Cultural Event

Heritage Kitchen: Hungarian Food

Saturday, September 7, 2024 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
Event Location: 
Heinz History Center 1212 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh PA, 15222

Presented in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh’s Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchanges Programs (NRIEP), the History Center’s Heritage Kitchen series is a multi-generational cooking experience in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh’s Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchanges Programs (NRIEP), the History Center’s Heritage Kitchen series is a multi-generational cooking experience that explores the historical and cultural significance of recipes passed down through families and communities.

PolishFest 2024

Sunday, November 10, 2024 - 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Event Location: 
Cathedral Commons Room

The 42nd Annual Polishfest is designed to give everyone an opportunity to experience the living Polish, Lithuanian, Hungarian, and Carpatho-Rusyn cultures

The 42nd Annual Polishfest is designed to give the festival guests, families, and students an opportunity to experience the living cultures of the Polish, Lithuanian and Carpatho-Rusyn Peoples that throughout history were joined, separated and independently are connected. A living legacy presented to teach, to experience, to taste, to try and to have fun.

World Culture Day

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - 12:00pm
Event Location: 
Avella Sr/Jr High School

Avella Sr/Jr High School is gearing up for an exciting and inaugural event: World Culture Day, scheduled for Wednesday, May 21. The event promises to offer students global experiences and insights. The Center for African Studies, in collaboration with other Title VI centers, including Latin American Studies, Asian Studies, Global Studies Center, Russian Studies, and European Studies. The event promises to be a celebration of diversity and multiculturalism around the globe.

REEES Open Mic

Wednesday, March 20, 2024 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Event Location: 
12th floor, Cathedral of Learning

Join the Center for Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies for an afternoon of music, poetry, food, and cultural fun for our premier Open Mic! Watch your peers and professors demonstrate their talents and artifacts and join in the fun yourself!

Referral: Ukrainian Coffee Painting

Monday, February 12, 2024 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Event Location: 
Room 4127, Sennott Square

Ukrainian Cultural Class invites you to join its arts class which will include:
- Painting with coffee
- Learning Ukrainian words
- Drink and enjoy coffee
- Virtual meeting with International Institute of Education, Culture and Diaspora Relations of Lviv Polytechnic National University (MIOKom) (Ukraine)

PLEASE REGISTER TO SAVE YOUR SPACE!

Mărțișor 2024

Sunday, February 25, 2024 - 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Event Location: 
Global Hub

The Romanian Room Committee invites you to celebrate Mărțișor. Mărțișor is an old Romanian tradition of giftinga red and white string attached to a small piece of jewelry or a flower. Learn the history of Mărțișor and join the members of the Romanian Room committee to make your own and for your friends. Learn more about this Romanian tradition which falls on March 1 of every year during which the gifting of a red and white string attached to a small piece of jewelry, or a flower is believed to bring health and luck to the wearer.
Come enjoy Romanian snacks!

Olympiada of Spoken Russian 2024

Saturday, April 6, 2024 (All day)
Event Location: 
TBD

This annual national competition provides US school and college students the opportunity to demonstrate their Russian language knowledge while meeting with other students of Russian and conversing with native Russian speakers. Students will receive recognition for their demonstrated language proficiency, improve their chances of getting international and study abroad scholarships, and enhance their professional resume.
For more information and to register: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/creees/events/olympiada

Referral: REEESNe Webinars: Students on Russophone study abroad experiences in Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, and Latvia

Tuesday, November 14, 2023 - 5:00pm
Event Location: 
Zoom Webinar

Hear from and pose questions to students from five REEESNe institutions, currently or recently studying (in) Russian in Bishkek, Daugavpils, and Yerevan.
The conversations will be roughly 30 minutes each.