The film "Hotel Rwanda" will be shown, followed by a discussion and refreshments.
Events
Tuesday, December 10
Film -- Showing of "Hotel Rwanda"
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
109 Parran Hall
Global Studies Center
The Global Health Student Association and the Center for...
Presentation -- Translating “Barry Trotter and the Unauthorized Parody”: Parody, Humor, & Harry Potter
Annunziata Ugas, University of Cagliari, Italy
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
3504 Cathedral of Learning (University Honors College)
European Studies Center, European Union Center of Excellence
Department of English, Department of French & Italian
frit@pitt.edu
Annunziata (Ann) Ugas, a visiting MA-level student from the University of Cagliari in Italy (Sardegna) and Center Associate within the European Union Center of Excellence, has been working on her translation studies while at the University of Pittsburgh. She will offer a talk based on her research. She will discuss the challenges of translating a parodic text (Barry Trotter and the Unauthorized Parody), and Professor Dennis Looney (French & Italian) and Professor Carol Bové (English) will respond to Ann’s presentation.
Wednesday, December 11
Lecture -- Mental Health Policy and Practice in Scotland: New Learnings in the Auld Country
GEOFF HUGGINS Head, Division of Mental Health and Protection of Rights, Division of the Scottish Government and RUTH GLASSBOROW Project Director, Directorate of Scrutiny and Assurance, Healthcare Improvement Scotland
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
4217 Posvar Hall
European Studies Center, European Union Center of Excellence
Department of Anthropology
euce@pitt.edu
Mental Illness is one of the top public health challenges in Europe as measured by prevalence, burden of disease and disability. It is estimated that mental disorders affect more than a third of the population every year, the most common being depression and anxiety. Featuring experts from Scotland, this presentation aims to describe how the Scottish government is tackling mental health and related issues, as understanding grows and the stigma of mental illness is decreasing.
Thursday, January 23
Teacher Training -- Teaching Transgender Studies in 2014
Dr. Aren Aizura, Assistant Professor of Women and Gender Studies in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
2201 Posvar Hall
Asian Studies Center
wstudies@pitt.edu
Articles for discussion available through the gender studies portal on my.pitt.edu under "My Resources," or from wstudies@pitt.edu.
Lecture -- Thailand as Transgender ‘Mecca’: Transnational Imaginaries of Gender Reassignment
Dr. Aren Aizura, Assistant Professor of Women and Gender Studies in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University
4:00 pm
602 Cathedral of Learning (Humanities Center)
Asian Studies Center
Thursday, February 13
Lecture -- Microcredit and Third World Women: Panacea for Poverty or Delusional Development
Dr. Uma Narayan, Chair of Philosophy at Vassar College
4:00 pm
4500 Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh
Asian Studies Center, International Business Center
wstudies@pitt.edu
Friday, February 14
Lecture -- The Politics of Rescue and the Politics of Forgetting: Exploring the Contemporary Allure of Rescue Agendas in Feminist Politics
Dr. Uma Narayan, Chair of Philosophy at Vassar College
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
602 Cathedral of Learning (Humanities Center)
Asian Studies Center
wstudies@pitt.edu
Text for discussion available two weeks in advance through the gender studies portal on my.pitt.edu under "My Resources," or from wstudies@pitt.edu
Friday, February 28
Conference -- 9th Annual Graduate Student Conference
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Pittsburgh
European Studies Center, European Union Center of Excellence
euce@pitt.edu
In many ways, the EU appears to be in a period of transition: recovering from the financial crisis, continuing to implement the Lisbon Treaty’s provisions, and awaiting a new set of European elections. Have these developments produced change in the EU’s politics and policies, or has it been Brussels as usual? The Organizing Committee of the Ninth Annual Graduate Student Conference on the European Union welcomes papers addressing the theme of the conference, as well as others related to the EU. We seek submissions from all disciplines and topics, including, but not limited to, EU politics, governance, economics, history, security studies, institutions and behavior studies, as well as EU policy-making, enlargement, immigration, development, trade, and foreign policy.
Submission Deadline for Abstracts has been extended: December 13, 2013
Abstracts should be 250-300 words in length. Preference will be given to abstracts that clearly specify the paper’s research design, including theoretical approach and methods. Abstracts must be submitted online. Please also upload a current C.V. with your submission. Only authors enrolled in degree-granting graduate or professional programs at the time of the conference are eligible to participate. Housing is provided for conference participants.
The University of Pittsburgh’s library system houses one of the largest and most complete archives of primary and secondary documents on the European Union, dating back to the beginnings of the European Coal and Steel Community. Conference presenters are given access to the archive for research while in Pittsburgh.
Tuesday, March 18
Lecture -- Same-sex Marriage: From Europe to the Global Arena
David Paternotte
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
4500 Posvar Hall
European Studies Center, European Union Center of Excellence
Department of French and Italian, Women's Studies Program
euce@pitt.edu
Friday, March 21
Conference -- 19th Latin American Social and Public Policy Conference
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
TBA
Center for Latin American Studies
bravo@pitt.edu
The annual Latin American Social and Public Policy conference features presentations on social and public policy research in Latin America by students from the University of Pittsburgh and other universities, with comments by University of Pittsburgh faculty.
