Western Europe

The Shale Dilemma: A Global Perspective on Fracking and Shale Development

Presenter: 
various
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 03/21/2018 - 13:30

Book launch and panel discussion. To register, visit https://shale_book_launch.eventbrite.com.

Panelists:
Shanti Gamper-Rabindran, University of Pittsburgh, GSPIA

Reid Frazier
Allegheny Front, StateImpact Pennsylvania, Trump on Earth podcast

Amy Sisk
StateImpact Pennsylvania, 90.5 FM WESA

Location: 
Posvar 4130, University of Pittsburgh
Cost: 
Free and open to the public
Contact Person: 
Allyson Delnore
Contact Email: 
adelnore@pitt.edu

ESC Science and Public Policy Lecture Series: Lessons for the U.S. from Denmark’s District Energy

Presenter: 
Niels Malskaer, Commercial Advisor at the Embassy of Denmark
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Tue, 03/20/2018 - 14:30 to 16:00

Niels Malskaer is a Commercial Advisor at the Embassy of Denmark in Washington, D.C., focused on District Energy and Combined Heat and Power, with years of experience in global energy strategy. For the last few years, Niels has been sharing Danish energy experiences with public and private actors across the U.S., through government and commercial activities. He has worked at numerous international organisations, based in Europe as well as the U.S., mainly focused on energy policy analysis, and translating energy planning experiences across the Atlantic.

Location: 
BEH 1145
Contact Person: 
Allyson Delnore
Contact Email: 
adelnore@pitt.edu

The European Approach to Choice of Court Agreements

Presenter: 
Prof. Francesca Ragno, University of Verona, School of Law
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Tue, 03/13/2018 - 12:00

In her presentation, Professor Ragno will discuss the special characteristics of choice of court agreements in the EU, and will touch on the impact on these agreements of Brexit. Prof. Ragno graduated in Law (J.D.) with honors at the University of Bologna and obtained her PhD degree from the University of Verona. Her teaching and scholarship span Private International Law, European Law International Commercial Law and International Arbitration.

She is a Visiting Distinguished Fulbright Chair at the University of Pittsburgh for spring 2018.

Location: 
Barco Building, Alcoa Room
Cost: 
Free and open to the public
Contact Email: 
adelnore@pitt.edu

Pernille Røge The Place of the Baltic in the Early Modern French Colonial Empire

Subtitle: 
Presenter: 
Niklas Frykman, Allyson Delnore
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Security Notice: Event Changed: 
Date: 
Thu, 02/15/2018 - 12:30 to 14:00

This session explores ways in which the Baltic region enabled the rise and consolidation of the French
colonial empire in the Americas. As a supplier of naval stores, the Baltic has long been viewed as central to
early modern European expansion overseas. Nevertheless, its particular association with French empire
building remains little studied. Drawing on data from the Danish Sound Toll Registers and French consular
records form Copenhagen, Elsinore, Stockholm, and St. Petersburg, the paper delineates how French

Location: 
Humanities Center, 602 Cathedral of Learning
Cost: 
Free and open to the public
Contact Person: 
Allyson Delnore
Contact Phone: 
Contact Email: 
adelnore@pitt.edu

High School Model EU

Subtitle: 
Presenter: 
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Security Notice: Event Changed: 
Date: 
Fri, 12/08/2017 (All day)
Location: 
Twentieth Century Club
Cost: 
Contact Person: 
Contact Phone: 
Contact Email: 
adelnore@pitt.edu

Studying Working-Class Culture & the History of Social Movements—Challenges & Possibilities

Presenter: 
Sabine Hake (University of Texas at Austin, German Literature & Culture)
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 02/01/2018 - 12:30 to 14:00
Location: 
Humanities Center, 602 Cathedral of Learning
Cost: 
Free and open to the public
Contact Person: 
Allyson Delnore
Contact Email: 
adelnore@pitt.edu

French Immersion Institute Workshop

Presenter: 
Bénédicte Barlat, Directrice - Centre Francophone de Pittsburgh
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 04/21/2018 - 08:30 to 13:30

Samedi 3 mars 2018:
La situation linguistique et culturelle en Bretagne, Dr. Sébastien Dubriel, Université de Carnegie-Mellon

Samedi 21 avril 2018:
Françoise Giroud & Simone Veil: deux écrivaines politiques pour la couse des femmes
Conférencière: Bénédicte Barlat, Directrice - Centre Francophone de Pittsburgh

Program runs from 9:00-13:30, with an 8:30 breakfast and 12:30 lunch included.

Location: 
Posvar 4130, University of Pittsburgh
Cost: 
$20 registratoin
Contact Person: 
Allyson Delnore
Contact Email: 
adelnore@pitt.edu

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