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DATE:
Saturday, March 25
TIME:
3:30 pm to 5:30 pm
LOCATION:
Cathedral of Learning, Romanian Nationality Room, 130

Join the members of the Romanian Nationality Room Committee in a celebration of World Poetry Day!

REGISTER FOR LIMITED SEATING: pi.tt/nriep-world-poetry-day

FEATURED PERFORMERS:

Cristana A. Bejan-- Award-winning Romanian-American historian,...

DATE:
Tuesday, March 28
TIME:
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
LOCATION:
Global Hub
PRESENTER:
Molly McSweeney

Join two Pitt alumnae for a student-moderated discussion about their journeys from undergraduates to their work in Pittsburgh and Kenya. During this gathering in the Global Hub, you will hear from Founder and CEO of Kakenya's Dream, and 2023 Exemplary Leader award...

DATE:
Thursday, March 30
TIME:
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
LOCATION:
Zoom
PRESENTER:
Anca Sincan, Tatiana Vagramenko, Sean Guillory

Soviet ideology treated religion as an enemy, a tool of oppression and an expression of backwardness. Militant atheism, the prohibition of religious rituals, and the repression of religious communities aimed to create a secular, rational, and scientific society. Yet,...

DATE:
Friday, March 31
TIME:
(All day)
LOCATION:

The Undergraduate Research Symposium is an annual event since 2002 designed to provide undergraduate students, from the University of Pittsburgh and other colleges and universities, with advanced research experiences and opportunities to develop presentation skills. The...

DATE:
Friday, March 31
TIME:
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
LOCATION:
Zoom
PRESENTER:
Serhy Yekelchyk, Ararat L. Osipian, Ilya Gerasimov, Juliet Johnson

The Future of SEEES Expertise: How Can We Anticipate Tomorrow’s Differences? is the sixth and the last panel of the Decolonization in Focus Series.

The Russian war in Ukraine has had innumerable impacts, from personal to political, local, national, and global....

DATE:
Saturday, April 1
TIME:
12:00 pm to 9:00 pm
LOCATION:
Brightspace Room, Energy Innovation Center 1435 Bedford Avenue

This exhibit will take place from 12-3pm and 5-9pm on Sunday, April 1st. Opening remarks will begin at 7:30pm.

Marc Fogel-- a 61-year-old history teacher from Pennsylvania who taught in Moscow at the Anglo-American School-- was taken into custody by Russian...

DATE:
Monday, April 3
TIME:
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
LOCATION:
3703 Posvar Hall
PRESENTER:
Katja Wezel

With the recent developments in Ukraine and Putin's talk on restoring the Soviet aor the Russian Empire, newly independent territories and cities at the former imperial periphery are again in focus. Riga, today's capital of Latvia, belonged to the Russian Empire (1710-...

DATE:
Thursday, April 6
TIME:
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
LOCATION:
Zoom
PRESENTER:
Geneveve Zubrzyski, Jose Casenova, Sean Guillory

Soviet ideology treated religion as an enemy, a tool of oppression and an expression of backwardness. Militant atheism, the prohibition of religious rituals, and the repression of religious communities aimed to create a secular, rational, and scientific society. Yet,...

DATE:
Friday, April 14
TIME:
9:00 am
LOCATION:
Zoom

The University of Pittsburgh and the International Studies Consortium of Georgia (ISCOG) invite you to join the introductory session in an ongoing series focused on development, conservation, and sustainability contrasting dynamics and processes in different world...

DATE:
Tuesday, April 18
TIME:
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
LOCATION:
Cathedral of Learning 329
PRESENTER:
Viktoria Batista

Come and practice your Hungarian and meet others interested in the language! All levels welcome.

DATE:
Thursday, April 20
TIME:
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
LOCATION:
4130 Posvar Hall
PRESENTER:
Ana Sekulic and Ulzhan Tuleshova

This working group will meet in person every three weeks for the 2022-2023 academic year to discuss new scholarship about Eurasian borderlands. Faculty, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates are welcome to join. No prior expertise in Eurasia is necessary.

DATE:
Wednesday, April 26
TIME:
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
LOCATION:
1219 Cathedral of Learning
PRESENTER:
Jolanta Lion
DATE:
Friday, April 28
TIME:
2:00 pm
LOCATION:
Charity Randall Theatre

The University Center for International Studies cordially invites students graduating in Spring and Summer 2023 to celebrate their academic achievements and receive their credentials at the University Center for International Studies’ Graduation Ceremony on Friday, April...

DATE:
Thursday, May 4
TIME:
9:00 am to 10:30 pm
LOCATION:
Zoom
PRESENTER:
Fenggang Yang, Sean Guillory

Soviet ideology treated religion as an enemy, a tool of oppression and an expression of backwardness. Militant atheism, the prohibition of religious rituals, and the repression of religious communities aimed to create a secular, rational, and scientific society. Yet,...

DATE:
Thursday, May 11
TIME:
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
LOCATION:
Zoom
PRESENTER:
Katya Tolstoj, Sean Guillory

Soviet ideology treated religion as an enemy, a tool of oppression and an expression of backwardness. Militant atheism, the prohibition of religious rituals, and the repression of religious communities aimed to create a secular, rational, and scientific society. Yet,...

DATE:
Thursday, May 25
TIME:
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
LOCATION:
Zoom
PRESENTER:
Marjorie Madelstan Balzer, Sean Guillory

Soviet ideology treated religion as an enemy, a tool of oppression and an expression of backwardness. Militant atheism, the prohibition of religious rituals, and the repression of religious communities aimed to create a secular, rational, and scientific society. Yet,...

DATE:
Thursday, June 1
TIME:
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
LOCATION:
Zoom
PRESENTER:
Elmira Muratova, Michael Kemper, Sean Guillory

Soviet ideology treated religion as an enemy, a tool of oppression and an expression of backwardness. Militant atheism, the prohibition of religious rituals, and the repression of religious communities aimed to create a secular, rational, and scientific society. Yet,...