Darien Community Association
DCA Academic Lecture European Union Kathleen McNamara 912-21-16

DCA Academic Lecture Series, ‘The Future of the European Union’ — Starts Jan 5

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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. 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.

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Ambassador Thomas M. T. Niles 3-30-16

In or Out: UK Referendum on the EU

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The public is invited to attend an Ambassadors’ Roundtable series breakfast presentation by Ambassador Thomas M. T. Niles, former US Ambassador to Canada, Greece, and the European Union and Vice Chair of United States Council for International Business, on “In or Out: UK Referendum on the EU”. This event will take place at the Stamford Yacht Club on April 13, 2016. Ambassador Niles served 36 years in the United States Foreign Service, including three key ambassadorial appointments – to Canada, Greece, and the European Union – as well as serving as Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Canada. Appointed ambassador to Canada in 1985, Ambassador Niles played a key role in negotiations leading to the US-Canada Free Trade Agreement, and he was widely recognized for his efforts to promote American business north of the border. As US envoy to the European Union from 1989 to 1991, he was closely involved in bilateral and multilateral trade issues, as well as the developing political/security relationship between the US and EU.