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Rifts and Shifts in World Affairs: Historical Change in the Making
Date: Monday 29 September 2025 | Time: 18:00 - 20:30 (EST)
Location: Evercore Partners, 21st Floor, 55 E 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055 | Get directions
- Guest speakers
Join us for an evening of topical discussion and networking with fellow alumni.
At this exclusive event, you'll have the opportunity to hear from world-renowned historian and Newcastle University alumnus, Professor Paul Kennedy CBE of Yale University, in a fireside chat titled 'Rifts and Shifts in World Affairs: Historical Change in the Making'.
About Professor Paul Kennedy CBE FBA
(BA Hons History, 1966; Hon DLitt, 1991)
History graduate and North East native Paul Kennedy is internationally renowned for his writings and commentaries on global political, economic, and strategic issues, and currently lectures at Yale University in the USA.
Paul has published nineteen books in his lifetime, with a particular focus on the history of British foreign policy and great power struggles. His best known book is the 1988 publication ‘The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers’, which assesses the interaction between economics and strategy over the past five centuries and which provoked intense debate when released. Paul also regularly writes for The New York Times, The Atlantic, and many foreign-language newspapers and magazines, with his monthly column on current global issues distributed worldwide by the Tribune Content Agency.
