UPCOMING EVENTS
Distinguished Speaker Luncheon:
Dr. Bobby Donaldson,
The Center for Civil Rights History and Research,
University of South Carolina
Two people protesting on Main Street, 1958. Photo credit:
John Henry McCray papers, 1929-1989; UofSC, South Caroliniana Library
Tuesday, July 20 | 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
The Palmetto Club | 1231 Sumter St, Columbia, SC 29201
$25 members | $35 nonmembers | $20 students
Price includes lunch | Please purchase tickets using the PayPal link below
The Palmetto Club | 1231 Sumter St, Columbia, SC 29201
$25 members | $35 nonmembers | $20 students
Price includes lunch | Please purchase tickets using the PayPal link below
Please join us for our first in-person luncheon since February 2020! In the past, tumultuous year, the world experienced a global reckoning on human rights sparked by domestic protests over the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, which were quickly echoed worldwide. Despite the recent conviction and sentencing of Floyd's murderer, the centuries-old, global question of human equality and civil liberty remains to be discussed and determined. It has been argued, the answer to this complex, global issue must begin locally.
We are honored to host Dr. Donaldson to discuss Columbia's civil rights history, the tremendous work and exhibitions of Columbia SC 63 and the Center for Civil Rights History and Research at the University of South Carolina, and help us place our local histories in a global context to better participate in the ongoing endeavor for human equality.
We are honored to host Dr. Donaldson to discuss Columbia's civil rights history, the tremendous work and exhibitions of Columbia SC 63 and the Center for Civil Rights History and Research at the University of South Carolina, and help us place our local histories in a global context to better participate in the ongoing endeavor for human equality.
About the Speaker:
A native of Augusta, Georgia, Dr. Bobby Donaldson serves as an Associate Professor of History and the Director of the Center for Civil Rights History and Research at the University of South Carolina-Columbia. He received his undergraduate degree in History and African American Studies from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT and his Ph.D. in American History from Emory University.
Professor Donaldson’s teaching and scholarship examine southern history and African American life and culture in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Presently, he serves as the lead scholar and director for the Columbia SC 63, a documentary project that examines the struggle for civil rights and social justice in Columbia and around the state of South Carolina.
During the course of Dr. Donaldson’s academic career, he served as a Benjamin E Mays-Andrew Mellon Fellow, as an editorial assistant for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project at Emory and Stanford universities, as a Thurgood Marshall Dissertation Fellow and visiting Assistant Professor at Dartmouth College, as a Fellow of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University, and as the Faculty Principal of Preston Residential College at the University of South Carolina. Prior to his tenure at Preston, he held a joint position in the African American Studies Program and served as a founding member of the Institute for African American Research.
Professor Donaldson has received the University of South Carolina’s distinguished Michael J. Mungo Undergraduate Teaching Award in 2010, the John N. Gardner Inspirational Faculty Award in 2015, and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Social Justice Award in 2016. In 2017, he was awarded the Stephen Morrison Visionary Award by the One Columbia for Arts & History Organization. In 2018, he received the South Carolina Governor’s Award in Historic Preservation and the South Carolina Governor’s Humanities Award. In 2019, Dr. Donaldson’s teaching, research, and community engagement were recognized by the South Carolina House of Representatives. He also was awarded an honorary degree by Benedict College.
Dr. Donaldson’s memberships include the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, the Organization of American Historians, the Southern Historical Association, the South Carolina Archives and History Commission, the editorial board of the University of South Carolina Press, the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission, the South Caroliniana Society, the NAACP, the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, the Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, and the Wesleyan University Board of Trustees.
He and his wife are the proud parents of two children.
For questions, please contact, dmonk@columbiaworldaffairs.org.
A native of Augusta, Georgia, Dr. Bobby Donaldson serves as an Associate Professor of History and the Director of the Center for Civil Rights History and Research at the University of South Carolina-Columbia. He received his undergraduate degree in History and African American Studies from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT and his Ph.D. in American History from Emory University.
Professor Donaldson’s teaching and scholarship examine southern history and African American life and culture in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Presently, he serves as the lead scholar and director for the Columbia SC 63, a documentary project that examines the struggle for civil rights and social justice in Columbia and around the state of South Carolina.
