The Center for African Studies (CAS), in collaboration with five other Title VI centers under the University Center for International Studies (UCIS), coordinated a dynamic in-school workshop program for 187 students at Environmental Charter High School. Themed “Global Perspectives: Exploring Traditions, Celebrations, and Cultural Understanding,” the event featured five interactive, concurrent sessions, each offered twice to allow students to engage with multiple cultural experiences.

​This is an activity about how participants with different learning styles can learn in a cooperative setting and play in a competitive setting.​

Goals of the activity: 1) use the simulation to have fun while also addressing serious topic, 2) learn to communicate effectively, 3) learn how to work well in cross-cultural situations; overall goal is to understand what role communication has in being able to work effectively as a group

The Race &... Conference 2024, held on September 27, focused on the theme "Pitt Global – Africa and the African Diaspora." The conference explored the global connections, histories, and contemporary experiences of African and African-descended communities, emphasizing the role of education, advocacy, and collaboration in addressing racial and global issues.

By using a global perspective, this educator workshop will introduce participants to the economic, political, and social history of Taiwan through the following topics:
1. Taiwan's Indigenous and Marginalized Peoples
2. Early Taiwan and Global Trade Networks
3. Taiwan Miracle
4. Modern Taiwan

Through experiential learning, high school students engage directly with global issues by assuming the role of world leaders and negotiating responses to timely topics.

Join the Global Studies Center’s PiNTS (Pittsburgh Network for Threatened Scholars) Haifa Subay for a distinctive collaborative art initiative! We invite you to contribute to the creation of the "Threads of Us" mural — a collective artistic endeavor that explores themes of diversity, cultural expression, and shared humanity. This mural serves as a visual representation of how individual identities are interconnected, highlighting the global interdependence that binds us together while celebrating the richness of our unique backgrounds.

Join us for the international conference “Protest and Dissent: Cultural and Political Resistance in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine” on April 21, 2025, at the Humanities Center, the University of Pittsburgh, with a Zoom option available. The program features leading scholars from Bard College, Brown University, Fordham University, Indiana University Bloomington, University of California Santa Barbara, University of Pittsburgh, and Yale University. This event brings together scholars and community members to explore how culture shapes resistance across borders.

Join us for a book talk and discussion with Lisa Bhungalia, Author and Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, UCIS Visiting Professor in Contemporary International Issues and Michael Goodhart, Professor, Political Science Department.

In this lecture, the novel, "Want" by author Cindy Pon is explored through a global perspective, both in providing the historical context for its setting on the island of Taiwan and in discussing the themes portrayed in its plot: Climate Change, Income Inequality, Futuristic Phenomena.