Global Studies Center

Synonyms: 
GSC
Global Studies

Talija

Presenter: 
Talija Art Company
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 10/20/2016 - 19:30

Talija Art Company was established in 1998 in Belgrade, Serbia. Representing a rich and colorful program, Talija performs folk music and dance from all regions of former Yugoslavia, as well as from Hungary, Romania, Russia and Bulgaria. Their core repertoire is comprised of the customs and folk tales gathered from these cultures, and the troupe uses motion as the element building the colorful traditions of music and dance together.

Location: 
Bellefield Hall, University of Pittsburgh
Cost: 
$13 General Admission
Contact Phone: 
(412) 370-8182
Contact Email: 
bstafura@gmail.com

Faculty Salon

Subtitle: 
Presenter: 
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
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Date: 
Wed, 10/05/2016 - 16:30 to 18:00

Faculty are invited to the next installment of our Global Studies Faculty Salon, an informal, late-afternoon occasion for socializing with colleagues who share research interests. At this first Salon of the 2016-2017 academic year, we welcome in particular faculty who are new to Pitt, new to the GSC, or interested in becoming affiliated. You might see some familiar faces as well as meet new people from many departments and schools around the University. You might even discover potential collaborators on future GAP grants or other joint projects.

Location: 
4100 Posvar (main GSC office)
Cost: 
Contact Person: 
Global Studies Center
Contact Phone: 
Contact Email: 
global@pitt.edu

Peace Corps and Education

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Tue, 10/11/2016 - 18:00 to 19:00

Learn about what Peace Corps Volunteers in the Education Sector are doing globally and what they have to say about their experience.

Location: 
3431 Posvar
Contact Person: 
Nick Langston
Contact Email: 
pcorps@pitt.edu

Nuruddin Farah: Readings from New Fiction

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Presenter: 
Nuruddin Farah
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
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Date: 
Thu, 10/06/2016 - 17:00

Nuruddin Farah is the winner of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature as well as the Kurt Tucholsky Prize given by Swedish Pen. Farah's fiction and essays engage with the topics of feminism, colonialism, dictatorship, civil war, and terrorism in his native country, Somalia. Farah was forced into a 22-year exile as a result of his unflinching critiques of female genital mutilation and the dictatorship of Maxamed Siyaad Barre.

Location: 
602 Cathedral of Learning
Cost: 
Contact Person: 
Abigail Lind
Contact Phone: 
Contact Email: 
abl41@pitt.edu

Round Table Conversations with Experts from the Field:

Subtitle: 
Education, Health, and Medicine
Presenter: 
Medi Bugembe, Alison Karnes, Dr. Mark Karnes, Victoria Nalongo
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 09/30/2016 - 12:00 to 14:00

These experts will share their entrepreneurial field experiences working with populations in East Africa to provide education, shelter, healthcare and other basic social services. Students will have the opportunity to meet with them, hear their stories, ask questions, and learn about opportunities to get involved.

Location: 
4217 Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Katherine Mooney
Contact Phone: 
4126481802
Contact Email: 
kwm18@pitt.edu

Peace Corp Application Workshop

Presenter: 
Nick Langston
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 09/22/2016 - 21:00 to 22:00

Come to this session where a recruiter will give you tips to make your resume work for you. Please bring 2-3 copies of your resume with you.

Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Nick Langston
Contact Email: 
pcorps@pitt.edu

Housing Summit Keynote Address

Subtitle: 
"Where is home? How housing instability affects us all"
Presenter: 
Dr. Mindy Fullilove
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 11/10/2016 - 18:30 to 21:00

Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD, professor of urban policy and health, The New School. Fullilove has been studying epidemics in poor communities, with a focus on the relationship between urban form and mental well-being. In 2009, she launched a Main Street NJ, a study of the role in Main Streets as social and commercial centers. This study takes her to 100 Main Streets in the US, France, the Netherlands and Japan. She has authored/edited 5 books, including Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America and What We Can Do About It.

Location: 
120 David Lawrence Hall, University of Pittsburgh (3942 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15260)

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