Past Events

The ESC’s 2020-21 theme, Creating Europe, explores both the political, social, cultural, and geographical forces that have given shape to contemporary Europe and also individuals who create and are creative in their daily or artistic expressions of what it means to be European. In celebration of German Campus Week, this month’s Conversations on Europe focuses on topic of cultural diversity in Germany and how the European nation has aimed to create inclusive community building. Our virtual roundtable will discuss successes, failures, and the future of Germany’s diverse communities. Audience participation is encouraged. Panelists: Rahsaan Maxwell, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Danny Choi, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh Kai Unzicker, Senior Project Manager, Bertelsmann Stiftung Moderator: Jae-Jae Spoon Event Registration: https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pXKilhrtTwKX53Il8APJhw This event is part of the #JMintheUS event series, an initiative of Jean Monnet Centers in the U.S. 

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A UHC scholar community is a collaborative, interdisciplinary group of people who share interests in researching issues, imagining projects, resolving problems, and learning from each other’s experiences. The “Horror Genre as a Social Force” scholar community seeks to build on existing Pitt initiatives devoted to the scholarly study of horror in its social, historical, cultural, political, and artistic forms. Key partners include the Global Studies Center (home of the Global Horror Studies Archival and Research Network), the University Library System (home of the George A. Romero Collection and the Horror Studies Archive), the Department of English, the Film and Media Studies Program, and the George A. Romero Foundation. At this session, we will have a chance to meet each other, discuss projects in progress, and imagine projects to come that connect to horror studies conceived as broadly and ambitiously as possible. Your curiosity is much more important than any expertise in horror! Faculty and Staff Event Link: https://pitt.zoom.us/s/96802462278 There will be a separate information session for students earlier that same day: Friday, October 9th at 2:00pm. Zoom link: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/96813508616

The multiannual financial framework (MFF) budget of the European Union; a proposal which drags on for two years without negotiations is recasted, and then gets consensus in five days in an institution of 27 members. The same proposal gets consensus in a few months, but then is stalled for more than a year, only for it to be recasted in another institution of 705 members. The legislative procedure of the European Union is complex and for many looking from a distance, chaotic. It is particularly true in 2020, when the legislative and the financial cycles coincide and get entangled with the lengthy Brexit negotiations. If this was not enough, COVID- 19 made a disruptive change on both the political goals, the budget allocations, and the timeline of the negotiations at the finish line. The lecture will be made of three parts: Ready: What is the MFF and why it is different from any state budgets? What are the political motivations behind the numbers? Set: What are the main changes? How does the future EU budget differ from the current one? What are the consequences of Brexit? What are the yet open questions? Go: Will the new structure weaken democratic oversight? Will international participation be allowed in the EU programs. Come here Edit Herczog who was a Member of European Parliament (MEP) from 2004- 2014 discuss these issues. Her own small consultancy is providing long term compass to generate competitive advantage based on excellence. Interested in the future and prosperity she mostly works on subjects of Data, Research, ICT and Energy, and the Budget as a main ingredient to them. This is the third MFF in which she is engaged. Event Registration:http://www.cvent.com/events/the-multi-financial-framework-and-next-gener... #JMintheUS

In the EU, including in Central and Eastern Europe, populist parties of various stripes succeeded in riding a wave of anger over corruption, resentment at the outcome of the democratic transition, and anxiety about migration and the EU's principle of shared governance. Their leaders all have charismatic personalities who master the anti-establishment rhetoric to perfection and are often supported by Russia. This panel, with experts on the topic, offers a discussion of the seductive power of populism in European states and its impact on democracy in the region. Panelists Marcel Lewandowsky, DAAD Visiting Assistant Professor at the Center for European Studies University of Florida Noemi Marin, Professor, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies Florida Atlantic University Martin Palouš, Senior Fellow, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA),and Director of SIPA’s Václav Havel Center for Human Rights and Diplomacy initiative, FIU 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-populism-democratic-backsliding-in-... #JMintheUS

Considering graduate school? Preparing your application materials? Join us as Pitt graduate program experts and current graduate students from the School of Public Health, GSPIA, Economics, History, and Asian Studies share expertise on crafting strong applications in a Zoom discussion. Learn tips on writing effective personal statements, securing letter writers, and submitting desired credentials. Ask admissions professionals and students individual questions for successful preparation. Dr. Kevin Broom, Director of MHA and MHA/MBA Programs, Vice Chair, Associate Professor, Pitt Public Health Dr. Emily Rook-Koepsel, Asst. Director for Academic Affairs, UCIS Asian Studies Center Dr.Michel Gobat , Director of Graduate Studies, Associate Professor of History Dr. Daniele Coen-Pirani, Director of Graduate Studies, Professor of Economics Ms. Kelly McDevitt, Admissions and Enrollment, GSPIA Accompanying Graduate Students Don’t miss out on an opportunity to hear from the experts. Click the link below to secure a spot today! Tuesday, Sept 29th, 6:30pm Online Discussion Zoom Link:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9238996364 Sign up today at:https://signup.com/go/ffYmFVe