This workshop session will share the World Historical Gazetteer website, its interactive features, and resources to show how to incorporate the study of place names into course curriculum. The World Historical Gazetteer is a digital project that shows how ideas about places are embedded in their names. Ideas and actions change names and meanings associated with them. This workshop will illustrate this concept by introducing new classroom technology.

The undergraduate REEES Think Tank, housed at Howard University, is hosting a panel of speakers from The Brookings Institution. The speakers will address the need for diversity in the field and what they wish they had known when they were undergrads, setting out on their careers. Q&A will focus on providing opportunities for Think Tank Student Fellows, Howard University Russian Area Studies students. and Russian Area Studies students from other schools to be able to ask questions.

Join us for a conversation with Rossana Castiglioni (Universidad Diego Portales), on her recent book "The Political Economy of Segmented Expansion" (Cambridge University Press, 2023, with Camila Arza, Juliana Martínez Franzoni, Sara Niedzwiecki, Jennifer Pribble and Diego Sánchez-Ancochea), and Andrés Schipani (Universidad de San Andrés) on his award-winning article “Left Behind: Labor Unions and Redistributive Policy under the Brazilian Workers’ Party” (Comparative Politics, April 2022). Hosted by Raúl Sánchez-Urribarrí (LaTrobe University, Australia)

Join us as graduate program experts share their insights into researching programs and creating competitive applications for graduate school. Learn tips on how to write effective statements, secure letters of recommendation, and choose a program that best suits your goals. There will be a Q&A following the panel discussion.

Join us as graduate program experts share their insights into researching programs and creating competitive applications for graduate school. Learn tips on how to write effective statements, secure letters of recommendation, and choose a program that best suits your goals. There will be a Q&A following the panel discussion.

As a part of the University of Pittsburgh Library System's Hungarians in Pittsburgh Exhibit, this panel explores the complex and contradictory tall tale figure of Joe Magarac, the Mon Valley's man of steel. After the panel, attendees will take a tour of Joe Magarac related items from the University Library System Archives in the Global Hub. Light refreshments will be available.

MODERATOR:
Kathy Haines, Head of the Center for Amercian Music

While most of August Wilson’s plays were set in Pittsburgh, they reach far beyond the three rivers. Join the University of Pittsburgh Library System for a discussion on Wilson’s impact on a local, national, and international level.

A Reception with light refreshments will follow.

Register here: https://pitt.libcal.com/event/11206480

Students in the Portuguese department will interview Sara Wagner York. Event in Portuguese.

Join us to learn more about the REEES Think Tank Program, its accomplishments and insights from the past year, hear student feedback, and help us brainstorm future possibilities. Our mission is to advance Inclusion, Diversity, Accessibility, and Scholarship (IDEAS) in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES).

Join us to end our Asia Pop series as we invite four fans to talk about their fan culture experiences.