Dr. Panayotis Tsakonas, an Onassis Foundation Fellow and Professor Ozgehan Senyuva, visiting from Middle Eastern Technical University as part of Pitt's EU-GLOBAL partnership, will present a roundtable discussion of the current state of Turkish-Greek-EU relations. Given recent elections in Turkey, recent economic turmoil in Greece, and on-going negotiations between both parties over Cyprus, there will be no shortage of interesting topics to discuss.

Panayotis J. Tsakonas is a Professor of International Relations, Security Studies and Foreign Policy Analysis at the Department of Mediterranean Studies, University of the Aegean in Rhodes, Greece. He studied political science, international relations, and security studies at the Panteion University of Athens and Reading University, Great Britain. He has been a Research Fellow at the Institute of International Relations (Athens, Greece), NATO Research Fellow, post-doctoral Fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the Macmillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University, and Academic Visitor at St. Antony's College, Center for European Studies, University of Oxford. He has worked as Chief International Affairs Analyst for the weekly New Europe, as Advisor on defense and strategic issues at the Hellenic Ministry of National Defense, and as Special Advisor at the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs on security issues and on Greek-Turkish relations. Professor Tsakonas has published multiple books, monographs, and articles on topics in international relations, regional security, and foreign policy analysis.

This year is the 25th anniversary of the unification of Germany.
Join a round table discussion with students returning from interning and studying in the German-speaking world.

Discuss German Unity and German Diversity 25 years after unification. Promote understanding of German-speaking countries. Reflect on experiences while studying and working abroad. Answer questions about study abroad.

Refreshments will be served.

For the ESC’s first installment of our monthly virtual roundtables series, we are asking a panel of experts to reflect upon some of the most significant differences between the US and European models of higher education. In particular, we will be looking at the question of who pays for students to go to University, and how much it costs both the individual and society. Our panel of experts will include: Dr. John Weidman (Professor of Higher and International Development Education, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh), Professor Liudvika Leisyte (Professor of Higher Education, Center for Higher Education at TU Dortmund, Germany), Dr. John Douglass (Senior Research Fellow in Public Policy and Higher Education at the University of California at Berkeley), and Goldie Blumenstyk (Senior Writer at The Chronicle of Higher Education). Center Director Ron Linden will moderate. Audience participation (both at Pitt and via remote connection) is encouraged. To join remotely, please contact kal68@pitt.edu.

Professor Şenyuva, Associate Professor of International Relations and a Fellow of the JMCE Center for European Studies at Middle East Technical University, will discuss and reflect on what we can learn about Europe and the European Union through sport. From soccer/football fandom to the FIFA scandals to rugby, cycling, tennis, and the rest, what does all this have to do with the project of European integration? Join us to learn more.

This talk is sponsored by the European Studies Center as a part of our on-going Marie Curie Action, EU-GLOBAL, which has made Professor Şenyuva’s visit possible.

Mark your calendars! The EUCE/ESC invites students, faculty, and friends of the Center to join us at our opening reception in 4130 Posvar Hall. Learn about this year’s full schedule of events, new courses, faculty and students, and meet this year’s visitors while enjoying some light refreshments.

Dr. Linden is interviewed on World Affairs Council's "Global Press Confrence" on KQV 1410 AM Radio. The interview will be rebroadcast Sunday, August 9th at 10:30 PM. The topic of the interview is The Bailout of Greece: Repercussions for Europe and the World.

Open daily at 5:00 pm - Live Entertainment Every Night
LAMB ROAST • FUNNEL CAKES
• Church open Daily for Your Prayers and Meditation
• Ukrainian Foods and Baked Goods • Bingo
• Ukrainian Collectibles - Religious Items
• Fun Games for All Ages • Great Time for Everyone
• Bring Family & Friends, Security on Site
• For Your Comfort - Seating & Stage Under Tents

Wednesday - July 22 - 5:00 pm - Food Service Begins
Huge Parade (From Robb St. Down Helen to George St.)
Memorial Service
The Jaggerz

Thursday - July 23 - 5:00 pm - Food Service Begins
Soft Winds Live on Stage

Friday - July 24 - 5:00 pm - Food Service Begins
The Reflections

Saturday - July 25 - 5:00 pm - Food Service Begins
Clueless the Clown
Rainbow Kids Live on Stage
The Marcels Live on Stage

