This panel includes presentations by three graduate students: Gunes Ertan, Lance Lindauer and Farhod Yuldashev.
This panel includes presentations by three graduate students: Gunes Ertan, Lance Lindauer and Farhod Yuldashev.
This panel includes presentations by three graduate students: Gunes Ertan, Lance Lindauer and Farhod Yuldashev.
Lecture given by Adela Llatja, Junior Faculty Development Program Scholar, University of Tirana, Albania
Anthony M. Bertelli, Associate Professor and C. C. Crawford Chair in Management and Performance at the School of Policy, Planning and Development, University of Southern California, will lecture on British politics.
Anthony M. Bertelli, Associate Professor and C. C. Crawford Chair in Management and Performance at the School of Policy, Planning and Development, University of Southern California, will lecture on British politics.
In this 2011 Jean Monnet Symposium, Alexander Carius, Stanley Kabala, Joseph Marriott and Edward Rubin will discuss transatlantic perspectives on climate change and energy, both from a scientific and technological perspective and regarding the policy implications. A reception will follow the panel presentation.
In this 2011 Jean Monnet Symposium, Alexander Carius, Stanley Kabala, Joseph Marriott and Edward Rubin will discuss transatlantic perspectives on climate change and energy, both from a scientific and technological perspective and regarding the policy implications. A reception will follow the panel presentation.
Peace Corps Brown Bag Info Session
(Bring your lunch!)
Stop by the session to hear from a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer and Recruiter, Jonnett Maurer, about how Peace Corps might fit into your immediate future and get questions answered about your application.
Peace Corps benefits include round trip airfare, 3 months of training, housing, 24 days vacation a year, a living stipend, student loan deferral, $7,400+ upon completion of service, and one year of non-competitive eligibility for employment in the federal government. In addition, you can earn your masters degree while serving in the Peace Corps through our Masters International program!
Infinite opportunities await. Will you be next?
Part of the Pizza & Politics Series. Some theorists speculate that it is the rise in individualism more than the often suspected increases in education and urbanization that has caused the latest drop in fertility rates across Europe. Certainly, the growing attention being paid to various forms of intimate citizenship support this hypothesis. Croatia is currently undergoing intense Europeanization, thus examining Croat approaches to reconstructing intimate citizenship within the context of reproductive decision making gives us the opportunity to learn something about the impacts of Europeanization - both on reproduction and on Croatia.
Brittany Rast is a third year PhD student in the Anthropology Department. She received her B.A. with concentrations in Women's Studies, Sociology and Anthropology from Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, GA. She is currently working on a Graduate Certificate in East European Studies and a research project in Croatia. Her interest in reproductive decision making was sparked by several internships at various women- and health-centered organizations, including the DeKalb Domestic Violence Center and the CDC.
This lecture is being presented by Dr. Martin Holland from the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ, who holds the Jean Monnet Chair ad personam designation from the European Commission.
This lecture is being presented by Dr. Martin Holland from the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ, who holds the Jean Monnet Chair ad personam designation from the European Commission.
Visiting Professor, Dr. Thomas Moellers, from the University of Augusburg will present the second of two Jean Monnet lectures on European Union Law. This lecture has been approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board for One (1) hour of substantive credit. There is a $25 fee to obtain (CLE) credit.
Having returned from a set of talks with loyalist groups on the ground in Northern Ireland, Dr. Novosel will examine what is happening within the loyalism movement in Northern Ireland, the challenges it faces and what it is actively doing to the situation there. In addition to providing an overview of loyalism and its activities today, the lecture will also focus on impressions and an analysis of a trip to Northern Ireland in early March where Dr. Novosel met with and provided lectures and seminars for the Progressive Unionist Party, members of Red Hand Commando, and the Ulster Volunteer Force.
Visiting Professor, Dr. Thomas Moellers, from the University of Augusburg will present the second of two Jean Monnet lectures on European Union Law. This lecture has been approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board for One (1) hour of substantive credit. There is a $25 fee to obtain (CLE) credit.
