Global Studies Center

Synonyms: 
GSC
Global Studies

Peace Corps Information Session

Presenter: 
Kaitlin Powers
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 09/06/2017 - 14:00 to 15:00

Ready to make the most of your world? Do the unexpected.

Come meet the Peace Corps campus recruiter and learn about Peace Corps service.

Location: 
4130 Posvar
Contact Person: 
Kaitlin Powers
Contact Email: 
pcorps@pitt.edu

Humanizing the Global, Globalizing the Human: Migration

Subtitle: 
The Labors in Landscape, or the False Protagonism of Globalization
Presenter: 
Sergio Delgado Moya
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 11/16/2017 - 16:30 to 18:00

This talk, prresented by Dr. Sergio Delgado Moya of Harvard University, Romance Language & Literature Department, grapples with borders as both landscapes and stages, as backgrounds against which our symbolic knowledge of migrants and migration take shape. It focuses on a long tradition in Latin American and Latinx artists and writers who subvert picturesque notions of landscape in favor of more nuanced, historically informed, politically incisive renditions of the environment.

Location: 
601 Cathedral of Learning
Cost: 
Free
Contact Person: 
Global Studies Center
Contact Phone: 
4126485085
Contact Email: 
global@pitt.edu

Daniel Beaty Live!!

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 11/16/2017 - 13:00

Actor, singer, writer, activist, and advocate of arts-based social justice education, Daniel Beaty is best known for his performance of “Knock Knock,” which has received over 17 million views on YouTube. His other work includes the one-man play Emergency (in which he performs over 40 characters), a film about Beaty’s relationship with his incarcerated father, and a collaborative project involving people affected by gangs.

Location: 
O'Hara Student Center Ballroom
Cost: 
Free
Contact Person: 
Global Studies Center
Contact Phone: 
4126485085
Contact Email: 
global@pitt.edu

Muslims and Migration Mini Course

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 11/03/2017 - 17:00 to Sun, 11/05/2017 - 12:00

Muslims migrating have had a profound impact around the globe. This course will explore the social, economic, and political dimensions of Muslims on the move throughout the globe.

Friday November 3rd: 5:00pm-8:00pm
Saturday, November 4th: 8:30am-6:15pm
Sunday, November 5th: 9:00am-12:00pm

For a fill schedule and to register, visit: www.ucis.pitt.edu/global//mini-course/muslim-migration

Location: 
GSC
Cost: 
Free
Contact Person: 
Global Studies Center
Contact Phone: 
4126485085
Contact Email: 
global@pitt.edu

Career Toolkit Series: Applying for Graduate Studies Abroad (for Students)

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 10/25/2017 - 15:00 to 16:00

Have you considered graduate school abroad? Does is cost more or less than studying in the USA? How does the overseas credential transfer back to PhD programs, or make sense to US employers? Hear directly from Pitt alumni who have received a graduate credential from overseas. Discuss ways to tailor your applications with admissions councilors and members of admissions committees. Learn the pros and cons and the tips and tricks to successfully apply for graduate programs abroad.

Location: 
4209 Posvar Hall
Cost: 
Free
Contact Person: 
Joel Garceau
Contact Phone: 
4126485085
Contact Email: 
jdgarceau@pitt.edu

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