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Jan

Lecture Series / Brown Bag: Reckoning with the Past I: Decolonizing the Curriculum in Europe

12:00 pm

This installment of Conversations on Europe is part of the Critical Area Studies of Europe Initiative. For the 2021-22 academic year, the European Studies Center has announced its annual programmatic theme: “Recovering Europe.” Many of this year’s virtual roundtables will speak to this theme. In the Fall semester, sessions will explore economic and public health issues related to Europe’s recovery from the pandemic. In the Spring semester, sessions will consider different, and often uneven, attempts to reckon with and recover from the enduring legacies of European colonialism. The series will be bookended by sessions devoted to important elections impacting Europe. Audience participation is encouraged. Event information will be updated to include panelists and moderator. Co-sponsors: Miami-Florida Jean Monnet European Center of Excellence at Florida International University EU Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne Center for European Studies at the University of Florida Center for European Studies at the University of Texas – Austin Center for European and Transatlantic Studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology Co-funded with support from the Erasmus + Programme of the European Union

Jan

Information Session: A South Asian-American Scholar's Writing on Indian Contributions to Contemporary Globalization, and Anti-Racist Pedagogy

Priya Sirohi
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Virtual Format - Zoom

Dr. Priya Sirohi discusses her career as professor, writer, researcher, and scholar of cultural rhetoric. Her research conducts case studies between the English East India Company and Mughal India, to illuminate the significance of Early Modern economics that continue to define contemporary globalization. She holds a doctorate from Purdue University with secondary concentrations in Public Rhetoric and Cultural Rhetoric To Register:https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwtf-CspjwiEtxRiV3pytpt-Wsd4D48pZL5

Jan

Festival: 2022 Pittsburgh EU Film Series - Europe's Moving Images

5:30 pm to 10:00 pm
Harris Theater

Feb

Exhibit/Film: [Un]discplining Environmental Education

9:00 am
Global Hub - 1st Floor Posvar

Cassie Quigley (Education) and Stephen Quigley (English) will launch their Finnish Nature Studies kiosk in Global Hub. The interactive kiosk plays a short trailer to their film project, "[Un]disciplining Environmental Education" and links audiences to their more recent work incorporating code and computer science education into traditional Finnish nature studies curriculum. Both projects examine how [un]disciplining environmental education can inform environmental policy. Various parts of this research have been funded by the European Studies Center, the University Center for International Studies, Pitt’s Year of Data and Society, and the Grable Foundation.

Feb

Exhibit/Film: [Un]discplining Environmental Education

9:00 am
Global Hub - 1st Floor Posvar

Feb

Information Session: Hodinöhsö:ni' (Haudenosaunee) Women in International Education and Pittsburgh

"Lee" Lenora Dingus
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Virtual Format - Zoom

“Lee” Lenora Dingus, employed at Pearson Education, an international education conglomerate, shares her thoughts on inclusivity, diversity, and being Haudenosaunee in Pittsburgh. She has served in federal positions within Veteran’s Affairs, the IRS, and the Social Security Administration. Her people, who have always been located around the greater Tri-State area, believe that culture stems from women, and have had many women leaders, as Clan Mothers, Faith Keepers, Medicine Women, and politicians. Lee shares with us her work as a Diversity and Inclusion Advocate and employee in international education. To Register:https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIoce6hqzkjHd1I2T3el8PlmtObSSJSKAV_

Feb

Information Session: Hodinöhsö:ni' (Haudenosaunee) Women in International Education and Pittsburgh

"Lee" Lenora Dingus
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Virtual Format - Zoom

Feb

Lecture Series / Brown Bag: Reckoning with the Past II: Decolonizing European Museums