Having returned from a set of talks with loyalist groups on the ground in Northern Ireland, Dr. Novosel will examine what is happening within the loyalism movement in Northern Ireland, the challenges it faces and what it is actively doing to the situation there. In addition to providing an overview of loyalism and its activities today, the lecture will also focus on impressions and an analysis of a trip to Northern Ireland in early March where Dr. Novosel met with and provided lectures and seminars for the Progressive Unionist Party, members of Red Hand Commando, and the Ulster Volunteer Force.
The French Immersion Institutes are designed for middle and high school teachers to broaden their cultural understanding of current events and international studies regarding French-speaking countries, to strenghten their French listening and speaking skills, and to share strategies for the teaching of the French language and culture.
The French Immersion Institutes are designed for middle and high school teachers to broaden their cultural understanding of current events and international studies regarding French-speaking countries, to strenghten their French listening and speaking skills, and to share strategies for the teaching of the French language and culture.
The following presentations will be made at this symposium: Kirsten Fudeman, Assistant Professor of French, University of pittsburgh, 'What French and France Meant to Mediveval Jews'; Sharon Kinoshita, Professor of Literature, University of California, Santa Cruz and Fellow, Pitt Humanities Center, 'Multilingual France, Global French'; Deena Klepper, Associate Professor of Religion and History, Department of Religion, Boston University, 'Recovering Lost Letters: The Literary Study of Cross-Cultural Encounter and New Direction in Medieval European History'.
The following presentations will be made at this symposium: Kirsten Fudeman, Assistant Professor of French, University of pittsburgh, 'What French and France Meant to Mediveval Jews'; Sharon Kinoshita, Professor of Literature, University of California, Santa Cruz and Fellow, Pitt Humanities Center, 'Multilingual France, Global French'; Deena Klepper, Associate Professor of Religion and History, Department of Religion, Boston University, 'Recovering Lost Letters: The Literary Study of Cross-Cultural Encounter and New Direction in Medieval European History'.
The World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh is accepting applications for candidates to participate in a study tour to Europe. The trip to Paris, Brussels and an eastern European city is scheduled for June 25-July 2, 2011. The trip is tailored to the interests of secondary school teachers, administrators, and curriculum coordinators, as well as university faculty. Participant fee is $500, with airfare, accommodations, some meals, and local travel will be provided by the World Affairs Council. Made possible through a grant from the European Commission, the study tour will focus on current cultural, political, economic and security issues facing Europe as well as U.S.-European relations. Please contact the World Affairs Council for application information.
The World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh is accepting applications for candidates to participate in a study tour to Europe. The trip to Paris, Brussels and an eastern European city is scheduled for June 25-July 2, 2011. The trip is tailored to the interests of secondary school teachers, administrators, and curriculum coordinators, as well as university faculty. Participant fee is $500, with airfare, accommodations, some meals, and local travel will be provided by the World Affairs Council. Made possible through a grant from the European Commission, the study tour will focus on current cultural, political, economic and security issues facing Europe as well as U.S.-European relations. Please contact the World Affairs Council for application information.
This lecture will focus on Poland's relationship with the European Union (EU) in the wake of it becoming an EU member state. The implications of Poland's experience for future enlargements of the EU will also be examined.
Dr. Trzaskowski is a member of the European Parliament's (EP) Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) from Poland. He is Vice-Chair of the EP's Committee on Constitutional Affairs and a member of the Delegation for Relations with the United States.
This lecture is being presented by Dr. Anastasia Grammaticaki-Alexiou, Professor of Law at the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
This lecture is being presented by Dr. Anastasia Grammaticaki-Alexiou, Professor of Law at the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
This lecture is being presented by Dr. Anastasia Grammaticaki-Alexiou, Professor of Law at the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Sebastian Harnish, Professor of International Relations and Director of the Institute of Political Science, University of Heidelberg, Germany examines Germany's foreign policy trajectory since 1990. Addressing concerns about Berlin's conduct in Afghanistan and the Euro zone crisis, he challenges the argument that a 'normalization of German Foreign Policy' is currently under way. Responses will be offered by Professor Sabine von Dirke and Professor Patrick Altdorfer, University of Pittsburgh.
