THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Workshop--Salsa Lessons
9:15 p.m.- 10:15 p.m.
Galleria, 1st Floor Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh
With instructor Marlon Silva!
Other dates include:
September 11, 19, &26
Audience: Open to the Public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Center for Latin American Studies
For more information, contact Luz Amanda Hank - 412 648 7394 lavst12@pitt.edu
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
Lecture--EU Budgetary Policy and Fiscal Federalism
12 p.m.
POSVAR HALL 4130
This lecture is presented by Dr. Ivana Simikova of the Technical University of Liberec in The Czech Republic. Her lecture will introduce EU budgetary policies and their instruments, provide a comparison with the theory of fiscal federalism and provide proposals of possible changes in the current EU budgetary policy.
Sponsored by: European Studies Center, European Union Center of Excellence
For more information, contact Karen Lautanen - kal70@pitt.edu
Lecture--Elections in Kenya and Zimbabwe: Challenges and opportunities in the path to democracy
8:00 p.m.
Sutherland Hall
This lecture will focus on the election crises in Kenya and Zimbabwe. In both cases we ask ourselves what election victory means in a situation where the incumbent government is not willing to concede defeat. Can a victorious opposition (legitimately elected by popular vote) come to power in the face of an obstinate incumbent? This question is particularly relevant when the incumbent regime controls the coercive apparatus of the state and the opposition only has the ballot in its corner. In the battle of the ballot vs. the bullet, can there be a fair match? A brief overview of the history of both countries will be discussed, followed by the current political situations in both countries. Particular focus will be placed on democratic developments in the two countries since attaining political independence from the colonial governments.
Audience: Open only to ISLLC residence
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Global Studies Program, International Studies Living Learning Community, African Studies Program
For more information, contact Veronica Dristas - 412-624-2918 dristas@pitt.edu
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
Panel Discussion--Transatlantic Perspectives on Health Care Reform: The EU and U.S. Compared
12 p.m.-
POSVAR HALL 4130
This panel discussion will focus on reforming health care in European States as well as the United States and will feature Dr. Marc Smyrl, Dr. Beaufort Longest and Ms. Anne-Laure Beaussier.
Sponsored by: European Studies Center, European Union Center of Excellence
For more information, contact Karen Lautanen - kal70@pitt.edu
Reception--Asian Studies Welcome Reception
3:00 P.M.- 4:30 P.M.
William Pitt Union Lower Lounge
Audience: All ASC faculty and certificate students
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Asian Studies Center
For more information, contact Dianne Dakis - dakis@pitt.edu
Workshop--Salsa Lessons
9:15 p.m.- 10:15 p.m.
Galleria, 1st Floor Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh
With instructor Marlon Silva!
Other dates include:
September 19 & 26
Audience: Open to the Public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Center for Latin American Studies
For more information, contact Luz Amanda Hank - 412 648 7394 lavst12@pitt.edu
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
Reception--African Studies Open House & Welcome Reception
3:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
4138 WWPH
A forum open to all interested in African Studies - students/faculty/staff to meet and greet share information, research interests and other common interests on Africa, visits to Africa, study abroad in Africa and any other information about Africa over Coffee/Tea and doughnuts
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/
Audience: Students/Staff/Faculty
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: African Studies Program
For more information, contact Macrina C. Lelei - 412-648-2058 africast@pitt.edu
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
Lecture--Pizza and Politics
12:00 p.m.
Posvar 4130
"The Dutch Presidency and Turkish Accession" by Michael Wright, Ph.D. student in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/euce
Audience: All are welcome
Sponsored by: European Studies Center, European Union Center of Excellence
For more information, contact Stephen Lund - 412-648-7422 slund@pitt.edu
Lecture--Global Issues Lecture Series:Great Products that Create Tremendous Impact: Choosing Fair Trade
5:00 p.m.
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Carmen K. Iezzi, executive director of the Fair Trade Federation, will introduce Fair Trade and the opportunities that consumers have to find great products which also create tremendous positive changes in the communities of small artisans and farmers. This lecture is part of the fall Ethics and the Global Consumer series.
