Events in UCIS

Thursday, January 18

12:00 pm Student Club Activity
Tavola Italiana
Location:
Global Hub
Sponsored by:
Global Hub along with Department of Italian
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Mangia con noi! Bring your lunch and chat with us! Pitt students only, all levels welcome!

12:00 pm Information Session
Pitt in Rome Info Session
Location:
Global Hub in Posvar Hall
Sponsored by:
Global Hub and Global Experiences Office
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Pitt in Rome Info Session for Summer 2024 applications. Stop by the Global Hub in Posvar Hall to ask your questions about the program and apply!

12:30 pm Lecture Series / Brown Bag
CLAS Speaker Series: Afro-Indigenous Relations in the Brazilian Amazon
Location:
Posvar Hall - 4130
Sponsored by:
Center for Latin American Studies
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Join Billie Lozano Scholar, Carolina de Souza Martins, for 2024's first CLAS Speaker Series! Carolina will present her research in "Afro-Indigenous Relations in the Brazilian Amazon". This event will be presented in Portuguese. Light lunch provided! Please register!

1:00 pm Information Session
Pitt in Romania Info Session
Location:
Global Hub
Sponsored by:
Global Hub and Global Experiences Office
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Pitt in Romania Info Session
Thursday, January 18th from 1pm - 3pm
Global Hub
Drop by the Global Hub for information on the Summer 2024 Pitt in Romania program with faculty director Dr. Horia Dijmarescu and Pitt GEO staff. Get all of your questions about the program and application process answered before the application deadline!

5:00 pm Teacher Training
Halal if You Hear Me: The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 3 (GILS)
Location:
Zoom and 4217/4130 Posvar Hall
Sponsored by:
Global Studies Center along with Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies (CERIS)
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This is the third installment of the Global Issues Through Literature Series (GILS). Educators will convene to discuss Halal if You Hear Me: The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 3 by Fatimah Asghar and Safia Elhillo. The discussion will be facilitated by Yasmine Flodin-Ali, an Islamic Studies PhD Candidate in the Religious Studies department at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and is co-sponsored by the Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies (CERIS).

This year's theme is: Marginalized Voices in Global Context: Centering Overlooked Narratives in Literature

This reading group for K-16 educators explores literary texts from a global perspective. Content specialists present the work and its context, and participants brainstorm innovative pedagogical practices for incorporating the text and its themes into the curriculum. Sessions this year will take place in a hybrid format, with virtual and in-person discussions taking place on Thursday evenings from 5-8 PM (EST). A copy of the book and 3 Act 48 credit hours are provided for each session.

5:00 pm Cultural Event
Global Trivia Night
Location:
Global Hub
Sponsored by:
Asian Studies Center, Center for Ethnic Studies Research, Center for African Studies, Center for Latin American Studies, European Studies Center, Global Studies Center, Global Hub, Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs, Office of International Services and Global Experiences Office along with Pitt TRIO SSS
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Pitt TRIO SSS and the Global Experiences Office present a global trivia game to welcome students back to the spring term!