History Department Book Symposia Series: On Wednesday, October 26, 2011, between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. the Department of History will hold a symposium celebrating Bruce Venarde's Two Women of the Great Schism and The Rule of St. Benedict.

As a former Legal Counsellor at the Council of the European Union in Brussels, Dr BErnaard Schloh brings relevant perspective and insight to the current state of the European Union. Until his retirement in 1994, Dr. Schloh was also a faculty member of the School of Law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussels. He has also been a visiting faculty member at the University of Georgia, Saint Louis University, Washington and Lee University, Santa Clara University, and Tulane University.

Rachel Epstein is associate professor of international political economy and European politics at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. She has PhD from the Department of Government at Cornell and an AB in International Relations from Stanford University.
Sponsored by: European Union Center of Excellence/European Studies Center, Russian and East European Studies Center (REES), Department of Political Science

Student International Relations Society Presents: Dr. Strangelove. A film by Stanley Kubrick set in 1960s amid the Cold War after the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The festival will introduce local residents to unique viewpoints and will showcase films from Ukraine, USA, Canada and Western Europe with Ukrainian content. Many of the film screenings will also feature a Ukrainian cuisine reception and appearances by the film directors and/or experts/professors from the local Universities to provide an interactive environment and all-encompassing experience.

Seven films and documentaries will be presented at the State-of-the art Baverso Theater. Foreign language films are subtitled in English.

Film Schedule:
October 7 - Genocide Revealed

Foreign Visiting Professor Dr. Bernhard Schloh will present the first of this year’s two annual Jean Monnet lectures on European Union Law. The lecture is titled “The Present Situation of the European Union: Legal and Political Reflections.” Professor Dr. Bernhard Schloh is a former member of the Legal Service of the Council of Ministers of the European Union and is Professor Emeritus at Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium.

Over a period of more than twenty years, while residing mostly in England, the Italian writer, literary critic, and lexicographer Giuseppe Baretti (1719-1789) kept a personal reading and writing log. Surveying this 270-page zibaldone has helped to map out the cultural itinerary followed by this eighteenth-century intellectual immigrant, and has led into the exploration of such topics as the psychology of authorship, the role of memory in literature and in second language learning, the practice of translation and its uses and purposes.

In his remarkable career as a journalist, Werner Sonne has reported on some of the most significant changes in our world. As radio and TV correspondent for the German channel ARD, he covered German chancellors Willy Brandt, Helmut Schmidt, Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schroder and Angela Merkel.

Institute for International Studies in Education present the 2011 Symposium Series

Shannon Wanless, Assistant Professor in Pitt Department of Psychology in Education, will present a lecture titled "Comparing Methods of Assessment of Early Self-regulation in Asia, Europe, and the US"

Anne-Marie Lodermann, IISE Visiting Research Scholar from the University of Augsburg, will present a lecture titled "A Systemic View on Peer Mentoring Programs for Female Faculty"

Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starred by Audrey Tautou, “Amélie” tells a story about “an innocent and naive girl in Paris, with her own sense of justice, decides to help those around her and along the way, discovers love”. This French-style movie reveals the home of romance as a nest for fairy-tales. French pastries and coffee will be provided during the movie. Come and join us in a poetic trip to the most romantic city in the world.