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Global Studies Program, International Business Center, Global Solutions Education Fund
For more information, contact Veronica Dristas - 412-624-2918 dristas@pitt.edu
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
Conference--The Caribbean and its Borderlands, Revolution and Aftermath
1:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh Athletic Association, Walnut Rooms (Lower Level)
The Center for Latin American Studies invites you to a day of events recognizing the contributions of Shirley Kregar to the Center for Latin American Studies from 1968 to 2008.
For 40 years, Shirley focused her efforts on what she believed in the most: "students and their international education as a means to cultural understanding and discussion rather than conflict." Her dedication was to students--"to helping them achieve their goals, to find their way.
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/SKregar/index.html
Audience: CLAS students, faculty, alumni, staff
Sponsored by: Center for Latin American Studies
For more information, contact Adriana Maguina-Ugarte - 412-648-7391 amaguina@pitt.edu
Reception--CLAS Fall Welcoming Reception
4:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.
Pittsburgh Athletic Association, Mercury Room (Lower Level)
CLAS extends a warm welcome to its students and faculty (returning and new) for the upcoming year! All faculty, staff, current and new students, as well as alumni are invited.
Sponsored by: Center for Latin American Studies
For more information, contact Luis Bravo - 8-7393 bravo@pitt.edu
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
Reception--Welcome Back Reception for Global Studies Students, Affiliated Faculty, and New Students
3:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
4100 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Returning students and faculty come and meet our new students and faculty who like you share a passion for global issues.
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Global Studies Program
For more information, contact Veronica Dristas - 412-624-2918 dristas@pitt.edu
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
International Week Event: Roundtable--International Pharmacy Practice: Cultural Differences across Continents Roundtable
12:00 p.m.- 1:00 p.m.
Salk Hall 402
The School of Pharmacy invites you to attend an international pharmacy practice roundtable discussion, whereby student pharmacists and faculty will share their thoughts and international experiences on differences in cultural and professional practice in foreign countries. Also included will be information on how to locate personal study abroad programs, including international pharmacy rotations.
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: International Week, International Pharmaceutical Students' Federation and the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists
For more information, contact Julie Lauffenburger - J.Lauffen@gmail.com
International Week Event: Lecture--The Eradication of Smallpox: What we should have learned but didn't
3:00 p.m.
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
2008 John C. Cutler Memorial Lecture in Global Health presents D.A. Henderson, MD, MPH. The eradication of smallpox was a remarkable victory for international public health. The 10 year program, however, began almost by accident, was predicted to fail even before it started, and repeatedly came close to disaster. Dr. Henderson was director of the World Health Organization's global smallpox eradication campaign (1966-77) and founding director of the Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies at Johns Hopkins University. He is now a distinguished scholar at UPMC's Center for Biosecurity and a professor of public health and medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. Reception to follow.
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: International Week, Global Studies Program, Graduate School of Public Health
For more information, contact Linda Fletcher - lfletch@pitt.edu
International Week Event: Dinner--International Week Event: Festival--Oakland Restaurant Tour
6:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m.
Oakland Area
Sample International cuisine in our own backyard. MUST PURCHASE $10 TICKETS AHEAD at William Pitt Union ticket office (main floor)or OIS
For more information, contact Janine Fisher - jsf10@pitt.edu
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/global/internationalweek
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: $10.00
Sponsored by: International Week, Oakland Planning and Development Corporation, and the Office of International Services
International Week Event: Performance--Steel Pan Drummers
6:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m.
William Pitt Union- Ballroom
Steel Pan: Drummers who drum on drums made with steel pans, celebrating the Afro-Caribbean culture
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: African Studies Program, International Week, African Student Organization
For more information, contact Sandra Dike - missdike@gmail.com
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
International Week Event: Panel Discussion--Chindia Rising: How China and India will Benefit the Global Economy
11:30 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.
William Pitt Union Lower Lounge
Dr. Jagdish Sheth, Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing in the Goizueta Business School at Emory University, will discuss how the rise of China and India (Chindia) is not only inevitable but will be beneficial to the world. Dr. Sheth's talk will be followed by a panel discussion by Professors Thomas Rawski, Professor of Economics, Ravi Madhavan, Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Katz Business School and Bopaya Bidanda, Chair of Industrial Engineering in the Swanson School of Engineering. The panel will be moderated by Lawrence Feick, Director of the University Center for International Studies, Senior Director of International Programs and Professor of Business Administration.
