Western Europe

Colloquium: Out of Place. Displacement, Modernism, and Prehistory in 19th Century Germany

Presenter: 
Eric Downing (UNC) and John Lyon (Pitt)
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 09/26/2013 - 17:00

This colloquium will highlight the research of John Lyon (Chair, Department of German), published in his second monograph "Out of Place. German Realism, Displacement and Modernity" (Bloomsbury, 2013) in conjunction with the scholarship of Eric Downing (Professor of German; Frank Borden and Barbara Lasater Hanes Distinguished Term Professor of English and Comparative Literature; Adjunct Professor of Classics, University of North Carolina). William Scott (Professor of English, University of Pittsburgh) will offer a response.

Location: 
Humanities Center (602 Cathedral of Learning)
Contact Person: 
Sabine von Dirke
Contact Email: 
vondirke@pitt.edu

2013 Nicholas C. Tucci Lecture: A Chick Takes Flight: Reflections on Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio

Presenter: 
Michael Sherberg, Professor of Italian and Chair of the Department of Romance Languages
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 10/18/2013 - 17:30

A pre-cursor to the dramatic story-telling of Carlo Collodi's "The Adventure of Pinocchio", Professor Sherberg’s offers a deeper narrative to what is often singularly considered to be a children's tale.

Location: 
Cathedral of Learning: G24
Cost: 
Free.
Contact Email: 
savoia@pitt.edu

Archaeological Evidence for the Origins of Christianity in Florence, Italy

Presenter: 
Pitt Art Historian Franklin Toker
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 09/18/2013 - 12:00

Toker led excavations of the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Italy from 1970-1974 and again in 1980, which led to discoveries about the tombs of the great Italian artists Giotto and Filippo Brunelleschi, as well as facts about Saint Ambrose, the Bishop of Milan. In light of his more recent discoveries, his lecture will focus on a horseshoe-shaped pool uncovered during the 1912 excavations under the Baptistery of St.

Location: 
Room 125, Auditorium in the Frick Fine Arts Building
Contact Person: 
Sharon Blake
Contact Phone: 
412-624-4364
Contact Email: 
blake@pitt.edu

Conversations on Europe: The German Elections

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 09/26/2013 - 12:00 to 13:30

The first of the EUCE/ESC’s 2013-2014 interactive Conversations on Europe Virtual Roundtable Series will explore the outcomes and impact of the German Elections (which will take place the Sunday before). Experts on contemporary Germany will give their assessment of the results. Audience participation is encouraged.

Location: 
4217 Posvar Hall
Cost: 
free
Contact Person: 
Allyson Delnore
Contact Phone: 
624-5404
Contact Email: 
adelnore@pitt.edu

Italy, Foreign Policy, and the EU

Presenter: 
Alberta Sbragia
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Tue, 04/16/2013 (All day)

Vice-Provost Alberta Sbragia gave a presentation on April 16, 2013 at the Conference “Toward a Third Republic? Expectations for Post-Election Italy,” sponsored by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research US Department of State and the National Intelligence Council at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Her presentation was a part of a panel entitled “Italy, Foreign Policy, and the EU” with a focus on Italy’s relations with the European Union.

Location: 
Washington D.C.

INTERNATIONAL WEEK, November 11-15, 2013

Subtitle: 
Discover the World
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Repeats every day until Fri Nov 15 2013.
Mon, 11/11/2013 (All day) to Fri, 11/15/2013 (All day)
Tue, 11/12/2013 (All day) to Sat, 11/16/2013 (All day)
Wed, 11/13/2013 (All day) to Sun, 11/17/2013 (All day)
Thu, 11/14/2013 (All day) to Mon, 11/18/2013 (All day)
Fri, 11/15/2013 (All day) to Tue, 11/19/2013 (All day)

Stay tuned for fun events all week!

Location: 
WPU and 2400 Sennot Square

EU Global? The EU and Global Health Governance

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 05/22/2013 - 09:00 to 12:00

Organized in collaboration with Wulf Reiners of the Jean Monnet Chair for Political Science of the University of Cologne, the workshop will serve to bring together practitioners and academic scholars to discuss the collaboration of state and non-state actors, such as the European Union, as well as those from civil society, within the system of global health governance.

Location: 
University Club
Contact Email: 
euce@pitt.edu

Linguistics Undergraduate Research Poster Session

Presenter: 
Ranem Atia, Felicia Grasso, Mara Katz, Anisa Mughal, Jessica Packer, Spencer Onuffer
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 04/26/2013 - 15:00

*Undergraduate Directed Research*

Felicia Grasso (with Jody Garcia):
Jody's work centers on language contact and historical language change. My work with
Jody’s research included translating a number of texts in different dialects of German
to English. I took a look at translation theory, the issues that have arisen over the years
in translation. I gave a sample of specific issues I ran into when translating dialects and
outdated German texts into English, and show how I chose to face these issues. I show

Location: 
Cathedral of Learning, Room 208B
Contact Person: 
Sally Kim
Contact Email: 
sjk70@pitt.edu

Student Symposium: The Living and the Dead

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 04/19/2013 - 14:00 to 17:00

This is an interdisciplinary seminar, drawing students from art history, films studies, anthropology, and creative writing, which has investigated the role of death and mortality in the formation and transformation of culture. The course is organized around the new constellation structure of HAA, focusing on the conceptual frameworks of agency, identity, and mobility/exchange.

Location: 
Visual Media Workshop, 116 Frick Fine Arts Building
Contact Person: 
Natalie Swabb
Contact Email: 
njs21@pitt.edu

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