This lecture is being presented by Dr. Anastasia Grammaticaki-Alexiou, Professor of Law at the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Sebastian Harnish, Professor of International Relations and Director of the Institute of Political Science, University of Heidelberg, Germany examines Germany's foreign policy trajectory since 1990. Addressing concerns about Berlin's conduct in Afghanistan and the Euro zone crisis, he challenges the argument that a 'normalization of German Foreign Policy' is currently under way. Responses will be offered by Professor Sabine von Dirke and Professor Patrick Altdorfer, University of Pittsburgh.
This lecture is being presented by Dr. Anastasia Grammaticaki-Alexiou, Professor of Law at the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
This lecture is being presented by Dr. Anastasia Grammaticaki-Alexiou, Professor of Law at the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
The EU Studies Summer Program in Brussels offers advanced undergraduates the opportunity to study the emergence of a united Europe in its dynamic core and is intended for students interested in the politics of the European Union. The five week program features lectures nd seminars, as well as meetings with European officials and site visits to major EU institutions and organizations.
The EU Studies Summer Program in Brussels offers advanced undergraduates the opportunity to study the emergence of a united Europe in its dynamic core and is intended for students interested in the politics of the European Union. The five week program features lectures nd seminars, as well as meetings with European officials and site visits to major EU institutions and organizations.
This is a live streaming of the GLOBSEC 2011 Bratislava Security Forum, the most prestigious security forum in Central Europe.
Professor Fabrizio Tonello, the 2011 University of Pittsburgh History Department Italian Fulbright Visiting Professor, will offer a personal view of Italian politics and government.
The European Union Center of Excellence and European Studies Center announce the 2010-2011 fellowship competition for advanced PhD students at the University of Pittsburgh who are writing a dissertation on a topic directly related to the European Unions' development, institutions, policies, identities, external relations and/or relationship with individual member states. The fellowship will support on-site in Europe dissertation research or the writing of the dissertation between May of 2011 and April of 2012.
The European Union center of Excellence and European Studies Center announces the 2010-2011 competition for advanced graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh to conduct research or internships related to post-World War II European integration. The fellowship is to conduct research in Europe or undertake an internship directly related to their research. Travel to Europe is required to be completed prior to August 24, 2011.
This conference is for the purpose of reviewing a manuscript of a book that shares the title of the conference. Expert reviewers will provide critiques of major sections of the draft book.
Michael Kaeding, Christine Mahoney, Nils Ringe, and Jennifer Victor will engage in a panel discussion that provides illumination on the role of information and expertise in policy making within the EU Parliament. A reception will follow.
War Child chronicles the shocking, inspiring, and ultimately hopeful odyssey of Emmanuel Jal, a former child soldier of Sudan's brutal civil war. He is now an emerging international hip hop star sharing a message of peace for his war-torn land and beloved Africa.
Fabrizio Tonello, Fulbright Visiting Professor from the University of Padua will lecture.
The people of Southern Sudan peacefully voted to secede, after two decades of war failed to bring independence. President al-Bashir has accepted the outcome but great uncertainty lies ahead. The north-south border is in dispute. Oil fields are in the south but export facilities are in the north. Communal disputes in Abyei and the Nuba Mountains could spark widespread fighting. The violence in Darfur remains unresolved and cannot be ignored.
The deadline for the submission of applications for the 2010-11 EUCE Faculty Grant Competition - Round Two is February 18, 2011. Application forms and grant information are available at the EUCE/ESC Web site:
University of Pittsburgh and area/regional undergraduate students will participate in the annual Model EU simulation on Friday, February 18 and Saturday, February 19. Participation is by invitation only.
