Organized by Giuseppina Mecchia and Francesca Savoia (French and Italian)
With the support of: The European Studies Center, The Humanities Center, The World History Center, The Graduate Program for Cultural Studies, The Department of English, The Department of French and Italian.
Discussant Presentations
Jenna Berardino (Italian)
Brendan Ezvan
(French)
Jonathan Arac
(English)
John Lyons
(German)
Jonathan Platt
(Russian)

General Discussion

Reception

Gabriella Romani, Seton Hall University: "The Nationalization of the Postal Service and the Print Media in post-unification Italy"

Olivier Delers, University of Richmond: "Toward a Sadean Visual Language: Libidinal Economies, Transmediality, and the Ghost of the French Revolution"

Passionate about working abroad in international development issues? Interested in education policy and working with international actors, state actors, and non-governmental organizations? Want to learn about working for non-profits? Come join us to speak and hear from Lindsay Randall, the regional manager of More Than Me, a non-profit organization
that is on the cutting edge of improving Liberia’s education policy through the Government of Liberia’s Partnership Schools For Liberia initiative.

In this first meeting of the 2016-2017 academic year, the Global Issues through Literature teacher reading group will discuss French multiculturalism through a study of the young adult novel Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow by Faiza Guene. Due to a high volume of interest, registration for this event is currently closed.

Students, faculty, and the public are welcome to attend the keynote address and the panels. View the Conference program (http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/esc/system/files/resources/documents/2017-jm-ma...) for information about the panel topics, times and locations.

As Europe faces what has been called "its biggest crisis for decades," German post-WWII history offers interesting points of comparison. As a result of the lessons of World War II, the two German states eventually both embraced liberal asylum laws and also welcomed Jews who were willing to return and settle in Germany.

ESC meeting with Faculty Advisory Board to discuss upcoming initiatives/events and to discuss the future strategic goals of the Center.

Professor Dusan Soltes will address one of the most controversial issues in the EU today: the protection of the EU’s external borders. On the one hand, it is difficult for new member states to become a part of the Schengen border protection system; it requires great effort and investments into the latest ICT technology, implementation of demanding Schengen legislation, and various other technical, organizational, and personnel requirements.