During the course of Dr. Donaldson’s academic career, he served as a Benjamin E Mays-Andrew Mellon Fellow, as an editorial assistant for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project at Emory and Stanford universities, as a Thurgood Marshall Dissertation Fellow and visiting Assistant Professor at Dartmouth College, as a Fellow of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University, and as the Faculty Principal of Preston Residential College at the University of South Carolina. Prior to his tenure at Preston, he held a joint position in the African American Studies Program and served as a founding member of the Institute for African American Research.
Professor Donaldson has received the University of South Carolina’s distinguished Michael J. Mungo Undergraduate Teaching Award in 2010, the John N. Gardner Inspirational Faculty Award in 2015, and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Social Justice Award in 2016. In 2017, he was awarded the Stephen Morrison Visionary Award by the One Columbia for Arts & History Organization. In 2018, he received the South Carolina Governor’s Award in Historic Preservation and the South Carolina Governor’s Humanities Award. In 2019, Dr. Donaldson’s teaching, research, and community engagement were recognized by the South Carolina House of Representatives. He also was awarded an honorary degree by Benedict College.
Dr. Donaldson’s memberships include the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, the Organization of American Historians, the Southern Historical Association, the South Carolina Archives and History Commission, the editorial board of the University of South Carolina Press, the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission, the South Caroliniana Society, the NAACP, the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, the Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, and the Wesleyan University Board of Trustees.
He and his wife are the proud parents of two children.
For questions, please contact, dmonk@columbiaworldaffairs.org.
PARTNER EVENTS
Columbia Museum of Art presents:
The Ironic Curtain
Art from the Soviet Underground
On view: July 3 – September 12, 2021
The Ironic Curtain features artists who worked under political repression in the decades just before the fall of the Soviet Union, often making “official” art by day and their own experimental art in secret. The results are wild and darkly witty, with symbols of the Soviet government used to parody its power rather than to celebrate it.
Sots Art, a Soviet version of Pop Art, is well represented in this exhibition among paintings, sculpture, prints, and photography by nearly three dozen artists, including the artist duo Komar and Melamid, Ilya Kabakov, Alexander Kosolapov, Oleg Vassiliev, and Leonid Sokov.
Having been officially repressed or relatively contained to émigré centers such as New York City, many of these works are little known, and some works in the exhibition are being shown in the United States for the first time. The CMA has organized this exhibition from the premier Neil K. Rector Collection to create this rare opportunity.
Stay tuned for related, CWAC-sponsored events!
For more exhibition information and related events, please visit:
https://www.columbiamuseum.org/view/ironic-curtain-art-soviet-underground
The Ironic Curtain features artists who worked under political repression in the decades just before the fall of the Soviet Union, often making “official” art by day and their own experimental art in secret. The results are wild and darkly witty, with symbols of the Soviet government used to parody its power rather than to celebrate it.
Sots Art, a Soviet version of Pop Art, is well represented in this exhibition among paintings, sculpture, prints, and photography by nearly three dozen artists, including the artist duo Komar and Melamid, Ilya Kabakov, Alexander Kosolapov, Oleg Vassiliev, and Leonid Sokov.
Having been officially repressed or relatively contained to émigré centers such as New York City, many of these works are little known, and some works in the exhibition are being shown in the United States for the first time. The CMA has organized this exhibition from the premier Neil K. Rector Collection to create this rare opportunity.
Stay tuned for related, CWAC-sponsored events!
For more exhibition information and related events, please visit:
https://www.columbiamuseum.org/view/ironic-curtain-art-soviet-underground
Below is a list, updated weekly, of virtual events hosted by World Affairs Councils
around the country - available to all CWAC Members!
around the country - available to all CWAC Members!
All programs below are accessible online unless otherwise indicated.
Tuesday 7/13
Tennessee World Affairs Council hosts Andrei Korobkov, Middle Tennessee State University, and Mark Katz, George Mason University, for “U.S.-Russia Conflict: Post Biden-Putin Summit.”
Wednesday 7/14
WorldBoston hosts Theodore Johnson, Senior Fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law, to discuss his book When the Stars Begin to Fall.
World Affairs Council of Greater Reading hosts Rebecca Pincus, U.S. Naval War College, for “Emerging Great Power Competition in the Arctic.”
