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Upcoming Events
Worcester World Affairs Council (WWAC) meets once a month from September through May, with dates determined by the availability and schedules of our speakers.
Upcoming speaker programs during 2026-27 are listed below. The Council has hosted illustrious speakers in Worcester for more than 65 years. See this list of recent WWAC speakers and topics.
Thu, Oct 08How did the War on Terror reshape America – and the world? All the Presidents’ Wars with Peter Bergen
Thu, Oct 15Brink: Inside the Race to Free the October 7th Hostages with Brett McGurk
Tue, Oct 20"Board of Peace? Gaza, the Trump Plan and US Policy on Palestine," with Khaled Elgindy, Senior Middle East Fellow, Quincy Institute
Tue, Nov 03Arctic, with Jennifer Spence, Director of the Arctic Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center
Wed, Nov 18America’s Global Choices: Then, Now, and Next World Affairs Councils of America, Washington, DC | November 17-20, 2026
Thu, Dec 03World Ahead 2027 with Tom Standage, Deputy Editor of The Economist
Tue, Dec 08The New Face of War, with Frank Sobchak, Naval War College
Meetings and Programs
Meetings are in person with a hybrid format to permit remote attendance. Event times may vary and details will be announced on this site.
Meetings typically begin with social time at 6:00 pm and dinner at 6:30 pm for in-person attendees. Presentations by speakers begin between 7:30-8:00 pm with the program finished by 9 pm. If necessary, remote meetings may follow a different schedule.
In addition to its own meetings, WWAC members may attend the annual national meeting of the World Affairs Councils of America in Washington, DC, and join the travel programs offered by other Councils.
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