Past Events
- Online via Zoom
Throughout our history, art and artists have resisted oppression, violence, injustice, and inequality. Some of the world’s most interesting art is on the streets and easily accessible to all. In this workshop we will discuss how protest art uses public space to engage in dialogue between the artist and the public. At an unprecedented moment in geopolitics, the work of public artists amplifies activism, resistance, and solidarity. Artists give context and vision to broad social movements, supporting those who have been marginalized and who need justice. Artists around the world question what is and why that transcends national boundaries and politics . We will examine works of Ai Wei Wei, Keith Herring, murals from Northern Ireland, to the Black Lives movement. Monday, November 9 6:00 - 8:30 pm (Eastern Time) Caitlin Bruce: "Visual Noise: Street Art in Activism and Placemaking in Bogotá Colombia" Eric Shiner: "Ai Weiwei: Art Shall Liberate the World" To learn more, please visit our website: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/ncta/ Register <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenz0AUotCQCle_Mpz0i9yO4eg9Ugf4...!
- Cécile Duquenne, Author
Cécile Duquenne will discuss the many ways literature can make a tangible impact on local and global politics, with a focus on French “littératures de l’imaginaire” (fantasy, science-fiction, young adult). Students would write a 500-750 word letter in French, about how their character decided or was forced to go abroad, describing their experience of exile into another society, followed by a Q&A session with the author. To register please email Kaliane Ung, khu3@pitt.edu.
- Gen. Philip Breedlove (USAF-Ret.)
- Peace Corps Alumni and Ryan Stannard
- Zoom Discussion
Peace Corps Pitt Alumni Panel Tuesday, October 27th, 6:30-7:30pm Zoom Discussion Join us to learn about service overseas from Pitt Alumni that served in the Peace Corps. Gain valuable information from those who served, ask questions about service, and learn how the Peace Corps helped their careers. Register at:https://signup.com/go/dVfvhZc
- Joaquín Roy
- Zoom
As part of our Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence grant, Dr. joaquín Roy, Jean Monnet Professor and Director University of Miami European Union Center of Excellence, will make a presentation on Europe and Latin American Relations under the impact of COVID-19. Joaquín Roy, (Lic. Law, University of Barcelona, 1966; Ph.D, Georgetown University, 1973), is Jean Monnet Professor and Director of University of Miami European Union Center of Excellence. He has published over 200 academic articles and reviews, and he is the author or editor of 39 books. He has also published over 1,400 columns and essays. He was awarded the Encomienda of the Order of Merit by King Juan Carlos of Spain. Moderator: Markus Thiel, Associate Professor, Dept. of Politics & International Relations, Director, Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, FIU Event Registration:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/webinar-regional-integration-and-european-l... #JMintheUS
- Amir Issaa
- Zoom
Amir Issaa is an Italian rapper, hip-hop artist, producer, writer, and social activist who has worked in the Italian music industry since the late 1990s. Born and raised in the diverse working-class neighborhood of Torpignattara in Rome, he is the son of an Egyptian father and an Italian mother. Issaa was one of the founders of the Rome Zoo, a collective of rappers and musicians that helped to define the rap scene in Italy and launched the careers of many artists. He has won several awards for his music, in particular for his work on the 2012 film, Scialla!, which garnered him the David di Donatello for best song and best soundtrack. Issaa's work as an activist began as a reaction to his own family's struggles; his father, an Egyptian immigrant, was incarcerated for most of Issaa's childhood. In 2017, Issaa published an autobiographical novel, Vivo per questo (This is What I Live For), in which he reflects on his formative years growing up in Torpignattara and the prejudice and racism that he faced. Issaa has long been an activist for immigrants' rights, particularly those of the children of immigrants living in Italy. More recently, Issaa has been involved in the Italian Black Lives Matter movement and published the song "Non respiro" ("I Can't Breathe") in response to the murder of George Floyd. Register Here: https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GJDIU1dFTLGApPc0uiu_RQ
- Salvatore Poier, Visiting Lecturer in Urban Studies at the University of Pittsburgh
- Virtual, see website to join!
In conjunction with the Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures program's "Ten Evenings" series, GSC is again hosting "Four Evenings" pre-lecture discussions that put prominent world authors and their work in a global perspective. Open to series subscribers and the Pitt community, these evening discussions, led by Pitt experts, provide additional insight on prominent writers and engaging issues in a virtual setting. A limited number of tickets to the author lectures is available. *For questions and more information, contact Maja. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Ew_oyU1nbE0CtzTgwxyjM2--cVXwyVZGxLbiL1A...
