Global Studies Center

Synonyms: 
GSC
Global Studies

BORDERLAND / THE LINE WITHIN

Presenter: 
Roger Rouse, Paco de Onis, Pamela Yates
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 11/08/2024 - 18:00 to 21:00

“An epic work… a masterpiece” – Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!

Location: 
Frick Fine Arts Building – Auditorium, Room 125 650 Schenley Drive
Contact Person: 
Global Studies Center
Contact Phone: 
412-648-5085
Contact Email: 
global@pitt.edu

Green Cities for the Future

Presenter: 
Maria C. Taylor
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 04/10/2025 - 13:00 to 14:30

The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently predicted that global average temperatures will rise 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in the mid-2030s. Over the last decades, a global network of scholars, policy makers, activists, and others have organized to offer ways to mitigate and even reverse the effects of climate change. What offramps can these solutions and movements offer our collective humanity?

Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall

Front-Line Issues: War, Climate, and Refugees

Presenter: 
Daniel Briggs, Lauren Herzer Risi
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 03/27/2025 - 13:00 to 14:30

The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently predicted that global average temperatures will rise 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in the mid-2030s. Over the last decades, a global network of scholars, policy makers, activists, and others have organized to offer ways to mitigate and even reverse the effects of climate change. What offramps can these solutions and movements offer our collective humanity?

Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall

To Govern What We Eat

Presenter: 
Natalia Mamonova, Susanne Wengle
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 03/13/2025 - 13:00 to 14:30

The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently predicted that global average temperatures will rise 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in the mid-2030s. Over the last decades, a global network of scholars, policy makers, activists, and others have organized to offer ways to mitigate and even reverse the effects of climate change. What offramps can these solutions and movements offer our collective humanity?

Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall

Kicking the Hydrocarbon Habit

Presenter: 
Pawel Czyzak, Zhaojin Zeng
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 02/06/2025 - 13:00 to 14:30

The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently predicted that global average temperatures will rise 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in the mid-2030s. Over the last decades, a global network of scholars, policy makers, activists, and others have organized to offer ways to mitigate and even reverse the effects of climate change. What offramps can these solutions and movements offer our collective humanity?

Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall

Wild Weather, Mass Migration

Presenter: 
Sarah Cameron, Edna Wangui
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 01/23/2025 - 13:00 to 14:30

The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently predicted that global average temperatures will rise 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in the mid-2030s. Over the last decades, a global network of scholars, policy makers, activists, and others have organized to offer ways to mitigate and even reverse the effects of climate change. What offramps can these solutions and movements offer our collective humanity?

Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall

Eurasian Environments in Global Context

Presenter: 
Eve Darian Smith
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 15:00 to 16:30

The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently predicted that global average temperatures will rise 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in the mid-2030s. Over the last decades, a global network of scholars, policy makers, activists, and others have organized to offer ways to mitigate and even reverse the effects of climate change. What offramps can these solutions and movements offer our collective humanity?

Location: 
Zoom

2024 AIU Social Studies Symposium. A Confluence of Concepts!

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 08:00

The 2024 AIU Social Studies Symposium with the theme “A Confluence of Concepts “is geared toward K-12 Social Studies educators. The event brings together teachers from western Pennsylvania to share resources, opportunities, and research for the benefit of students. The conference features 35-minute PowerTalk’s from educators, curriculum providers and community organizations to stimulate thinking about the best ways to engage students in learning historical thinking concepts.

Location: 
Allegheny Intermediate Unit
Contact Person: 
Veronica Dristas
Contact Email: 
dristas@pitt.edu

Syrian Dessert & a Movie: The Day I Lost My Shadow

Subtitle: 
Part of the Scholars at Risk 2nd General Assembly
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 10/16/2024 - 19:30 to 21:30

"Syrian Dessert and a Movie" is presented in conjunction with the Scholars at Risk (SAR) United States 2d General Assembly, which is convening in Pittsburgh Oct. 16 & 17, 2024. This event is free and open to the public.

Plot: As winter hits hard in Syria, all Sana wants is to cook a hot meal for her son. When a seemingly simple errand – a search for gas – goes awry, Sana is dragged deeper into the war, where people lose their shadows.

Location: 
William Pitt Union Assembly Room
Contact Person: 
Global Studies Center
Contact Phone: 
412-648-5085
Contact Email: 
global@pitt.edu

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