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: International Business Center, International Week, Asian Studies Center, Global Studies Program
For more information, contact Veronica Dristas - 412-624-2918 dristas@pitt.edu
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
Lecture--Good Afternoon Africa Lecture Series -- Zimbabwe: Debating Just What Went Wrong
3:00p.m.- 5:00p.m.
4130 WWPH
With a political system that is in crisis and an economy whose inflation is the highest in the world, many people are asking, just what went wrong in Zimbabwe?
Food and fuel shortages have become common as the government relies more heavily on imports, pushing prices to new heights. The official annual rate of inflation in Zimbabwe is more than 4,500%. In practice, this means soaring living costs, for example, the price of a loaf of bread costs 50 times more in cash than it did a year ago. 25% of the population needs food aid. Unemployment is at 80%. Critics have blamed President Mugabe's policies, especially the seizure of white-owned farms, for ordinary Zimbabweans' hardship. For his part, Mugabe has accused foreign governments of trying to interfere in Zimbabwe's affairs. What do you think?
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/
Audience: Open to all
Cost: None
Sponsored by: African Studies Program, African Students' Organization (ASO)
For more information, contact Macrina C. Lelei - 412-648-2058 africast@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
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
International Week Event: Information Session--International Fair
11:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m.
William Pitt Union - Kurtzman and Lower Lounge
Interested in studying abroad but don't know where to start? Come visit the International Fair in the William Pitt Union to find out about the thousands of options available around the world! You can chat with study abroad providers, mingle with past participants, learn more about different cultures right here at Pitt, and sample some delicious international food.
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/global/internationalweek
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: International Week, Study Abroad Office
For more information, contact Ben Pilcher - 412-383-7165 bjp10@ucis.pitt.edu
International Week Event: Festival--Annual African Festival 2008
2:00 p.m.- 10:00 p.m.
William Pitt Union Assembly Room
This is the Fifth African Studies Annual Festival. The following activities will be featured: Students showcasing their photo journals of Africa trips and study abroad in Africa
Display of African artifacts, fabrics and carvings
A performance and dance workshop
A panel of students will discuss their study abroad in Africa experiences and research activities
Dinner will be served featuring tastes of Africa (Congo and Ethiopia)followed by the final event of the day which will be a Keynote Lecture on Africa's infrastructure: Challenges and Opportunities
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/
Audience: Open to all
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: African Studies Program, International Week, African Students' Organization (ASO)
For more information, contact Macrina C. Lelei - 412-648-2058 africast@pitt.edu
International Week Event: Lecture--Japan Speaker Series: Miyako Inoue
2:00 P.M.- 3:00 P.M.
TBA
Audience: Open to all members of the Pitt community
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: International Week, Asian Studies Center, Dept. of Anthropology
For more information, contact Brenda Jordan - jordanb@pitt.edu
International Week Event: Workshop--African Student Organization Workshop and Yabasso Dance Showcase
5:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m.
William Pitt Union- Ballroom
This event will showcase the African art, game. clothing, and history and ways of living. ASO Dance Team (Yabasso), will perform to different Africa song, in different dance attires.
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/global/internationalweek
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: International Week, African Studies Program, African Student Organization
For more information, contact Sandra Dike - missdike@gmail.com
International Week Event: Film--Japanese Film Festival - Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (Always: Zoku San-chome no Yuhi), 2007
7:00 p.m.- 9:30 p.m.
McConomy Hall, Carnegie Mellon University
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: International Week, Asian Studies Center, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Japan Iron and Steel Federation and Mitsubishi Endowments
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
Festival--The 29th Latin American and Caribbean Festival
12:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.
William Pitt Union, University of Pittsburgh
Audience: Open to the Public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Center for Latin American Studies
For more information, contact Luz Amanda Hank - 412 648 7394 lavst12@pitt.edu
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
Dinner--Chinese Nationality Room Scholarship Dinner
5:00 p.m.- 9:30 p.m.
Sheraton Station Square Hotel
You are cordially invited to attend the Chinese Nationality Room Scholarship Dinner.
The nationality classrooms at the Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh are supported by the local communities. The Chinese Nationality Room scholarships given annually since 1948, are the results of fund raising by the Chinese Nationality Room Committee and individual donors. Your support of the scholarship program enables the selected students to study abroad in China or Taiwan during the summer, and helps to spread the understanding of Chinese cultural heritage.
