Past Events
- Charmaine Mccall, Assistant Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid at School of Law
- 4130 Posvar Hall
- Vida Skerk, Director
- 125 Frick Arts Building
2022-2023 MEET EU EMERGING FILMMAKER In partnership with the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence at Florida International University, Center for European Studies of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and University of Pittsburgh’s European Studies Center, this year's MEET EU Emerging Filmmaker Residency goes to Vida Skerk from Zagreb Croatia. The European Studies Center will be featuring her 2022 short film Night Ride (Noćna vožnja), a discussion with the director and reception to follow in the Frick Arts Cloister. About: Night Ride explores quarter-life identity crisis through the perspective of a twentysomething student in Croatia. Dunja, the main character, questions her decision to move to a bigger city and regrets leaving behind the safety of her hometown where she could always count on the support of her close friend, Sara. Exploring the “borders” and boundaries, the film is constructed as a series of dreams and nightmares which evade a linear narrative structure and retain the qualities of a more stream-of-consciousness approach, presenting to the viewer Dunja’s inner world in its most authentic, raw and honest form.
- 4130 Posvar
The European Studies Center in cooperation with Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies and History Department is launching a new study certificate focused on history, culture, economy, and their entanglements of and in central Europe - historically, politically and culturally the most diverse and dynamic region of Europe since 1800s that can be placed between Russian, Ottoman, German, and Habsburg empires, between Rhine and Dnepr and Baltic and Adriatic Seas. It is a place where two world wars started and genocides took place, where Cold War started and ended and where European integration emerged with its new dynamic. What insights can we gain on Europe and the world by looking at this region? The Central European Studies Certificate is for those students who are interested in exploring specific experience of Central European societies. This includes formation of identities, migration, nationalism, and collective memory, racism, religious and ethnic diversity, economy development in variety of political, artistic, and social forms.
- Vida Skerk with SCENE and RAINBOW ALLIANCE
- 4130 Posvar Hall
- Various
- Zoom
- Michael Aklin
- Zoom Webinar
Decarbonizing the economy requires a dramatic transformation of the global economy. Phasing out fossil fuels implies the reallocation of millions of workers who will need to find new jobs. Unions and other policymakers have therefore called for a “just transition”: a clean energy transition that takes into account the challenges faced by those whose jobs are at risk. The European Union has recognized the problem and is implementing a Just Transition Mechanism which is expected to raise 55 billion euros (about $58 billion). In the United States, states such as Colorado have designed bureaus to manage a just transition. In this rapidly changing landscape, several questions become critical: How can such a large labor market shock be absorbed? What can we learn from the managed decline in coal in countries like Germany? How should we design just transition institutions? Are they even needed? Moderator: Michael Aklin, University of Pittsburgh Panelist: TBD
- Dr. Asli Igsiz, Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, New York University
- 4130 Posvar
Whether identified as ethnonationalist, pan-European, anti-colonial, or or pan-Islamic, "civilizationist" identification is in the foreground of many nationalist, racist, often white supremist narratives. Such approaches to identification extract concepts and mechanisms from earlier nationalist projects and feed them into the larger narratives of civilizationism taking hold today. While doing so, they tend to reproduce a radicalized approach to history, art, literature, material culture, and demography. This talk will address the broader implications of "civilizationism" with a historicist approach.
- Pitt Global Hub, 1st Floor Posvar Hall
- William Pitt Union, Pitt-Oakland Campus Model United Nations high school simulation
- Dr. Sheri Berman, Professor of Political Science, Barnard College, Columbia University
- 4130 Posvar Hall
Over the past decades Western democracies have experienced dramatic change. In Europe, the most obvious is the decline of the mainstream parties, particularly those on the center-left, that long anchored and defined politics in the region. This talk will examine the reasons for the decline of center-left or social democratic parties in Europe, stressing the role played by these parties changing ideas about the nature of the economy and society. These changing ideas, I will argue, created incentives and opportunities for new parties, particularly on the populist right, to change their own platforms and appeals in ways that helped reshape how citizens viewed themselves and their relationships with their fellow citizens. The talk will focus on Western Europe, but bring in the East European and American cases for comparison.
- Dr. Sheri Berman, Barnard College, Columbia University
- 4130 Posvar
Over the past decades Western democracies have experienced dramatic change. In Europe, the most obvious is the decline of the mainstream parties, particularly those on the center-left, that long anchored and defined politics in the region. This talk will examine the reasons for the decline of center-left or social democratic parties changing ideas about the nature of the economy and society. These changing ideas, I will argue, created incentives and opportunities for new parties, particularly on the populist right, to change their own platforms and reshape how citizens viewed themselves and their relationships with fellow citizens.
- Sheri Berman, Barnard College, Columbia University
- 4130 Posvar Hall European
Over the past decades, Western democracies have experienced dramatic change. In Europe, the most obvious is the decline of the mainstream parties, particularly those on the center-left, that long anchored and defined politics in the region. This talk will examine the reasons for the decline of center-left or social democratic parties in Europe, stressing the role played by these parties changing ideas about the nature of the economy and society. These changing ideas, I will argue, created incentives and opportunities for new parties, particularly on the populist right, to change their own platforms and appeals in ways that helped reshape how citizens viewed themselves and their relationships with their fellow citizens.
Join University of Pittsburgh, Newcastle University in the United Kingdom, and colleagues from across the globe for a virtual collaborative conference on 19 - 20 October. Building on last year’s conference we will explore and share best practices on how Universities advance place-based approaches through community and student engagement and importantly how we measure our impact and demonstrate accountability to our communities and stakeholders. The conference will include a program of concurrent sessions focused on the themes of sustainability, health, culture and cities and places. Plenary sessions will draw upon the role universities play in their place, looking at a range of international contexts and approaches to impact and evaluation. Register for the event at https://newcastle-pittsburgh.online-event.co/registration/universities-h...
Join University of Pittsburgh, Newcastle University in the United Kingdom, and colleagues from across the globe for a virtual collaborative conference on 19 - 20 October. Building on last year’s conference we will explore and share best practices on how Universities advance place-based approaches through community and student engagement and importantly how we measure our impact and demonstrate accountability to our communities and stakeholders. The conference will include a program of concurrent sessions focused on the themes of sustainability, health, culture and cities and places. Plenary sessions will draw upon the role universities play in their place, looking at a range of international contexts and approaches to impact and evaluation. Register for the event at https://newcastle-pittsburgh.online-event.co/registration/universities-h...
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