The deadline for applications is Feb. 15, 2011. Additional details are available at http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/funding/2011/call_jean_monnet_action_ka1_2..., or from:
Belen Bernaldo de Quiros
Head of Unit
European Commission - Directorate General for Education and Culture
Directorate A - Lifelong Learning: horizontal Lisbon policy issues and international affairs
Unit A3 - Jean Monnet; partnerships; relations with the Agencies
+32-2-296.03.12 (direct phone)
+32-2-296.31.06 (fax)
The Jean Monnet Program has as one of its strategic aims to ensure the continuation of high quality teaching on European integration across generations. In this context, the call for proposals invites Jean Monnet applications from both senior scholars and those who are still in the early stages of their academic careers (after the PhD). Such applications not only strengthen the reputation of scholars' Jean Monnet activities, they also constitute a necessary bridge to the future.
Applications for Jean Monnet Modules are the traditional 'entry level' for the Jean Monnet network. Such Modules can be taught or co-taught by members of the higher education teaching staff at the level of lecturer and assistant professor.
Pitt undergraduates with a research interest in the EU are encouraged to apply for participation in this year's Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union. The deadline for submission of a research topic for the 2011 conference, to be held April 7-8, 2011, is February 12, 2011. Among the awards for top papers delivered at the conference, this year the Institute of European Studies at UC Berkeley will award three places in a six-day study tour to Brussels to visit EU institutions, NATO, and the College of Europe.
William Sewell presents and Seymour Drescher responds in this Humanities Center Colloquium.
Students will learn about international studies and study abroad opportunities and internationally oriented careers.
University of Pittsburgh graduate students will interrogate and challenge the definitions of 'national' and 'transnational' through an investigation of American, German, Russian, Israeli, Palestinian, Mexican, South Korean, and Japanese screen cultures.
Aaron Abbarno is a PhD candidate in the University of Pittsburgh's Dept. of Political Science.
This lecture addresses the challenge to devise legally sound and politically palatable options in light of the specific interests of African states, specifically: how can ICC prosecutions be reconciled with peacemaking initiatives when one party is under indictment and what is the proper role of the Security Council in the undertakings of the ICC?
Sharon Kinoshita,works in Mediterranean Studies with Brian Catlos (History, UCSC), she co-directs the UCSC Center for Mediterranean Studies as well as the University of California Multicampus Research Project Initiative in Mediterranean Studies (http://mediterraneanseminar.org).
Three sessions will be presented: Texts in Context; Deferral, Other, Boundary; and Subjects in Crisis.
Lecture given by Jarmila Curtiss, Senior Researcher at the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO), Halle (Saale), Germany, Center Associate, Center for International Studies (European Union Center of Excellence and Center for Russian and Eastern European Studies) University of Pittsburgh, and Visiting Scholar, Department of Political Science, Duquesne University
Through an analysis and dialogue of the theories of space and place outlined by Michel De Certeau, Michel Foucault, Henri Lefebvre, and Edward Soja, Ms. Jonsson will examine how the 'other spaces' (both public and private) are re-coded with informal and invisible meanings and rituals. This allows for a new lens through which we can read Francophone texts from different regions and time periods such as Patrick Chamoiseau's Solibo Magnifique, Assia Djebar's Les femmes d'Alger dans leur appartement, and Azouz Begag's Le Gone du Chaaba.
The deadline for the submission of applications for the 2010-11 Faculty European Grant Competition is December 3, 2010. Application forms and grant information are available from the EUCE/ESC Web site:
Andrea Aldrich is a PhD student in the Political Science Department. Her lecture will explore whether the institutionalization of the European Parliament has led to an increase in supranational party power that reflects representation on a higher level than the national party. It seeks to determine when and to what extent supranational parties are able to influence individual Members of Parliament on issues of European integration and concludes that the strength of party influence varies across groups in accordance to party size, ideological preference and access to power.
This colloquium will feature Dennis Looney, Nancy Glazener and John Beverley.
The deadline for graduate students in fields other then Fine Arts, Performing Arts, Dance, and Architecture to submit applications for the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Services) Student Scholarships and/or Research Grants to the New York office is November 15, 2010. For detailed information and application procedures, please go the EUCE/ESC Web site:
Lina Insana, Pitt Faculty Fellow, will lead this colloquium.