Open daily at 5:00 pm - Live Entertainment Every Night
LAMB ROAST • FUNNEL CAKES
• Church open Daily for Your Prayers and Meditation
• Ukrainian Foods and Baked Goods • Bingo
• Ukrainian Collectibles - Religious Items
• Fun Games for All Ages • Great Time for Everyone
• Bring Family & Friends, Security on Site
• For Your Comfort - Seating & Stage Under Tents

Wednesday - July 22 - 5:00 pm - Food Service Begins
Huge Parade (From Robb St. Down Helen to George St.)
Memorial Service
The Jaggerz

Thursday - July 23 - 5:00 pm - Food Service Begins
Soft Winds Live on Stage

Friday - July 24 - 5:00 pm - Food Service Begins
The Reflections

Saturday - July 25 - 5:00 pm - Food Service Begins
Clueless the Clown
Rainbow Kids Live on Stage
The Marcels Live on Stage

Open daily at 5:00 pm - Live Entertainment Every Night
LAMB ROAST • FUNNEL CAKES
• Church open Daily for Your Prayers and Meditation
• Ukrainian Foods and Baked Goods • Bingo
• Ukrainian Collectibles - Religious Items
• Fun Games for All Ages • Great Time for Everyone
• Bring Family & Friends, Security on Site
• For Your Comfort - Seating & Stage Under Tents

Wednesday - July 22 - 5:00 pm - Food Service Begins
Huge Parade (From Robb St. Down Helen to George St.)
Memorial Service
The Jaggerz

Thursday - July 23 - 5:00 pm - Food Service Begins
Soft Winds Live on Stage

Friday - July 24 - 5:00 pm - Food Service Begins
The Reflections

Saturday - July 25 - 5:00 pm - Food Service Begins
Clueless the Clown
Rainbow Kids Live on Stage
The Marcels Live on Stage

Open daily at 5:00 pm - Live Entertainment Every Night
LAMB ROAST • FUNNEL CAKES
• Church open Daily for Your Prayers and Meditation
• Ukrainian Foods and Baked Goods • Bingo
• Ukrainian Collectibles - Religious Items
• Fun Games for All Ages • Great Time for Everyone
• Bring Family & Friends, Security on Site
• For Your Comfort - Seating & Stage Under Tents

Wednesday - July 22 - 5:00 pm - Food Service Begins
Huge Parade (From Robb St. Down Helen to George St.)
Memorial Service
The Jaggerz

Thursday - July 23 - 5:00 pm - Food Service Begins
Soft Winds Live on Stage

Friday - July 24 - 5:00 pm - Food Service Begins
The Reflections

Saturday - July 25 - 5:00 pm - Food Service Begins
Clueless the Clown
Rainbow Kids Live on Stage
The Marcels Live on Stage

Mr. Lappalainen is scientific advisor to UNESCO's European Coalition of Cities Against Racism, which is building a network of cities to share experiences and improve policies to fight racism, discrimination, and xenophobia. This lecture will discuss how cities around the world tackle discrimination, racism, and social exclusion and invite discussion on how we can improve our work to address these issues in our region. A reception will follow the program in the Frick Fine Arts Cloister.

Dr. Allison research focuses on the EU's promotion of regionalism to ASEAN: economic integration, institutionalization, and human rights. Dr. Allison is a recipient of the 2015 EUCE/ESC Summer Scholars Grant.

The EUCE/ESC is looking for high school science and social studies teachers, curriculum coordinators, and administrators along with Pitt's School of Education faculty to participate in a simulation and to provide feedback that will be used in adapting the game for high school curricula. During the Acid Rain workshop, you’ll participate in a hands-on simulation created by Reacting to the Past contributors Dr. David E. Henderson and Dr. Susan K. Henderson; then, you will share your expertise on how this game can be adapted for a high school audience. Two weeks prior to the workshop, all participants will receive the simulation materials for review. Participants will also receive a $50 honorarium for taking part in the simulation. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. For more information on registration contact our Outreach Coordinator, Kathy Ayers.

Professor Bergsten developed and for 20 years administered the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, which has been held annually for the past 22 years in Vienna, Austria. Nearly 300 law schools from approximately 70 countries participate in the Vis Moot each year. During his lecture, he will discuss the genesis of the Vis Moot and how it serves as a platform for legal education. Following his lecture, Ronald A. Brand, Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg University Professor and director of Pitt Law’s Center for International Legal Education (CILE), will explain how Pitt Law and CILE have expanded the use of the Vis Moot platform to develop the international commercial law and arbitration curricula in nearly 20 countries. The program will end with a screening of the 2015 documentary film, Afghan Dreams, which follows four young Afghan women as they prepare for and participate in the Vis Moot – with CILE assistance -- as the first Afghan team. A reception will follow the event.

