European Union Center of Excellence

Synonyms: 
EUCE

High School Euro Challenge Competition

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 03/06/2025 - 08:00 to 15:00

The Euro Challenge is a competition for high school students on European economic and monetary policy. It gives participants the opportunity to learn about the Euro, the single market, and other important concepts central to the European Union and macro/microeconomics.

The PA regional competition is hosted by the University of Pittsburgh.

Location: 
Posvar Hall, 4217 & 4130
Contact Person: 
Samantha Moik
Contact Email: 
smm302@pitt.edu

Yellow Peril in Vladivostok: The Chinese Diaspora in Russia and the Soviet Union

Subtitle: 
Presenter: 
Sören Urbansky, Ruhr University Bochum
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Security Notice: Event Changed: 
Date: 
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 12:00 to Thu, 04/03/2025 - 13:30

Dr. Urbansky discusses the challenges faced by Chinese immigrants during the late Tsarist Empire and early Soviet Union, highlighting the racial and cultural prejudices that fueled hostilities in urban settings. His analysis explores how these early interactions shaped the experiences and perceptions of Chinese communities in a rapidly changing socio-political landscape.

Location: 
4217 Posvar Hall
Cost: 
Free
Contact Person: 
Erica Edwards
Contact Phone: 
Contact Email: 
EEE36@pitt.edu

Studying Frank Lloyd Wright's Architectural Drawings

Subtitle: 
Presenter: 
Cosimo Monteleone
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Security Notice: Event Changed: 
Date: 
Tue, 03/25/2025 - 16:30 to 17:45

Frank Lloyd Wright imposed his work to international prominence as a paragon of cutting-edge architecture, becoming a symbol of an entire nation: the United States. In the same way Wright established a new graphic style, an eloquent way to represent architecture that can be considered as an exclusive expression of American culture. This study analyses Wright’s architectural drawings as a specific production that, even if complementary to his better-known design, radiates its own artistic and architectural value.

Location: 
202 Frick Fine Arts
Cost: 
Free
Contact Person: 
Erica Edwards
Contact Phone: 
Contact Email: 
EEE36@pitt.edu

Anti/Democracy Mini Symposium

Presenter: 
Various
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 03/19/2025 - 09:30 to 16:30

Join us for a discussion on the growing challenges to democratic ideals in an age of populism, polarization, mis/mal/dis information, and rising authoritarianism. This event will explore the interplay between democratic values and anti-democratic forces, highlighting historical and contemporary movements that both support and erode the democratic project.

Roundtable I: Provocation on Mis/Mal/Dis Information
Roundtable II: Academic Panel
Roundtable III: Provocation on Populism

Location: 
4303 Posvar Hall (Center for Urban Education)
Cost: 
Free
Contact Person: 
Erica Edwards
Contact Email: 
EEE36@pitt.edu

Meet the Ambassador! Nina Sajic, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Subtitle: 
Presenter: 
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Security Notice: Event Changed: 
Date: 
Tue, 02/18/2025 - 00:00 to Tue, 03/18/2025 - 13:00

Join us for a lunch and learn event with Nina Sajić.
Dr. Sajić served as the ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to France, UNESCO, Algeria, Monaco, Andorra, and Romania. She was also a foreign policy advisor in the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. She will be at Pitt to discuss her diplomatic experiences with students and the wider community.
Light lunch will be provided.

Location: 
Global Hub
Cost: 
Free
Contact Person: 
Erica Edwards
Contact Phone: 
Contact Email: 
EEE36@pitt.edu

Meet and Greet with Fred Kudjo Kuwornu

Subtitle: 
We Were Here: The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 03/27/2025 - 15:30 to 16:30

Meet and Greet with filmmaker:

Fred Kudjo Kuwornu is an Afro-Italian and U.S. multi-hyphenate socially engaged artist, filmmaker and scholar based in New York. His work bridges past and present, exploring identity and race through historical remixing of archival materials. Kuwornu's films have been exhibited at the 60ᵗʰ Venice Art Biennale (2024), Museum of Moving Image (NY), Library of Congress, and international film festivals. More info: https://www.fredkuwornu.com

Light Refreshments will be served.

Location: 
Global Hub
Cost: 
Free
Contact Person: 
Ingrid Gomez-O'Toole
Contact Phone: 
4126488517
Contact Email: 
ing7@pitt.edu

Yellow Peril in Vladivostok: The Chinese Diaspora in Russia and the Soviet Union

Presenter: 
Sören Urbansky, Ruhr University Bochum
Event Status: 
As Scheduled

Dr. Urbansky will focus his discussion on the history of the Chinese diaspora during the late Tsarist Empire and the early Soviet Union. He will analyze the correlation between negative attributions and conflicts between Chinese immigrants and Europeans in urban spaces during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries – a period marked by the proliferation of pejorative notions in North America and among European colonial powers.

Location: 
TBD
Cost: 
Free
Contact Person: 
Erica Edwards
Contact Email: 
eee36@pitt.edu

Registration Closed: ValEUs Policy Writing Seminar: Strategy and Style

Presenter: 
Müge Finkel, University of Pittsubrgh
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 02/27/2025 - 10:00 to 13:00

Join the ValEUs Network and the University of Pittsburgh for a Policy Writing Workshop Series focusing on key themes: De/Migration; Decolonization; Europe Viewed from the South; Populism and Euroscepticism; Nation-building/state-interventionism; Critiquing or Affirming the EU/Values versus Realpolitik.

Designed for anyone in the ValEUs community with an interest in policy writing, the series encourages faculty and students to draft policy briefs for publication.

Location: 
Center for Urban Education Wesley W. Posvar Hall, Room 4303
Contact Person: 
Erica Edwards
Contact Email: 
eee36@pitt.edu

From Secularism to Public Order: Identity Politics and the Idea of Muslim Solidarity in France

Presenter: 
Kirsten Wesselhoeft, Vassar College
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 04/02/2025 - 16:30 to 17:45

As part of the Unmasking Prejudice: Confronting Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Racism Across Europe
Spring Lecture Series

Lecture Summary: TBD

Location: 
4303 Posvar Hall
Cost: 
free
Contact Person: 
Erica Edwards
Contact Email: 
eee36@pitt.edu

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