The “Night of Broken Glass” on November 9-10, 1938
Music by CMU Klezmer Band
Introductory Remarks by Alexander Orbach and Clark Muenzer
Readings by Pitt Students
Video Excerpts from Witnesses and Survivors
We are very proud to welcome the 2012 Second Language Research Forum to Pittsburgh, PA. Pittsburgh is known as the "City of Bridges", and we hope to use this idea to highlight the bridges that exist between the various disciplines involved in SLA research. SLRF 2012 will build on this theme with the aim of bridging gaps between individual disciplines that all share a common goal: to improve our understanding of second language learning, acquisition, instruction, and use.
What does Tuesday's outcome mean for Europe?
Three experts on European politics from the University of Pittsburgh discuss European reactions to the results of the U.S. presidential election. How do Europeans understand the electoral process? What effects will the presidential election have on U.S.-Europe relations? What are the implications of the U.S. election for the Euro Crisis? How do Europeans view the winner of the presidential election? Audience participation in the discussion is encouraged.
Lunch will be served.
Between 1914 and 1920, Canada interned thousands of Ukrainians and other immigrant groups as “enemy aliens,” in conjunction with the outbreak of World War I. As citizens of Austria-Hungary and other enemy states, thousands of men, women, and children found themselves behind barbed wire fences and walls, often performing forced hard labor with little or no remuneration. Dr. Luciuk explains how prevailing anti-immigrant attitudes in Canada, labor demands, and broader geopolitical tensions resulted in these internments.
Dr. Smeliansky is a theatre scholar, writer and critic, who has published extensively on Konstantin Stanislavsky, the history of the Moscow Art Theatre, and the literary legacy of Mikhail Bulgakov. He is the Associate Artistic Director of the Moscow Art Theatre, Dean of the Moscow Art Theater School, and a founding director of the joint graduate acting and dramaturgy program between the Moscow Art Theater School and the A.R.T. Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University.
Ragtime (1981, 155 min., in English) Directed by Milos Forman.
Will be shown at the Melwood Screening Room, 477 Melwood Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, Thursday, October 18, 2012.
Reception and introduction: 6:30 pm; film screening 7:00 pm.
Sponsored by the Mutual Inspirations program of the Czech Embassy in honor of the 80th birthday of Milos Forman.
Admission is free.
Come to the Russian Language Table at Panera Bread on Forbes from 5-6 pm. Speak with other Russian speakers to improve your language skills or to learn about the language
