The Darien Community Association’s 2017 Academic Lecture Series on Global Issues begins at 10 a.m., Thursday, Jan, 5 with “The Future of the European Union” presented by Dr. Kathleen McNamara, Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
Dr. McNamara’s work focuses on the evolution of the European Union, the politics of the Euro and the European Central Bank, and international political issues. She is the author of The Politics of Everyday Europe: Constructing Authority in the European Union, The Currency of Ideas: Monetary Policies in the European Union and Making History: European Integration and Institution Change at Fifty.
Dr. Kathleen McNamara, Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
At Georgetown, Dr. McNamara served as Director of the Mortara Center for International Studies from 2010-2016, building a robust scholarly infrastructure for faculty, a new undergraduate research fellows program, and promoting vibrant interdisciplinary debate over key global changes.
She taught at Princeton University and has been a visiting scholar at Russell Sage Foundation, a German Marshall Fund Fellow, and a Fulbright Fellow. Dr. McNamara received her PhD from Columbia University.
The Darien Community Association’s 2017 Academic Lecture Series on Global Issues, “Europe- Challenge and Change”, will address the issues that led to Brexit and fear for the continued success of the European Union.
The four Thursday morning lectures will be held on Jan. 5, 12, 19 and 26 at 10 a.m. at the DCA. The evening lecture will be held Monday, Jan. 30 at 8 p.m.
Registration for the series is available online at dariendca.org or by mailing a check to the DCA at 274 Middlesex Road, Darien, CT 06820. Tickets for the Thursday morning series are available until January 2nd, 2017, at $100, or $75 for DCA members.
Tickets for the Monday evening lecture/reception are $30. Some single Thursday and Monday tickets will be available at the door ($30).
For more information contact the DCA at info@dariendca.org or 203-655-9050 ext 10. The DCA is located at 274 Middlesex Road in Darien.