Past Events

How have immigrants inspired you? Come support immigrants with an activity and have your photo shared on our social media.

Join us to celebrate the East European region through culture, cuisine, and live performances here at Pitt. We will be hosting numerous food vendors, local acts, student/academic organizations, and local diaspora organizations. Take part in the region's traditions! Experience the festive music, delicious cuisines, and traditional dances of Eastern Europe and its surrounding regions.This event is co-hosted by the Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs and the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies! Come and learn about amazing traditions! Enjoy the music and dancing from 12pm-4 pm on Sunday, October 16th in The Cathedral of Learning Commons Room at the University of Pittsburgh!

It's never too late or too early to be planning for future years. Join the six UCIS centers and learn tips for applications from program representatives and faculty decision makers from the Dietrich School A&S, Graduate School of Public Health, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and the School of Education.

A LIVE INTERVIEW WITH Polly Jones, Oxford University AND Zuzanna Bogumil, Polish Academy of Sciences REEES Fall 2022 series, The Specter in the Present: Trauma and its Legacies in Eurasia, will explore the place of trauma in Eurasia society in four interviews that pair scholars to discuss social and clinical trauma, victimhood, historical memory, and the politics of history in the region. This event is part of a larger series

Professor Charles Kotuby Jr., Professor John C. Camillus, Professor Kish Parella, Benjamin Longlet, Wendy Miles QC, Professor Matthew Murray, Jo Anne Schendingen, Professor Bopaya Bidanda, Kristi Gedid, Professor John Lipinski, Mukesh Rustagi will present on the Environmental, Social, and Governance factors that increasingly drive corporate decision-making and foreign investment. This has become especially true this past year, with the onset of geopolitical crises in Ukraine, Afghanistan, and Myanmar. Foreign investment decisions are not only driven by the binary distinction of profit on the one hand or sanctions on the other. Ethical concerns and the reputational risk of investing in spe- cific jurisdictions and industry sectors are readjusting global business priorities. The complexity and interaction of these considerations with other areas of stakeholder engagement are one of the main challenges to multinational corporations and their inside and outside counsel. This conference will provide a forum for discussing these considerations, especially as they relate to the complex legal and operational issues raised by conflict situations.

Jonathon Ned Katz will discuss his 2021 biography, The Darling Life and Dangerous Times of Eve Adams, followed by a Q&A session. Born Chawa Zloczewer into a Jewish family in Poland, Eve Adams emigrated to the United States in 192, took a new name, sold radical publications, and ran lesbian-and-gay-friendly speakeasies in Chicago and New York. In 1925, she wrote and published a book titled Lesbian Love.
Adam's blood activism caught the attention of the young J. Edgar Hoover and the US Bureau of Investigation, leading to her surveillance and arrest. She was convicted of publishing an obscene book and of attempted sex with a policewoman sent to entrap her. Adams was jailed, deported back to Europe, and ultimately murdered by Nazis in Auschwitz.
Katz's 2021 biography of Eve Adams inspired an undergraduate creative research residency hosted by the Office of Undergraduate Research in partnership with the Center for Creativity. The work of the arise-scholars will be displayed on the Pittsburgh campus in the 2022-2023 Academic Year.
Co-sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program; the Office of Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, & Creative Activity (OUR); The Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies (GSWS) Program; and the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REES).

The free online Summer Institute for Global Educators, with the support of the Longview Foundation and the National Resource Center Program of the U.S. Department of Education, will allow in-service and pre-service secondary educators in all subject areas to develop courses and lesson plans with enhanced global and regional studies content. Educators from Title I schools are especially encouraged to apply. Online synchronous and asynchronous sessions will include the use of film and media, simulations, games, and technology to enhance global learning and teaching. Pitt College in High School (CHS) teachers will have the opportunity to meet with CHS staff on foregrounding global issues while meeting University and district requirements. Participating Pennsylvania teachers can apply for Act 48 credits.