Join the Department of History, the EUCE/ESC and the Center for Latin American Studies for a symposium honoring the scholarship of Professor Seymour Drescher. Invited speakers include David Eltis, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of History Emeritus, Emory University; Stanley Engerman, John Munro Professor of Economics and Professor of History, University of Rochester; Richard Huzzey, co-director Centre for the Study of International Slavery, University of Liverpool; and James Walvin, Professor of History Emeritus, University of York. A reception will follow the talk.

U.S. and European news coverage of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa highlighted the urgency of the public health crisis, focusing often on the need to contain the outbreak to prevent its spread to “our shores.” Implicit (and often explicit) in these stories, however, were long-standing xenophobic and racialized attitudes toward African diseases that can be traced back to European imperial and pseudo-scientific ideas of the nineteenth century. This month’s Conversation will ask historians, political scientists, and public health experts to discuss the extent to which contemporary European and U.S. representations of Ebola borrowed from representations of earlier diseases occurring on the African continent and to speculate on the possible implications that such representations had and continue to have on mounting an effective response to an ongoing public health crisis. How much has news coverage contributed to what one political scientist described as the “long and ugly tradition of treating Africa as a dirty, diseased place” and what can be done about it? Participants include Deborah Neill, Associate Professor of History, York University; Mari Webel, Assistant Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh; Guillaume Lachenal, Lecturer, Université Paris Diderot; and Jessica Pearson-Patel, Assistant Professor of International and Area Studies, University of Oklahoma. Audience participation is welcome and encouraged.

Anita Starosta is the author of Form and Instability: Eastern Europe, Literature, Post-Imperial Difference (forthcoming from the Northwestern University Press), as well as articles in European and US publications (such as Intermédialités, Angelaki, and boundary 2) on translation, aesthetics, and epistemology all tested in the study of primarily

Eastern European writings. With Wlad Godzich, she co-edited the volume Second-Hand Europe, in which she interviewed Yuri Andrukhovych. Her next project considers translation as a lens on the contemporary global condition, examined through visual and print cultures, including problems of human rights and the situation of post-socialist Eastern Europe.

With a doctorate in History of Consciousness from the University of California, Santa Cruz, Dr. Starosta teaches 20th and 21st century literature, cultural theory, and visual culture at the Rhode Island School of Design; serves as an editor at boundary 2; and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women at Brown University.

Countering violent extremism remains a critical security challenge confronting Western democratic societies. Policy makers face difficult questions about how to prevent their citizens from engaging in terrorism, what to do with citizens that seek to travel abroad to fight in “jihad,” and how to minimize the potential for violent attacks when fighters return to their countries of origin. Local communities also have an important role to play in countering violent extremism.

This conference addresses these challenges through an exchange of ideas and perspectives among researchers, practitioners and the public.

The conference is being organized under the leadership of Professor Michael Kenney, Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.

*Registration is required. To register, please visit: tinyurl.com/kxteapk

"Divine Supervision Required: Protecting the Loom in Classical and Hellenistic Sicily"
Dr. Randall Souza, Duquesne University

Co-sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Pittsburgh Society

4:30 PM, 1700 Wesley Posvar Hall

Dr. Dadush delivers the Graduate Student Conference's Keynote Address.

In 2005 Mark Leonard postulated, "Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century.” Ten years later, the EU has seen the rejection of European Treaty, stalled enlargement, the inability of European soft power to affect the Arab spring, a weak response to Russian dismantling of Georgia and Ukraine, and the Eurozone crisis. The rise of nationalist parties threatens the very integrity of the Union. In contrast, the ECB has responded to the crisis with concerted action, Croatia joined the Union as the 28th member, and the final institutional changes of the Lisbon Treaty are taking effect. After such a tumultuous decade, is there still cause for optimism regarding the European project? The Organizing Committee of the Tenth Annual Graduate Student Conference on the European Union welcomes submissions from all disciplines and topics including, but not limited to, EU politics, governance, economics, history, security studies, institutions and behavior studies, as well as policy, enlargement, immigration, development, trade, and foreign policy. Papers addressing the theme of the conference will receive special consideration.

The University Library System at the University of Pittsburgh houses one of the largest and most complete archives of primary and secondary documents on the European Union, dating back to the beginnings of the European Coal and Steel Community. Conference presenters are given access to the archive for research during their stay.

