Enjoy the online events hosted by our partner organization, the Alaska World Affairs Council in Anchorage. AWAC hosts a variety of engaging speakers on a wide variety of important topics.
Check them out!
JWAC's 2025-2026 Season #43:
(Events are added all year, so check back often.)
-Date and time details are determined as events approach, and events are added to the schedule throughout the season. Check back often for new information, and be sure to join our e-mail notifications list to receive regular updates. You can also sometimes find information repeated on Facebook.
-This page is the primary repository of JWAC event information. If you can't find what you're looking for here, then it simply doesn't exist yet.
-All JWAC presentations are free and open to all to attend as an audience member. Please arrive a few minutes early. Posted event times are when presentations start.
-JWAC does not stream presentations. They are instead professionally recorded at Juneau's public media station for later broadcast on Alaska public television, and also posted on YouTube (see season archives for links). All event postings include location information in their headers. Most often, Travelogues take place at the Gold Town Theater, and speaker presentations and Forums at KTOO Studio 1.
-Every person involved with JWAC is a volunteer. These events are a gift to our community.
Next event:
'Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World' with Ha-Joon Chang
Monday, November 3 | 11:00 AM - Noon | on Zoom
Virtual presentation led by our partners the Alaska World Affairs Council in Anchorage: Drawing from his latest work, Edible Economics, Chang uses the stories behind everyday foods to illuminate big questions about globalization, climate change, inequality, and the future of capitalism. Through humor, insight, and real-world examples, he challenges conventional thinking and offers fresh ways to understand the forces shaping our world. The event will feature an audience-driven Q&A.
Ha-Joon Chang is a Distinguished Research Professor of Economics and Co-director of the Centre for Sustainable Structural Transformation at SOAS University of London. Formerly a professor at the University of Cambridge (1990–2022), he is the author of 17 books. His works have sold over 3 million copies and been translated into 46 languages. Chang has advised numerous international organizations and governments and currently serves on the UN Committee for Development Policy. He is the recipient of the Gunnar Myrdal Prize and the Wassily Leontief Prize.
Register online before 9:00 AM on November 3. Tickets are free. Donations gladly accepted.
'Navigating the Middle East' with Ambassador Alina Romanowski
Tuesday, December 16 | 5:15 | KTOO Studio 1
Presented in partnership with the Alaska World Affairs Council.
'Rethinking U.S. Policy towards Africa' with Chidtima Blyden
Tuesday, February 3 | 5:15 | KTOO Studio 1
Chidi Blyden was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs from 2013 to 2017. Presented in partnership with the Alaska World Affairs Council.
Future WorldQuests!
January 31, 2026 | February 6, 2027 | Februry 8, 2028
JAHC is so good they already have us scheduled! Mark your calendars.
All of our speaker events are free and open to the public, so please join us!
JWAC takes no stance on any public issue, nor recommends any policy, party, viewpoint, or candidate.
