The Undergraduate Research Symposium is an annual event since 2002 designed to provide undergraduate students, from the University of Pittsburgh and other colleges and universities, with advanced research experiences and opportunities to develop presentation skills. The event is open to undergraduates from all majors and institutions who have written a research paper from a social science, humanities, or business perspective focusing on the study of Eastern, Western, or Central Europe, the European Union, Russia, or Central Eurasia.

After the initial submission of papers, selected participants are grouped into panels according to their research topics. The participants then give 10- to 15-minute presentations based on their research to a panel of faculty and graduate students. The presentations are open to the public.

Applications are due by January 07, 2024. Limited travel grants are available to help defray travel expenses for accepted participants located outside the Pittsburgh region.

Symposium: Friday, March 22, 2024.
Questions? Contact: Zita Tóth-Shawgo at zita.toth-shawgo@pitt.edu.

University Resource Fair

Date: Monday, January 8th

Timeframe: 11am – 1pm

Location: William Pitt Union Assembly Room and Ballroom

Moderator:
Randall Halle, University of Pittsburgh

Panelist: TBD

Are you looking to gain experience that will help prepare you for a globally-connected job market? Stop by Drop-In Hours to learn more about getting the Global Distinction added to your academic transcript, receiving special recognition at graduation, and standing out to prospective employers!

Spring 2024 Global Distinction Drop-In Hours: Tuesdays at 3:30-4:30 pm.

Reading and Writing London (and Pitt in London) Info Session
Wednesday, January 10th from 1pm - 3pm
Global Hub
Drop by the Global Hub to learn more about the Summer 2024 Reading and Writing London program! Meet the faculty teaching on this Pitt in London track program, Dr. Dan Kubis, and get your all of your questions answered. Pitt GEO staff will also be available to answer questions about the general Pitt in London program and help with your last-minute application-related questions.

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!

Mangia con noi! Bring your lunch and chat with us! Pitt students only, all levels welcome!

Considering the war in Gaza, this seminar will explore other possibilities for regional engagement than those being pursued by the United States. The session will be led by Prof. Khaled Al Hroub who has spent the last two decades studying Hamas. As preparation for the discussion with Prof. Al Hroub, participants in the seminar will read an article available upon registration.

About the Speaker:
Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Arab Media Studies at Northwestern University in Qatar; former fellow of the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge, where he lectured on the history and politics of the contemporary Middle East, and was the founder and director of the Cambridge Arab Media Project between 2003 and 2012. He published numerous books and studies on Palestinian, Arab and international affairs in including Gaza Tunnels: Dying for life, dicing with death (forthcoming, 2024); Hamas: Political Thought and Practice (2000); Political Islam: Context versus Ideology (2011); and Religious Broadcasting in the Middle East (2012). In Arabic he published In Praise of Revolution (2012); The Anxious Intellectual versus the Certain Intellectual (2018); and Soft Critique of Zionism in Ruhi Khaldi’s Book “Le Sionisme” (2021). Hroub holds a Ph.D. in international relations from the University of Cambridge.

Limited seating is available.
Last day to register: Jan 9, 2024
For more information, please contact us at europeanstudies@pitt.edu

Himalayan Health Information Session
Dr. Joseph Alter
Posvar Hall Room 3106
Thursday, January 11, 7pm-8:30pm

Learn about the Himlayan Health Global Experience program where students spend five and a half weeks during the early summer in North India to learn about the challenges of emergency medicine, public health and medical care and can choose to learn more about Yoga and Mindfulness in the Himalayas, one of the most spectacular mountain ranges on earth.

This is a hybrid event; students may attend in Posvar Hall Room 3106 or virtually on Zoom.

Learn more about the International Internship Program with the Global Experiences Office on 1/12 from 2:00-3:00pm in the Global Hub.

Join Addverse Poesia, an international and multilingual poetry group that discusses, reads and translates poems in at least 4 languages, for their weekly meetings!