World Affairs Lecture: A Bright Future
Date and Time
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Tuesday March 10 | 11 AM - 12:30 PM
Location
Portsmouth Public Library 175 Parrott Avenue Portsmouth, NH 03801
Fees/Admission
Free and open to all.
Contact Information
Laura Horwood-Benton, Public Programming and Community Relations Librarian
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Description
World Affairs at the Library: A Bright Future with Joshua Goldstein Tuesday March 10 | 11 AM Portsmouth Public Library In conjunction with the World Affairs Council of New Hampshire, the Portsmouth Public Library hosts speakers on global issues. This series is FREE and open to the public. Come and learn more about the world at PPL! Joshua Goldstein, an award-winning scholar of international relations, will speak about his new book A Bright Future (with Staffan Qvist), which focuses on international responses to climate change, especially Sweden's success in rapid decarbonization using nuclear power. Books will be available for purchase. Professor Joshua S. Goldstein has written and spoken widely on war and society, including war's effects on gender, economics, and psychological trauma, and on peace and diplomacy. His book War and Gender won the International Studies Association's "Book of the Decade" award. Goldstein is coauthor (with Jon C. Pevehouse) of the widely used textbook International Relations.
