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Events in UCIS
Thursday, January 18
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!
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!
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!
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.
Pitt TRIO SSS and the Global Experiences Office present a global trivia game to welcome students back to the spring term!