This weeklong summer institute is designed for French instructors, as well as advanced level college students to broaden their cultural understanding of current events and international studies regarding French-speaking countries, to strengthen their French listening and speaking skills, and to share strategies for the teaching of French language and culture. The morning session will focus on content, discussion, and teaching strategies on topics including: the roots of Islam, the role of women, terrorism, and innovation and globalization in France and Francophone countries.

On June 23rd, voters in the UK went to the polls and voted by a slim margin to leave the EU. The political and economic repercussions were immediate. When will the dust settle? And what will Europe - and the UK - look like when it does?
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Mike Giazzoni, College in High School, put Kathy in touch with Paul Cindric from the AIU. On March 18, 2016 Paul was holding a professional development workshop for social studies teachers and allowed Kathy and Veronica the opportunity to speak to the group for 15 minutes about other professional development opportunities and student programs offered through the University Center for International Studies at Pitt, in particular the European Studies Center and Global Studies Center.

A showcase of international culture and local resources for learning about other countries held at Pittsburgh Public School's only middle/high school that offers an International Baccalaureate. The European Studies Center manned a booth featuring trivia about the European Union and gave out prizes for students who were able to answer the most questions. Information was also handed out about international/European studies at Pitt for students in grades 6-12 to consider as they prepare for college.

The European Studies Center and the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh organized a classroom talk for the ESC's Transatlantic Media Fellow visitor, Joanna Skrzypiec. Joanna spoke with two groups of students about her career, her country of Poland, and discussed the similarities and differences between the current political atmospheres in the U.S. and Europe (in particular her home country of Poland). Ms. Kate Daher of CAPA Pittsburgh hosted Amiena Mahsoob (WAC Pittsburgh), Joanna and I. Another CAPA educator, Ms. Erin Breault, partnered with Ms.

The emergence of international capitalism depended on the creation of a highly mobile working class that built, loaded, and sailed the ships that connected the globe. These ships inaugurated the Atlantic slave trade and other labor migrations, making possible new regimes of accumulation and labor based in port cities, dynamic centers of power that linked the slave labor of colonial plantations to Europe and other parts of the world. The laborers of port cities – sailors, indentured servants, and slaves, workers free and unfree – are the subjects of this workshop.

On May 7, 2016 the European Studies Center at Pitt's University Center for International Studies will be hosting its first ever Europe Day Festival! The festival, which will run from 12:00 PM – 7:30 PM in and around Posvar Hall (230 S. Bouquet Street), will be a celebration of European culture, cuisine, and heritage. Local artisans and vendors will create a dynamic marketplace and performances of regional song and dance will be presented on the main stage. Artistic demonstrations, music and children’s activities will take place throughout the day.

As a consequence of the political confusion following the annexation of the Crimea, German media critically commented about the lack of visibility of academic experts on questions concerning recent development in the Ukraine. Plans to re-establish a new institution for the study of Eastern Europe under the aegis of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs are just about to materialize – despite the fact that an institute with quite a similar portfolio has been closed down soon after German reunification.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND WILL BE RE-SCHEDULED FOR A LATER DATE, TO BE ANNOUNCED.

Broad international treaties attempting to tackle climate change have had limited effects at best, leading a handful of countries and jurisdictions to experiment with alternative strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This conference will study (1) the effectiveness of these various strategies, (2) whether they are politically viable, and (3) whether they can be scaled up. Academics and practitioners will compare and contrast experiences in both Europe and the United States in the hopes of designing more effective climate policy on both sides of the Atlantic.