Historical Memory and Politics in Poland: The Story of the Gdańsk Museum of the Second World War
Presenter:
Dr. Paweł Machcewicz, DAAD Lecturer
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Date:
Tue, 03/03/2020 - 12:00
Location:
4217 Posvar Hall
European Studies Center
Synonyms:
CWES
ESC
The Crisis of Truth
Presenter:
Dr. Sophia Rosenfeld, University of Pennsylvania
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Date:
Thu, 02/27/2020 - 17:30 to 20:30
Pundits everywhere claim that, in the age of Trump and Brexit, political life no longer depends on any shared sense of truth. This talk will consider the validity of this claim, exploring the role of truth in democracies going back to the eighteenth century, but also the changed circumstances of the present in Europe and much of the world.
Free lunch will be available to all attendees.
Location:
4130 Posvar Hall
Conversations on Europe: Monuments and Contested Memory in Europe
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Date:
Tue, 02/18/2020 - 12:00 to 13:30
Location:
4217 Posvar Hall (Remote Participation Possible)
1989 and All That: Transnational Political Upheaval and the Origins of Global Studies
Presenter:
Dr. William Brustein, West Virginia University
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Date:
Mon, 11/04/2019 - 16:00
The year 1989 witnessed momentous changes in global politics: the end of the Cold War, the acceleration of global neoliberal capitalism, and the start of a long decade of internationalism and interventionism -- G.H.W Bush's famous "New World Order."
Location:
4130 Posvar Hall
Contact Person:
Veronica Dristas
Contact Email:
dristas@pitt.edu
Pre-Law Internship Information Session
Subtitle:
Part of the UCIS Career Toolkit Series
Presenter:
Verna Krishnamurthy, (University of Pittsburgh '12 and University of Pennsylvania Law School '15)
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Security Notice: Event Changed:
Date:
Fri, 09/06/2019 - 09:00
Pre-Law School Internship with Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Chat with Global Studies Center Alum, Verna Krishnamurthy, (University of Pittsburgh '12 and University of Pennsylvania Law School '15) about program for students interested in law:
Location:
Global Hub Nook, 1st Floor Posvar Hall
Cost:
Event Web Site:
Contact Person:
Elaine Linn
Contact Phone:
Contact Email:
eel58@pitt.edu
Richard Powers' The Overstory - Four Evenings -- Global Literary Encounters
Subtitle:
Four Evenings -- Global Literary Encounters
Presenter:
Dr. Michael Goodhart, Professor, Political Science; Director, Global Studies Center
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Date:
Thu, 12/05/2019 - 18:00 to 19:00
In conjunction with the Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures program's "Ten Evenings" series, Global Studies Center is hosting "Four Evenings" pre-lecture discussions that put prominent world authors and their work in global perspective. Open to series subscribers and the Pitt Community, these evening discussions, conducted by Pitt experts, provide additional insight on prominent writers and engaging issues. A limited number of tickets to the author's lectures will be available to those who attend the discussions.
Location:
4130 Posvar Hall
Cost:
Free & Open To The Public
Contact Person:
Maja Konitzer
Contact Email:
majab@pitt.edu
Madeline Miller's Circe - Four Evenings -- Global Literary Encounters
Presenter:
Dr. Jacques Bromberg & Ellen Lee, Classics
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Date:
Thu, 11/07/2019 - 18:00 to 19:00
In conjunction with the Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures program's "Ten Evenings" series, Global Studies Center is hosting "Four Evenings" pre-lecture discussions that put prominent world authors and their work in global perspective. Open to series subscribers and the Pitt Community, these evening discussions, conducted by Pitt experts, provide additional insight on prominent writers and engaging issues. A limited number of tickets to the author's lectures will be available to those who attend the discussions.
Location:
Latin American Lecture Room, Hillman Library
Cost:
Free & Open To The Public
Contact Person:
Maja Konitzer
Contact Email:
majab@pitt.edu
Ibram X. Kendi's How to Be an Antiracist - Four Evenings -- Global Literary Encounters
Subtitle:
Four Evenings -- Global Literary Encounters
Presenter:
Global Studies Center
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Date:
Thu, 10/10/2019 - 18:00 to 19:00
In conjunction with the Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures program's "Ten Evenings" series, Global Studies Center is hosting "Four Evenings" pre-lecture discussions that put prominent world authors and their work in global perspective. Open to series subscribers and the Pitt Community, these evening discussions, conducted by Pitt experts, provide additional insight on prominent writers and engaging issues. A limited number of tickets to the author's lectures will be available to those who attend the discussions.
Location:
Latin American Lecture Room, Hillman Library
Cost:
Free & Open To The Public
Contact Person:
Maja Konitzer
Contact Email:
majab@pitt.edu
Global Issues Through Literature: We Are All That's Left by Carrie Arcos
Presenter:
Global Studies Center
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Date:
Thu, 11/21/2019 - 16:30 to 19:00
This reading group for educators explores literary texts from a global perspective. Content specialists present the work and its context, and together we brainstorm innovative pedagogical practices for incorporating the text and its themes into the curriculum. Books, Act 48 credit, dinner, and parking are provided. Registration link: https://tinyurl.com/y4krh7k6
Location:
4130 Posvar Hall
Cost:
Free & Open To The Public
Contact Person:
Maja Konitzer
Contact Email:
majab@pitt.edu
Crossing the Line: Violence against Jewish Female Students in Interwar Poland and the New Model of Antisemitism
Presenter:
Natalia Aleksiun
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Date:
Thu, 09/12/2019 - 16:30
Natalia Aleksiun is Professor of Modern Jewish History at Touro College, Graduate School of Jewish Studies, New York. She studied East European and Jewish history in Poland, where she received her first doctoral degree in history at Warsaw University, with a dissertation that resulted in her first book, “Where to? The Zionist Movement in Poland, 1944-1950.” She received her second doctoral degree in Jewish studies at New York University.
Location:
Cathedral of Learning, Room 501
Contact Person:
Sera Passerini
Contact Phone:
4126487407
Contact Email:
smp125@pitt.edu
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