{"id":63,"date":"2014-10-27T09:41:15","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T09:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/?p=63"},"modified":"2015-01-14T16:14:15","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T16:14:15","slug":"polir-hosts-talk-by-u-s-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/2014\/10\/27\/polir-hosts-talk-by-u-s-ambassador\/","title":{"rendered":"POLIR hosts talk by U.S. Ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matthew Barzun, Ambassador of the United States of America to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and N. Ireland, gave a talk at Kent on 23 October. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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From left – Deputy VC Prof Keith Mander, Ambassador Barzun, Prof Whitman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Ambassador\u2019s talk was organised and hosted by the School of Politics and International Relations (POLIR)<\/a>. Among those invited to this exclusive event, which took place in the Colyer-Fergusson Music Building on the Canterbury campus, were students and staff from POLIR and the Centre for American Studies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During his hour-long talk, which took the form of a Q&A with the students, Ambassador Barzun <\/a>addressed a broad range of issues from US foreign policy, and its effect on the world today, to LGBT rights and the ways in which President Obama has developed a \u2018new type of leadership from the centre\u2019.<\/p>\n

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US Ambassador Matthew Barzun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Ambassador\u2019s visit coincided with the launch of POLIR\u2019s Diplomacy@Kent, one of several Beacon Projects<\/a> funded by the University to mark its 50th<\/sup> anniversary<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Head of POLIR Professor Richard Whitman, who is also Co-director of Diplomacy@Kent, described Ambassador Barzun\u2019s visit as \u2018a tremendous opportunity for students to gain access to one of the most highly regarded and respected diplomats in the world today\u2019.<\/p>\n

His fellow Co-director, Professor Feargal Cochrane, described it as \u2018the beginning of what promises to be an exciting programme of events and learning opportunities for this already popular Beacon project\u2019.<\/p>\n

The Ambassador was welcomed to the University by Professor Whitman and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Keith Mander.<\/p>\n

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US Ambassador Matthew Barzun with POLIR students<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Gary Hughes | 24 October 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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