Join us for a lovely lunch and a talk on "The Geo-Political Role of the EU with Today's Challenges."

Join us for a lovely lunch and an interesting talk at the Círculo de Gendarmería.

Join us for a lovely lunch and a talk by Richard Cowley, OBE, MBE. The subject will be Secrets, Mysteries, and Lies — The Drama of the Battle of the River Plate.

Join us for a lovely lunch and a talk by Allen Loucks, former U.S. Attorne and Civil Chief for the State of Maryland. The subject will be The Use of Precedence in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Join us for a lovely lunch and a talk by Michael Soltys, journalist for the Buenos Aires Times.

Join us for a lovely lunch and a talk by recognized journalist Robert Cox OBE.

Join us for a lovely lunch and a talk by Argentine journalist Agustino Fontevecchia.

Join us for a lovely luncheon and a talk by the Honorable Torsten Ericsson, Ambassador from Sweden to Argentina.

Annual General Meeting and Luncheon Special Musical Program. Orquesta de los Barrios.

Join us for a lovely lunch, a Silent Auction, and a talk by UWC member Cynthia Goytía .

Join us for a lovely lunch and a talk by Belgian Ambassador Karl Dhaene.

Join us for a talk by Dr. Juan José Delaney on “Borges and Irish Writing”

Join us for a talk by LTG (ret) Julio Hang on the role of the Argentine armed forces.

Join us for luncheon at the lovely Circulo de Gendarmería to meet with Claudia Ferradas.

The Ambassador will present and discuss Poland's Response to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Our April speaker, Nicolás Zeitlin, will share his thoughts on the coming Data Revolution, a turning point in our relationship with technology and the beginning of entire new industries and applications.

Do you Translanguage? Looking closely into multilingual matters, Our first speaker of 2023 is Laura Renart, a language education expert well-versed in issues relating to changing concepts about bilingual and multilingual abilities.

Annual General Meeting and Luncheon Special Musical Program. Orquesta de los Barrios quintet.

Our speaker for October is UWC member Joanna Richardson, who will be speaking about current tendencies in inclusive language.

Ambassador Hayes will reflect on the various challenges our society faces regarding gender equality as well as her experience navigating a formerly male-dominated field. RSVP to attend the luncheon in person (!) or on Zoom. More details can be seen by clicking here.

Our August speaker, Prof. Marita Carballo (Sociology), a prominent international figure and writer in the field of public opinion, will be talking about the various factors affecting happiness and life satisfaction and how public policies can be brought into the picture.

Francisco González Centeno, MSc Sociology from the London School of Economics and Political Science, will be talking about his work since 2019 as a Field Officer of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Central African Republic.

We are honored to have as our speaker this month Jacqueline O’Halloran, Ireland’s current ambassador to Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

Our May speaker, Julia Gwen Ridgeway-Diaz, M.D. M.S., will be sharing with us some of her vast expertise in Neuropsychiatry, focusing on neurological disorders leading to dementia.

Our April speaker María Susana Azzi, a cultural anthropologist, will delve into the complex popular genre of tango, focusing on the music of Astor Piazzolla to help us understand the sociocultural changes Argentina has gone through.

In her talk this month Dr Alejandra Salinas will approach Borges from a political perspective and explore in which aspects and around which topics Borges finds inspiration and gives literary form to the political. Read more …

As always, our last luncheon of the year takes the form of a musical activity.

Our October speaker Dr. Andrés Hatum of the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella will be delivering a presentation related to his area of expertise in organizational change and transformation. Read more…

Our September luncheon speaker is Child Clinical Psychologist Claudio Miguel Hunter-Watts. In 2004 Dr Hunter–Watts founded the first “Escuela para Niños con Autismo” in Argentina and remains the school’s legal representative. Read more...

Our August luncheon speaker is Amani Elghoneimy, an Egyptia-Belgian national who gained a Master’s degree in Egyptology from the University of Alexandria, Egypt, in 1990. We will hear about the importance of medicine to ancient Egyptians and the development of medical research in the Egyptian society.

In the context of an international order in a state of flux, with changes in the configuration of the major powers shaping new roles, our July speaker Dr. Francisco de Santibañes will be explaining the strategic interests of Argentina.

Francisco de Santibañes is an expert in international relations. He is vice president of the Argentine Council for International Relations (CARI), a global fellow at the Wilson Center and professor at Austral University. Read more…

Our June luncheon speaker Dr. Esha Senchaudhuri holds a PhD in Political Philosophy (2012) from the LSE, an MSc in Philosophy of the Social Sciences (2007) also from the LSE, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and Economics from Swarthmore College, Philadelphia.

Many believe in the ideals of evidence-driven policy-making wherein research published by scholars and scientists is channeled towards the collective good. The reality of this enterprise though is quite complex. Researchers compete for the attention of political officials, while those who hold office are expected to understand and respond to findings from disciplines ranging from economics, law, sociology and the natural sciences. Drawing on experiences in research and scientific communication, this talk will present the challenges faced by decision-makers and scholars in driving evidence-driven policy, and move towards a framework for how to channel expertise towards policy-making within a democratic context.

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