Event Includes: A panel discussion featuring Director Ralph Vituccio, Pittsburgh Post- Gazette Assistant Managing Editor Mark Roth, and University of Pittsburgh Political Science Professor Michael Goodhart will be moderated by Roger Rouse, professor of Global Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Plus CMU Opening Night Reception featuring delicious food from Pittsburgh's best Indian restaurant, Coriander India Grill!

Wałęsa: Man of Hope, Directed by Andrzej Wajda

Michael Slackman helps to oversee all global coverage at The New York Times, with an emphasis on coordinating the Middle East report. Before returning to New York in May of 2011, Mr. Slackman was a foreign correspondent for The Times.

Evgeny Postnikov, GSPIA doctoral student and native of Russia, gave a presentation on Russian cultural stereotypes versus reality to 200 students at Elizabeth Forward Middle School through the World Affairs Council and Global Studies Center's Student Ambassador program.

A book presentation by Pitt Law Assistant Professor Charles Chernor Jalloh, author and editor, with discussant Haider Ala Hamoudi, Pitt Law associate professor.

Winchester Thurston's faculty Karen Gaul, Central Catholic High School's faculty Matthew Sudnik, and Professor Roger Rouse, Global Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh, will frame Hsiao-Hung Pai's Scattered Sand in the context of Human Security to discuss China's rural migrants. They will share with our K-12 community on how they also used the book to look at globalization and consumerism.

Co-sponsored by the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia and the International Business Center

This is a must session for all students pursuing or considering pursuing a Bachelor of Philosophy in International and Area Studies. The session will cover ethical considerations when conducting research outside of the U.S. and details about submission to the Institutional Review Board.

Presented by Michelle Lemenager, EE Research Review Coordinator Global Research Outreach Coordinator

Expressing her muse through ghazals and Punjabi folk songs, Kiran Ahluwalia explores the language of the heart with beautiful artistry and smoldering intensity. Born in India, raised in Canada, and now living in New York City, her enchanting and seductive music has garnered glowing praise from critics around the world. Kiran Ahluwalia is the winner of Canada’s Juno Award for World Music Album of the Year in 2004 (Beyond Boundaries) and 2012 (Common Ground). She will be accompanied by her band (guitar, bass, accordion, and tabla).

The University of Pittsburgh School of Law faculty workshops are designed to bring leading scholars from around the country to the law school in order to engage and interact with the faculty and other interested participants in their cutting-edge research projects.

Speaking the Culture of the Middle East: Experiential Learning Program for Future Secondary Education Teachers, is a unique learning experience designed for twelve teachers to learn about the Middle East as a nexus of humanity both influencing and reacting to geopolitical paradigms past and present and to learn the language spoken in the region, Levantine colloquial Arabic, at an intermediate-low level.