12:00 pm

This installment of Conversations on Europe is a Jean Monnet Center of Excellence Roundtable. For the 2021-22 academic year, the European Studies Center has announced its annual programmatic theme: “Recovering Europe.” Many of this year’s virtual roundtables will speak to this theme. In the Fall semester, sessions will explore economic and public health issues related to Europe’s recovery from the pandemic. In the Spring semester, sessions will consider different, and often uneven, attempts to reckon with and recover from the enduring legacies of European colonialism. The series will be bookended by sessions devoted to important elections impacting Europe. Audience participation is encouraged. Event information will be updated to include panelists and moderator. Co-sponsors: Miami-Florida Jean Monnet European Center of Excellence at Florida International University EU Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne Center for European Studies at the University of Florida Center for European Studies at the University of Texas – Austin Center for European and Transatlantic Studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology Co-funded with support from the Erasmus + Programme of the European Union

Feb

Conference: 22nd Annual Undergraduate Model European Union

(All day)
Pittsburgh, PA Model EU

The Undergraduate Model European Union is an annual event for undergraduate students. The goal of the Model EU is to give students the opportunity to learn about the workings of the European Union through a hands-on simulation of a meeting of the European Council. Playing the role of presidents and prime ministers, students spend a weekend engaged in intense negotiations over current issues impacting the EU.

Feb

Lecture: Citizenship in Hard Times: How Ordinary Citizens Respond to Democratic Threat

Sara Wallace Goodman
12:00 pm

JMEUCE Lecture Sara Wallace Goodman - Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California Irvine

Feb

Lecture: JMEUCE Lecture: Citizenship in Hard Times: How Ordinary Citizens Respond to Democratic Threat

12:00 pm

JMEUCE Lecture:Citizenship in Hard Times: How Ordinary Citizens Respond to Democratic Threat Sara Wallace Goodman is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Irvine Department of Political Science. Her research focuses on democracy, citizenship, and political identity. This talk is built from her new book, Citizenship in Hard Times: How Ordinary People Respond to Democratic Threat (Cambridge University Press), which examines a the civic and politics in the UK, US, and Germany. Goodman's research has been cited and featured in several popular publications including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Vox.

Mar

Lecture Series / Brown Bag: “Reckoning with the Past III: Reparations to the Victims of Colonial Violence

12:00 pm

Conversation on Europe - more information to come!

Mar

Information Session: Working Across Language and Culture Barriers

Dr. Abdesalam Soudi
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Virtual Format - Zoom

Dr. Abdesalam Soudi serves as Professor, Cultural Competence Consultant, and Cultural and Linguistic Competence Master’s Course Co-Director, Family Medicine Department at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and University of Pittsburgh. He is a Sociolinguist recognized for several scholarly accomplishments in Conversation Analysis, Cultural and Linguistic Diversity, Arabic Linguistics, Electronic Health Records, Cultural Competency in medical practice. He leads a cross-disciplinary Humanities in Health initiative (HinH). With a passion for discovering new findings and sharing knowledge, he will discuss the importance of cultural competency across all disciplines, from humanities to healthcare, in global initiatives around the world.

Apr

Conference: Undergraduate Research Symposium

(All day)
Zoom

The Undergraduate Research Symposium is an annual event since 2002 designed to provide undergraduate students, from the University of Pittsburgh and other colleges and universities, with advanced research experiences and opportunities to develop presentation skills. The event is open to undergraduates from all majors and institutions who have written a research paper from a social science, humanities, or business perspective focusing on the study of Eastern, Western, or Central Europe, the European Union, Russia, or Central Eurasia. After the initial submission of papers, selected participants are grouped into panels according to their research topics. The participants then give 10- to 15- minute presentations based on their research to a panel of faculty and graduate students. The presentations are open to the public. Visit the website at ucis.pitt.edu/crees/urs Apply here by January 7, 2022: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-jrnDiSkgRpr81fKHzQQMXm3E2UN3...

Apr

Information Session: Navigating Remote Work within a Global Organization

Emily Olmstead
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Virtual Format - Zoom

Emily Olmstead is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Global Studies Certificate. She serves as Program Coordinator at American Councils for International Education, Tajikistan and possesses diverse global work experience. Emily is experienced in language instruction, development, and youth work, with an interest in international education, gender equality, and human rights. She will discuss her career experiences as well as insight navigating changes in global work from a currently remote position.