Daniel Lashof, from the Natural Resource Defence Council, will outline how representatives of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are involved in UN and international negotiations. He will illuminate the range of views among civil-society groups on the climate negotiations, how civil-society activists advocate for change within the UN, and what possibilities and limitations citizens face when trying to shape global environmental politics.

Stuart Beck, Ambassador for Oceans and Seas, Permanent Mission of Palau, will address climate change from the perspective of Palau, an island country in the Western Pacific Ocean that is particularly threatened by rising sea levels. He will provide insight into the ways the UN system creates opportunities for small countries to make their voices heard and into the obstacles faced by countries promoting more proactive policies on climate change.

James Sniffen, from the United Nations Environment Program, will provide a picture of how UN Secretariat staff work to support international climate negotiations. Experienced UN staff members such as Mr. Sniffen are expert on the substance of these negotiations. They carry out research, consult with ambassadors and their delegations, and provide supporting documentation to facilitate negotiations and to support international agreements.

This is an information session for those interested in a career with the U.S. State department. It will cover how to apply, information on their internship program and various career opportunities.

This is an information session for those interested in community service opportunities after graduation in the United States and abroad. There will be representatives and alumni from organizations including PULSE, the Peace Corps, City Year, and Omprakash who will share their experiences and present on how to apply and what to expect.

This will be an information session for those interested in teaching English abroad on. Pitt Alumni will present on their experiences teaching in France, Chile, and China.

The Model African Union (MAU) simulation is hosted by the African Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh for High School Students from the Pittsburgh Schools.

International Career Toolkit Series will feature Internships, Career Opportunities, and the status of the global health with Tran Doan, Community Outreach Associate and Adriana LaMonte, Manager, Strategic Programs & Global Affairs Hopital Albert Schweitzer Haiti (HAS).

This conference features keynote speaker Ambassador Peter Tomsen (GSPIA ’64), Former U.S. Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Author of "The Wars of Afghanistan". An R.S.V.P. is required. To attend, please email Beverly Brizzi by Monday, December 2nd, to confirm your registration.

This talk considers the low‐brow Hindi film *Disco Dancer *(Babbar Subhash, 1982) in terms of its seminal retooling of narrative, thematic, and star practices of Hindi cinema to accommodate new flows of international popular culture, specifically the “disco sensibility.” In its participation in a complex citational network of plagiarism, homage, and adaptation, the film is particularly seminal in its domestication of disco into a melodramatic mother‐centered narrative and its formal experimentation as it struggles to construct a cinematic language adequate to disco.