Thursday 7/15
World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth hosts Rachel Vogelstein, Director of the Women and Foreign Policy Program, and Meighan Stone, Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy, both at the Council on Foreign Relations, for “Awakening: #MeToo and the Global Fight for Women’s Rights.”
World Affairs Council of Atlanta hosts Tal Schneider, Political Correspondent for The Times of Israel, for “Israel’s (New) Political Landscape.”
World Affairs (Northern California) hosts Jeffrey Garten, Dean Emeritus at Yale School of Management and author, for “The Nixon Shock: How Three Days at Camp David Changed Financial History.”
World Affairs Council of Sonoma County hosts Surjit Bhalla, Executive Director for India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Bhutan at the International Monetary Fund, for “The New Wealth of Nations: Education.”
World Affairs Council of the Monterey Bay Area hosts Andrew Bacevich, Founder and President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, for “After the Apocalypse: America’s Role in a World Transformed.”
World Affairs Council of Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky hosts Eavan Cully, Foreign Service Officer at U.S. Consulate Nuuk, for “Working in the Arctic: A U.S. Diplomat’s Story.”
Los Angeles World Affairs Council & Town Hall hosts Jocelyn Tetel, VP of Advancement at the Skirball Cultural Center, for a “Private Members-Only Tour of the Ai Weiwei: Trace Exhibition.” (In-Person)
World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts Khaled Elgindy, Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute, for “Israel, Palestine & the US’s Role in a Possible Plan for Peace.” (In-Person)
World Affairs Council of Orange County hosts John Sganga, Knobbe Martens Partner, Vladimir Lozan, Knobbe Martens Partner, Baraa Kahf, Knobbe Martens Partner, and Johnson Ge, Managing Partner at Uni-Intel, for “Obtaining and Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights Worldwide: A View from the Frontline.”
Friday 7/16
World Affairs Council of St. Louis hosts British Deputy Ambassador Michael Tatham and Consul General Alan Gogbashian for “A Virtual Visit with Michael Tatham and Alan Gogbashian.”
Tuesday 7/13
Tennessee World Affairs Council hosts Andrei Korobkov, Middle Tennessee State University, and Mark Katz, George Mason University, for “U.S.-Russia Conflict: Post Biden-Putin Summit.”
Wednesday 7/14
WorldBoston hosts Theodore Johnson, Senior Fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law, to discuss his book When the Stars Begin to Fall.
World Affairs Council of Greater Reading hosts Rebecca Pincus, U.S. Naval War College, for “Emerging Great Power Competition in the Arctic.”
Thursday 7/15
World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth hosts Rachel Vogelstein, Director of the Women and Foreign Policy Program, and Meighan Stone, Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy, both at the Council on Foreign Relations, for “Awakening: #MeToo and the Global Fight for Women’s Rights.”
World Affairs Council of Atlanta hosts Tal Schneider, Political Correspondent for The Times of Israel, for “Israel’s (New) Political Landscape.”
World Affairs (Northern California) hosts Jeffrey Garten, Dean Emeritus at Yale School of Management and author, for “The Nixon Shock: How Three Days at Camp David Changed Financial History.”
World Affairs Council of Sonoma County hosts Surjit Bhalla, Executive Director for India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Bhutan at the International Monetary Fund, for “The New Wealth of Nations: Education.”
World Affairs Council of the Monterey Bay Area hosts Andrew Bacevich, Founder and President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, for “After the Apocalypse: America’s Role in a World Transformed.”
World Affairs Council of Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky hosts Eavan Cully, Foreign Service Officer at U.S. Consulate Nuuk, for “Working in the Arctic: A U.S. Diplomat’s Story.”
Los Angeles World Affairs Council & Town Hall hosts Jocelyn Tetel, VP of Advancement at the Skirball Cultural Center, for a “Private Members-Only Tour of the Ai Weiwei: Trace Exhibition.” (In-Person)
World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts Khaled Elgindy, Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute, for “Israel, Palestine & the US’s Role in a Possible Plan for Peace.” (In-Person)
World Affairs Council of Orange County hosts John Sganga, Knobbe Martens Partner, Vladimir Lozan, Knobbe Martens Partner, Baraa Kahf, Knobbe Martens Partner, and Johnson Ge, Managing Partner at Uni-Intel, for “Obtaining and Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights Worldwide: A View from the Frontline.”
