Past Events

- 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: Panelist:

- Rob Mucklo
- Global Hub

- 4217 Posvar Hall
Peter Haslinger is Director of the Herder Institute for Research on East Central Europe. He is a distinguished professor in history at the University of Giessen. His main areas of interest are security and conflict studies; minorities, multilingualism and intersectionality; nationalism, regionalism and historical memory; spatial turn and historical cartography. He has published widely on gaps in theory and model building that are related to theories of secularization and their spatial and cultural aspects. Peter Haslinger has been co-investigator in the LOEWE research cluster "Regions of Conflict in Eastern Europe" (2017-2021), the Jean Monnet Network SecurEU, as well as Principal Investigator in the collaborative research center (SFB) "Dynamics of security" (since 2014), where he was also the speaker of the concept group "Spaces of Security." Agenda Session I: New Trends in Security and Conflict Studies--Introductions, background, and statement of interests. Questions and discussions. Session II: Critical Perspectives on Security and Conflict--Securitization Theory and/vs. Conflict studies. What is the added value of perspectives from humanities and cultural studies. Session III: The War of Russia against Ukraine, as an example--Open Thesis: Putin's regime, history of Russian-Ukrainian relationship, novel character of the war (cyber aspects), the significance of war for Europe, and on the global level (China, Africa, grain supply and migration crisis). What can we learn from the war for security and conflict studies? Session IV: Final Discussion and Wrap Up. Facilitated by Randall Halle, Director, European Studies Center.

- 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

- 125 Frick Arts
Director: Martin Repka The film tells the story and of an older poetry club, Lonely Runners. But it is mainly about the great friendship between Ivan, Peter and Ivan. At the beginning of this road movie, Peter leaves Offenbach am Main, his current residence, to go to see Ivan in Bratislava and then to go together to Liptovský Mikuláš to visit another Ivan. They want a meeting between Lonely Runners and Lonely Runners. But the main motto and inspiration behind is their friendship. 82 min.; 2019; Genre: creative documentary Slovak version; Subtitles: English

- Rob Mucklo
- Global Hub

- Rob Mucklo
- Global Hub

- Dr. Sunnie Rucker-Chang
- Zoom and 4217/4130 Posvar Hall
In the second installment of the Global Issues Through Literature Series (GILS), educators will convent to discuss The Roads of the Roma: A PEN Anthology of Gypsy Writers. This year's theme is: Marginalized Voices in Global Context: Centering Overlooked Narratives in Literature This reading group for K-16 educators explores literary texts from a global perspective. Content specialists present the work and its context, and participants brainstorm innovative pedagogical practices for incorporating the text and its themes into the curriculum. Sessions this year will take place in a hybrid format, with virtual and in-person discussions taking place on Thursday evenings from 5-8 PM (EST). A copy of the book and 3 Act 48 credit hours are provided for each session.

- Rob Mucklo
- Global Hub

- 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.

- Zoom Webinar
It is 60 years since the signing of the Yaoundé Convention (1963). This was a moment in the history of decolonization when the Associated African States, 12 mainly young postcolonial Western African countries, signed a trade agreement with the also young European Economic Community. The Yaoundé Convention was part of the EEC’s Eurafrica initiative, an effort to maintain a presence in the former colonies. Yaoundé initiated a series of trade and aid agreements that replaced the colonial relation with a developmental model. An era of trade and infrastructural development followed. However, many critics have suggested that this strategy of aid set off a pattern of uneven and unequal development. This Conversation on Europe and Africa takes this event as an opportunity to consider development aid in Africa historically and in its contemporary form. Our panelists bring a mix of historical and regional knowledge to the conversation, including Mounir Saidani from CERES in Tunis. Although Tunisia was not part of the Yaoundé convention, it is at the center of controversial aid discussions: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's recent visit to Tunis as part of a deal of aid for migration "control” left many critics concerned about this new turn in EU-Africa relations. Moderator: Randall Halle, University of Pittsburgh Panelists: Mounir Saidani, Editor in Chief of Omran Social Sciences Periodical issued by Arabb Center for Research and Political Studies- Doha Pernille Røge, University of Pittsburgh Michael Odijie, Univeristy College London Abdou Seck, Gaston Berger University, Groupe D’Action et D’Etude Critique Africa (GAEC)

- Rob Mucklo
- Global Hub

- Molly McSweeney
- Global Hub
Have you ever wondered where those beautiful scenes come from on the big screen in the Global Hub? Wanted to see more Pitt students in them? At this event, you will hear from the 3 undergraduate students who participated in the inaugural UCIS Digital Narrative Workshop Series last Spring, before they embarked on global adventures over the Summer! During the event, these students will share about their global experiences and their experiences participating in this workshop series, and we will get to see each of the sort clips they curated while abroad, in Mexico, South Korea, and Argentina. Pizza and Global Distinction credit will be provided!
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