School visit program with Neshannock High School
Join us for an informal lunch discussion about current events in Syria. Special guests include; Dr. Basel Termanini, Syrian American Medical Society Pittsburgh Chapter President; Laila Al-Soulaiman, Syrian American student activist; Dr. Samer Al-Nabhan, Doctor of Internal Medicine at UPMC.
Human rights have been and remain controversial, despite their emergence as the dominant ethical discourse in contemporary global politics. Dr. Michael Goodhart, Associate Professor of Political Science & GSC Interim Director, will present an alternative account of human rights as political tools that addresses some of these key controversies. A conversation with a panel of interdisciplinary experts will follow: Peter Campbell, Department of English; Lynn Clarke, Department of Communication; Jasmine Gonzales Rose, School of Law, and Lester Olson, Department of Communication.
Come hear students discuss their expericnes teaching English around the world, Presenters include: Crystal Christophe, Lee Ann Bryan, and Michelle Grant.
This awards ceremony will present the Lifetime Contribution Award to Dr. Vandra Lea Masemann, the Best Research Article Award to Dr. Ma Wanhua, and the Best Dissertation Award to Dr. Treva A. Clark and Dr. Somklt Kamolpun.
ALL MAJORS WELCOME!
This joint presentation will show how plague in the fourteenth century and influenza in the early twentieth century seriously shook up global population and society, with attention to the new research methods than have enabled scholars to understand more about these pandemics themselves and their implications for human society.
Presenters:
Patrick Manning, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of World History, University of Pittsburgh; Siddharth Chandra, Professor of Economics, Michigan State University
American Academy of Religion Eastern International Region's Annual Meeting.
Submissions due by February 15, 2016.
Join us for an informal lunch discussion about current events in Iran and Iranian life in Pittsburgh.
Special Guests: Illah R. Nourbakhsh, Prof of Robotics at CMU and the Director of the CREATE Lab.
Ali Masalehdan, PhD in Comparative Politics and Chair of the Iranian Nationality Room.
