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2010
"Film and the End of Empire"
Awarded to Colin MacCabe (School of Arts and Sciences,
Department of English); Patrick Manning (School of Arts and Sciences,
Department of History); Nancy Condee (School of Arts and Sciences,
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures); and foreign partners from University College London and the British Film Institute (London)
This grant will support a research conference representing the culmination of a three-year project and to make available to scholars and the general public a huge archive of colonial film that currently languishes unwatched by all but the most dedicated and specialized researchers. The central aim of the conference is to develop both historical and contemporary understandings of Empire and cinema. It will address the GAP priorities of Changing Identities in a Global World and Communication, Technology, and Society. To fulfill these goals, the conference will inaugurate a global exchange among researchers into the British Empire and post-colonialism in fields as diverse as Film Studies and Visual Culture, Museum Studies, History, Anthropology, and Global Studies.
Conference Web site: http://www.filmstudies.pitt.edu/endofempire/
"Achieving Sustainable Development in Africa"
Awarded to Joseph Adjaye (School of Arts and Sciences,
Department of Africana Studies); Ravi Sharma (Graduate School of Public
Health, Department of Behavioral and
Community Health Sciences); and foreign partners from the University of Ghana (Accra) and the University of Witwatersrand (Johannesburg).
This grant will support a conference in 2011 that will bring together academics to focus on health and environmental sustainability, education improvement, gender equality and empowering women, and conflict mitigation and institutional governance. The goal is to generate a publication based on the papers presented.
"Collaborating for Global Innovation Advantage: A Cross Country Comparison of Institutions and Inter-organizational Relationships in the Machine Tool and Pharmaceutical Industries"
Awarded to Susan Cohen (Katz Graduate School of Business); Janice Mueller (School of Law); Turanay Caner (Jenkins Graduate School of Management, North Carolina State University); and foreign partners from the Beijing Jiaotong University (Beijing).
This grant will support a workshop in January 2011 bringing together scholars from economics, law and management to explore the question of how firms should organize their innovation activities in order to learn from and profitably transact with globally distributed suppliers, customers, competitors, complementors, universities, and other centers of excellence.
2009
“Youth, Labor, and Neoliberal Governmentality in East Asia”
Awarded to Gabriella Lukacs (assistant professor of anthropology in Pitt’s School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Anthropology); Hiroshi Nara (associate professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures in Arts and Sciences’ Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures); Muge Kokten Finkel (adjunct professor of politics in Pitt’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs); and foreign partners from Sophia University, Japan and Temple University Japan.
The grant will support a spring 2010 international symposium bringing together prominent junior and senior scholars from various disciplines, including anthropology, urban studies, sociology, East Asian studies, women’s studies, as well as business and management. The participants of the symposium will investigate two salient trends in East Asia—youth unemployment and underemployment. The symposium is sponsored by Pitt’s Office of the Provost, Global Studies Program, and University Center for International Studies (UCIS).
“Improving Maternal and Child Health Outcomes in Zambia”
Awarded to Jeannette South-Paul (professor of medicine and chair of Pitt’s School Medicine Department of Family Medicine); Steven M. Albert (professor of public health in Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences); and foreign partners from the University of Zambia and Churches Health Association of Zambia.
The grant will support a workshop—to be held at Pitt in July 2009—that will seek to identify clinical research needs, perspectives, and priorities for academic and community leaders in Zambia; prepare a five-year maternal-child health collaborative clinical research agenda; and define potential resources available in both countries. The conference is sponsored by Pitt’s Center for Global Health, and the Global Studies Program.
“The State of Globalization in the Steel Industry: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead”
Awarded to Ravi Madhavan (associate professor of business in the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business); Frank Giarratani (professor of economics in Pitt’s Center for Industry Studies in the Department of Economics); and foreign partners from Tohoku University, Japan and POSCO Research Institute, South Korea.
The grant will support a one-day workshop to be held in the early fall 2010. This workshop will bring together an international group of researchers from the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America to present and discuss position papers as well as articulate plans for focused studies dealing with the current and future challenges of globalization in the steel industry. The workshop is sponsored by Pitt’s International Business Center within the Katz School and the Global Studies Program.
