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.

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

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.

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.

Come join us to meet and network with the Global Studies Center students, staff, and faculty. Coffee with be served, of course!

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.

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.

Panel discussing Dr. Fullilove's book, Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America and What We Can Do About It. Panelists TBA and lunch provided.
Hosted by Pitt's School of Social Work

The Global Studies Center and the Humanities Center invite applications from faculty to participate in this year’s faculty development seminar: Empire and Imperialism. The purpose of this seminar is to bring colleagues from the humanities and the social sciences (as well as cognate professional schools) together for a series of lectures and workshops in which they will jointly explore questions that highlight the urgency of thinking globally about the humanities and humanistically about globalization. (Advanced Ph.D.

There is an inspiring global shift towards recognizing the importance of indigenous education. Indigenous ways of knowing, learning, instructing, teaching, and research are essential in ensuring that both instructors and learners, whether indigenous or non-indigenous, benefit from education in a culturally-responsive manner. To celebrate the University of Pittsburgh's Year of Diversity, many departments across campus and in our community are joining together to host an Indigenous Education Symposium. All students, faculty members, and other interested learners are encouraged to join.