The main One Book One Community event for this year will be the Pittsburgh premier of Snow with writer/director Isaac Ergas and a panel discussion on the Role of Film in Public Health.

Snow is a short, live-action film based on the true story of Dr. John Snow, the father of epidemiology. The panel discussion will include:

Isaac Ergas: Writer/director and public health professional
Carl Kurlander: Writer/producer, University of Pittsburgh Film Studies Program and Steeltown Entertainment Project

EU and the World recently returned from a study trip to Washington, DC. After undergoing a competitive application process, a total of 10 GSPIAns were selected to participate in the trip, which was organized by the group's executive board: Maryna Duane, Andrew Stark, Gabriela Gavrila, Jingwen Fu, and Kira Pronin.

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17, 2012
Round Table Discussion with Dutch Ambassador Renee Jones-Bos
3 pm, 4130 WWPH

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 21, 2012
Conversations on Europe: “A New Germany in a New EU?”
12 – 1:30 p.m., 4217 WWPH

Dr. Maloy (Econ) & Dr. Alexiadou (Political Science) will be giving their take on the economic and social/political implications of the new Greek debt deal and the debt crisis in Europe in general.

With responses from Laura Brown (Anthropology), Charles Exley (East Asian Languages and Literatures), Akiko Hashimoto (Sociology), and Giuseppina Mecchia (French and Italian).

Professor Vivian Curran will moderate this panel discussion featuring Olivier Dutheillet de Lamothe, a judge on France's Council of State, the Supreme Court of Public Law and William A. Fletcher, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

Members of the newly-constituted External Advisory Board for the EUCE/ESC met for breakfast and a panel discussion about banking and the sovereign debt crisis in Europe.

Slides of works from the exhibition “Social Graphics: the Art of Jeski (Jeseok Yi)” will be on display in the reception area.
This event is free of charge thanks to the generosity of The Korea Society.
Participants must register online (http://www.worldaffairspittsburgh.memberlodge.org/Default.aspx?pageId=11...) to attend. No-shows and cancellations after November 29, 2011 will be charged. Please advise in advance of any dietary restrictions.