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Join Paul Nugent, Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council Executive Director & Ireland Native, for an in-depth, exclusive look into the political history of Ireland & N. Ireland from Partition all the way to Brexit & beyond.
$3,995 per person plus airfare.
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Paul Nugent is the Executive Director and Program Committee Chair of the Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council. In this role he has invited several experts to speak on Irish history, including Professor Fearghal McGarry of Queen’s University Belfast, Ed Moloney, author of A Secret History of the IRA, and Micheline Sheehy Skeffington, an internationally renowned botanist and activist on behalf of academic rights for women. He has made presentations on the effect of Brexit on Ireland in the context of Anglo-Irish relations over the past 120 years. Paul is a member of the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR). He graduated from University College Dublin in 1980 with a Bachelors in Zoology and Biochemistry, returning for a PhD in Biochemistry and Endocrinology. From 1989 to 2001 he worked in academia as a Research Assistant Professor, followed by a career at Pfizer. He retired in 2024.
As the region’s largest and longest-running international nonprofit, World Affairs opens doors between Philadelphia and the world. From powerful speaker events and international exchanges to youth education, to professional development and curated travel programs, this is where continents, cultures, and ideas connect.