Friday 7/16
World Affairs Council of St. Louis hosts British Deputy Ambassador Michael Tatham and Consul General Alan Gogbashian for “A Virtual Visit with Michael Tatham and Alan Gogbashian.”
Councils on Podcast
- Cleveland CWA, Global Conversations
- WAC Charleston, WACC Podcast
- WAC Connecticut, Comm(Unity)
- WAC Dallas/Fort Worth, Global I.Q. Minute With Jim Falk
- WAC New Hampshire, Global in the Granite State
- World Affairs (Northern California), KQED Radio
Columbia, SC COVID-19 News & Resources
COVID-19 Updates & Tracker
Health & Wellness
Educator Resources
COVID-19 Updates & Tracker
- CDC information and advisories
- CDC everyday preventative actions
- WHO pandemic advisory
- New York Times' tracking map
- Cool online tool, devised by Washington State high school student Avi Schiffmann, tracking the latest Coronavirus information
- Facts and statistics that aid in quick and clear understanding of the situation as it develops
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Update -- Dir. Anthony Fauci
Health & Wellness
- Are you stir crazy or feeling blue due to this unprecedented and uncertain time? Take the popular "happiness" course by Yale University for free -- Coursera
- The course is available to audit online for free, see here for details.
- Brené Brown - Empathy -- WAC Upstate
- "How to Manage Coronavirus Anxiety" One Medical -- WAC Upstate
- "I Survived Solitary Confinement. You Can Survive Self-Isolating" The Washington Post -- WAC Philadelphia
Educator Resources
- Ohio Council for the Social Studies Resource Document -- Bill Hilt, President/CEO, WAC Northwest Ohio
- To help alleviate some of concerns with distance learning and explaining the current health crisis, the list is a compilation of K-12 Social Studies lessons, activities, and resources. It also has guidelines for explaining COVID-19 to young people.
- Zoom CEO announcement of free platforms for K-12 schools
Past Events, Programs & Partnerships
2019
January 8
Benelux: Celebration 60 Years of Union, Distinguished Speaker panel with William De Baets, Consul General of Belgium; Georges Hoffman, Honorary Consul of Luxembourg; and Dr. Marc van Essen, USC Darla Moore School of Business (representing the Netherlands)
March 4
2019 Columbia World Affairs Council Annual Meeting
March 13
BREXIT over Breakfast with Distinguished Speaker British Consul General Andrew Staunton
March 23
Academic WorldQuest Midlands Regional Competition
April 5
Norwegian/Swedish Jazz Quintet Friends & Neighbors Concert at if ART Gallery
April 10
Academic WorldQuest Trivia Night Fundraiser
April 12-13
Teaching the Past in the Future Series, a Goethe Institute/Deutschlandjahr program of the Hanns Seidel Foundation in association with Centropa, USC, and the Columbia World Affairs Council
April 16-17
Diplomacy Begins Here Series, a visit to Columbia by Distinguished Speaker Katherine Brown, President and CEO of Global Ties US
April 25
Brexit and the Future of European Integration with Distinguished Speaker Dr. Matthias Matthijs, John Hopkins University
April 26-27
The Carlos and Malú Alvarez 2019 Academic WorldQuest National Competition in Washington, D.C.
May 1-4
Women in Politics & Civil Society, an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) for multiple countries
May 2-6
Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists U.S. Foreign Policy, IVLP for multiple countries
May 22
Taiwan-United States Relations and the 40th Anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act with Distinguished Speaker Vincent Jing-Yen Liu, Director General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Atlanta
May 29-June 5
Stars and Stripes over the Rhine: The American Occupation in Germany after World War I (1918-1923) exhibition at the Koger Center for the Arts, in partnership with the Atlantic Academy (Kaiserslautern, Germany), University of Mainz, and the WWI Centennial Commission. A Wunderbar Together program
May 31-June 8
Decentralization/Regional Economic Development, IVLP for Ukraine
June 9-11
Moreton Bay Regional Council and University of the Sunshine Coast delegation from Queensland, Australia visit to Columbia.