Cost: $45/person as tax deductible donation
Sponsored by: Nationality Rooms
For more information, contact Nationality Rooms Office - 412-624-6150
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
Lecture--Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series: Maxine Hong Kingston
TBA
David Lawrence Hall
Audience: Open to all members of the Pitt community
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Asian Studies Center, Confucius Institute, English Department
For more information, contact Jeff Oaks - oaks@pitt.edu
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2
Cultural Event/Festival--Celebrating Gandhi: His Life and Ideas
TBA- Saturday, October 4
TBA
A celebration of Gandhi's birthday, details TBA.
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Asian Studies Center
For more information, contact Dennis Hart - dmhart@pitt.edu
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
For more information, contact Brenda Jordan - jordanb@pitt.edu
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3
Film--Japanese Film Festival: Honey and Clover (Hachimitsu to Kuroba), 2006
7:00 P.M.- 9:30 P.M.
McConomy Hall, Carnegie Mellon University
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Asian Studies Center, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Japan Iron and Steel Federation and Mitsubishi Endowments
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4
Cultural Event--The AMERICAS---in Concert
7:30 p.m.
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 650 Schenley Drive, University of Pittsburgh
Featuring: Lilly Abreu (soprano)with special guests: Tangueros de Ley
Audience: Open to the Public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Center for Latin American Studies, MED Health Services & Pittsburgh Cardiovascular Institute
For more information, contact CLAS - 412 648 7392 clas@pitt.edu
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9
Lecture--Asia Over Lunch lecture series - Title TBA
12:00 P.M.- 1:00 P.M.
WWPH 4130
Audience: Open to all members of the Pitt community
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Asian Studies Center
For more information, contact Brenda Jordan - jordanb@pitt.edu
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10
Conference--Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia
TBA- Sunday, October 12
TBA
Audience: TBA
Cost: TBA
Sponsored by: Global Studies Program, Asian Studies Center, Department of Music, Office of the Provost
For more information, contact Andrew Weintraub - anwein@pitt.edu
Film--Japanese Film Festival - Happily Ever After (Jigyaku no uta), 2007
7:00 P.M.- 9:30 P.M.
McConomy Hall, Carnegie Mellon University
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Asian Studies Center, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Japan Iron and Steel Federation and Mitsubishi Endowments
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15
Deadline--The Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program
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The Robert Bosch Stiftung and CDS International invite US Professionals to apply for the 2009-2010 Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program. Twenty Fellows will complete a nine-month program consisting of two high-level work phases in major German institutions and three seminars throughout Europe. Bosch Fellows meet with key decision-makers in the public and private sectors, thereby strengthening their understanding of issues facing Germany, the EU, and the transatlantic relationship today.
German language skills are not required at the time of application. Intensive language training is provided as needed in the US and Germany prior to the program year. Fellows receive a generous compensation package including a monthly stipend, health insurance, and all program-related travel expenses.
Candidates should be US citizens between the ages of 23 and 34 with professional experience in one of the following fields: business administration, economics, law, public policy, journalism or mass communications.
http://www.cdsintl.org/fromusa/bosch.htm
Sponsored by: European Studies Center, European Union Center of Excellence
For more information, contact 212-497-3518 bosch@cdsintl.org
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16
Lecture--Asia Over Lunch lecture series - Title TBA
12:00 P.M.- 1:00 P.M.
WWPH 4130
Audience: Open to all members of the Pitt community
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Asian Studies Center
For more information, contact Brenda Jordan - jordanb@pitt.edu
Film--African Film Series -- Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man.
5:00p.m.- 7:00p.m.
4130 WWPH
The African film series will illuminate realities of modern African life from a variety of artistic visions. Each of the selections brings to life contemporary issues and allows the viewers to share in the sights and sounds of this diverse continent with its cultural traditions. The first film in the series is, Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man.
As Africa looks desperately for leaders of integrity and vision, the life and ideals of the late Thomas Sankara seem more and more relevant and exemplary with the passage of time. This film goes a long way towards explaining why, though largely forgotten in his own country; Sankara is still very much venerated as the African Che, a legendary matyr like Patrice Lumumba or Amilcar Cabral who believed in the total liberation of their people. The film recovers for the present a detailed history of Sankara's brief four-year rule and his revolutionary program for African self-reliance as a defiant alternative to the neo-liberal development strategies imposed on Africa by the west, both then and today.