The Muslims in the Global Context series offers the opportunity to examine the factors and trends that are having major impacts on these diverse regions and their relationships with other world regions and countries. The mini-courses consist of presentations on topics of critical importance to the understanding of Muslims in diverse regions of the world. In addition to attendance at all lectures, students enrolled for credit are required to develop and write a research paper on one of the themes of the mini-course and answer reflection prompts during the course. One- credit/ 3 units for CMU students is provided for the completion of each mini-course.

This one credit mini-course is part of a series organized by regions around the world based on their role on the world stage, their importance within the Muslim world, and the critical influence they play in the global community. The series and course seeks to illuminate the various perspectives of the Muslim community around the world. Drawing upon the expertise and research of participating faculty from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh and our partners at institutions around the world, the mini course series seeks to have students gain understanding of the religious, cultural, economical and political influences of Muslims in a global context.

5pm Friday March 20, 2015 to 1pm Sunday, March 22, 2015 (Carnegie Mellon, Hamburg Hall 1000)

All course information, including the speakers, schedule, and readings, may be found on the Global Studies website: http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/global/mini-course/europe

DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS SPONSORS MOVIE NIGHT
"A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM"

SOMETHING APPEALING, SOMETHING APPALLING, SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE...A COMEDY TONIGHT!!

When a wily, witty, lying, lazy cheating slave discovers that his master's son is in love with the girl next door - a virgin courtesan - he promises to help win her heart in exchange for his freedom. But the road to romance is blocked with amazing surprises, cunning sidguises - and an awesome chariot race!

THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2015
6:00 p.m.
CATHEDRAL OF LEARNING G13

The purpose of this conference is to exchange information on the public policies aimed at managing risks in the shale sector in the US and in other countries that are exploring shale development, including the UK, China, South Africa, Argentina and Poland. Presenters from France and Germany will also discuss the decisions of those countries to limit shale development and the consequences and opportunity costs of those decisions. Discussion among presenters and the audience will focus on the current evidence on risks and the effectiveness of mitigation strategies. We will also discuss the need to fill informational gaps in order to understand the risks and to innovate risk management strategies in the shale industry. Conference registration as well as a conference schedule can be found online: http://shanti1.weebly.com/conference-2015.html

The UCIS-Nine University and College International Studies Consortium of Georgia Joint Faculty Development Workshop on “Mobilizing People, Students, and Ideas: Social Movements across the Globe and in the Undergraduate Curriculum” was held on March 6, 2015. The organizer of the program was the Director of the Consortium, Dr. Raj (Rajgopal) Sashti, of Middle Georgia State College. It was held on the campus of Clayton State University in Morrow, GA (metro Atlanta area) as part of an on-going collaboration.

How to Apply to USAJobs

Thursday, March 5th at noon in Posvar 4217

The US government provides some amazing job opportunities. But how can you make your application get noticed in such a competitive and daunting system? Two members of the HEPC (Federal Hispanic Employment Program Committee) will give a presentation to help students to better navigate the USAJobs website and application system and give tips on how to submit a more competitive application.

The European Union’s Emissions Trading System (EU-ETS) is the engine of the global carbon market, accounting for more than 80% of the global market value of emissions trading permits. Additionally, a number of other States and sub-national actors have either linked their emissions trading systems to the EU-ETS, or contemplate doing so in the future. Given the size of the EU-ETS, these countries are thus largely tying the viability of their emissions trading schemes to the health of the EU-ETS. The lessons learned are highly pertinent for other emerging national and regional emissions trading schemes, or may even serve as a “template” for a future global carbon market. Professor Burns will briefly outline the genesis and evolution of the EU-ETS, as well as the major problems that currently afflict it and their implications for long-term climate policymaking in the European Union. In conclusion, he will offer a series of suggestions on how to reform the EU-ETS to ensure that it meets its overarching objectives of driving fuel-switching and technological innovation.

Manuel Gonzalez de Molina Calderon
My Travels/Mis Viajes

Drawings and Watercolors by a 12-year old talent from Seville, Spain

March 3-30, 2015
Make Your Mark Artspace and Coffeehouse
6736 Reynolds Street, Point Breeze/Pittsburgh
(412) 365-2117

As more faculty and students become involved in international research, the need for understanding and complying with regulatory and legal issues increases. This program will provide specific information for faculty and students who are planning to conduct international research now or in the future with university or external grant support. It is also highly recommended that faculty mentors who will be advising students going abroad attend this session. Topics that will be discussed include requirements related to the IRB as well as legal/financial matters. All are welcome to attend and no registration is required.

