20, 2025
Fahad Nazer is the official spokesperson for the Embassy of Saudi Arabia to the United States. He was appointed to this role on January 18, 2019. Prior to this appointment, Nazer was a non-resident fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington and served as...
by WAC Reading | Aug 18, 2025
Spotlight your business, community organization, school, or circle of friends as a team in the Pub Global Trivia competition. Sly Fox Taphouse on October 24th at 5pm* Parking and entrance at rear of building Enjoy an exciting, fun-filled, evening-and potentially major...
