Faculty of Other Institution

The Latino Vote and the 2016 Presidential Election with a Focus on Swing States

Subtitle: 
Presenter: 
by Laird W. Bergad, Director, Center for Latin American, Caribbean & Latino Studies, CUNY, Distinguished Professor, Herbert H. Lehman College, Program in History and Graduate Center
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Security Notice: Event Changed: 
Date: 
Fri, 10/14/2016 - 12:30

This presentation will examine Latino voter registration rates and voting rates in the presidential elections from 1992 through 2012 with projections to 2016. Latinos have had the lowest voter registration rates in the nation at 58% of all eligible voters, compared with about 73% among Non-Hispanic Whites and Blacks; and the lowest overall participation rate at 48% of all eligible voters compared with about 67% among Non-Hispanic Whites and Blacks. Potential Latino political influence has been mitigated by these low rates.

Location: 
4130 Posvar hall
Cost: 
Contact Person: 
Luz Amanda Hank
Contact Phone: 
412-648-7391
Contact Email: 
lavst12@pitt.edu

GERMANY MEETS THE U.S. CAMPUS WEEK: MIGRATION, INTEGRATION, AND THE REFUGEE CRISIS

Presenter: 
Jaclyn Kurash, Department of German
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 10/20/2016 (All day) to Thu, 10/27/2016 (All day)
Location: 
Cathedral of Learning, David Lawrence Hall, O'Hara Student Center
Contact Person: 
Jaclyn Kurash
Contact Email: 
jaclynkurash@pitt.edu

Annette Forster: Torture in the French-Algerian War

Presenter: 
Annette Forster, Institute of Political Science, Aachen University
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 11/03/2016 - 12:30

Torture in the French-Algerian War

The French authorities systematically used torture in the French-Algerian War (1954-1962). The lecture explores that practice and tests two theses: 1. Democracies tend to use torture in asymmetric conflicts when faced with terrorist methods. 2. Torture goes along with the erosion of basic democratic structures and principles.

Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Allyson Delnore
Contact Email: 
adelnore@pitt.edu

European Ukraine or Eurasian Russia?

Presenter: 
Paul Robert Magocsi
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 10/07/2016 - 15:00

Join us as we talk about Russia's annexation of Crimea; the strategic goals of Putin's Russia for the rest of Ukraine; Russia's "alliance" with Hungary and their common interest in Transcarpathia; and the response of Ukraine's leaders to its so-called Rusyn question.

Location: 
4217 Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Dawn Seckler
Contact Phone: 
4126487407
Contact Email: 
das200@pitt.edu

Internationalizing Our Curriculum: A Colleagues in Connection Event

Presenter: 
Various
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 11/04/2016 - 09:00 to 14:00

Through grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the US Department of Education, the University Center for International Studies (UCIS) at the University of Pittsburgh has partnered with community colleges to help faculty internationalize curricula.

Location: 
Kurtzman Room, William Pitt Union
Contact Person: 
Gina Peirce
Contact Phone: 
4126482290
Contact Email: 
gbpeirce@pitt.edu

Health Inequalities In Europe, with Dr. Julia Lynch

Presenter: 
Allyson Delnore, European Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh, orgranizer; Julia Lynch, Political Science, University of Pennsylvania, presenter
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 10/13/2016 - 12:00
Location: 
3610 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Allyson Delnore
Contact Phone: 
412-624-5404
Contact Email: 
adelnore@pitt.edu

Translating Race in Eurasia

Presenter: 
Various
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 09/24/2016 (All day)

This one-day conference aims to critically explore and theoretically engage with constructions of racial identity in the countries of the former Soviet Union. Race demands attention in the field of Slavic Studies (and related disciplines), both as an analytical tool and as a subject of study unto itself. Scholarly constructions of the Russian and Soviet empires present them as apparently “racially homogenous spaces,” or as territories characterized by other categories of identification, such as nationality or ethnicity.

Location: 
Claudia Cohen Hall, Room 402, University of Pennsylvania
Contact Person: 
Gina Peirce
Contact Phone: 
412-648-2290
Contact Email: 
gbpeirce@pitt.edu

Faculty Research Workshop: Marriage Equality in Advanced Industrialized Democracies

Presenter: 
Helma de Vries-Jordan, University of Pittsburgh - Bradford (faculty organizer)
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 03/30/2017 (All day) to Sat, 04/01/2017 (All day)

Students, faculty, and the public are welcome to attend the keynote address and the panels. View the Conference program (http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/esc/system/files/resources/documents/2017-jm-ma...) for information about the panel topics, times and locations.

Location: 
TBA
Contact Person: 
Allyson Delnore
Contact Phone: 
624-5404
Contact Email: 
adelnore@pitt.edu

Europe’s Schengen Area e-Border Dilemma

Presenter: 
Dr. Dusan Soltes, Faculty of Management, Comenius University, Slovakia
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Tue, 09/27/2016 - 12:00 to 13:00

Professor Dusan Soltes will address one of the most controversial issues in the EU today: the protection of the EU’s external borders. On the one hand, it is difficult for new member states to become a part of the Schengen border protection system; it requires great effort and investments into the latest ICT technology, implementation of demanding Schengen legislation, and various other technical, organizational, and personnel requirements.

Location: 
4217 Posvar Hall

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