Have you ever thought about interning or working with refugees or internally displaced people (IDP) in a camp where they sought shelter?

Vera Achvarina conducted research in a refugee camp (Liberian refugee camp in Ghana) for her doctoral fieldwork.

Hear about camp conditions, viability of interning at a camp, and ways to do field research with people in this situation.

Orientalism and Hollywood: A Match Made in Heaven

Join Dr. Luke Peterson, UCIS Visiting Professor in Contemporary International Issues at The University of Pittsburgh for a film screening event and discussion connecting the contemporary practice of Orientalism with modern American culture, Hollywood films, and twenty-first century American policy in the Middle East and beyond. The film screening and discussion will take place on Friday, September 19, 3:00-5:00pm in 4130 Posvar Hall.

Learn about the various events and programs the GSC offers through this opportunity to interact with various faculty, GSC students, and staff. Mingle with current and new Global Studies students, fellows, and faculty and learn about our new programming initiatives.

The 2011 documentary film visits more than a dozen countries across five continents to discover what makes people happy. Among those who share their thoughts with Academy Award-nominated director Roko Belic and his crew are a crab fisherman in Louisiana, a Kolkata rickshaw driver, an Okinawa centenarian, a lifelong surfer dude, and scientists who probe the neuropsychological roots of our emotional lives. The film addresses many of the fundamental conflicts inherent in modern society and provides insights into ways to not only cope but thrive.

For the last decade there has been wide debate on European Union (EU) as a normative power actor in international politics. Visiting scholar Işık Kuşçu contributes to this debate by analyzing the impact of the EU in Kazakhstan in the field of human rights. As one of the former Soviet republics in Central Asia, Kazakhstan has emerged as an actor with a desire to win the recognition of the West as a modern, progressive power in the region. While the EU`s engagement in Central Asia does not have a long history, it considers Kazakhstan an important partner in the region.

Jason Dury is an International Security and Crisis Management leader with experience in counterterrorism, counterintelligence, Insider Threat and Corporate Espionage awareness among other areas. With over 20 years of experience, he has served in the US Intelligence Community, worked for Fortune 500® companies, and as a consultant to corporations and individuals around the world. He has successfully developed key security programs for employee travel safety, investigations, and corporate information protection to enable success in the complex international business arena.

With responses by Paul Bove (English), Nancy Condee (Global Studies), and Michael Goodhart (Political Science)

Readings for Thursday's colloquium can be found here.

Arif Dirlik is now an Independent Scholar living in Oregon. Arif Dirlik was Professor of History at Duke University from 1971 – 2001. He was then Knight Professor of History and Anthropology and Director of Center for Critical Theory and Transnational Studies at the University of Oregon. Dirlik is one of the leading experts on the political culture and party politics of the People’s Republic of China. He is the author of more than a dozen books on Chinese Communism, Revolution, Chinese Historiography, and historiography from such presses as Oxford, California, and Duke.

Mr. Carliner, an American economist working for the EU Delegation in Washington, D.C., will join the Pitt community via videoconference from the EU Delegation in Washington to offer a talk focused on the E.U. and the future of economic regionalism. He will also answer questions about the nature of the Eurozone crisis, its resolution and its implications for the future of the EU.

Sewickley Academy's Michael-Ann Cerniglia, will frame Conor Grennan's Little Princes in in the context of Human Security to discuss Nepal's child workers. She will share with our K-12 community on how she also used the book to look at globalization and how she incorporated the text into her Human Geography. Participants will receive a free copy of the book. To register: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGtrNGFva2JUQU9RN0x...