Western Europe

Kristallnacht: Annual Commemoration

Presenter: 
Multiple (see description)
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Mon, 11/14/2011 - 16:30

The Annual Commemoration of Kristallnacht (The “Night of Broken Glass” on November 9-10, 1938)

Survivor’s Account by Ruth Drescher
Music by Susanne Ortner-Roberts (clarinetist)
Readings by Pitt Students

This program is made possible with the support of the Jack Sittsamer Holocaust Studies
Enrichment Fund in the Jewish Studies Program.

Location: 
Cathedral of Learning 208B

Von der Avantgarde zum Museum? Der Neue Deutsche FilmDeutsche Film——50 Jahre nach Oberhausen

Presenter: 
Matteo Galli (University of Ferrara)
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Mon, 11/07/2011 - 16:30 to 18:00

Matteo Galli, who teaches at the University of Ferrara, is one of the foremost German Studies scholars in Italy and is also an expert on German cinema. He has published books on Elias Canetti, Thomas Mann, and E. T. A Hoffmann, and he has translated works by Jens Sparschuh and Uwe Timm, among others. He is also the editor of a major volume on the history of German cinema, Da Caligari a Good Bye, Lenin! (2004).

Location: 
Cathedral of Learning 208B
Contact Email: 
grmndept@pitt.edu

Portuguese Expansion and Cross-Cultural Artistic Exchange

Presenter: 
Mario Pereira (University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth)
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Tue, 03/20/2012 - 14:00 to 15:30

During the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, the Portuguese court collected and commissioned objects of art from artists working in Sierra Leone. The patronage of West African art formed an important part of the visual culture of the Portuguese court and was integral to the king’s larger artistic and cultural program intended to enhance his prestige and to promote his imperial ideology to other European courts.

Location: 
3703 WW Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Katie Jones
Contact Phone: 
1-412-624-3073
Contact Email: 
joneskh@pitt.edu

Film: Unveiled [Fremde haut]

Presenter: 
Women's Stidies Program
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Mon, 02/27/2012 - 18:00 to 20:00

Unveiled (Fremde haut)

Director Angelina Maccarone (2005)

Part of the: QUEER & FEMINIST FILM, Public Film Series at the University of Pittsburgh
When: January 9 – April 9, 2012
Cost: Free!

All screenings are open to the public. Bring your friends!

For more information about the series: http://pittqueerfemfilm.wordpress.com/public-film-series/
To learn about the film: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428672/

Location: 
2201 Wesley W. Posvar Hall

GSPIA's EUaW Study Trip: Washington, DC

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 02/17/2012 (All day) to Sat, 02/18/2012 (All day)

EU and the World recently returned from a study trip to Washington, DC. After undergoing a competitive application process, a total of 10 GSPIAns were selected to participate in the trip, which was organized by the group's executive board: Maryna Duane, Andrew Stark, Gabriela Gavrila, Jingwen Fu, and Kira Pronin.

Location: 
Washington, DC

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