Upcoming Events
COVID-19 Response
COVID-19 Response: Learn how the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies is working under the current operational posture at ucis.pitt.edu/creees/covid.
- Manuel Roman Lacayo
- 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
- Zoom
Can names create subconscious bias? What is the history of our given name? Does the region where our name is most popular impact how we are perceived? How do social status and laws affect our name? Why is it so challenging to ask someone how their name is pronounced? This series aims to open a doorway to explore issues that affect us every day, and that, ultimately, reverberate through the most intimate aspects of who we are. While we will explore basic tools and name etiquette, with the kindness and respect we all deserve, we intend to reflect about what our names say about us, and how they may be used to define who we are. Please join our exploration of a crucial topic seldom discussed.
- 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
- Zoom
What are microaggressions? How do microaggressions associated with names affect marginalized groups, and what can we do to ensure that everyone feels respected, supported, and included in our communities? In this workshop, we will discuss how to identify microaggressions and provide tools for how to address them in the context of name pronunciation.
- 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
- Zoom
Names carry a lot of weight, including people's opinion of you before having the chance to meet you. We will explore unconscious bias and its impacts on different aspects of life ranging from social, professional, and academic spaces. Zoom link: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/92860659129 This workshop is part of the "What's in a Name?" series.
- Sunil Sharma (Boston University)
- 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
- Zoom
The Shahrashub (city disturber) and / Ekphrases genre of Persian poetry provides a window into the urban spaces of early modern Eurasia, revealing the relationship between people, their imaginaries, and the built environment around them. This workshop provides an introduction for using this specialized literary material to derive scholarly insights.
PLEASE NOTE that registrations are limited and will be confirmed on a first-come, first-serve basis for Ph.D. students and faculty who work on Eurasia and can meet the language prerequisites specific to each topic.
PREREQUISITE
Advanced Persian
INSTRUCTOR
Sunil Sharma
Professor of Persianate and Comparative Literature
Boston University
COLLABORATOR
Sahar Hosseini
Assistant Professor
History of Art and Architecture
University of Pittsburgh
REGISTER HERE: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwtfu2grjwtEtfFb69kX7ckCW1c4uuIP6EC
- Ulfat Abdurasulov (Austrian Academy of Science)
- 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
- Zoom
Among the abundant paperwork of 17th century Posol'skii prikaz, there were two main forms of record-keeping known as posol'skie knigi and stolptsy, which stand out due to their functionality. Apart from the sheer linguistic complexity, the records were bound together in leather-bound books consisting of dozens, if not hundreds, documents of the distinct genres related to diplomacy communications. Yet beneath this complexity lies a world of diplomatic contact and transregional connectivity. This workshop will offer a practical crash course for how to make sense of this challenging source base.
PLEASE NOTE that registrations are limited and will be confirmed on a first-come, first-serve basis for Ph.D. students and faculty who work on Eurasia and can meet the language prerequisites specific to each topic.
PREREQUISITE
Advanced Russian
INSTRUCTOR
Ulfat Abdurasulov
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Institute of Iranian Studies
Austrian Academy of Science
COLLABORATOR
James Pickett
Assistant Professor of History
University of Pittsburgh
REGISTER HERE: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIqd-qtrD4iHtCUxm1CTw27cd74QLt1_IUS
- Susan Dawkins
- (All day)
- Zoom