SALEM — Korea, Afghanistan and the global economy are all on the agenda for the 64th Hamilton Hall Lecture Series, scheduled for next February and March. Tickets for the series — which sold out last year — went on sale this week.

The series of foreign affairs lectures, which began in 1946, brings in experts to discuss challenges and current events around the world. Ticket sales benefit the maintenance and upkeep of Hamilton Hall, the 1805 Salem landmark that was designed by the city's famed architect and woodcarver Samuel McIntire.

Among the highlights this year will be a lecture by Stephen Bosworth, a former U.S. ambassador to South Korea and now a special representative for North Korea policy. He will discuss "Peace and Stability on the Korean Peninsula."

Popular speaker Geoffrey Kemp, director of regional strategic programs at the Nixon Center in Washington, D.C., will also be back this year to talk about "The New Administration and the Middle East: A Balance Sheet."

Lectures are held Thursday mornings, starting with bouillon at 10:15 — a Hamilton Hall tradition. Lectures begin at 11 a.m. Tickets are sold by subscription only, at $120 for the series of eight lectures.

Information about ticket sales is available by calling 978-744-0805 or e-mailing info@hamiltonhall.org.

Following is the schedule for this year's lecture series:

Feb. 4 — "Grading Obama's Foreign Policy: One Year Report Card," Stephen Walt, professor of international affairs, Harvard University.

Feb. 11 — "Rural Development in Afghanistan: Where Policy Meets Reality," Nigel Point, director of AfPak Program, Harvard University.

Feb. 18 — "Water and Food Challenges in the Developing World," John Briscoe, professor of environmental engineering, Harvard University.

Feb. 25 — "Current News in the Global Economy," Ann Velenchik, associate professor of economics, Wellesley College.

March 4 — "Urgent Nuclear Challenges Today: Iran, North Korea and the Fragility of the Global Nuclear Order," Graham Allison, professor of government, Harvard University.

March 11 — "Peace and Stability on the Korean Peninsula," Stephen Bosworth, former ambassador and now special representative for North Korean policy, and dean of The Fletcher School at Tufts University.

March 18 — "The Rise of Competitive Authoritarianism in the Post-Cold War Era," Steven Levitsky, professor of government, Harvard University.

March 25 — "The New Administration and the Middle East: A Balance Sheet," Geoffrey Kemp, director of regional strategic programs, Nixon Center, Washington, D.C.