Pieter Judson is a professor at Swarthmore College and currently serves as editor of the Austrian History Yearbook. He is the author of Exclusive Revolutionaries: Liberal Politics, Social Experience and National Identity in the Austrian Empire 1848-1914.
Philipp Gassert has recently taken over as Chair at the University of Augsburg. His research focuses on 20th century international history, the history of transatlantic relations, National Socialism, and post-1945 contemporary German and European History. He received his PhD from the University of Heidelberg. He is the co-founder of the Heidelberg Center for American Studies and was a DAAD Visiting Professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
Arpad von Klimo, Carolyn Warner and Francois Foret will present this panel discussion. Lunch will be provided at 11:30 a.m.
The 2010 Nicholas C. Tucci Lecture will be presented by Theodore J. Cachey, the Albert J. Ravarino Family Director of Dante and Italian Studies, Professor and Chair, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, at the University of Notre Dame.
This lecture will be presented by Anthony Grafton, the Short-term Fellow from Princeton. A reception will follow in the Frick Fine Arts Cloister from 6 pm to 7:30 pm.
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual live television event watched by 125 million people in Europe, Australia, Canada and Asia. Nations compete for the best song and the winner is determined by televoting. Katrin Sieg analyzes the event as a venue where nations stake claims to European identity through music, and where we can observe changes in the concept of European community. This lecture will also examine the role of culture at a time when economic and political relations on the continent are fraying as a consequence of the financial crisis.
The deadline for graduate students in the Fine Arts, Performing Arts, Dance, and Architecture applying for DAAD (German Academic Exchange Services) Student Scholarships and/or Research Scholarships to submit application to the New York office is November 1, 2010. For more information and detailed description of the application process, please go to the EUCE/ESC Web site:
Michael Miller of Central European University (Budapest) is the author of Rabbis and Revolution: The Jews of Moravia in the Age of Emancipation (Stanford University Press).
In this video-conference, Matthias Peter Sonn and Patrick Crowley will analyze the 2010 European Financial Crisis as well as its implications for fiscal sustainability, growth, and financial markets.
Professor Bonnie Adair-Hauck will present this workshop in French for High School and Post-Secondary teachers of French. Act 48 credit is granted for this workshop.
Political scientists have long been interested in the ambitions and career goals of politicians. Why do they run for the offices they do and how does their current posting fit into a fuller picture of their careers? The European Parliament makes for an interesting case for consideration, as the European level does not necessarily fit into the neat hierarchies that one usually associates with climbing the political ladder. This lecture presents a first cut at the question of career ambition in the European Parliament, offering the professionalization of the EP as a legislature, as well as other personal and political factors gathered from interviews with MEPs, as potential explanations for career pathways to, and through, the European Parliament.
Hermann Herlinghaus, Pitt Faculty Fellow, will lead this colloquium discussion.
Ernst-Peter Brezovszky, Austrian Consul General, will conduct a roundtable discussion with faculty and students.
This videoconference, in coordination with the Center for Transatlantic Relations at SAIS at Johns Hopkins, will be moderated by Daniel Hamilton and will feature Philip H. Gordon, Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs in the United States Department of State.
Dr. V. Page Fortna
-Contrary to the conventional wisdom, terrorism is not a weapon of the weak, nor is it effective.
-Civil wars involving terrorism are harder to end.
-Terrorists do not win.
Page Fortna is an Associate Professor at Columbia University. Her research focuses on peacekeeping, war termination, and the durability of peace in interstate and civil wars. She is currently working on a project on long term historical trends in war termination. Fortna recently won the International Studies Association's Karl Deutsch Award for her significant contribution to the study of international relations and peace research.
The Research in International Politics Speaker Series is funded jointly by the Political Science Department, Ford Institute for Human Security, Global Studies Program, Asian Studies Center, and the European Union Center of Excellence.
The deadline for applications for the 2010-11 Grant Program for Faculty Research or Teaching in Germany is October 15. Application forms and grant information are available at the EUCE/ESC Web site: