Past Events

- Molly McSweeney
- Global Hub
Are you looking to gain experience that will help prepare you for a globally-connected job market? Stop by Drop-In Hours to learn more about getting the Global Distinction added to your academic transcript, receiving special recognition at graduation, and standing out to prospective employers! Fall 2023 Global Distinction Drop-In Hours: Tuesdays at 3:30-4:30 pm, except on November 21.

- Rob Mucklo
- Global Hub

- Rob Mucklo
- Global Hub

- Croghan Schenley Ballroom, Cathedral of Learning, First Floor, Room 156
This experience offers a unique perspective on the events that led to the founding of the Republic of Turkey as seen through the lens of American newspaper clippings. An exhibition curating and contextualizing American newspaper coverage of the transformative events between 1918 and 1923 that led to the birth of the Republic of Turkey

- Elena Kostyuchenko
- Posner Hall

- Rob Mucklo
- Global Hub

- Zoom Webinar
EU ENLARGEMENT LECTURE SERIES: 20th Anniversary of the EU Enlargement
As part of our continued efforts to bring together experts with diverse perspectives to discuss contemporary issues facing Europe, the European Studies Center/European Union Center of Excellence (ESC/EUCE) along with the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES) offers a new lecture series to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the EU Enlargement. This virtual lecture series will be held on the last Thursday of each month.
2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the biggest enlargement of the European Union in its history. Ten countries, mainly former socialist Eastern European states, almost doubled the EU from 15 to 25 member states. May 1, 2004, was the triumphal return to the European Family for many. But for some, it initiated a process of disenchantment with the EU and the West.
Each month, the ESC/EUCE, together with REEES at the University of Pittsburgh, will focus our attention on a specific country or a group of countries in the EU by inviting experts and eyewitnesses to discuss the hopes and realities of the EU integration before and after expansion to address what hopes were fulfilled and what new hopes exist for the Union in the present.
Each session is recorded and later posted on the internet with suggested additional readings and further resources. Please check out our webpage for more details and mark the last Thursday of the month to attend this event.
Moderator: Pawel Lewicki
Panelist:
Pavel Telicka, Czech Diplomat, Politician and Businessman
A former negotiator of Czech access to the EU and a former member of the EU Parliament (2014-2019), he contributed to the country’s integration into the EU throughout his career. He was elected as a Member of the European Parliament. Pavel Telicka was the 2nd Vice-Chair of the ALDE Group and, in the second part of his mandate, Vice-President of the European Parliament and coordinator of ALDE MEPs in the Committee on Transport and Tourism. Additionally, Pavel engaged in the Committee on Industry, Research, and Energy, where he was responsible for several pieces of legislation, especially on circular economy, cybersecurity, and energy policy. His other political interests and activities included the digital economy, better EU regulation, foreign policy, human rights, and democracy worldwide.
Carol Leff, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Carol Leff is Professor Emeritus from the Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where she was a long-term executive and former director of the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Center. Her research and publications focus on Czech and Slovak politics, including EU relations and the post-communist transition. Additionally, she was the Editor (1991-1998), Board Member (2005) and President (2004-2008) of the Slovak Studies Association of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. Her publications include Interwar Czechoslovakia - A National State for a Multiethnic Population, Interwar East Central Europe, 1918-1941: The Failure of Democracy-Building, the Fate of Minorities (2020); Building Democratic Values in the Czech Republic since 1989, Central and Southeast European Politics since 1989 (2019); Slovakia and the Making of Czechoslovakia: Controversies and Legacies, Kosmas: Czechoslovak & Central European Journal, New Series 2 (2019).

- Dr. Joanna Sliwa
- Cathedral of Learning: Room 501
How did Jewish children conceal their presence during the Holocaust and what effect did hiding have on child survivors? This talk will expand the story of Krakow Jews as told in the film "Schindler's List" by zooming in on Jewish children's experiences and what that conveys about the German occupation of Krakow, Poland.

- Molly McSweeney
- Global Hub
In celebration of I Stand With Immigrants, stop by the Global Hub to write a few words about how immigrants inspire you. Now an annual event in the Global Hub, I Stand With Immigrants is an initiative powered by FWD.us Education Fund, Inc. that engages colleges and universities across the US and encourages the celebration of cultures and heritages.

- Dr. Viktoria Batista
- Braun Room, 12th floor, Cathedral of Learning

- Molly McSweeney
- Global Hub
Are you looking to gain experience that will help prepare you for a globally-connected job market? Stop by Drop-In Hours to learn more about getting the Global Distinction added to your academic transcript, receiving special recognition at graduation, and standing out to prospective employers! Fall 2023 Global Distinction Drop-In Hours: Tuesdays at 3:30-4:30 pm, except on November 21.

- Rob Mucklo
- Global Hub

- William Pitt Union and OHara Student Center, Pitt-Oakland Campus Model United Nations high school simulation
- Ravshanbek Shamsitdinov
- Posner Hall 277, CMU
The repressive policy of the Soviet empire, particularly during the Great Terror, destroyed a whole pleiad of Uzbek intellectuals who fought for national
independence. This presentation focuses not only on the fate of Uzbeks, but also on the other national minorities of the Uzbek SSR: Kazakhs, Tajiks, Jews, Azerbaijanis, Iranians, Kara-Kalpak, Tatars, Russians and others. The new and stunning source material is based on archival documents from the State Security Service of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

- Rob Mucklo
- Global Hub
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