Join Ambassador Maria E. Brewer for a conversation about careers in diplomacy and international service.

Throughout her career, Ambassador Brewer has served in senior diplomatic and leadership roles around the world, including assignments in Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, and Washington, D.C. Her experience includes work in career development and assignments, embassy management, and senior leadership within the U.S. Department of State.

Hear about her experiences serving around the world and learn about pathways into the U.S. Foreign Service.

Shawn Skelly, former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, retired U.S. Navy officer, and member of the board of directors of the Human Rights Campaign, will share an appreciation of her life’s and career’s experience at the intersection of two of today’s most intractable issues, gender and security; having come of age in a Cold War world, rising to help to lead one of the largest and most visible enterprises in America, and now a part of the national struggle for LGBTQ+ civil rights.

Registration is required for this Athenaeum Dinner Program here.

A Celebration of the 81st Birthday of the United Nations: “Diplomatic Prospects for Ukraine and Iran” with Hilary Appel, Director of the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies and Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow, Claremont McKenna College.

Reservations Required by October 22 - seating is limited.

Register for this event here.

FREE for Claremont Colleges students with a reservation.

Sponsors: United Nations Association of Pomona Valley; UNA of The Claremont Colleges; Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies, CMC; European Union Center, Scripps College; International Relations Program, Pomona College; Rotary Club of Claremont; League of Women Voters of the Mt. Baldy Area; NAACP of Pomona Valley; and many other college and community organizations

The Claremont International Relations Society (CIRS) Presents: State of the World

Annual Ath Event: Join us for dinner and great conversations.

Come meet IR faculty and upperclassmen and learn more about spring courses and exciting opportunities in IR!

Registration is required at this link.

The Global Crackdown of LGBTQ Movements with Professor Phillip M. Ayoub, Director of International Public Policy, University College London

Professor Ayoub will discuss the global crackdown on LGBTQ movements: the networks driving it, and how activists are responding.