This is a live streaming of the GLOBSEC 2011 Bratislava Security Forum, the most prestigious security forum in Central Europe.
This is a live streaming of the GLOBSEC 2011 Bratislava Security Forum, the most prestigious security forum in Central Europe.
Professor Fabrizio Tonello, the 2011 University of Pittsburgh History Department Italian Fulbright Visiting Professor, will offer a personal view of Italian politics and government.
The European Union Center of Excellence and European Studies Center announce the 2010-2011 fellowship competition for advanced PhD students at the University of Pittsburgh who are writing a dissertation on a topic directly related to the European Unions' development, institutions, policies, identities, external relations and/or relationship with individual member states. The fellowship will support on-site in Europe dissertation research or the writing of the dissertation between May of 2011 and April of 2012.
The European Union center of Excellence and European Studies Center announces the 2010-2011 competition for advanced graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh to conduct research or internships related to post-World War II European integration. The fellowship is to conduct research in Europe or undertake an internship directly related to their research. Travel to Europe is required to be completed prior to August 24, 2011.
This conference is for the purpose of reviewing a manuscript of a book that shares the title of the conference. Expert reviewers will provide critiques of major sections of the draft book.
Michael Kaeding, Christine Mahoney, Nils Ringe, and Jennifer Victor will engage in a panel discussion that provides illumination on the role of information and expertise in policy making within the EU Parliament. A reception will follow.
War Child chronicles the shocking, inspiring, and ultimately hopeful odyssey of Emmanuel Jal, a former child soldier of Sudan's brutal civil war. He is now an emerging international hip hop star sharing a message of peace for his war-torn land and beloved Africa.
Fabrizio Tonello, Fulbright Visiting Professor from the University of Padua will lecture.
The people of Southern Sudan peacefully voted to secede, after two decades of war failed to bring independence. President al-Bashir has accepted the outcome but great uncertainty lies ahead. The north-south border is in dispute. Oil fields are in the south but export facilities are in the north. Communal disputes in Abyei and the Nuba Mountains could spark widespread fighting. The violence in Darfur remains unresolved and cannot be ignored.
The deadline for the submission of applications for the 2010-11 EUCE Faculty Grant Competition - Round Two is February 18, 2011. Application forms and grant information are available at the EUCE/ESC Web site:
University of Pittsburgh and area/regional undergraduate students will participate in the annual Model EU simulation on Friday, February 18 and Saturday, February 19. Participation is by invitation only.
The deadline for applications is Feb. 15, 2011. Additional details are available at http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/funding/2011/call_jean_monnet_action_ka1_2..., or from:
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The Jean Monnet Program has as one of its strategic aims to ensure the continuation of high quality teaching on European integration across generations. In this context, the call for proposals invites Jean Monnet applications from both senior scholars and those who are still in the early stages of their academic careers (after the PhD). Such applications not only strengthen the reputation of scholars' Jean Monnet activities, they also constitute a necessary bridge to the future.
Applications for Jean Monnet Modules are the traditional 'entry level' for the Jean Monnet network. Such Modules can be taught or co-taught by members of the higher education teaching staff at the level of lecturer and assistant professor.
Pitt undergraduates with a research interest in the EU are encouraged to apply for participation in this year's Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union. The deadline for submission of a research topic for the 2011 conference, to be held April 7-8, 2011, is February 12, 2011. Among the awards for top papers delivered at the conference, this year the Institute of European Studies at UC Berkeley will award three places in a six-day study tour to Brussels to visit EU institutions, NATO, and the College of Europe.
William Sewell presents and Seymour Drescher responds in this Humanities Center Colloquium.
Students will learn about international studies and study abroad opportunities and internationally oriented careers.
University of Pittsburgh graduate students will interrogate and challenge the definitions of 'national' and 'transnational' through an investigation of American, German, Russian, Israeli, Palestinian, Mexican, South Korean, and Japanese screen cultures.
Aaron Abbarno is a PhD candidate in the University of Pittsburgh's Dept. of Political Science.
This lecture addresses the challenge to devise legally sound and politically palatable options in light of the specific interests of African states, specifically: how can ICC prosecutions be reconciled with peacemaking initiatives when one party is under indictment and what is the proper role of the Security Council in the undertakings of the ICC?
