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Join WAC on November 8th, at 6:00 PM for a Celebration of Culture, Conversation & Cuisine at De la Torre's Restaurant (located at 1604-1606 Bardstown Rd., Louisville, KY). The event is free and open to public. Since this day is election day, the event will formally begin at 6:00 p.m. instead of our normal 5:30 p.m. Food and cash bar will be available at 6:00.
Global Nights events provide an opportunity to meet interesting speakers
from the featured countries. WAC's November featured speaker is Susana Coto-Kerk.
About Susana:
Susana
Coto-Kerk was born in Singapore and relocated to Spain with her family at age
10. Her father’s family is of Spanish origin and they settled in his ancestral Basque
region upon their return. Susana studied Tourism at Universidad Deusto,
Geography and History at Universidad Autonoma and also attended SOAS, the
School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. While
there, she obtained a Masters in Asian Pacific Studies with a concentration in
the International Politics of Asia, China.
In
addition to living in Singapore, Spain and the UK, Susana lived in China for
twelve years where she worked for the Embassy of Spain. She relocated to
Louisville with her husband (a Kentucky native) and their daughter, Elisa.
Susana currently works as an Account Manager in the International Team for
Ceridian Stored Value Solutions, which is headquartered in Louisville.
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Ambassadorial Luncheon Series: "France and the United States: Facing Today's Global Challenges" with François Delattre, French Ambassador to the United States.
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Join WAC on October 11th, at 5:30 PM for a Celebration of Culture, Conversation & Cuisine at Molly Malone's (located at 933 Baxter Avenue, Louisville, KY). The event is free and open to public.
Global Nights events provide an opportunity to meet renowned speakers from the featured countries. WAC's October featured speaker is Seamus Galligan. More information coming soon!
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Global Issues Forum - "Spring Tides: Will the Arab risings yield democracy, dictatorship or disorder?" with Robert Powell, Senior Economist & Editor, Middle East.
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Join WAC on September 13th, at 5:30 PM for a Celebration of Culture, Conversation & Cuisine at Funmi’s (located at 1043 Bardstown Road, Louisville KY): www.funmiscafe.com. Event is free and open to public.
Global Nights events provide an opportunity to meet renowned speakers from the featured countries.
About the Speaker - Tunde Agbola
"I am Babatunde Agbola, a Nigerian-American. Born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. Trained & practiced as a Civil Engineer prior to my transition to the US. Presently working on a career switch to Dentistry, a field in which I am currently involved. I have a strong passion for the less privileged & disadvantaged population. I am a Christian, married with 3 boys and live in Louisville, KY."
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Ireland as a Platform into Europe--Why Now and How?
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Dr. Geoffrey Wawro, author and historian, will speak in Louisville on his new book "Quicksand: America's Pursuit of Power in the Middle East," on Thursday, July 21.
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Over
the past century there have been numerous successful espionage and
military deception operations, but only a handful have been truly
imaginative ploys. We will discuss some of the cleverer ops since 1914
up until the present -- schemes and deceptions conducted by the
Russians, the British, Americans and Israelis.
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Global Nights: Lebanon at the Grape Leaf with Nada Loutfi
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WAC Announces the Winter 2011, Global Issues Forum featuring Ambassador Matthew Barzun, Somalia Pirates expert-Dr. Raymond Gilpin, and 30 Mosques in 30 Days bloggers, Aman Ali and Bassam Tariq.
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