Presenter: Odd Arne Westad, Elihu Professor of History and Global Affairs, Yale University The Topic: “US-China Relations: A New Cold War?” Yale historian Arne Westad, author of “The Cold War” and “Restless Empire:[…]
Presenter: Thomas Truxes, Clinical Professor, Irish Studies and History, New York University | Arts & Science The Topic: “The Overseas Trade of British America: A Narrative History” Thomas Truxes, Professor of History at[…]
Presenter: Karolin Machtans, Associate Professor of German Studies, Chair of the Department of German, Connecticut College The Topic: “The Representation of Asylum Interviews in Contemporary Literature and Film of Refuge” Karolin Machtans, Associate[…]
The mission of the Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council (SECWAC) is to foster an understanding of issues of foreign policy and international affairs through study, debate, and educational programming. SECWAC’s principal activity is to sponsor a Speakers Series of 8 to 10 monthly meetings annually. Through the Series, we achieve our mission by providing a forum for nonpartisan, non-advocacy dialogue between our members and U.S. policymakers and other experts on foreign relations.
The Board of Directors of SECWAC is a volunteer organization committed to hosting the widest possible range of views while advocating none. By maintaining a reputation for impartiality, we facilitate serious and civil debate and discussion on issues that bear directly on the United States of America’s vital global interests.
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Fiona Hill spoke to SECWAC in June 2021, discussing “The West and Russia Since the End of the Cold War.” Hill is the Robert Bosch senior fellow in the Center on the United […]
The mission of the Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council (SECWAC) is to foster an understanding of issues of foreign policy and international affairs by study, debate, and educational programming, primarily through a Speakers Series of 8 to 10 monthly meetings.