Sharon Kinoshita,works in Mediterranean Studies with Brian Catlos (History, UCSC), she co-directs the UCSC Center for Mediterranean Studies as well as the University of California Multicampus Research Project Initiative in Mediterranean Studies (http://mediterraneanseminar.org).
Three sessions will be presented: Texts in Context; Deferral, Other, Boundary; and Subjects in Crisis.
Lecture given by Jarmila Curtiss, Senior Researcher at the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO), Halle (Saale), Germany, Center Associate, Center for International Studies (European Union Center of Excellence and Center for Russian and Eastern European Studies) University of Pittsburgh, and Visiting Scholar, Department of Political Science, Duquesne University
Through an analysis and dialogue of the theories of space and place outlined by Michel De Certeau, Michel Foucault, Henri Lefebvre, and Edward Soja, Ms. Jonsson will examine how the 'other spaces' (both public and private) are re-coded with informal and invisible meanings and rituals. This allows for a new lens through which we can read Francophone texts from different regions and time periods such as Patrick Chamoiseau's Solibo Magnifique, Assia Djebar's Les femmes d'Alger dans leur appartement, and Azouz Begag's Le Gone du Chaaba.
The deadline for the submission of applications for the 2010-11 Faculty European Grant Competition is December 3, 2010. Application forms and grant information are available from the EUCE/ESC Web site:
Andrea Aldrich is a PhD student in the Political Science Department. Her lecture will explore whether the institutionalization of the European Parliament has led to an increase in supranational party power that reflects representation on a higher level than the national party. It seeks to determine when and to what extent supranational parties are able to influence individual Members of Parliament on issues of European integration and concludes that the strength of party influence varies across groups in accordance to party size, ideological preference and access to power.
This colloquium will feature Dennis Looney, Nancy Glazener and John Beverley.
The deadline for graduate students in fields other then Fine Arts, Performing Arts, Dance, and Architecture to submit applications for the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Services) Student Scholarships and/or Research Grants to the New York office is November 15, 2010. For detailed information and application procedures, please go the EUCE/ESC Web site:
Lina Insana, Pitt Faculty Fellow, will lead this colloquium.
Pieter Judson is a professor at Swarthmore College and currently serves as editor of the Austrian History Yearbook. He is the author of Exclusive Revolutionaries: Liberal Politics, Social Experience and National Identity in the Austrian Empire 1848-1914.
Philipp Gassert has recently taken over as Chair at the University of Augsburg. His research focuses on 20th century international history, the history of transatlantic relations, National Socialism, and post-1945 contemporary German and European History. He received his PhD from the University of Heidelberg. He is the co-founder of the Heidelberg Center for American Studies and was a DAAD Visiting Professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
Arpad von Klimo, Carolyn Warner and Francois Foret will present this panel discussion. Lunch will be provided at 11:30 a.m.
The 2010 Nicholas C. Tucci Lecture will be presented by Theodore J. Cachey, the Albert J. Ravarino Family Director of Dante and Italian Studies, Professor and Chair, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, at the University of Notre Dame.
This lecture will be presented by Anthony Grafton, the Short-term Fellow from Princeton. A reception will follow in the Frick Fine Arts Cloister from 6 pm to 7:30 pm.
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual live television event watched by 125 million people in Europe, Australia, Canada and Asia. Nations compete for the best song and the winner is determined by televoting. Katrin Sieg analyzes the event as a venue where nations stake claims to European identity through music, and where we can observe changes in the concept of European community. This lecture will also examine the role of culture at a time when economic and political relations on the continent are fraying as a consequence of the financial crisis.
The deadline for graduate students in the Fine Arts, Performing Arts, Dance, and Architecture applying for DAAD (German Academic Exchange Services) Student Scholarships and/or Research Scholarships to submit application to the New York office is November 1, 2010. For more information and detailed description of the application process, please go to the EUCE/ESC Web site:
Michael Miller of Central European University (Budapest) is the author of Rabbis and Revolution: The Jews of Moravia in the Age of Emancipation (Stanford University Press).
In this video-conference, Matthias Peter Sonn and Patrick Crowley will analyze the 2010 European Financial Crisis as well as its implications for fiscal sustainability, growth, and financial markets.
