Professor Bergsten developed and for 20 years administered the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, which has been held annually for the past 22 years in Vienna, Austria. Nearly 300 law schools from approximately 70 countries participate in the Vis Moot each year. During his lecture, he will discuss the genesis of the Vis Moot and how it serves as a platform for legal education. Following his lecture, Ronald A. Brand, Chancellor Mark A.

Area secondary school French teachers have an opportunity to maintain or improve their language skills, to develop an understanding of French culture not only in France but its influence around the globe, and to share relevant teaching strategies. Act 48 credit it available. If you are interested in receiving more information about the workshop or registering for the April 18th French Immersion Institute, contact Kathy Ayers, Outreach Coordinator. The registration deadline is Tuesday, April 14th.

Assessing the practice of delegation strategies in real-world state structures, this presentation seeks to set out the criteria for whether to delegate and how to delegate by administrative agencies. These criteria are evaluated against different political theories of delegation to administrative agencies. One of the core claims advanced here is that legal liberalism, that is, the use of notice and comment rulemaking and subjecting them to judicial review, is insufficient for attaining democratic legitimacy for policymaking.

A faculty and curriculum enrichment workshop sponsored by the international and area studies programs of the University Center for International Studies (UCIS) at the University of Pittsburgh. This is the first in a planned series of annual workshops aimed at internationalizing college campuses in the Western Pennsylvania region, with support from the Title VI National Resource Center program of the U.S. Department of Education. Participation by faculty from minority-serving institutions and community colleges is particularly encouraged.

His excellency, Ambassador Johan Verbeke discusses the challenges that the EU faces in regards to domestic radicalization. Ambassador Verbeke has a long history of diplomatic and foreign service; his appointment as the Ambassador of Belgium to the U.S. began in January, 2015. It is his third ambassadorial post. His excellency's visit to Pittsburgh will include a talk for the World Affairs Council. During his visit to Pitt, he will also meet with the Chancellor and the staff of the European Union Center of Excellence and the Ridgeway Center for International Security Studies.

The EUCE/ESC is looking for high school science and social studies teachers, curriculum coordinators, and administrators along with Pitt's School of Education faculty to participate in a simulation and to provide feedback that will be used in adapting the game for high school curricula. During the Acid Rain workshop, you’ll participate in a hands-on simulation created by Reacting to the Past contributors Dr. David E. Henderson and Dr. Susan K. Henderson; then, you will share your expertise on how this game can be adapted for a high school audience.

The EUCE/ESC will hold a ceremony during graduation weekend to recognize its undergraduate and graduate recipients of the European Union or West European Studies Certificate Program. A reception will follow for family and friends of the Center in the Pittsburgh Athletic Association.

Professor Breger’s analysis of Michael Haneke’s Das weisse Band/The White Ribbon (2009) explores the film’s resonances with twenty-first century (re-)turns to affect and more affirmative notions of collectivity. Challenging entrenched oppositions between affect and distanciation, Professor Breger argues that the film does not sacrifice a critical perspective on the cruelty of attachments to the collective. To the contrary, The White Ribbon combines critical questions about collective violence with a cautious exploration of the involved actors’ orientation processes.

Political culture, understood as a constructed set of core values, attitudes and practices shared by a decisive majority of citizens and pervading the political system, has been recognized as a potent factor in framing issues and informing decisions in both domestic and foreign policy. Greek political culture is analyzed on the basis of quantitative evidence and discourse analysis in order to account for trends and choices that affected the country’s relations with the United States, Western Europe and neighboring states during the first post-war decades.