European Studies Center

Synonyms: 
CWES
ESC

Legal Protection of Cultural Heritage: A Human Rights Based Approach

Date: 
Tue, 03/15/2011 - 00:00 to 01:00

This lecture is being presented by Dr. Anastasia Grammaticaki-Alexiou, Professor of Law at the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall
Cost: 
None
Contact Person: 
Thomas Allen
Contact Phone: 
(412) 624-5404
Contact Email: 
tfa3@pitt.edu

International Child Abduction: the Child's Objections to Return: a Rights Approach

Date: 
Mon, 03/14/2011 - 17:00 to 18:00

This lecture is being presented by Dr. Anastasia Grammaticaki-Alexiou, Professor of Law at the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Location: 
Alcoa Room (2nd FL), School of Law, University of Pittsburgh
Contact Person: 
Thomas Allen (EUCE/ESC) or Wes Rist (CILE)
Contact Phone: 
(412) 624-5404 or (412) 383-6754
Contact Email: 
tfa3@pitt.edu or dwrist@pitt.edu

EU Studies Summer Program in Brussels

Date: 
Fri, 03/11/2011 - 00:00 to 01:00

The EU Studies Summer Program in Brussels offers advanced undergraduates the opportunity to study the emergence of a united Europe in its dynamic core and is intended for students interested in the politics of the European Union. The five week program features lectures nd seminars, as well as meetings with European officials and site visits to major EU institutions and organizations.

Contact Person: 
Steve Lund
Contact Phone: 
412 648-7422
Contact Email: 
slund@pitt.edu

Summer 2011 European Union Pre-Dissertation Fellowship Competition

Date: 
Tue, 03/01/2011 - 00:00 to 01:00

The European Union center of Excellence and European Studies Center announces the 2010-2011 competition for advanced graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh to conduct research or internships related to post-World War II European integration. The fellowship is to conduct research in Europe or undertake an internship directly related to their research. Travel to Europe is required to be completed prior to August 24, 2011.

Contact Person: 
Tom Allen
Contact Phone: 
412 624-5404
Contact Email: 
tfa3@pitt.edu

European Union Dissertation Fellowship Competition

Date: 
Tue, 03/01/2011 - 00:00 to 01:00

The European Union Center of Excellence and European Studies Center announce the 2010-2011 fellowship competition for advanced PhD students at the University of Pittsburgh who are writing a dissertation on a topic directly related to the European Unions' development, institutions, policies, identities, external relations and/or relationship with individual member states. The fellowship will support on-site in Europe dissertation research or the writing of the dissertation between May of 2011 and April of 2012.

Contact Person: 
Tom Allen
Contact Phone: 
412 624-5404
Contact Email: 
tfa3@pitt.edu

Beyond Cheap Talk and Free Lunch: the Social and Political Power of Legistlative Member Organizations

Date: 
Fri, 02/25/2011 - 09:00

This conference is for the purpose of reviewing a manuscript of a book that shares the title of the conference. Expert reviewers will provide critiques of major sections of the draft book.

Location: 
Crown-Mural & Patrician Room, Pittsburgh Athletic Association, 4215 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh
Contact Person: 
Karen Lautanen
Contact Phone: 
(412) 648-8517
Contact Email: 
kal70@pitt.edu

War Child: The Emmanuel Jal Story

Date: 
Wed, 02/23/2011 - 19:00 to 20:00

War Child chronicles the shocking, inspiring, and ultimately hopeful odyssey of Emmanuel Jal, a former child soldier of Sudan's brutal civil war. He is now an emerging international hip hop star sharing a message of peace for his war-torn land and beloved Africa.

Location: 
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium

Eye on Sudan: The Promise and Perils of Secession

Date: 
Wed, 02/23/2011 - 12:30

The people of Southern Sudan peacefully voted to secede, after two decades of war failed to bring independence. President al-Bashir has accepted the outcome but great uncertainty lies ahead. The north-south border is in dispute. Oil fields are in the south but export facilities are in the north. Communal disputes in Abyei and the Nuba Mountains could spark widespread fighting. The violence in Darfur remains unresolved and cannot be ignored.

Location: 
3911 Posvar Hall

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