Professor Bonnie Adair-Hauck will present this workshop in French for High School and Post-Secondary teachers of French. Act 48 credit is granted for this workshop.
Political scientists have long been interested in the ambitions and career goals of politicians. Why do they run for the offices they do and how does their current posting fit into a fuller picture of their careers? The European Parliament makes for an interesting case for consideration, as the European level does not necessarily fit into the neat hierarchies that one usually associates with climbing the political ladder. This lecture presents a first cut at the question of career ambition in the European Parliament, offering the professionalization of the EP as a legislature, as well as other personal and political factors gathered from interviews with MEPs, as potential explanations for career pathways to, and through, the European Parliament.
Hermann Herlinghaus, Pitt Faculty Fellow, will lead this colloquium discussion.
Ernst-Peter Brezovszky, Austrian Consul General, will conduct a roundtable discussion with faculty and students.
This videoconference, in coordination with the Center for Transatlantic Relations at SAIS at Johns Hopkins, will be moderated by Daniel Hamilton and will feature Philip H. Gordon, Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs in the United States Department of State.
Dr. V. Page Fortna
-Contrary to the conventional wisdom, terrorism is not a weapon of the weak, nor is it effective.
-Civil wars involving terrorism are harder to end.
-Terrorists do not win.
Page Fortna is an Associate Professor at Columbia University. Her research focuses on peacekeeping, war termination, and the durability of peace in interstate and civil wars. She is currently working on a project on long term historical trends in war termination. Fortna recently won the International Studies Association's Karl Deutsch Award for her significant contribution to the study of international relations and peace research.
The Research in International Politics Speaker Series is funded jointly by the Political Science Department, Ford Institute for Human Security, Global Studies Program, Asian Studies Center, and the European Union Center of Excellence.
The deadline for applications for the 2010-11 Grant Program for Faculty Research or Teaching in Germany is October 15. Application forms and grant information are available at the EUCE/ESC Web site:
The deadline for submission of a completed application to be considered for nomination for priority consideration for the DAAD Study Scholarship and/or Research Grant competition is October 15. For more information and detailed descriptions of the application process, please go to the EUCE/ESC Web site:
The Fulbright German Studies 2011 seminar will take place from June 15-26, 2011 in Germany and will focus on 'Ethnic Diversity and National Identity.' The seminar will be conducted in English. Up to 15 grants are available. The award includes a lump-sum allowance towards coverage of round-trip air travel; travel within Germany; lodging and partial per diem; and health insurance coverage (for the duration of the seminar). The application deadline is October 15, 2010.
Ana Kladnik and Adelina Stefan present their PhD research on consumerism and tourism in three different socialist states.
Elizabeth Otto will present this lecture.
Martin Treml will conduct this lecture.
DAAD (German Acdemic Exchange Services) will visit both the University of Pittsburgh and CMU to hold information sessions for undergraduate students, graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and faculty about funding opportunities for study and research in Germany. Previous knowledge of German is not required for these awards.
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Services) will visit both the University of Pittsburgh and CMU to hold information sessions for undergraduate students, graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and faculty about funding opportunities for study and research in Germany. Previous knowledge of German is not required for these awards.
Want to prepare yourself for the global marketplace? Learn first hand from students on how to internationalize your studies at Pitt by earning an international studies certificate or the Bachelor of Philosophy (BPHIL) in International and Area Studies. Students can develop a more concentrated and in-depth understanding of a world region or a global theme. For any major on campus! Learn from students on how they benefit from affiliations with the Centers for Latin American Studies, Russian and East European Studies, Global Studies, Asian Studies, European Union and the European Center for Excellence and the African Studies Program. Food from around the world served.
President of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Klaus, will give a lecture via videoconfernce on the topic 'Europe, the Systemic Consequences of the Slowly Abating Crisis and the Need to Re-Formulate the Case for Capitalism.'
The Union for the Mediterranean: Continuity and Change in European-Mediterranean Cooperation.
The Union for the Mediterranean, formerly known as the Barcelona Process (1995), was created at the Paris Summit in July 2008. The new multi-lateral framework for Euro-Mediterranean cooperation introduced many innovations. This talk will examine the different aspects related to the genesis and the evolution of a French initiative.