2008
Three $20,000 Global Academic Partnership (GAP) grants have been awarded to fund three international conferences/workshops. The grants are intended to strengthen interdisciplinary research and curriculum development on critical global issues while enhancing international scholarly ties and raising the international profile of the University of Pittsburgh.
“The Arts, Human Development, and Human Rights: 21st Century Intersections and Ramifications”
Awarded to Kathleen DeWalt (professor of anthropology in Pitt's School of Arts and Sciences' Department of Anthropology and director of the Center for Latin American Studies in the University Center of International Studies); David Barnard (professor of medicine and director of palliative care education in Pitt's School of Medicine and Center for Bioethics and Health Law); the Andy Warhol Museum; and foreign partners from the University of Fluminese, Brazil.
The grant will support a March 2009 international conference bringing together artists, scholars, educators, and activists from the United States and Brazil. The event will facilitate intellectual exchange and planning for future collaboration in the fields of art history and art in society, law, medicine, public health, education, political science, and Latin American studies. The conference is sponsored by the Office of the Provost, Global Studies Program, and University Center for International Studies (UCIS).
“Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia”
Awarded to Andrew Weintraub (associate professor of music in Pitt's School of Arts and Sciences' Department of Music); Bambang Parmanto (associate professor of health information management and biomedical informatics in Pitt's School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences' Department of Health Information Management); and foreign partners from the University of Melbourne, Australia, and the University of Malaya, Malaysia.
The grant will support an international conference in October 2008. The conference will explore the relationship between Islam and popular culture in the Malay world-analyzing the forms and practices of production, circulation, marketing, and consumption of Islam. The conference is sponsored by the Office of the Provost, Global Studies Program, and UCIS.
“A New Rational Approach to Resolving Conflicts; the Case of the Middle East”
Awarded to Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business faculty members Thomas Saaty (University Professor of business administration) and H.J. Zoffer (Dean Emeritus and professor of business administration); Kevin Kearns (professor of public and urban affairs in Pitt's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs); and foreign partners from King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia, and Osmangazi University, Turkey.
The grant will support an October 2009 international workshop on conflict resolution, analyzing conflict in Israel through the framework of the Analytic Network Process. The workshop is sponsored by the International Business Center within the Katz Business School and the Global Studies Program.
2007 Awards
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This year awards are for two grants of $20,000 each sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the University Center for International Studies.
Andre Gunder Frank's Legacy of Critical Social Science Patrick Manning (History) with John Beverley (Hispanic Languages and Literature) and Thomas Rawski (Economics) and foreign partners from the University of Newcastle, England. The project will support an international conference honoring the life and work of Andre Gunder Frank, a pioneer in global analysis in history and social science. The international conference will focus on the scholarly assessment of Frank’s work and the current status of analysis in the fields in which he worked. The conference will address six topical areas: (1)Underdevelopment and dependency in Latin America; (2) World accumulation and world system; (3) 5000-year world system; (4) East Asia in the World Economy; (5) Social Movements; and (6) Contemporary political and economic analysis. To be held March 2008
Research and Training: Global Health and Sustainable Development Joseph Alter (Anthropology), P. Sudhakar Reddy (Cardiology), and Eric Beckman (Chemical and Petroleum Engineering) and foreign partners from the MediCiti Institute of Medical Sciences in
2006 Awards
Globalization and Diversity/Inequality in
Elizabeth Monasterios (Hispanic Languages and Literatures) with Aníbal Pérez-Liñán (Political Science) and foreign partners from the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés.
The project will support an international conference on the current crises facing two structural models of building societies—neocolonial and neoliberal. In this light, four interrelated panels will discuss four key issues in the Latin American/Caribbean regions: (1) Global Communications and New Technologies; (2) Increasing/Decreasing Inequality; (3) Leadership and Access to Power; and (4) Social Movements in National and Transnational Contexts. To be held March 2007.
Research in Sustainable Community Development
Kathleen Dewalt (Anthropology and Public Health; Center for Latin American Studies) with Larry Shuman (Industrial Engineering), Eric Beckman (Chemical and Petroleum Engineering), and foreign partners from the University of Brazil and the University of Puerto Rico.
