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Globally Adept: How Lifelong Learning Shapes a Better World with Carol Jenkins

McGlinn Conference Center 460 Saint Bernardine Street, Reading, PA, United States

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 […]

Stuck in the Middle – Germany and World Affairs at a Major Turning Point as result of Ukraine War with Ron Granieri

McGlinn Conference Center 460 Saint Bernardine Street, Reading, PA, United States

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 […]

Trust in Information in the Age of Artificial Intelligence with Bret Shafer

McGlinn Conference Center 460 Saint Bernardine Street, Reading, PA, United States

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 […]

Russia’s War on Ukraine: An Update with Amb. William Taylor

McGlinn Conference Center 460 Saint Bernardine Street, Reading, PA, United States

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 […]

U.S. Middle East Policy – Pre/Post Hamas War with Dr. Natan Sachs

McGlinn Conference Center 460 Saint Bernardine Street, Reading, PA, United States

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 […]

Africa, China and the US: Contenders for the Future of Africa with Dr. Kimani Nehusi

McGlinn Conference Center 460 Saint Bernardine Street, Reading, PA, United States

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 […]

Facing Inhumanity: A Look at International Law with Dr. Randall Fegley

McGlinn Conference Center 460 Saint Bernardine Street, Reading, PA, United States

Facing Inhumanity: A Look at International Humanitarian Law Following a brief summary of the major landmarks and personalities involved in the development of international humanitarian law, this virtual presentation will review the major texts defining genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes of aggression as they appear in international law. Dr. Fegley will be […]

The Chesapeake Bay Estuary with Brian Gish

McGlinn Conference Center 460 Saint Bernardine Street, Reading, PA, United States

  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 […]

Understanding the Current Palestinian and Israeli Conflict

McGlinn Conference Center 460 Saint Bernardine Street, Reading, PA, United States

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 […]

Responding to Disasters with Adrian Grieve

McGlinn Conference Center 460 Saint Bernardine Street, Reading, PA, United States

Adrian Grieve moved to United States from Scotland in 1985 after graduating with a degree in Social Work. He became a Red Cross disaster volunteer as a direct result of the December 1988 Pan Am 103 crash in his hometown of Lockerbie, Scotland. He subsequently joined as a paid employee in 1992, serving in multiple […]