June 12
Claire Rousay & Jacob Wick Jazz Duet Concert at if ART Gallery
June 26-29
Free and Fair Electoral Processes, IVLP for Ethiopia's National Electoral Board
June 27
Happy Hour at the Hunter Gatherer Brewery Curtiss-Wright Hangar
July 18-August 15
Glory & Gratitude to the United States exhibition at the Koger Center for the Arts, in partnership with the Consulate General of Belgium in Atlanta, Honorary Consulate of Belgium in South Carolina, and FN America, LLC
August 1
Boris Johnson and the Future of Brexit with Distinguished Speaker Alexander Hall Hall, Chief British Brexit Counsellor to the US
August 17
Polyglot Meet-Up, with all CWAC language conversation groups, at World of Beer
August 19-September 27
Belgium Comic Expo in Columbia: Highlights of Belgian Comic Strip Art exhibition at the Koger Center for the Arts, in partnership the Consulate General of Belgium in Atlanta & Honorary Consulate of Belgium in South Carolina
August 20
CWAC Membership Committee Info Session
August 27
Global Alliance South Carolina luncheon
September 18
Exploring the Cuisine and Culture of Ghana, Taste of the World Dinner at Asanka Kitchen
September 30-October 10
Heimat/Home: The 2019 Columbia – Kaiserslautern Artists Exchange
October 15
Coffee & Conversations with Teagen Barresi, Peace Corps
Benelux: Celebration 60 Years of Union, Distinguished Speaker panel with William De Baets, Consul General of Belgium; Georges Hoffman, Honorary Consul of Luxembourg; and Dr. Marc van Essen, USC Darla Moore School of Business (representing the Netherlands)
March 4
2019 Columbia World Affairs Council Annual Meeting
March 13
BREXIT over Breakfast with Distinguished Speaker British Consul General Andrew Staunton
March 23
Academic WorldQuest Midlands Regional Competition
April 5
Norwegian/Swedish Jazz Quintet Friends & Neighbors Concert at if ART Gallery
April 10
Academic WorldQuest Trivia Night Fundraiser
April 12-13
Teaching the Past in the Future Series, a Goethe Institute/Deutschlandjahr program of the Hanns Seidel Foundation in association with Centropa, USC, and the Columbia World Affairs Council
April 16-17
Diplomacy Begins Here Series, a visit to Columbia by Distinguished Speaker Katherine Brown, President and CEO of Global Ties US
April 25
Brexit and the Future of European Integration with Distinguished Speaker Dr. Matthias Matthijs, John Hopkins University
April 26-27
The Carlos and Malú Alvarez 2019 Academic WorldQuest National Competition in Washington, D.C.
May 1-4
Women in Politics & Civil Society, an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) for multiple countries
May 2-6
Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists U.S. Foreign Policy, IVLP for multiple countries
May 22
Taiwan-United States Relations and the 40th Anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act with Distinguished Speaker Vincent Jing-Yen Liu, Director General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Atlanta
May 29-June 5
Stars and Stripes over the Rhine: The American Occupation in Germany after World War I (1918-1923) exhibition at the Koger Center for the Arts, in partnership with the Atlantic Academy (Kaiserslautern, Germany), University of Mainz, and the WWI Centennial Commission. A Wunderbar Together program
May 31-June 8
Decentralization/Regional Economic Development, IVLP for Ukraine
June 9-11
Moreton Bay Regional Council and University of the Sunshine Coast delegation from Queensland, Australia visit to Columbia.