The project will support an international workshop to address needed research in the areas of green construction and water, aimed at generating a comprehensive research agenda attentive to cross-cultural and ethical issues. The project will additionally provide important training for Pitt's IGERT Sustainable Engineering Fellows who will conduct research in
States at Risk: Building Knowledge About Children in Armed Conflict
Simon Reich (Public and International Affairs; Ford Institute for Human Security), with Barry Ames (Political Science), Maureen McClure (Administrative and Policy Studies), Charli Carpenter (Public and International Affairs), and foreign partners from the Peace Research Institution of Oslo and the Norwegian
The project will support one in a series of in international workshops on the issue of children in armed conflict. The workshop will be designed to examine different explanations for the phenomenon of child soldiering and to consider policy options aimed at limiting their military recruitment. The workshop will generate collaborative long-term research. To be held September 15-17, 2006.
2005 Awards
High-End Outsourcing: Developing a Strategy of Sustainable Collaboration
John Camillus, Donald R. Beall Professor of Strategic Management and professor of business administration (Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business); Bopaya Bidanda, chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering.
Research conference on "high-end outsourcing" to be held in April, 2006, in which activities and functions that add significant value and are strongly knowledge-based—such as research, design, and enhanced manufacturing— are contracted out to offshore organizations. Camillus and Bidanda will collaborate with foreign partners from the Indian Institute of Technology (Madras and Kharagpur) and the Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore and Ahmedabad). Cosponsored by Pitt's International Business Center (IBC) within the Katz Graduate School of Business.
Societal Inequality and Individual Outcomes
Salvatore Babones, assistant professor of sociology; John Marx, professor of sociology; Siddharth Chandra, associate professor of public and international affairs; Mark Ginsburg, professor of administrative and policy studies (School of Education) and professor of sociology; Ravi Sharma, assistant professor of behavioral and community health sciences (GSPH); Ken Thompson, associate professor of psychiatry (School of Medicine) and behavioral and community health.
International conference to be held in May 2006 on the relationship between societal inequality in terms of the overall distribution of resources and individual or aggregate health. The project involves foreign partners from the University of Nottingham (United Kingdom) and the Singapore Management University (Tanglin). Cosponsored by Pitt's Office of the Provost and UCIS.
HIV/AIDS East of the Urals
Robert Hayden, professor of anthropology and director of Russian and East European studies; Richard Day, assistant professor of biostatics (GSPH); Linda Frank, assistant professor of infectious diseases and microbiology (GSPH).
International workshop held in June 2005, bringing together Russian bio-behavioral scientists concerned with controlling the spread of HIV/AIDS in the eastern region of the Russian Federation, with a large interdisciplinary group of Pitt behavioral, medical, and public health scientists. The team partnered with colleagues from the Siberian Academy of Medical Science and the Siberian Center for AIDS Prevention. Cosponsored by Pitt's Office of the Provost and UCIS.
The CISG After 25 years: Conflict Resolution and Conflict Avoidance in a Globalized Economy
Harold Flechtner, professor of law; Ronald Brand, professor of law and director of the Center for International Legal Education; and Kenneth Lehn, Samuel A. McCullough Professor of Finance in the Katz Graduate School of Business.
Conference held in November 2005, marking the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, and involving foreign partners from the University of Augsburg (Germany) and the University of Ghent (Belgium). Law and business professionals from around the globe gathered to discuss the development of uniform law for international business and the goal of uniform interpretation of that law, as well as its application in a manner that facilitates more predictable and efficient trade relationships. Cosponsored by the School of Law.
2004 Awards
Love of Country: Intimacy and Nation in Italy's Migrations
Donna Gabaccia, professor of history; Giuseppina Mecchia, assistant professor of French and Italian; Paula Kane, associate professor of religious studies.
Conference in April 2005 focusing on the 25 million persons who left Italy as migrants to live and work on four continents. Research led by an international team including partners from the University of Toronto and the University of Western Australia, who explored the relationship between human mobility, intimate (or "private") behavior and the acquisition of national identities. Cosponsored by the Office of the Provost.
