Faculty of Other Institution

Desiring, Acknowledging, Struggling with, Mastering and Serving Hegel

Presenter: 
Dr. Katrin Pahl, Associate Professor of German, Johns Hopkins University
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 10/16/2013 - 12:30 to 13:30

Professor Pahl will offer an additional colloquium that focuses on the emotionality of paragraphs 166 through 196 of Hegel’s "Phenomenology of Spirit". For more information or scans of these passages, please send an email requesting copies to grmndept@pitt.edu. Cookies and drinks will be provided.

Location: 
5405 Posvar Hall
Cost: 
Free.
Contact Person: 
Holly Yanacek
Contact Email: 
hay22@pitt.edu

Kleist's Queer Humor

Presenter: 
Dr. Katrin Pahl, Associate Professor of German, Johns Hopkins University
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Tue, 10/15/2013 - 17:00 to 18:00

Professor Pahl approaches the German literary and philosophical canon from a queer-feminist perspective, with the arc of her research situated in affect and emotion studies. She edited the Modern Language Notes 2009 issue on Emotionality, and she was awarded the Best Article in Feminist Scholarship Prize from the Coalition of Women in German for “Transformative Translations: Cyrillizing and Queering.” In this lecture, Pahl will explore Heinrich von Kleist's “Anekdote aus dem letzten Kriege” (“Anecdote from the Recent War”). The lecture is in English.

Location: 
Cathedral of Learning
Contact Person: 
Holly Yanacek
Contact Email: 
hay22@pitt.edu

The Evolution of EU Support in France: True Euroscepticism or Simple Volatility?”

Presenter: 
Dr. Francesca Vassallo, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of History and Political Science, University of Southern Maine
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 10/24/2013 - 12:00 to 13:30

Professor Vassallo’s research focuses on political behavior, French and European Union politics, and EU identity. In her lecture, she will highlight the possible solutions to declining EU support levels in other EU member states, addressing how European integration can still retain a mostly positive image in the eyes of elites and citizens in the EU when there is a clear commitment to the original integration project.

Location: 
4217 Posvar Hall
Contact Email: 
euce@pitt.edu

Symposium on China Today

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 10/25/2013 - 17:00 to Sun, 10/27/2013 - 13:00

We welcome all K-12 educators, business and community members to attend all or sections of the symposium for free. The symposium will open with two keynote lectures on Friday evening on an overview of the issues. This will be followed by instructional lectures on Saturday and Sunday on various themes impacting China by experts in the field.

Location: 
Carnegie Mellon University, 100 Porter Hall
Cost: 
Free
Contact Person: 
Veronica Dristas
Contact Email: 
dristas@pitt.edu

Somalian Novelist Nuruddin Farah: Reading with Commentary

Presenter: 
Nuruddin Farah
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 11/08/2013 - 16:00

He will be reading, with commentary, to the public. He is visiting as part of the boundary 2 editorial board meeting and, more important, as part of the boundary 2 series of events considering the work of Edward W. Said on the 10th anniversary of his death and the 20th anniversary of his book, Culture and Imperialism.

Location: 
Cathedral of Learning, Room 501
Cost: 
Free
Contact Person: 
Chelsea Davis
Contact Phone: 
(724) 651-4868
Contact Email: 
cjd50@pitt.edu

Minority Integration and Interethnic Relations in Estonia

Presenter: 
Dr. Jennie L. Schulze
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 06/26/2013 - 15:30

Minority integration and interethnic relations in Estonia have received a great deal of scholarly attention. The interest in Estonia stems from the conflict potential that existed in the early 1990s, the surprisingly peaceful nature of interethnic relations, and the unprecedented involvement of both European institutions and Russia in shaping minority policies over the past two decades. The talk focuses on the integration of the Russian-speaking minority along structural, cultural, social, and identity dimensions based on the results of regular integration monitoring.

Location: 
CL 232

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