June 12
Claire Rousay & Jacob Wick Jazz Duet Concert at if ART Gallery
June 26-29
Free and Fair Electoral Processes, IVLP for Ethiopia's National Electoral Board
June 27
Happy Hour at the Hunter Gatherer Brewery Curtiss-Wright Hangar
July 18-August 15
Glory & Gratitude to the United States exhibition at the Koger Center for the Arts, in partnership with the Consulate General of Belgium in Atlanta, Honorary Consulate of Belgium in South Carolina, and FN America, LLC
August 1
Boris Johnson and the Future of Brexit with Distinguished Speaker Alexander Hall Hall, Chief British Brexit Counsellor to the US
August 17
Polyglot Meet-Up, with all CWAC language conversation groups, at World of Beer
August 19-September 27
Belgium Comic Expo in Columbia: Highlights of Belgian Comic Strip Art exhibition at the Koger Center for the Arts, in partnership the Consulate General of Belgium in Atlanta & Honorary Consulate of Belgium in South Carolina
August 20
CWAC Membership Committee Info Session
August 27
Global Alliance South Carolina luncheon
September 18
Exploring the Cuisine and Culture of Ghana, Taste of the World Dinner at Asanka Kitchen
September 30-October 10
Heimat/Home: The 2019 Columbia – Kaiserslautern Artists Exchange
October 15
Coffee & Conversations with Teagen Barresi, Peace Corps
2018
January 24
CWAC Annual Meeting
February 4-7
Cultural Vistas, IVLP for India: Integrity in Journalism: New and Traditional Broadcast Media, A Project for India
February 13
China and the United States: Cooperation beyond Competition with guest speaker Yanxi Liu
March 9-17
Open World Leadership Center Program for Russia: Women in Business
March 13
The Risk of War with Iran: a talk and book signing by Trita Parsi
March 15
The Political Crisis of March 2009 in Madagascar: A Case Study of Conflict and Conflict Mediation with guest speaker Dr. Adrien M. Ratsimbaharison
April 11
Barack Obama and the Dilemmas of American Leadership with guest speaker Mario Del Pero @ the International House at Maxcy College, USC
April 14-15
Columbia International Festival
April 25
Opening Honorary Consulate of Belgium and nomination of Honorary Consul in South Carolina: A reception for Jean-Louis Vanderstraeten
May 16-23
CWAC/City of Columbia Economic Development and International Relationship Mission to Paris, France and Liege, Belgium
May 30
New Member Happy Hour at the Hunter Gatherer Brewery @ the Curtiss-Wright Hangar
June 6
Summer Concert: Party Knüllers X Jaimie Branch @ if Art Gallery
June 14
Summer Concert: Paal Nilssen-Love’s Large Unit @ 701 CCA
June 20
Distinguished Speaker: H.E. Javlon Vakhabov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Uzbekistan
July 14
Bastille Day Brunch w/ the French Conversation Group @ Crepes & Croissants
July 24
Astronomers Without Borders @ the South Carolina State Museum
August 20
Doing Business with Saudi Arabia with guest speaker David Callahan, Senior Vice President, U.S.-Saudi Arabian Business Council
August 28 to Sept. 5
CWAC Delegation Sister Cities Mission: Kaiserslautern, Germany and Cluj-Napoca, Romania
September 6
Distinguished Speaker: Klaus Becker, Honorary Consul of Germany in North Carolina, co-hosted w/ USC Global Studies
September 20
CWAC Happy Hour at Stormwater Studios
September 28
Teachers on the Global Stage: The surprising educational connections between Romania and South Carolina. A panel discussion and reception w/ USC's College of Education
September 28 to Oct. 6
Open World Leadership Program for Russia: Entrepreneurship
October 2 & 3
Engage America Series: Oman 2018 with Distinguished Speaker Ms. Haura Al Wahaibi, Commercial Attaché, Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman
November 2-7
Graduate School USA, IVLP for Multi-Regional Delegation: Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists -- New and Traditional Broadcast Media
November 7-9
Meridian, IVLP for Sweden: Swedish-U.S. Foreign Policy and Media Exchange
November 8-13
Cultural Vistas, IVLP for Multi-Regional Delegation: Investigative Journalism - Best Practices in Ethical Reporting
November 29
25th Anniversary Global Vision Award Gala honoring Senator Hugh K. Leatherman
December 6-11
Meridian, IVLP for Georgia: Labor Rights and Economic Development
December 7
Winter Concert: Frode Gjerstad Quartet from Norway at if ART Gallery
CWAC Annual Meeting
February 4-7
Cultural Vistas, IVLP for India: Integrity in Journalism: New and Traditional Broadcast Media, A Project for India
February 13
China and the United States: Cooperation beyond Competition with guest speaker Yanxi Liu
March 9-17