‘Knowledge is of Universals’ – How to Understand Aristotle’s Claim without Problems

Pieter Sjoerd Hasper
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Indiana University at Bloomington

After canvassing the contexts in which Aristotle makes the claim that ‘Knowledge is of Universals’ (primarily in his account of experience (empeiria) and in his anti-Platonic discussions of the ontological status of universals, but also elsewhere) and the problematic aspects of this claim, I will propose an interpretation of it which does not get Aristotle into trouble. My interpretation comes in three stages. First I show briefly how knowledge of universals, by consisting in scientific explanatory demonstrations, does not comprise mere knowledge of universal facts and the possession of universal concepts. Then I show more extensively that Aristotle presupposes that scientific explanatory demonstrations have a certain logical form, namely the one common in Greek mathematics, where a theorem is proved in the case of an arbitrary individual. Aristotle uses arguments of this form in his logic, he accuses Platonists of having a false interpretation of them, and presupposes this logical form in his argument from Universal Mathematics against the existence of Platonic Forms (Metaphysics M.2). Finally, I show how with this interpretation in hand we can make sense of Aristotle’s claim to have solved, in Metaphysics M.10, ‘the greatest difficulty’ with the claim that knowledge is of universals without committing himself to the existence of Platonic Forms.

Friday, February 20, 2015
4:00 p.m.
244B Cathedral of Learning

Reception following lecture in in the Crogan-Schenley Room, 156 Cathedral of Learning

2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Join the JASP for an evening of reflection on the Japanese-German alliance. Dr. Ricky Law, Assistant Professor of History at Carnegie Mellon University, will speak.

His lecture will provide an overview of the origins, formation, development, and fall of the Axis alliance between Japan and Germany before and during World War II. It will discuss major events such as the Anti-Comintern Pact of 1936, the Tripartite Pact of 1940, and the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

Join the JASP for this free evening at the Pittsburgh Athletic Association from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., February 19, 2014. Light hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be provided. Space is limited so please register by February 13 at http://www.us-japan.org/jasp/events.html.

In recent months the Chinese have greatly increased their visibility and economic involvement in Europe. China is now the EU’s second leading trading partner and the EU is China’s first. EU leaders are increasingly attentive to Chinese views on a number of issues, including a range of economic and strategic topics. Panelists on this Conversation will explore both the current state of EU-China relations, the implications for Transatlantic ties and future directions of this dynamic relationship.

The panel will include: Gemma Marolda, Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at Pitt (and an affiliated faculty member of our Center); Isabel Hilton, Editor at chinadialogue.net and former journalist for The Sunday Times, The Independent, The Guardian, and the New Yorker; David Scott, former Lecturer at Brunel University London and a frequent speaker at EU Parliament on the EU-China relationship, and at the NATO Defence College in Rome on Indian foreign policy and on Asia-Pacific international relations; and Jing Men, an InBev-Baillet Latour Professor of European Union-China Relations and InBev-Baillet Latour Chair of European Union-China Relations at the College of Europe, Brugges.

Panelists will be linked to audiences at Pitt and elsewhere and faculty and class participation is welcome.

Conversations on Europe is a monthly series of "virtual roundtables" featuring experts from Europe and North America commenting on current events impacting the U.S. and Europe. Individuals and audiences participate in person and via live remote connection. If you are interested in connecting, contact Kate Bowersox (kal68@pitt.edu) or Allyson Delnore (adelnore@pitt.edu).

"Instruments and impediments: a Senecan-Aristoteleian debate on the activation of the virtues"

Margaret Graver
Aaron Lawrence Professor of Classics
Dartmouth College

Several of Seneca’s letters supply pointers to a much older debate on the sufficiency of virtue for happiness. Picking up on cues from Aristotle, some Peripatetics had argued that external goods are instrumentally necessary for virtuous activities, and/or that external evils impede those activities. Not enough is said, however, about what sense of instrumentality is involved, and Stoics exploit that lack of clarity to refute the argument. The discussion that ensues is of interest in that it brings out certain tensions within the Stoic theory of action.

Friday, February 13, 2015
5:30 p.m.
208B Cathedral of Learning

Reception following lecture in in the Crogan-Schenley Room, 156 Cathedral of Learning