European Studies Center

Synonyms: 
CWES
ESC

USAID Career Talk

Subtitle: 
UCIS International Career Toolkit Series
Presenter: 
Catie Lott
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 11/08/2017 - 13:00 to 14:30

Catie Lott is currently the Director for the Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance Office at USAID/ Tanzania. Prior this posting she served as the Staff Director for the House Democracy Partnership, a bipartisan commission of the U.S.

Location: 
4341 Posvar Hall

Electric Power Industry Conference: The Global Grid

Presenter: 
Keynote: Mark McGranaghan - Vice President, Power Delivery & Utilization Electric Power Research Institute; Various Panelists
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Mon, 11/13/2017 (All day) to Tue, 11/14/2017 (All day)

Welcome to EPIC

The Electric Power Industry Conference at the Swanson School of Engineering continues to lead the way in exploring energy production and delivery potential.

For a full conference schedule, registration, and additional details, visit http://www.engineering.pitt.edu/Sub-Sites/Conferences/EPIC/_Content/Home....

Location: 
Doubletree Hotel and Suites, One Bigelow Square, Pittsburgh, PA 15222; Energy GRID Institute at the Energy Innovation Center 1435 Bedford Avenue, Floor 1
Cost: 
Cost is free to Pitt students, $50 for Pitt faculty and staff, and $200 for all other attendees.
Contact Person: 
Allyson Delnore
Contact Email: 
adelnore@pitt.edu

UCIS International Career Toolkit Site Visit: WholeRen

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Tue, 11/28/2017 - 16:00 to 17:00

Pittsburgh is exploding as an education destination with students from across the globe! Join UCIS and the Asian Studies Center on this month's site visit to WholeRen to learn about their work on integrating and promoting Chinese-American educational opportunities and potential ways that you can get involved.

Contact Person: 
Joel Garceau
Contact Email: 
jdgarceau@pitt.edu

Gender Equality in Public Institutions: Monitoring Global Progress

Subtitle: 
Shining a Light on Decision-Making in Public Institutions: Reflections on SDG Data to Fuel Women's Empowerment in the Public Service
Presenter: 
Sarah Poole
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 11/09/2017 - 09:00 to 10:00

Deputy Assistant Administrator and Deputy Director of the United Nationals Development Program, "Shining a Light on Decision-Making in Public Institutions: Reflections on SDG Data to Fuel Women's Empowerment in the Public Service" followed by a declaration of the goals of the workshops by Dr. Müge Finkel (Global Studies Center 2017-18 Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor, GSPIA), Dr. Melanie Hughes, (Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh) and the United Nations Development Program's Pelle Lütken.

Location: 
20th Century Club, 4201 Bigelow Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Contact Person: 
Diane Cohen
Contact Phone: 
412-648-7434
Contact Email: 
drc51@pitt.edu

Roman Religion, Pisidian Practice: Votive 'Rock Art' in Southwest Anatolia

Subtitle: 
Presenter: 
Tyler Jo Smith, PhD, University of Virginia
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Security Notice: Event Changed: 
Date: 
Thu, 11/09/2017 - 17:15

The local Anatolian horseman, sometimes called Kakasbos, and the twin hero-gods, Castor and Pollux, are among the figures featured in Hellenistic and Roman rock-cut reliefs that have been discovered in archaeological work at Pisidia. Similar reliefs have been identified in northern Lycia. This paper presents the reliefs by type and location, and takes a fresh look at their cults and iconography. As permanent votive dedications, the relief carvings play both devotional and commemorative roles. Their function and iconography also express the importance of protection.

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

Making it as a Freelance Journalist in Beirut

Subtitle: 
UCIS International Career Toolkit Series
Presenter: 
Eric Reidy
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 11/03/2017 - 13:00

Eric Reidy is a 2012 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh (BPHIL International and Area Studies and History). Learn how he prepared for his unique career path and how he goes about covering some of most compelling issues of our time. Based out of Beirut, Lebanon his investigative reporting has taken him around the Mediterranean covering numerous topics in nearly a dozen countries, with a current focus on migration and refugees.

Location: 
Posvar Hall 4130

1968: Perspectives from Eastern Europe

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 03/01/2018 - 16:45

This round-table is a follow-up event to the screening of the Unbearable Lightness of Being (February 28, 2 p.m.) and of Love Affair (March 1, 3 p.m.) and is part of the UCIS-wide anniversary series on 1968. The panel will explore (partly based on the films and the book) the question whether 1968 has a universal meaning across geographic space and time.

Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Kiersten Walmsley
Contact Email: 
kmw152@pitt.edu

Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 03/01/2018 - 15:00

Dusan Makavejev’s Love Affair provides us with an example of cinematic reflexivity, which can be defined as any technique that reminds the viewer that he or she is watching a film. Reflexivity foregrounds the fact that film meaning is a function of a set of codes with ideological implications rather than a transparent reflection of reality. Reflexivity can be achieved through intertextuality, exaggeration of cinematic conventions or conspicuous narration that reminds us of the author’s mark on the text.

Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Kiersten Walmsley
Contact Email: 
kmw152@pitt.edu

Dealing with Poverty Within and Beyond the City: restitution of case-studies on Hazelwood, Homestead, Homewood and Wilkinsburg

Presenter: 
Various
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 10/27/2017 - 15:00 to 17:00

Altervilles Study Trip in Pittsburgh
21st-28th of October 201City and Urban Environnement Master Degree
University of Lyon (France)

Part of the Pitt-Université Jean Monet-Université de Lyon partnership.

Location: 
3911 Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Allyson Delnore
Contact Email: 
adelnore@pitt.edu

UCIS International Career Toolkit Site Visit: Global Wordsmiths

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 10/27/2017 - 12:00 to 15:00

Pittsburgh has hundreds of nonprofits, NGOs, businesses, and government agencies doing international work! Meet with professionals working in a variety of ways to connect Pittsburgh with the world during the UCIS year long series! Learn about opportunities for students to get involved with local organizations, valuable qualities and experiences looked for in potential employees, and ways to prepare for future careers while in school.

Location: 
Global Wordsmiths

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