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World Affairs Luncheon Seminars

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All seminars are from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Buffet Lunch is served. 
Luncheon Seminar Fees: $30 per per person 

Thursday, October 2

Global Insights from Poland's Consul General

The 麻豆传媒团队's Schemel Forum is honored to welcome Mateusz Sakowicz, Consul General of the Republic of Poland in New York, for a World Affairs Luncheon Seminar. Drawing on his extensive diplomatic experience, Consul General Sakowicz will share insights into Poland's role in transatlantic relations, the value of cultural diplomacy, and the importance of Polish-American partnerships in addressing today's global challenges.

Mateusz Sakowicz
Consul General of the Republic of Poland in New York, is a career diplomat and appointed civil service officer with extensive experience in international relations, peace and security, and cultural diplomacy.

McIlhenny Ballroom, DeNaples Center, 407A • 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Monday, October 20

Around the World with A.G. Spalding: The Mystery of an 1888-1889 Tourist's Diary

In 1888, baseball pitcher-turned-entrepreneur A.G. Spalding along with an entourage of ball players, sports writers, and other adventurers embarked on a baseball tour around the world. Nearly 110 years later, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum received the donation of an unsigned diary kept by a member of the expedition. We will relive the tour, visit exotic lands, view images of rare ephemera and artifacts from the journey, and along the way solve the mystery of just who penned the diary.

Tom Shieber,
Senior Curator at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, NY.

Brennan Hall, Rose Room, 509 • 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Thursday, October 30

New Discoveries of the Penn Museum Excavations at Abydos, Egypt

The University of Pennsylvania Museum has been excavating in Egypt for more than a century. In 2024, at the Schemel Forum, Dr. Josef Wegner discussed the role of fieldwork in the formation of the Egyptological collection at Penn, and the current project to reinstall this important collection of 50,000 artifacts. The current lecture will look briefly at the history of fieldwork and turn to focus on ongoing excavations at the site of Abydos. Work at Abydos has identified a royal necropolis at the site named "Anubis Mountain." There, at least 13 kings who reigned between 1850 and 1650 BCE were buried. These include previously unknown pharaohs such as the King Seneb-Kay discovered in 2014, as well as the mysterious owner of the new royal tomb just discovered in January 2025. The lecture will look at these new discoveries and what this research can tell us about politics and society in Ancient Egypt.

Josef Wegner, Ph.D.,
Professor of Egyptian Archaeology; Chair, Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures; Curator, Egyptian Section, Penn Museum, University of Pennsylvania.

Brennan Hall, Rose Room, 509 • 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Thursday, November 20

America is Ready for a Pro-Peace Foreign Policy. Is Washington?

Washington's post-Cold War foreign policy consensus has broken up, and the race is on to define a new one. Yet so many in Washington remain wedded to an ideology of American primacy undergirded by global military power. There are strong signs that voters are ready for something different. In every election since the end of the Cold War, with the exception of 2004, Americans have voted for the candidate who offered a less militaristic, more restrained vision of American foreign policy. Will Democrats get the message in 2028?

Matthew Duss,
Executive Director, Center for International Policy, former Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

McIlhenny Ballroom, DeNaples Center, 407A • 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

For more information and to register for programs, contact:
570-941-4740
schemelforum@scranton.edu

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