Global Studies Center

Synonyms: 
GSC
Global Studies

Communist Neverland: New Research on a Russian International Children's Home, 1933-1991

Presenter: 
Elizabeth McGuire, California State East Bay
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 09/27/2018 - 12:00

From 1933 to 1991, Communist Party leaders from all over the world -- including Mao Zedong, Eugene Dennis, Josip Broz Tito, and many more from Latin America to Africa to the Middle East to the Far East -- sent their children to be educated in a single boarding school in Ivanovo, Russia. They were raised linguistically and culturally as Russians, often forgetting their native tongue. Many continue to feel enormous affection and nostalgia for the place they consider their true home, and travel across continents to attend reunions every five years.

Location: 
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Contact Phone: 
412-648-7407
Contact Email: 
crees@pitt.edu

Communism, Youth, and Generation

Subtitle: 
A Live Interview with Matthias Neumann, University of East Anglia
Presenter: 
Sean Guillory and Matthias Neumann
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 09/20/2018 - 12:00

“Youth” emerged as historical agents in the late 19th and early 20th century in response to the social, economic, and cultural upheaval of rapid modernization. As a new social category, young people became the objects of the state capture and surveillance and agents in political and cultural participation in youth specific organizations, institutions, and movements. Communist parties and states, in particular, played a pivotal role in shaping and mobilizing youth. This live interview with Matthias Neumann will discuss the history of “youth” as crucial players in the 20th century.

Location: 
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Contact Phone: 
412-648-7407
Contact Email: 
crees@pitt.edu

Vanka Lecture

Presenter: 
Michael Goodhart
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 09/05/2018 - 19:00

Professor Michael Goodhart, Global Studies Director, will be giving the Vanka Lecture at St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Church in Millvale, PA. St. Nicholas Church is home to the amazing murals by Maxo Vanka. One of those murals, "Injustice," appears on the cover of Dr. Goodhart's new book Injustice: Political Theory for the Real World. The murals, created in two phases in 1937 and 1941, are outstanding examples of the social realist style popular at the time.

Location: 
St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Church in Millvale, PA
Contact Person: 
Global Studies Center
Contact Phone: 
412-648-5085
Contact Email: 
global@pitt.edu

Global Trivia

Presenter: 
Dr. John Stoner & Dr. Patrick Hughes
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Mon, 08/20/2018 - 20:00 to 22:00
Location: 
David Lawrence 120
Contact Person: 
Global Studies Center
Contact Phone: 
412-648-5085
Contact Email: 
global@pitt.edu

Humanizing the Global, Globalizing the Human

Presenter: 
Patricia Ehrkamp, University of Kentucky Department of Geography
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 02/28/2019 - 16:30 to 18:00

Patricia Ehrkamp, University of Kentucky Department of Geography
Presenting to University of Pittsburgh

Location: 
602 Cathedral of Learning Cathedral of Learning
Contact Person: 
Global Studies Center
Contact Phone: 
412-648-5085
Contact Email: 
global@pitt.edu

Humanizing the Global, Globalizing the Human

Presenter: 
Salmaan A. Keshavjee, Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 01/17/2019 - 16:30 to 18:00

Salmaan A. Keshavjee, Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Presenting to University of Pittsburgh

Location: 
602 Cathedral of Learning
Contact Person: 
Global Studies Center
Contact Phone: 
412-648-5085
Contact Email: 
global@pitt.edu

Humanizing the Global; Globalizing the Human

Presenter: 
Laura Brueck, Chair, Asian Languages and Cultures Department; Associate Professor of South Asian Literature and Culture
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 11/29/2018 - 16:30 to 18:00

Laura Brueck, Chair, Asian Languages and Cultures Department; Associate Professor of South Asian Literature and Culture at Northwestern University

Will be presenting to the University of Pittsburgh, Global Studies Center.

Dr. Brueck specializes in modern and contemporary Hindi literature, with a particular focus on literatures of resistance, popular literatures, and translation studies.

Location: 
602 Cathedral of Learning
Contact Person: 
Global Studies Center
Contact Phone: 
412-648-5085
Contact Email: 
global@pitt.edu

Job Vacancies and Immigration: Evidence from Pre- and Post-Mariel Miami

Presenter: 
George Borjas
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Mon, 10/08/2018 - 14:00 to 15:30

George Borjas will present his recent work on the effects of immigration on labor market opportunities revisiting the Mariel Boatlift episodes with a unique data set on monthly job vacancies.

Location: 
4716 Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Osea Giuntella
Contact Email: 
osea.giuntella@pitt.edu

Pitt Model UN

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Annual United Nations simulation event for student teams from area high schools.

Location: 
William Pitt Union and the O'Hara Student Center
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