The League of Women Voters is holding the Great Decisions lecture series at the Williamsburg Regional Library on Tuesday mornings starting Feb. 7.
Registrations are open and will be until the Library Theater is sold out. Those who want to buy tickets to a specific lecture can do so on the day of the program for $10. The lectures themselves will start at 10:30 a.m. and go until noon.
Doris Margulies is a member of the League of Women Voters and is involved in lining up speakers for the series. The process, she said, is pretty simple.
“We look around and try to find the people who have the most knowledge,” she said.”The Foreign Policy Association chooses the eight topics. If the subject is Korea, maybe we find someone who lived in Korea, or even someone who worked for the State Department.”
Schedule
Feb. 7: Conflict in the South China Sea. Retired Col. Larry Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell.
Feb. 14: The Future of Europe. Professor Clay Clemens, College of William and Mary.
Feb. 21: Nuclear Security. Joseph Cirincione. President, Ploughshares Fund.
Feb. 28: Saudi Arabia in Transition. Michael Holtzman, Colonial Williamsburg vice president for communications. Former partner, BLJ Worldwide (numerous clients in Middle East).
March 7: Latin America’s Political Pendulum. Professor Robert Holden, Old Dominion University.
March 14: Prospects for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Phyllis Bennis, director, New Internationalism Project, Institute for Policy Studies.
March 21. Trade and Politics. Professor John Boschen, Brinkley-Mason professor of economics and finance, College of William and Mary School of Business.
March 28: U.S. Foreign Policy and Petroleum. Steve LeVine, Washington correspondent for Quartz; adjunct professor, Georgetown University.
For questions concerning registration email Doris Margulies at grandemargulies@cox.net or call her at 258-1067.