Comparative Postcolonialities: Aesthetics, History, Locality
Shalini Puri, associate professor of English; Marcus Rediker, professor of history; Joseph Alter, associate professor of anthropology.
A new conference series on postcolonial studies, initiated with an international conference that "rethinks" the field of postcolonial studies in light of global trends that have transformed the maps of postcoloniality. In an effort to create a new model for the field, it considers the critiques of both postcolonial and area studies and draws in the work of emerging scholars. Cosponsored by the Office of the Provost.
The Financial Dimensions of Terrorism: the Raising, Movement, and Disbursement of Terrorist Funds
Philip Williams, professor in the Graduate School for Public and International Affairs; Kenneth Sochats, assistant professor of information sciences.
On March 19-20, 2004, a workshop on the financing of terrorism brought together a diversity of specialists including international partner Rohan Gunaratna, the pre-eminent academic specialist on Al-Qaida, from the Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. The workshop, which will result in an edited volume, will illuminate the dimensions of terrorist financing, the tradeoffs between the Bush administration's freeze campaign and the possibility of following funds as a warning indicator of a potential attack, achievements to date, and further policy considerations. Cosponsored by the International Business Center of the Katz Graduate School of Business.
2003 Awards
Representing Genes
Paul E. Griffiths (history and philosophy of science) and Jeffrey H. Schwartz (anthropology)
A January 2004 workshop looking at diverse conceptualizations of the gene in contemporary biology and their impact on interdisciplinary communication and public dissemination, involving partners from Germany, Israel, and the United Kingdom, as well as from universities across the United States.
Global Knowledge Agents and the State of Globalization in the Steel Industry
John Prescott and Ravindranath Madhavan (Katz Graduate School of Business) and Frank Giarratani (economics)
Workshop held in the spring of 2004. Joined by collaborators from Belgium, Japan, Switzerland, and United Kingdom. Cosponsored by the International Business Center at the Katz Graduate School of Business.
2002 Awards
U.S./U.K. Dialogue on Eliminating Health Inequities in Post De-industrial Regions: How Can Community/University Partnerships Help?
Kenneth Thompson, School of Medicine/Graduate School of Public Health; Stephen Thomas, School of Social Work/Center for Minority Health; Margaret Potter, Center for Public Health Practice, Graduate School of Public Health; Denys Candy, Community Partners Institute; Anthony Silvestre, Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine; Tracy Soska, School of Social Work
Workshop held on April 23-25, 2003, on the causes of and policy responses to health disparities between racial/ethnic communities and socioeconomic groups in post de-industrialized areas, with particular focus on university/community health partnerships. The workshop included partners from Edinburgh, Fife, Glasgow, Newcastle, and Staffordshire, United Kingdom. Project site: www.ucis.pitt.edu/gap/health_ineq.
Demand Aggregation for Broadband Deployment in Rural Communities
Martin Weiss, Department of Information Science and Telecommunications, School of Information Sciences; Kenneth Sochats, Department of Information Science and Telecommunications, School of Information Sciences; Dennis Galletta, Katz Graduate School of Business
Workshop on March 3-5, 2003, to create a set of resources to assist community leaders with identifying and accumulating existing and potential demand for broadband access. Partner institutions in Australia, Norway, and the United Kingdom. Project site: www.sis.pitt.edu/~demand/Meeting.htm
Environmental and Public Health Recovery and Protection in Serbia and Montenegro
Radisav Vidic, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering; Richard D. Day, Department of Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health; Robert Hayden, Anthropology/Law/Center for Russian and East European Studies
With collaborators from the schools of engineering and public health, from the faculty of arts and sciences, and from institutions in Yugoslavia, the conference held on April 7-8, 2003, explored the environmental and public health consequences of armed conflict. Project site: www.ucis.pitt.edu/gap/environmental.
Hazard Reduction and Response in Metropolitan Regions: An Interdisciplinary Model
Louise Comfort, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs; Hassan Karimi, Department of Information Science and Telecommunications, School of Information Sciences
The workshop, held on March 16-18, 2003, included collaborators from Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, and Japan to discuss metropolitan models of risk assessment and responses to man-made and natural disasters.