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 us on Facebook.
Next event:
'Mexico at the Crossroads: Moving Backward or Forward in 2025' with Dr. David Shirk
Thursday, September 11 | 5:15 | KTOO Studio 1
Dr. David Shirk is a professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of San Diego (USD). He is the past director of the USD Trans-Border Institute and the current director of the Justice in Mexico program. As an undergraduate student at Lock Haven University, he was a recipient of the Matthew David Klee scholarship for African Americans and at the University of California San Diego he as an American Political Science Foundation Minority Fellow and UC Presidents Fellow. He has been a fellow at the UCSD Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies and at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He is also the co-author of Contemporary Mexican Politics, recently released in its updated fifth edition.
Forum: Unratified: The International Law of the Sea treaties, and their potential for protecting Arctic resources and cultures.
October 10 & 11 Friday & Saturday 2025 | KTOO Studio 1
The Convention on the Law of the Sea (known as ''UNCLOS''), in effect since 1994, is an international treaty that establishes a legal framework for all marine and maritime activities outside of coastal waters. As of December 2024, 169 sovereign states and the European Union are parties. However, the United States has yet to ratify the treaty. What are the foreseeable consequences of the U.S. Senate's continued failure to ratify for the nation, for Alaska and for Alaska's indigenous peoples? What are the corresponding risks, opportunities and rewards of ratification?
'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.