Open World Leadership Center Program for Russia: Women in Business
March 13
The Risk of War with Iran: a talk and book signing by Trita Parsi
March 15
The Political Crisis of March 2009 in Madagascar: A Case Study of Conflict and Conflict Mediation with guest speaker Dr. Adrien M. Ratsimbaharison
April 11
Barack Obama and the Dilemmas of American Leadership with guest speaker Mario Del Pero @ the International House at Maxcy College, USC
April 14-15
Columbia International Festival
April 25
Opening Honorary Consulate of Belgium and nomination of Honorary Consul in South Carolina: A reception for Jean-Louis Vanderstraeten
May 16-23
CWAC/City of Columbia Economic Development and International Relationship Mission to Paris, France and Liege, Belgium
May 30
New Member Happy Hour at the Hunter Gatherer Brewery @ the Curtiss-Wright Hangar
June 6
Summer Concert: Party Knüllers X Jaimie Branch @ if Art Gallery
June 14
Summer Concert: Paal Nilssen-Love’s Large Unit @ 701 CCA
June 20
Distinguished Speaker: H.E. Javlon Vakhabov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Uzbekistan
July 14
Bastille Day Brunch w/ the French Conversation Group @ Crepes & Croissants
July 24
Astronomers Without Borders @ the South Carolina State Museum
August 20
Doing Business with Saudi Arabia with guest speaker David Callahan, Senior Vice President, U.S.-Saudi Arabian Business Council
August 28 to Sept. 5
CWAC Delegation Sister Cities Mission: Kaiserslautern, Germany and Cluj-Napoca, Romania
September 6
Distinguished Speaker: Klaus Becker, Honorary Consul of Germany in North Carolina, co-hosted w/ USC Global Studies
September 20
CWAC Happy Hour at Stormwater Studios
September 28
Teachers on the Global Stage: The surprising educational connections between Romania and South Carolina. A panel discussion and reception w/ USC's College of Education
September 28 to Oct. 6
Open World Leadership Program for Russia: Entrepreneurship
October 2 & 3
Engage America Series: Oman 2018 with Distinguished Speaker Ms. Haura Al Wahaibi, Commercial Attaché, Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman
November 2-7
Graduate School USA, IVLP for Multi-Regional Delegation: Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists -- New and Traditional Broadcast Media
November 7-9
Meridian, IVLP for Sweden: Swedish-U.S. Foreign Policy and Media Exchange
November 8-13
Cultural Vistas, IVLP for Multi-Regional Delegation: Investigative Journalism - Best Practices in Ethical Reporting
November 29
25th Anniversary Global Vision Award Gala honoring Senator Hugh K. Leatherman
December 6-11
Meridian, IVLP for Georgia: Labor Rights and Economic Development
December 7
Winter Concert: Frode Gjerstad Quartet from Norway at if ART Gallery
2017
January 31
Distinguished Speaker: Consul General of India in Atlanta, Nagesh Singh
February 2
Reception for Michel Martelly, former President of Haiti, with Claflin University
February 4
Academic WorldQuest 2017 Regional Competition
February 15
Reception welcoming International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) guests from Ukraine and Afghanistan
February 17
Women in Leadership with IVLP guests from Ukraine at Columbia College
March 14
Taste of the World Dinner at Il Giorgione
March 23
Distinguished Speaker: Dr. Mohamed Moncef Marzouki, former President of Tunisia
April 4
The Recent Turmoil in Turkey and Freedom of the Press with Turkish newspaper executive in exile Abdülhamit Bilici
April 6
Reception for Ambassador Budimir Loncar, former Yugoslav Ambassador to the US
April 20
Jihad in Hollywood: An Evening of Film, Art & Music with Syrian artists Jihad Abdo and Fadia Afashe at the Columbia Museum of Art
April 22
Biergarten on Main Street with Bierkeller Columbia
April 28
Reception for the Beyond Bollywood: Indian-Americans Shape the Nation exhibition at the South Carolina State Museum with Pratik Mathur, First Secretary, Embassy of India
May 8
Bringing the World to South Carolina with Dolly Chewning, International Sales and Marketing, South Carolina Parks, Recreation & Tourism
May 30
Starless Dreams film screening and discussion on the Travel Ban at The Nickelodeon Theatre
July 12-21
South Carolina Estonia Trade Agreement delegation to Estonia led by Harry Huge, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Estonia for the state of South Carolina
August 10
Making the Connection: Lucerne, Switzerland meets Columbia & South Carolina with Michelle Abboud, VP, North America for Lucerne Business, and Susanna auf der Maur, Kaufmann Ruedi Law Firm
August 30
