In the past few months, Ukraine has received more international attention than in
all of its 22 years of independence combined. Protests have swept the country over
the past two months with the situation rapidly changing up until this moment. In the
face of government sponsored intimidation and violence, everyday people including
students, businessmen and journalists have taken to the streets to defend their
civil liberties and democratic values.

Join former GSPIA student and Ukrainian citizen, Marina Duane, in a discussion of

Teams of high school students from throughout the Pittsburgh region participate in the annual Pitt Model United Nations simulation.

Join the Center at the first of our country-themed social gatherings with a celebration of Oktoberfest! Enjoy music, rootbeer flights and pretzels, and get to know our Center Director, staff, and some of our affiliated faculty. Meet with other students interested in German and/or European Studies, and if you are a student who has traveled to Germany and would like to submit a photo from your travels, enter your favorite for a chance to win our photo contest. Please send your photo to euce@pitt.edu as an attachment prior to the event.

Mircea Geoana served as President of the Romanian Senate from 2008 to 2011 and Chairman of the Social Democratic Party from 2005 to 2011. In 2009 he was a candidate for President of the country. He has served as Ambassador to the United States and as Chair in Office of the OSCE. Goeana’s views on foreign policy, transitional economies and globalization have been featured in the New York Times, International Herald Tribune, The Atlantic, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, CNN, BBC, PBS, Bloomberg, TV5 and Fox Business.

Marvel at the 40+ dancers, musicians, actors, and vocalists as they portray the tale of Generations. Lesia loves her Baba (grandmother) but it isn't until Baba's life must change that Lesia learns the fascinating stories that make up the history of her family: their loves, struggles, joys, sorrows and triumphs; all that comes from following the American dream from her ancestral homeland of Ukraine. Relive the journey of your family through the eyes of Lesia and her grandmother.

Although Carlo Collodi’s ‘Le avventure di Pinocchio’ is generally considered a children’s tale, like many similarly classified works of fiction, it is actually much more: it is, among other things, a narrative about the memory of a nation that had only very recently attained political unity and independence. According to the Italian philosopher Benedetto Croce it is “a tale for adults, centred on the tragic figure of Geppetto, a story where the whole of humanity is inscribed in a piece of wood”, a story that tackles “the relationship between freedom and obedience, between father and son”.

June 4: 80 Million. Poland, 2011
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June 6: Music. Slovakia, 2007
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June 11: What is a Man Without a Moustache? Croatia, 2005
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June 13: Disco and Atomic War. Estonia, 2009
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June 18: The Shoe. Latvia, 1998
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June 20: Before Flying Back to Earth. Lithuania, 2005
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June 25: Divided We Fall. Czech Republic, 2000
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June 27: Tamas and Juli. Hungary, 1997
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July 2: LOVE.NET. Bulgaria, 2011
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July 9: G.O.R.A. Turkey, 2004
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June 5: Mimino. Dir. Georgii Danelia, 1977
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June 12: Amphibian Man. Dirs. Kazanskii and Chebotarev, 1961
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June 19: White Sun of the Desert. Dir. Vladimir Motyl', 1970
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June 26: Gentleman of Fortune. Dir. Aleksandr Seryi, 1971
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July 3: The Elusive Avengers. Dir. Edmond Keosaian, 1966
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July 10: Prisoner of the Caucasus. Dr. Leonid Gaidai, 1967
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July 17: Autumn Marathon. Dir. Georgii Danelia, 1979
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