Global Summit XVIII
Join us, for our 18th year of serving the Erie community with a new Global Summit lineup of groundbreaking researchers, writers, and presenters. The JES invites speakers from around the world to speak on a broad range of globally important issues each year as part of our Global Summit Speaker Series.
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From the Revolution to World Wars, the Battles That Defined America

November 9th,2026 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker:  Global Summit 2026

Speaker: Rick Atkinson

Location: Gannon University Waldron Campus Center - 628 Peach St, Erie, PA 16501 

Date/Time: Monday, November 9th 7:00-8:30pm

Admission: Early Bird Pricing - General Admission $25.75 / Preferred Seating $51.50

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Rick Atkinson is a best-selling author, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and one of America's foremost military historians. A former Washington Post journalist and editor, he is the author of the acclaimed Revolution Trilogy, including The British Are Coming and The Fate of the Day, as well as the bestselling Liberation Trilogy on World War II. A historical advisor for Ken Burns' PBS series The American Revolution, Atkinson is renowned for combining meticulous research with compelling storytelling. His numerous honors include Pulitzer Prizes for history, national reporting, and public service, the George Polk Award, and the Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement.

 Global Summit 2026