THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
International Week Event: Workshop--Make-your-own-Shofar workshop
12:00p.m.- 3:00 p.m.
Info table outside the William Pitt Union
A shofar is a ram's horn that is crafted to be blown as part of the prayer service on the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashana. Make your own shofar (for real!) in this cool, hands-on workshop; yours to keep for only $5.
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: $5.00
Sponsored by: International Week, Chabad House Jewish Student Organization
For more information, contact Shoshana Hoexter - home@chabadpgh.org
International Week Event: Lecture--Asia Over Lunch lecture series - Title TBA
12:00 p.m.- 1:00 p.m.
WWPH 4130
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/news/overlunch.html
Audience: Open to all members of the Pitt community
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Asian Studies Center, International Week
For more information, contact Brenda Jordan - jordanb@pitt.edu
International Week Event: Information Session--Multimedia Showcase
4:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.
G-17 Cathedral of Learning
Participants will have an opportunity to see demonstrations of multimedia-based materials for language learning. Language professionals will be available to explain their projects.
http://www.polyglot.pitt.edu/events
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: International Week, Robert Henderson Language Media Center
For more information, contact Claire Siskin - cbsiskin@pitt.edu
International Week Event: Lecture--The Rule of Law in Modern Iraq: Personal Perspectives
6:00 p.m.
Teplitz Memorial Courtroom, Barco Law Building, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
The Center for International Legal Education (CILE) at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law (Pitt Law) announces the CILE Rule of Law Lecture Series for the 2008-09 academic year. The series will present individuals with unique perspectives on the concept of rule of law and its history, theory, and practice.
The first lecture in the series, "The Rule of Law in Conflict Iraq: Personal Perspectives" will be presented by Pitt Law Associate Professor Haider Ala Hamoudi and U.S. Marine Colonel Paul Amato (J.D.'93), who will speak about their experiences in Iraq following the fall of Saddam Hussein. Hamoudi served as Project Manager for the DePaul University/USAID program to reform legal education in Iraq from 2003-05 and as legal advisor to the Finance Committee of the Iraqi Governing Council. Hamoudi worked with law schools in Iraq to develop their capacity for legal education. Amato served as the Marine Rule of Law Officer and later the Senior Advisor for a Military Transition Team in Anbar province. Amato worked to develop the criminal court system in Anbar and later trained, advised, and mentored members of the Iraqi Army.
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: International Week, Center for International Legal Education, Global Studies Program
For more information, contact 412-648-7023 cile@pitt.edu
International Week Event: Lecture--A Status Report on the Global War on Terror
7:00 p.m.
William Pitt Union- Lower Lounge
Ridgway Speaker Series presents: Rand Beers, Founder and Presidents of the National Security Network. Before founding the National Security Network, Rand Beers served as the National Security Adviser to the Kerry-Edwards 2004 campaign, and was for 35 years a civil servant. After serving as a Marine officer and rifle company commander in Vietnam, he entered the Foreign Service in 1971 and the Civil Service in 1983. From 1988-98, Mr.Beers served on the White House National Security Council Staff as Director for Counter-terrorism and Counternarcotics,Director for Peacekeeping, and Senior Director for Intelligence Programs. From 1998-2003, he was Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. In 2002-03, he was Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Combating Terrorism at the National Security Council. Beers earned a BA from Dartmouth College and an MA from the University of Michigan.
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Ridgway Center for International Security Studies, Global Studies Program, International Week, National Security Network
For more information, contact Bev Brizzi - brizzi@gspia.pitt.edu
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