Popular Kiswahili Culture and Youth Identity in East Africa
By: Professor F.E.M.K. Senkoro, founding director of the Institute of Kiswahili at the University of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaUniversity Tanzania

Patricia Guy, a Diplomat in Residence for the State Department, will visit the University of Pittsburgh to talk about the State Department’s internship program, and will provide information and answer questions about careers and job possibilities with the Department of state.

The Institute for International Studies in Education (IISE) is hosting the visit of a distinguished guest, Dr. Yusuf K. Nsubuga. Dr. Nsubuga is the Director of Basic and Secondary Education as well as the HIV/AIDS Education Sector Coordinator of the Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports. He is hugely experienced in HIV/AIDS-related educational issues in Uganda and will deliver a presentation on 30 January 12:00pm – 1:30pm at 5604 WWPH.

Are you interested in African Studies and African Affairs? PANAF GSPU and African Studies are sponsoring a lunch for those interested in learning more about Africa and the Diaspora. The lunch will feature a guest panel for discussion on African Affairs, lunch, and an African Jewelry Sale. Stop by the Ballroom and check it out!

Please join us in celebration of Africa and the African culture! Not only will you learn about the beauty and complexity of the continent, but you will get the chance to meet and talk to people who have lived in or visited Africa. At this festival, there will be a panel of students discussing current hot topics in Africa; African art and fashion exhibit; a slideshow of pictures students have taken while traveling in Africa with short captions or stories or brief overviews; and, African food.

All students with an interest in international studies are welcome to join us for a free workshop with the international studies certificate program advisors and Alyson Kavalukas, Pitt's Internship Coordinator, to learn about how to find international studies internships and volunteer opportunities both locally in Pittsburgh, in the United States, and overseas, through Pitt and on your own!

A great way for students to learn about the opportunities awaiting them on campus, in the city, and even abroad!

During the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, the Portuguese court collected and commissioned objects of art from artists working in Sierra Leone. The patronage of West African art formed an important part of the visual culture of the Portuguese court and was integral to the king’s larger artistic and cultural program intended to enhance his prestige and to promote his imperial ideology to other European courts.

The events collectively described as the “Arab Spring” are marked, at the local level, by the invention of novel modes of social and political action. On a transnational scale, these events are reshaping global alliances and raising pressing questions about the relationships between international political institutions and social movements driving change in North Africa and the Middle East. In the context of this rapidly evolving political landscape, this conference considers the implications of the Arab Spring for European politics and cultures.