Women’s Economic Advancement and Policy: A Look Abroad and at Home, a panel discussion with CARE USA and the Women’s Rights and Empowerment Network
September 26 & 27
Future of Korea series with the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Korea Economic Institute (KEI), and the U.S. Department of State. Sponsored by the World Affairs Councils of America and KEI
October 18
Building an International Mobility Center in South Carolina: The German Israeli American Innovation Triangle with Morris Ellison, Womble Carlyle
November 2
European Union trade delegation luncheon
November 5-9
International Visitor Leadership Program: Current US Social, Political and Economic Issues for Young Russian Leaders
November 8
2017 Global Vision Award Gala honoring former Charleston, SC Mayor Joe Riley at the Columbia Marriott
November 13
Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World film screening and discussion with artist and author Steven Naifeh at the Columbia Museum of Art, in partnership with the Carolina Peace Resource Center and USC’s International Education Week
December 1
Artist Salon: Poetry in the Galleries at the Columbia Museum of Art with the French Conversation Group in connection with the Henri Matisse: Jazz & Poetry on Paper exhibition
December 13
French Conversation Group Wine Down Wednesday at Lula Drake Wine Parlour
December 16
Christmas Biergarten on Main Street with Bierkeller Columbia
Distinguished Speaker: Consul General of India in Atlanta, Nagesh Singh
February 2
Reception for Michel Martelly, former President of Haiti, with Claflin University
February 4
Academic WorldQuest 2017 Regional Competition
February 15
Reception welcoming International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) guests from Ukraine and Afghanistan
February 17
Women in Leadership with IVLP guests from Ukraine at Columbia College
March 14
Taste of the World Dinner at Il Giorgione
March 23
Distinguished Speaker: Dr. Mohamed Moncef Marzouki, former President of Tunisia
April 4
The Recent Turmoil in Turkey and Freedom of the Press with Turkish newspaper executive in exile Abdülhamit Bilici
April 6
Reception for Ambassador Budimir Loncar, former Yugoslav Ambassador to the US
April 20
Jihad in Hollywood: An Evening of Film, Art & Music with Syrian artists Jihad Abdo and Fadia Afashe at the Columbia Museum of Art
April 22
Biergarten on Main Street with Bierkeller Columbia
April 28
Reception for the Beyond Bollywood: Indian-Americans Shape the Nation exhibition at the South Carolina State Museum with Pratik Mathur, First Secretary, Embassy of India
May 8
Bringing the World to South Carolina with Dolly Chewning, International Sales and Marketing, South Carolina Parks, Recreation & Tourism
May 30
Starless Dreams film screening and discussion on the Travel Ban at The Nickelodeon Theatre
July 12-21
South Carolina Estonia Trade Agreement delegation to Estonia led by Harry Huge, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Estonia for the state of South Carolina
August 10
Making the Connection: Lucerne, Switzerland meets Columbia & South Carolina with Michelle Abboud, VP, North America for Lucerne Business, and Susanna auf der Maur, Kaufmann Ruedi Law Firm
August 30
Women’s Economic Advancement and Policy: A Look Abroad and at Home, a panel discussion with CARE USA and the Women’s Rights and Empowerment Network
September 26 & 27
Future of Korea series with the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Korea Economic Institute (KEI), and the U.S. Department of State. Sponsored by the World Affairs Councils of America and KEI
October 18
Building an International Mobility Center in South Carolina: The German Israeli American Innovation Triangle with Morris Ellison, Womble Carlyle
November 2
European Union trade delegation luncheon
November 5-9
International Visitor Leadership Program: Current US Social, Political and Economic Issues for Young Russian Leaders
November 8
2017 Global Vision Award Gala honoring former Charleston, SC Mayor Joe Riley at the Columbia Marriott
November 13
Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World film screening and discussion with artist and author Steven Naifeh at the Columbia Museum of Art, in partnership with the Carolina Peace Resource Center and USC’s International Education Week
December 1
Artist Salon: Poetry in the Galleries at the Columbia Museum of Art with the French Conversation Group in connection with the Henri Matisse: Jazz & Poetry on Paper exhibition
December 13
French Conversation Group Wine Down Wednesday at Lula Drake Wine Parlour
December 16
Christmas Biergarten on Main Street with Bierkeller Columbia