In this final videoconference, the Week 1 cohort shares the final drafts of their lesson plans and unit modules with each, offering and accepting feedback from their peers.
This pre-departure videoconference (for the Week 3 cohort) serves to introduce tour facilitators and educators, provide important details and context before arrival in Brussels, and answer any questions educators have before travelling.
This pre-departure videoconference (for the Week 2 cohort) serves to introduce tour facilitators and educators, provide important details and context before arrival in Brussels, and answer any questions educators have before travelling.
This pre-departure videoconference (for the Week 1 cohort) serves to introduce tour facilitators and educators, provide important details and context before arrival in Brussels, and answer any questions educators have before travelling.
A special virtual screening of the film "My Brother Chases Dinosaurs" for K-12 audiences as part of the Pittsburgh EU Film Festival.
As the European Studies Center welcomes high school students for this event, the Global Hub will serve as a space to welcome these students to the University of Pittsburgh, and to allow them to learn more about international and global opportunities at Pitt and interact with Pitt students. The award announcements will take place in the Global Hub starting at 11:30 am.
Welcome, high schoolers, and Pitt students, please stop by to say hello!
During and before World War II the Nazis stole art from Jewish families and then from occupied countries during the war. After the war and continuing until now, there have been many efforts to recover the stolen art and return it to their rightful owners. In this panel, Lynn Nicholas, author of "The Rape of Europa", will provide a history of the looting and efforts to recover and return the art. Vivian Curran will discuss current cases in the United States.
The panel will be moderated by Vivian Curran of the Pitt Law School
Panelists are:
In the last few years, we have seen an increasing international awareness of the challenges facing the interaction between human populations and a changing environment. In France and Italy, these issues have in fact occupied a really important role in philosophical, social and political debates and initiatives for at least five decades. Our panelists will offer a diverse and far-reaching presentation of their own involvement with the research and initiatives presently occurring in Italy and France.
Moderator:
• Giuseppina Mecchia, University of Pittsburgh
The organizer and moderator of this panel is Jennifer Keating, Department of English, University of Pittsburgh
Panelist:
Garrett Carr, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland
John Carson, Carnegie Mellon University
Mairead McClean, Artist and Filmmaker, from Bath, England and Northern Ireland
Eve Patten, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Join the European Studies Center at Pitt for a Virtual Book Club to explore recent works by European authors. We will be reading "Hamnet" by Maggie O'Farrell and discussion the book Thursday, May 12. This event is open to all.
