European Studies Center

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ESC

Making Climate Policy: A Historical Simulation

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 10/28/2016 - 12:00 to 13:00

This program is for undergraduates from any major in Arts and Sciences. Advance registration required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/making-climate-policy-a-historical-simulati...

Join us for a historical simulation that explores both the science behind acid rain and the international negotiations to try and stem it. During this simulation, you'll conduct experiments and recreate one of the first international negotiations on climate change in Europe.

Location: 
233 David Lawrence Hall

Labor Mobility

Subtitle: 
Trends and Policies in the EU
Presenter: 
Lubica Bajzikova
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 10/20/2016 - 12:00

Lubica Bajzikova is a professor at Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia. She is Head of the Department of Management. Her presentation will focus on labor mobility in the European Union, current trends and barriers. In spite of EU policies facilitating free movement, the level of mobility remains low by international comparison. Language and cultural barriers as well as the qualification recognition remain the main impediment to cross- border mobility within Europe.

Location: 
101 Mervis Hall

School Visit to Avonworth High School

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Presenter: 
Miguel SImon
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
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Date: 
Wed, 10/12/2016 - 09:00

Dr. Miguel Simon gave a lecture to 30 students at Avonworth High School.

Teacher was Melissa Reagle. Students were part of the following clubs:

Career Academy :The Career Academy for Public & International Relations will provide students an opportunity to explore diversity as related to public policies and globalization. Cultural understanding, the study of world languages, and an awareness of local, state, national and global issues frame the focus of this academy. Co-sponsor: Melissa Reagle & Bre Maisner

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Avonworth High School
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First Thursdays

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Hosted by Global Pittsburgh
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Event Status: 
As Scheduled
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Date: 
Thu, 10/06/2016 - 17:30

The ESC sponsored this event. Description of the event from GlobalPittsburgh.

"In October, we partnered with the European Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh. Contemporary Europe can be best understood by exploring how history, culture, law, politics, and economics intersect. The European Studies Center encourages such interdisciplinary thinking.

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GERMANY MEETS THE U.S. CAMPUS WEEK: MIGRATION, INTEGRATION, AND THE REFUGEE CRISIS

Presenter: 
Jaclyn Kurash, Department of German
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 10/20/2016 (All day) to Thu, 10/27/2016 (All day)
Location: 
Cathedral of Learning, David Lawrence Hall, O'Hara Student Center
Event Web Site: 
http://www.german.pitt.edu/events/
Contact Person: 
Jaclyn Kurash
Contact Email: 
jaclynkurash@pitt.edu

Annette Forster: Torture in the French-Algerian War

Presenter: 
Annette Forster, Institute of Political Science, Aachen University
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 11/03/2016 - 12:30

Torture in the French-Algerian War

The French authorities systematically used torture in the French-Algerian War (1954-1962). The lecture explores that practice and tests two theses: 1. Democracies tend to use torture in asymmetric conflicts when faced with terrorist methods. 2. Torture goes along with the erosion of basic democratic structures and principles.

Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall
Event Web Site: 
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/esc/
Contact Person: 
Allyson Delnore
Contact Email: 
adelnore@pitt.edu

Italy and Pennsylvania: An Economic Dialogue on Energy, Research and the Transatlantic Trade, and Investment Partnership

Presenter: 
Ronald A Brand, Nicholas Cafardi, Hon. Andrea Canepari, Hon. Tom Corbett, Antonio Lordi, Phil Rinaldi
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Tue, 10/25/2016 - 15:00

Speakers:
RONALD A. BRAND, B.A., J.D., Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg University Professor and Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and Academic Director of its
Center for International Legal Education

NICHOLAS CAFARDI, M.A., J.D., J.C.L., J.C.D., Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law at the Duquesne University School of Law

HON. ANDREA CANEPARI, L.L.M, Console Generale d'Italia/Consul General of Italy

HON. TOM CORBETT, B.A., J.D., Former Governor of Pennsylvania and Adjunct Professor at the Duquesne University School of Law

Location: 
Barco Law Building, Teplitz Memorial Moot Courtroom
Event Web Site: 
http://law.pitt.edu/events
Contact Person: 
Austin A. Lebo
Contact Email: 
aal37@pitt.edu

Austrian National Day Hike: International Week Event

Presenter: 
Kate Bowersox, European Studies Center, organizer
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 10/26/2016 (All day)

In honor of Austrian National Day, the European Studies Center in partnership with Venture Outdoors will host a hike, or Fit-Märsche!

Time and location to be determined.

This is an International Week event.

Location: 
TBD
Contact Person: 
Kate Bowersox
Contact Email: 
kal68@pitt.edu

Working Internationally – Personal Paths from Pitt to Paris and The Hague

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Presenter: 
Elina Aleynikova and Cristina M. Mariottini
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
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Date: 
Thu, 09/22/2016 - 12:30

Elina Aleynikova and Cristina M. Mariottini will tell their stories of study at Pitt and how they moved from Pittsburgh to international careers as an international arbitration specialist at White & Case in Paris and a Senior Legal Officer at the Hague Conference on Private International Law. Please see their full bios below:

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Barco Law Building, Room G-12
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