Russia/Eastern Europe

Migration Between Hope and Despair: Paths of Mobility Inside and Beyond Central Asia

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 10/26/2018 - 11:00

CHAIR: Zarina Mukanova | DISCUSSANT: Caitlin Ryan ROOM: Posvar 3431 | Fri, Oct 26th, 11:00

• Between Hope and Despair: Expectations and Disappointments Among Kazak Repatriates
Peter Finke (University of Zürich)

• Leaving Home, Coming Home: Kazakstan as Homeland and Hope-Giver for Repatriate Kazakhs
Indira Alibayeva (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale)

• Disputed Brotherhood: Central Asian Experiences in Turkey?
Meltem Sancak (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale)

Location: 
Posvar 3431
Event Web Site: 
https://www.cess.pitt.edu/
Contact Person: 
Susan Dawkins
Contact Phone: 
412-648-7403
Contact Email: 
sad96@pitt.edu

Economic and Social Transformations in Kazakstan: The Case of Zheti-Suw

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 10/26/2018 - 09:00

CHAIR: Peter Finke | DISCUSSANT: Cynthia Werner ROOM: Posvar 3431 | Fri, Oct 26th, 09:00

• New Marriage Strategies of Kazakh Repatriates from Mongolia and China in Zheti Suw
Zarina Mukanova (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale)

• The Role of Pre-Marriage Rituals in Kazakh Society: Matchmaking Ceremonies and Social Stratification in Kerbulaq Region
Dinara Abildenova (University of Zürich)

Location: 
Posvar 3431
Event Web Site: 
https://www.cess.pitt.edu/
Contact Person: 
Susan Dawkins
Contact Phone: 
412-648-7403
Contact Email: 
sad96@pitt.edu

European & Eurasian Undergraduate Research Symposium 2019

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 04/12/2019 (All day)

The Undergraduate Research Symposium is an annual event since 2002 designed to provide undergraduate students, from the University of Pittsburgh and other colleges and universities, with advanced research experiences and opportunities to develop presentation skills. The event is open to undergraduates from all majors and institutions who have written a research paper from a social science, humanities, or business perspective focusing on the study of Eastern, Western, or Central Europe, the European Union, Russia, or Central Eurasia.

Location: 
William Pitt Union 527, 538, & 548
Event Web Site: 
https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/ursymposium/
Contact Person: 
Gina Peirce
Contact Phone: 
4126482290
Contact Email: 
gbpeirce@pitt.edu

Did Prussia have an Atlantic History? The Partitions of Poland-Lithuania, French Guiana, and Climates in the Caribbean, 1760s-1790s

Presenter: 
Bernhard Struck, University of St. Andrews
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Tue, 09/25/2018 - 12:00
Location: 
3703 Posvar Hall, History Department Lounge
Contact Person: 
Gregor Thum
Contact Email: 
thum@pitt.edu

Memory Conflicts as Barrier to Reconciliation: Post-Soviet Disputes between Baltic States and Russia

Presenter: 
Katja Wezel, Reseach Associate, University of Gottingen, Germany
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Mon, 10/01/2018 - 16:00 to 17:30

In 2009, the Estonian political scientists Pirat Shin and Wiki Berg argued that "the permafrost in Baltic-Russian relations shows no signs of melting." This talk will analyze why post-Soviet Baltic-Russian relations have been so difficult and how different interpretations of history play a key role.

Location: 
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall

Euro Fest at the University of Pittsburgh

Presenter: 
Various
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 09/15/2018 - 11:00 to 17:00

Join us for our 3rd Annual EuroFest!

EuroFest is a family friendly festival featuring all things Europe in the ‘Burgh. Local artisans and vendors will create a dynamic marketplace and performances of song and dance will be presented on the main stage. Food booths featuring various European cuisines will be participating and artistic demonstrations and children’s activities will take place throughout the day.

Free and open to the public!

Location: 
Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet Street
Cost: 
Free and open to the public
Event Web Site: 
https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/esc/events/eurofest
Contact Person: 
Iris Matijevic
Contact Phone: 
4126488517
Contact Email: 
irm24@pitt.edu

Russian Foreign Policy in Historical Perspective

Subtitle: 
Presenter: 
Sean Guillory
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Security Notice: Event Changed: 
Date: 
Tue, 06/19/2018 - 13:15

Lecture delivered to participants in the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh's 21st Annual Summer Institute for Teachers, "New Global Challenges: Perspectives in 2018."

Location: 
Duquesne University
Cost: 
Event Web Site: 
Contact Person: 
Contact Phone: 
Contact Email: 
crees@pitt.edu

Family Friend

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sun, 05/20/2018 - 19:30

Directed by Jan Hřebejk, 2017. This story takes place in the early 40s during German occupation when three young women and two children await the return of the imprisoned husbands and fathers from Nazi concentration camps. A family friend and doctor watches over the women forced into a family union by the war.

Location: 
1500 Posvar Hall
Contact Phone: 
4126487407
Contact Email: 
crees@pitt.edu

Masaryk

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 05/12/2018 - 19:30

Directed by Julius Ševčík, 2016. Based on the true story of Czech diplomat and politician Jan Masaryk, the son of Czechoslovakia’s founding father Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, and set just before WWII. Jan desperately tries to save his homeland from Nazi occupation. This film was nominated for over 20 awards, including 12 prestigious Czech Lion Awards.

Location: 
1500 Posvar Hall
Contact Phone: 
4126487407
Contact Email: 
crees@pitt.edu

Barefoot

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 05/10/2018 - 19:30

Set in Czechoslovakia during the Nazi occupation, a young boy opens up a world of trouble when he inadvertently reveals that his father has been listening to resistance broadcasts from London. Director Jan Svěrák received the 2018 Czech Lion Film Fan Award for this film.

Location: 
1500 Posvar Hall
Contact Phone: 
4126487407
Contact Email: 
crees@pitt.edu

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