- Ulrike Guérot, Founder and Director of European Democracy Lab; Professor of European Policy and the Study of Democracy, Danube University, Krems
- Zoom
- Zoom
A documentary by Mo Asumang, German media personality, filmmaker, and Afro-German activist. After receiving death threats from the White Aryan Rebels, Mo Asumang sets out to discover the history and meaning of the word Aryan. This designation was used by racists in the 19th century, designated the master race in Nazi Germany, and is used by white supremacists today. After finding her own grandmother's Aryan Pass, Mo Asumang begins a journey that takes her to Nazi rallies and meetings with racists in Germany but also to KKK gatherings and conversations with white supremacists in the USA. On her journey, she discusses her project with academics, intellectuals, a Holocaust survivor as well, all the while seeking to understand how Aryan motivates people to express violence and hatred to others. A personal film with great resonance today. Event Registration: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0uf-iorj8qGtDrSAnbXNKZHKPh4rqRJO6Y
- Ms. Bianca Brown, Admissions & Recruitment Manager
- Zoom Discussion
UCIS International Career Toolkit Series Presents: Graduate Programs for International Careers in Education Wednesday, October 21st, 6:30-7:30pm Zoom Discussion Are you interested in international education? Teaching abroad? Conducting educational research with global perspectives? Here at the School of Education, many of our programs prepare graduates to enter the field of international education. Social and Comparative Analysis in Education (SCAE) MEd/MA Early Childhood Education MEd Foreign Language Education MEd (with TESOL Specialization Option) Research Methodology MEd Learn more about these opportunities from Pitt Education’s Office of Admissions & Enrollment Services. Register at:https://signup.com/go/SubBHjZ
- Fiona Greenland, University of Virginia
- Zoom
Through much of its history, Italy was Europe’s "seat of the arts," an artistic playground for foreign élites and powers who bought, sold, and sometimes plundered millions of artworks and antiquities. Today, Italy asserts control over its cultural heritage through an activist legal model and influential art police unit, which dedicates itself to the eradication of tomb robbing. Italy has turned heritage into cultural power—a controversial convergence of art, money, and diplomacy. This talk explains how modern Italy came to wield such power, and with what effects on the state's political and cultural influence. Fiona Rose Greenland is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia. She studies art/science technologies, cultural policy, nationalism, and art markets. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Michigan, and a D.Phil. in Classical Archaeology from Oxford University. Before training as a sociologist, she worked as an archaeologist and conducted fieldwork in Italy and Spain. Her book, Ruling Culture: Art Police, Tomb Robbers, and the Rise of Cultural Power in Italy, will be published by the University of Chicago Press in spring 2021. Register here: https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FoVn-84tQYiEnPDnnCJIFw JMEUCE lecture
- Dr. Herke Kranenborg, Dr. Emmanuel Pernot-LePlay, Dr. Brooke Auxier
- via Zoom online
For Year 3 of our faculty development workshops for community colleges and minority-serving institutions, we are offering a series of monthly webinars focused on technology. The first of the webinars will examine Technology and Privacy: The Right To Be Forgotten with particular focus on the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and its global impact. Register here DR. HERKE KRANENBORG Law Professor and Chair of European Data Protection and Privacy Law, University of Maastricht DR. EMMANUEL PERNOT-LEPLAY Post-Doctoral Researcher in Data Protection Law, Tilburg University DR. BROOKE AUXIER Research Associate in Internet and Technology, Pew Research Center
- Cristina Blanco Sio-Lopez, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Visiting Fellow, University of Pittsburgh
- Zoom
On June 15th 2020, the EU officially reopened its inner borders, effectively lifting the travel restrictions put in place to contain the spread of COVID-19. The Schengen Agreement’s ‘Free Movement of Persons’ —considered as one of the most meaningful, and also the most popular accomplishments ever of European integration— was then back in force. This lecture invites participants to look back into history to see beyond in terms of building a commonly inclusive and sustainable future by highlighting Human Mobility Rights as fundamental human rights. Indeed, in our post(?) COVID-19 world, the empowering historical legacies of the EU’s Free Movement of Persons can help us shed light on our current belonging and displacement challenges. In the end, it has been transnational mobile populations whose migration patterns built up principles, norms, political cultures and entire civilizations on their wake. Event Registration: https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2hXjM3cnSvafLxfwhBIGKQ #JMintheUS
- Maria Gabriela Zoana, Helga Varden
- Zoom
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