Announcements
The International Studies Fund (ISF) is intended to help Pitt students to conduct research on international issues or in international settings. "International" is defined as relating to other countries or cultures, studies of international relations or of transnational activities, or studies which examine topics related to global issues. The application deadline is March 15. Learn More »
Applications are being accepted for the Spring 2012 Hewlett International Grants Program, to help Pitt faculty members develop or complete international projects, or to support the participation of Pitt faculty in conferences abroad, regardless of discipline or topic. The deadline for the Spring 2012 cycle (to support projects/conferences occurring January - August 2012) is February 28, 2012. Learn More »
We are pleased to announce the incoming Heinz Fellows for 2011-12: Ms. Amina Soomro, from Khairpur Mirs, Sindh, Pakistan, and Dr. Mythili Ramakrishna, from Bangalore, India. Learn More »
UCIS This Week
Tuesday, February 14
Film -- “EUROPE AT 8:00” Eurochannel Short Films Tour
Repeats every week every Tuesday and every Thursday until Fri Mar 02 2012 .
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
4130 WWPH
Wednesday, February 15
Lecture -- "The Caucasus Region: At Crossroads of Geopolitical Interests"
Sergey Markedonov, Visiting Fellow in the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
4217 Posvar
Lecture -- Preaching on the Margins: The Depiction of Outcasts in the Ippen Hijiri-e
Elizabeth Self, Masters Candidate, History of Art and Architecture
12:00 pm
Frick Fine Arts Building, room 203
Performance -- Shen Yun--Ancient Culture Reborn
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Benedum Center for Performing Arts
Thursday, February 16
Lecture Series / Brown Bag -- Asia Over Lunch: An Ill Wind That Blows No Good?
A Reinterpretation of the Depiction of Abe no Nakamaro in the Kibi Daijin Nittô Emaki Scroll
Sara L. Sumpter, Ph.D. student in History of Art & Architecture
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Lecture -- U.S. Policy and the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process: Legacies and Challenges
Husam Mohamad, Professor of Political Science at the University of Central Oklahoma at Edmond
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
4130 Posvar Hall
Friday, February 17 (All day)
Workshop -- Model European Union simulation for undergraduate students
various
(All day)
Washington & Jefferson College
Friday, February 17
Lecture -- Why We Kill: Lebanese Fighters in Everyday Life
Prof. Sami Hermez, Mount Holyoke College
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
4430 Posvar Hall
Lecture -- The Miraculous Breasts of Christina the Astonishing
Sarah Alison Miller (Classics, Duquesne)
3:00 pm
Humanities Center, Cathedral of Learning, Room 602
Panel Discussion -- Round Table Discussion with Dutch Ambassador Renee Jones-Bos
Dutch Ambassador Renee Jones-Bos
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
4130 WWPH
Lecture -- Unhappily Ever After: Visual Irony and Feminist Strategy in Agnes Varda’s Happiness
Rebecca DeRoo
3:00 pm
Room 202 Frick Fine Arts
Film -- Admiral (A Russian film by Andrei Kravchuk, 2008.)
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
1500 Posvar Hall
Cultural Event -- The Intercultural Project and the University of Pittsburgh Slavic Department present: Midwinter Russian Classics
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
ucis by the Numbers
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The University of Pittsburgh is home to four federally funded international studies centers under Title VI of the Department of Education.
1,372
Pitt Students participated in a study abroad experience in 2010-11.
322
Students received international studies certificates in 2010-11.