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/index.htm
Audience: Open to all
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: African Studies Program, African Students' Organization (ASO)
For more information, contact Macrina C. Lelei - 412-648-2058 africast@pitt.edu
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23
Lecture--Asia Over Lunch lecture series - Title TBA
12:00 P.M.- 1:00 P.M.
WWPH 4130
Audience: Open to all members of the Pitt community
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Asian Studies Center
For more information, contact Brenda Jordan - jordanb@pitt.edu
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30
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
For more information, contact Brenda Jordan - jordanb@pitt.edu
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6
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
For more information, contact Brenda Jordan - jordanb@pitt.edu
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10
Performance--Korean Music (Title TBA)
TBA
TBA
Audience: Open to the public
Sponsored by: Asian Studies Center, Music Department
For more information, contact Andrew Weintraub - anwein@pitt.edu
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13
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
For more information, contact Brenda Jordan - jordanb@pitt.edu
African Film Series -- DARESALAAM
3:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
4130 WWPH
DARESALAM is the first feature film to focus on the civil wars convulsing the continent from Sierra Leone to Somalia. It provides compelling insights into how ordinary people around the world get swept up in extraordinary events. Its timeless story of two childhood friends turned into political foes personalizes the terrible costs of internecine strife. Chad's civil war, one of Africa's oldest, in many ways prefigured the continent's subsequent contflicts. Its precolonial roots reflect the basic geopolitical division between an Islamic, pastoralist north and a Christian and animist agrarian south. Northerners traditionally raided the south for slaves for the Ottoman Empire; the French banned that trade and advanced Sara speaking southerners in their civil service. In the decades following independence, two factions or northerners fought for control of the country, one with French and US backing and the other advocating anschluss with Qaddafi's Libya. After three decades of civil war, Chad is one of the poorest countries in the world with a per capita GDP of only $600.
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/
Audience: Open to all
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: African Studies Program, African Students' Organization (ASO)
For more information, contact Macrina C. Lelei - 412-648-2058 africast@pitt.edu
Good Afternoon Africa Lecture Series -- Harnessing Information Technology for Development in Africa.
3:00p.m.- 5:00p.m.
4130 WWPH
Many are raving about the impressive upswing in African cell phone usage and the positive effects this might have on the continent???s development. But given the extent of poverty in Africa what is the next step for Africa to fully reap the benefits of information and communication technologies (ICT), investment in broadband internet and other technology available in the global context? The lecture will focus on the appropriate technology whose impact can be maximized for development. Questions will be asked such as: what should governments and donors do? Should the focus be on expanding low-cost and easily-adoptable technologies (such as mobile phones) in rural and urban areas? Shoud we focus on expanding more robust (and costly) ICT services, such as broadband and fiber-optic cable? Who will provide the funding and drive increased adoption; the private sector, government, NGOs? How can the impact of these new technologies be maximized? What might innovative applications of ICT have the greatest potential? These are the type of questions that will be debated in this forum. Participants will join in with their questions and ideas. The film for the next film series will be a follow up of this theme of ICT in Africa.
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/
Audience: Open to all
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: African Studies Program, African Students' Organization (ASO)
For more information, contact Macrina C. Lelei - 412-648-2058 africast@pitt.edu
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20
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
For more information, contact Brenda Jordan - jordanb@pitt.edu
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11
African Film Series -- AFRO@DIGITAL
5:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m.
4130 WWPH
The film begins with a provocative question: Why speak of new technologies on a continent which wakes up and goes to sleep to the terrorism of poverty? In other words, how can Africa escape the logic of poverty and unequal development by making sure that digital technology does not pass it by, become an agent of neo-colonialism or marginalize it still further? As Nigerian filmmaker Ola Balogun warns: We must ask what the purpose of this technology is and what type of technology is most appropriate to us...Technology is not a value in itself.
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/
Audience: Open to all
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: African Studies Program, African Students' Organization (ASO)
For more information, contact Macrina C. Lelei - 412-648-2058 africast@pitt.edu
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