Global Studies Center

Synonyms: 
GSC
Global Studies

Anthropology, Fieldwork, and Loveless in the Boondocks

Presenter: 
Sidney W. Mintz
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 12/09/2011 - 17:00 to 18:00

Sidney Mintz is a distinguished anthropologist whose scholarship has shaped how we think about the social, cultural, and political impact of colonialism, the interface of anthropology and history, and the correlation between food, material, culture, and power. He is the author of many significant publications, including books such as Worker in the Cane: A Puerto Rican Life History; Sweetness and Power: the Place of Sugar in Modern History; Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom: Excursions into Eating, Culture and the Past; and Three Ancient Colonies. Caribbean Themes and Variations.

Location: 
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
Event Web Site: 
http://www.anthropology.pitt.edu
Contact Person: 
Linda Howard
Contact Email: 
hlinda@pitt.edu

Hot Topics Over Coffee

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Tue, 11/29/2011 - 16:00 to 17:30

Join the Global Studies Center for an informal gathering for students and faculty. GSC students graduating in December 2011 will display their poster boards highlighting their certificate/BPHIL experiences at Pitt. Information will also be presented on Foreign Language and Area Study Fellowships (FLAS), study abroad opportunities and more. Don't miss good company and good food.

Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall
Cost: 
Free
Contact Person: 
Elaine Linn
Contact Phone: 
412 648-2113
Contact Email: 
eel58@pitt.edu

Population Dynamics and Economic Primaacy in an Aging World

Presenter: 
David E. Bloom PhD, Clarence James Gamble Professor of Economics and Demography in the Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 12/02/2011 - 12:00 to 13:00

Dr. David E. Bloom is an economist whose work focuses on health, demography, education, and labor. In recent years, he has written extensively on the links among health status,population dynamics, and economic growth. Dr. Bloom has published over 300 articles, book chapters, and books. Dr. Bloom currently serves as a Faculty Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and is a member of the Board of Trustees of amfAR, and the Foundation for AIDS Research. Dr. Bloom also serves as Director of Harvard’s Program on the Global Demography of Aging. In April 2005 Dr.

Location: 
A115 Auditorium, Graduate School of Public Health
Cost: 
Free
Contact Person: 
Center for Global Health
Contact Phone: 
412-624-6985

International Day for Tolerance Celebration

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 11/16/2011 - 13:00 to 16:00

The United Nations’ International Day for Tolerance is annually observed on November 16 to educate people about the need for tolerance in society and to help them understand the negative effects of intolerance. In 1996 the UN General Assembly invited UN Member States to observe the International Day for Tolerance, with activities directed toward both education establishments and the wider international development community.

1:00 - 1:30 p.m. “Achieving Gender Equity in Education in South Sudan: Post-conflict Challenges and Opportunities”

Location: 
5604 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Cost: 
Free
Event Web Site: 
http://www.IISE.pitt.edu/Symposium
Contact Person: 
Chen-Jui Su
Contact Email: 
chs99@pitt.edu

China Town Hall

Subtitle: 
Local Connections, National Reflections
Presenter: 
Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, Dr. A. Tom Grunfield
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 11/16/2011 - 18:30

China Town Hall is a national day of programming on China, involving fifty cities throughout the United States. The event will consist of a reception with light refreshments beginning at 6:30 p.m., followed by a live webcast at 6:50 p.m. from Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinksi, former national security advisor and current counselor and trustee of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C. After the webcast, the local guest speaker Dr. A.

Location: 
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Cost: 
Free
Contact Person: 
Katherine Carlitz, Asian Studies Center China Studies Coordinator
Contact Phone: 
412-648-7371
Contact Email: 
kcarlitz@pitt.edu

French Global : A New Approach to Literary History

Presenter: 
Susan Suleiman (Harvard) and Christie McDonald (Harvard)
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 11/12/2011 - 09:00 to 10:30

Part of the conference The Idea of France

Colloquium on French Global : A New Approach to Literary History (2010) (esp. introduction and articles by Profs. Suleiman and McDonald) The suggested reading for the colloquium discussion for Suleiman/McDonald’s French Global the introduction and the articles by the editors and by Lawrence Kritzman.
Introduced by Giuseppina Mecchia (University of Pittsburgh).

Location: 
Cathedral of Learning
Cost: 
Free for Pitt students, faculty, and staff; $25 ($20 for non-Pitt students)
Event Web Site: 
http://ideaoffrance.pitt.edu/
Contact Person: 
Todd Reeser
Contact Email: 
reeser@pitt.edu

Can Islam be French?: Pluralism and Pragmatism in a Secularist State

Presenter: 
John Bowen (Anthropology, Washington University)
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 11/11/2011 - 08:30 to 10:00

Part of the conference The Idea of France

Colloquium on his book, Can Islam be French?: Pluralism and Pragmatism in a Secularist State (2010).
The suggested reading for the colloquium discussion on Bowen’s Can Islam be French? is chaps. 1-3, and 9.

Introduced by Neil Doshi (University of Pittsburgh)

Location: 
Holiday Inn, 100 Lytton Street
Cost: 
Free for Pitt students, faculty, and staff; $25 ($20 for non-Pitt students)
Event Web Site: 
http://ideaoffrance.pitt.edu/
Contact Person: 
Todd Reeser
Contact Email: 
reeser@pitt.edu

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