The movies will be shown in their original filming languages with English subtitles when necessary. Offering a cinematic tour of Italy, the National Italian Film Festival in Pittsburgh is also pleased to host a special appearance from the film director of L’Arbitro, Paolo Zucca, on April 10th. For more information, please see this LINK for the upcoming viewings.

French filmmaker Jean-Marie Villeneuve will present his film Tout est faux on Sat, Apr 18 at 6pm in CL 332 in a free screening and director Q&A

Dreyfus in Exile: A Reappraisal of What It Means to Be

“French”

A BROWN-BAG LUNCH

With

LISA BROMBERG

(Ph.D. candidate in French, University of Pennsylvania)

Monday April 6, 1:00-2:15 pm, 1325 Cathedral of Learning

The Dreyfus Affair gripped the French Republic at the end of the 19th-Century, with consequences that resonate to this day. Lisa Bromberg will discuss how Robert Dreyfus became a martyr of French republican and secular values.

The students of the German Department present: Zöpfe
A play about hate, love, religion, and hair
By Marianna Salzmann

Play to be performed in the original German Free and all welcome!
7:00pm, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium

Join the Department of History, the EUCE/ESC and the Center for Latin American Studies for a symposium honoring the scholarship of Professor Seymour Drescher. Invited speakers include David Eltis, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of History Emeritus, Emory University; Stanley Engerman, John Munro Professor of Economics and Professor of History, University of Rochester; Richard Huzzey, co-director Centre for the Study of International Slavery, University of Liverpool; and James Walvin, Professor of History Emeritus, University of York. A reception will follow the talk.

U.S. and European news coverage of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa highlighted the urgency of the public health crisis, focusing often on the need to contain the outbreak to prevent its spread to “our shores.” Implicit (and often explicit) in these stories, however, were long-standing xenophobic and racialized attitudes toward African diseases that can be traced back to European imperial and pseudo-scientific ideas of the nineteenth century.

Dr. Dadush delivers the Graduate Student Conference's Keynote Address.

Dr. Thomson’s workshop will focus on practical tips to find primary, stakeholder, academic and news-type information. Attendees will receive access to a comprehensive PowerPoint guide to conducting research on Europe. Pre-Registration is required by emailing euce@pitt.edu.

Ana Escrogima, a Foreign Service Officer currently serving as the Diplomat in Residence at City College of New York, will hold an information session to talk about the State Department’s internship program, her career experiences and employment opportunities in International Affairs through the Department of State. Prior to this assignment, she was the Deputy Director for Syria in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs at the Department of State, where she advised senior State Department leadership and managed an experienced team of Foreign Service and Civil Service Officers.

Join Nnenna Anozia, Fjolla Krasniqi, and Dinda Saragih, members of the Pitt Law LL.M. Class of 2015, as they address developing legal issues in their home countries.