European Studies Center

Synonyms: 
CWES
ESC

Fall 2024 Global Distinction Drop-In Hours

Presenter: 
Molly McSweeney
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Tue, 11/05/2024 - 12:00 to 13:00

Attention: Undergraduate students! Are you looking to gain experience that will help prepare you for a globally-connected job market? Stop by Drop-In Hours to learn more about getting the Global Distinction added to your academic transcript, receiving special recognition at graduation, and standing out to prospective employers!

Location: 
Global Hub
Contact Person: 
Molly McSweeney
Contact Email: 
mcm206@pitt.edu

Fall 2024 Global Distinction Drop-In Hours

Presenter: 
Molly McSweeney
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 12:00 to 13:00

Attention: Undergraduate students! Are you looking to gain experience that will help prepare you for a globally-connected job market? Stop by Drop-In Hours to learn more about getting the Global Distinction added to your academic transcript, receiving special recognition at graduation, and standing out to prospective employers!

Contact Person: 
Molly McSweeney
Contact Email: 
mcm206@pitt.edu

Fall 2024 Global Distinction Drop-In Hours

Presenter: 
Molly McSweeney
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 12:00 to 13:00

Attention: Undergraduate students! Are you looking to gain experience that will help prepare you for a globally-connected job market? Stop by Drop-In Hours to learn more about getting the Global Distinction added to your academic transcript, receiving special recognition at graduation, and standing out to prospective employers

Location: 
Global Hub
Contact Person: 
Molly McSweeney
Contact Email: 
mcm206@pitt.edu

Front-Line Issues: War, Climate, and Refugees

Presenter: 
Daniel Briggs, Lauren Herzer Risi
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 03/27/2025 - 13:00 to 14:30

The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently predicted that global average temperatures will rise 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in the mid-2030s. Over the last decades, a global network of scholars, policy makers, activists, and others have organized to offer ways to mitigate and even reverse the effects of climate change. What offramps can these solutions and movements offer our collective humanity?

Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall

To Govern What We Eat

Presenter: 
Natalia Mamonova, Susanne Wengle
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 03/13/2025 - 13:00 to 14:30

The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently predicted that global average temperatures will rise 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in the mid-2030s. Over the last decades, a global network of scholars, policy makers, activists, and others have organized to offer ways to mitigate and even reverse the effects of climate change. What offramps can these solutions and movements offer our collective humanity?

Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall

Eurasian Environments in Global Context

Presenter: 
Eve Darian Smith
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 15:00 to 16:30

The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently predicted that global average temperatures will rise 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in the mid-2030s. Over the last decades, a global network of scholars, policy makers, activists, and others have organized to offer ways to mitigate and even reverse the effects of climate change. What offramps can these solutions and movements offer our collective humanity?

Location: 
Zoom

2024 AIU Social Studies Symposium: European Studies Resources and Opportunities

Subtitle: 
Presenter: 
Samantha Moik
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Security Notice: Event Changed: 
Date: 
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 11:15 to 11:45

As part of the AIU's biennial Social Studies Symposium, ESC staff delivered a Powertalk titled "European Studies: Resources and Opportunities". This session allowed attendees to learn more about what Pitt's ESC has to offer them, from classroom resources to professional development opportunities and student programming.

Location: 
AIU Homestead
Cost: 
Contact Person: 
Samantha Moik
Contact Phone: 
Contact Email: 
smm302@pitt.edu

2024 AIU Social Studies Symposium. A Confluence of Concepts!

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 08:00

The 2024 AIU Social Studies Symposium with the theme “A Confluence of Concepts “is geared toward K-12 Social Studies educators. The event brings together teachers from western Pennsylvania to share resources, opportunities, and research for the benefit of students. The conference features 35-minute PowerTalk’s from educators, curriculum providers and community organizations to stimulate thinking about the best ways to engage students in learning historical thinking concepts.

Location: 
Allegheny Intermediate Unit
Contact Person: 
Veronica Dristas
Contact Email: 
dristas@pitt.edu

Career Talk with ESC Alums: From Treasury to Liechtenstein, from FEMA to Nuclear Security

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 04:00 to 05:00

From personal stories to expert tips, this session with European Studies Center alumni will provide you with insight and strategies for successfully seeking government and policy-oriented jobs in the DC area.

Speakers:

Location: 
Wesley W. Posvar, Room 4130
Cost: 
free
Contact Person: 
Steve Lund
Contact Email: 
slund@pitt.edu

Global Migrations: Political, Economic, and Climatic Changes Faculty PD Conference

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 11/08/2024 - 08:30 to 15:30

Please join us on Friday, November 8, 2024 from 8:30 am-3:30 pm ET for this FREE online faculty professional development conference that will explore the topic of migration today through the lens of politics, economics, and climatic changes. The day's schedule will be comprised of four presenters who will each address the topic through different globally thematic and regional perspectives. A Zoom meeting link will be emailed to registrants one week before the conference and again the day before the conference.

Contact Person: 
Global Studies Center
Contact Phone: 
412-648-5085
Contact Email: 
global@pitt.edu

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