Ciaran is Irish-born but has spent much of his life living in Germany and working as a German lawyer. From 2007 to 2009, he was a senior visiting faculty member at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, lecturing on International Business, Globalization, EU Government & Politics. He returned to Ireland in the summer of 2009 to practise law and started teaching for Champlain College Dublin in Fall 2009.
Co-sponsored by the Champlain College Core Division
and the Office of International Education
Past Programs
Thursday, February 2
Training Program for Citizen Diplomats
VCWA Offices
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Adam Weinberg
President and CEO of World Learning, Brattleboro
on
"Cultivating Leadership Around Critical Global Issues"
See his talk here:
Co-sponsored by the Vermont Business Roundtable
Monday, December 12
VCWA Annual meeting
with Mary Powell, CEO of Green Mountain Power, on "One View of Vermont's Energy Future"
Saint Michael's College
Monday, November 28
Sarwar Kashmeri
Author and Foreign Policy Commentator on his new book
NATO 2.0: Reboot or Delete?
Co-Sponsored by EEE Vermont
Wednesday, November 16
Live webcast and Q and A with Former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski
Counselor & Trustee of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.
Middlebury College
AND
Champlain College
Thursday, November 17
Careers in International Development Panel University of Vermont
Sponsored by the Department of Community Development and Applied Economics
University of Vermont
The Ambassador Series:
Thursday and Friday, October 20 and 21
H.E. Claudia Fritsche
Ambassador of Liechtenstein to the United States "A Layering of European Integration: Perspectives from Liechtenstein"
October 20, Norwich University Cosponsored by Norwich University
October 21, Middlebury College
Cosponsored by the Rohatyn Center for International Affairs
October 17
Zimbabwean Author Peter Godwin
"The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe"
Cosponsored by EEE Vermont, Faith United Methodist Church
and
"The Kurdish Regional Government and the Future of Iraq"
Cosponsored by the University of Vermot's Department of Political Science and Middle East Studies Program
AND
April 12th
"The Future of the Kurds in Kurdistan"
Cosponsored by the School of Graduate and Continuing Studies, Norwich University
April 4th
FILM: "Bhutto"
screening and discussion with Saleem Ali of the University of Vermont
FlynnSpace, Burlington
This project is a partnership of the Flynn Center, Vermont Public Television, and the OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Center at UVM) in partnership with the VCWA.
March 31st
Champlain College visiting professor Anthony O'Halloran on
"Ireland's Economic Debacle: Origins and Consequences"
Ambassador Series
March 29th
H. E. Samir Shakir Mahmood Sumaida’ie, Ambassador of Iraq to the United States on
"Economic and Environmental Sustainability in Post-Transition Iraq"
Champlain College
AND
March 28th
"Democracy-Building in Post-Transition Iraq"
Saint Michael's College
The VCWA proudly co-sponsored four international films with the:
March 16th
UVM Professor Gregory Gause:
"The Arab World in Transition?"
Fletcher Free Library
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Scott Borg, Chief Economist, U. S. Cyber Consequences Unit
January 20th, Champlain College
"What Is the Value of Cyber Security?"
Co-sponsored by Champlain College Division of Information Technology and Sciences
and
January 21st, Middlebury College
"How Do Cyber Attacks Change International Relations and Defense?"
Co-sponsored by the Rohatyn Center for International Affairs, Middlebury College
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December 9th
Peg Clement and Louis Siegel,Tetra Tech ARD on
"Haiti One Year Later"
Saint Michael's College
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October 27th
Author Jennifer Steil on
"Yemen: Behind the News"
Cosponsored by the Fletcher Free Library
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Nicaraguan Folklore Dance Ensemble
October 21st Champlain College
Co-sponsored by the Core Division and The Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Champlain College, and the Vermont Council on World Affairs.
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Ambassador Series
October 18th
The University of Vermont and Southern Vermont College
webinar with Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Ambassador to China of the United States
preceded by local programming
CHINA Town Hall is a national day of programming on China
involving 50 cities throughout the United States
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An evening of song with Burlington (Ontario) Welsh Male Choir
and Maple Jam (Vermont)
September 29th
College Street Church,Burlington
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Ambassador Series
Ambassador Wegger Christian Strømmen
Ambassador of Norway to the United States
Tom Miller, Vice President, Business for Diplomatic Action
“Why Citizen Diplomacy is Good for Business”
Participating organizations: Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce, Greater Burlington Industrial Corporation, Workforce Investment Board and Leadership Champlain. This Summit on Citizen Diplomacy has been initiated through a seed grant from the National Council for International Visitors as part of its 50th Anniversary celebration.
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The Vermont Council on World Affairs Third Annual Dinner
honoring Governor James Douglas
Please check our Facebook page for pictures of the event
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Kristina Touzenis The International Office of Migration
"Children's Rights--Protection from Exploitation"
Cosponsored by Rotary District 7850 Saturday, June 12th
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Burlington-Yaroslavl Sister City Events
Folklore group Uzaren'
Lyubov Shishkhanova
May 4th
Performance by Uzaren' and Lyubov Shishkhanova, classical organist
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Vermont Nurses in Haiti "Health Care from the Heart:
The Vermont Medical Response Team Caring for Haitians in the Aftermath of the Earthquake"
April 19th
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Ambassador Series
April 26th
Jeffrey Lunstead, former U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka "Big Powers, Small Conflicts: The United States and Sri Lanka’s Peace Process”
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Ambassador Series
March 22nd
Ambassador Friis Arne Petersen
Ambassador of Denmark to the United States, speaks about the Danish economy as a guest of Senator Bernie Sanders
Allison Stanger "One Nation Under Contract: The Outsourcing of American Power and the Future of Foreign Policy" March 17th See her talk on the VCWA's YouTube channel.
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Ambassador Series
January 14th
Ambassador Peter Galbraith "Afghanistan: War of Necessity or Quagmire" January 14th
Watch his talk on CCTV/Channel 17 online here or listen to it on VPR
