Global Studies Center

Synonyms: 
GSC
Global Studies

The BRICs & the U.S.

Presenter: 
Tiberio Montieiro
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Mon, 11/14/2011 - 17:00 to 20:30

This workshop is open to teachers only. You must pre-register at:http://globalsolutionspgh.org/education-program/act-48-workshops/thebrics/

Location: 
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh
Event Web Site: 
http://globalsolutionspgh.org/education-program/act-48-workshops/thebrics/
Contact Person: 
Veronica Dristas
Contact Phone: 
(412) 624-2918
Contact Email: 
dristas@pitt.edu

Making the Modern Middle East

Presenter: 
Dr. Soren Fanning, Robert Morris University
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Mon, 11/07/2011 - 13:00 to 16:00

This workshop is open to teachers only. You must pre register at: http://globalsolutionspgh.org/education-program/act-48-workshops/makingt...

Location: 
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh
Event Web Site: 
http://globalsolutionspgh.org/education-program/act-48-workshops/makingthemodern…
Contact Person: 
Veronica Dristas
Contact Phone: 
(412) 624-2918
Contact Email: 
dristas@pitt.edu

Pittsburgh's Connections to the World

Presenter: 
Terri Blanchette, Heinz History Center
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 04/21/2012 - 08:30 to 14:30

This concluding workshop looks at North America's connections with the world through the experience of Pittsburgh. A visit to the Heinz History Center exhibit, "Pittsburgh: A Tradition of Innovation," will show North America as a source and recipient of world-wide influences.

Location: 
Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh
Cost: 
$50 per participant
Event Web Site: 
http://www.worldhistory.pitt.edu/TWH
Contact Person: 
Katie Jones
Contact Phone: 
(412) 624-3073
Contact Email: 
joneskh@pitt.edu

Historical Connections within Latin America and the Caribbean

Presenter: 
Lara Putnam
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 03/24/2012 - 08:30 to 14:00

How the rise and fall of Amazon rubber barons linked to the rise of plantations in Southeast Asia; how pop star Shakira's belly dancing reflects the history of the Lebanese trade diaspora in Latin America; and more.

Location: 
5604 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh
Cost: 
$50 per participant
Event Web Site: 
http://www.worldhistory.pitt.edu/TWH
Contact Person: 
Katie Jones
Contact Phone: 
(412) 624-3073
Contact Email: 
joneskh@pitt.edu

Afro-Latin America

Presenter: 
George Ried Andrews
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 02/25/2012 - 08:30 to 14:00

George Reid Andrews, author of the well-known Afro-Latin America, introduces the experience of Latin Americans of African descent - their links to each other and to Africa.

Location: 
5604 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh
Cost: 
$50 per participant
Event Web Site: 
http://www.worldhistory.pitt.edu/TWH
Contact Person: 
Katie Jones
Contact Phone: 
(412) 624-3073
Contact Email: 
joneskh@pitt.edu

Connecting Africa and the Indian Ocean

Presenter: 
Thomas Anderson, University of New Hampshire and Elizabeth Campbell, University of Pittsburgh
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 12/03/2011 - 08:30 to 14:00

Thomas Anderson and Elizabeth Campbell specialize, respectively, in recent and early world history. They will display ties of Africa and the Indian Ocean - for both cultural and environmental issues - in early and recent times.

Location: 
5604 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh
Cost: 
$50 per participant
Event Web Site: 
http://www.worldhistory.pitt.edu/TWH
Contact Person: 
Katie Jones
Contact Phone: 
(412) 624-3073
Contact Email: 
joneskh@pitt.edu

Historical Connections within Africa

Presenter: 
Yolanda Covington-Ward
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 11/12/2011 - 08:30 to 14:00

Yolanda Covington-Ward, an anthropologist with field experience in Liberia (West Africa) and Congo (Central Africa), will provide examples of African inter-regional connections in ancient and modern times.

Location: 
5604 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh
Cost: 
$50 per participant
Event Web Site: 
http://www.worldhistory.pitt.edu/TWH
Contact Person: 
Katie Jones
Contact Phone: 
(412) 624-3073
Contact Email: 
joneskh@pitt.edu

World History Seen through Connecting Regions

Presenter: 
Patrick Manning and John P. Meyers
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 10/01/2011 - 08:30 to 14:00

Patrick Manning and John Myers will present an overview of teaching world history through regions, with examples of regional links and ideas on assessment. They will emphasize three principal approaches, which will be reinforced in all six workshops:
- Connections within regions
- Connections among regions
- Narrating world history through regional connections

Location: 
5604 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh
Cost: 
$50 per participant
Event Web Site: 
http://www.worldhistory.pitt.edu/TWH
Contact Person: 
Katie Jones
Contact Phone: 
(412) 624-3073
Contact Email: 
joneskh@pitt.edu

Anglophone Asian Novels Conference, 1945-present

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 12/02/2011 (All day) to Sun, 12/04/2011 (All day)

Conference is free but space is limited and participants must register; contact asianlitconference@gmail.com for more information.

Speakers:
Rashimi Bhatnagar, independent scholar; Toral Gajarawala, New York University; Priya Joshi, Temple University; Patricia May Jurilla, University of the Philippines; Shuchi Kapila, Grinnell College; Aparajita Sagar, Purdue University; Shuang Shen, Penn State University; Richard So, University of Chicago

Event Web Site: 
http://www.english.pitt.edu/asiannovels/index.php
Contact Person: 
Susan Andrade
Contact Email: 
sza@pitt.edu

Silent No More: Rape as a Weapon of Political Violence

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sun, 09/18/2011 (All day) to Tue, 09/20/2011 (All day)

This is an interdisciplinary conference on human rights violations and will provide a forum for voices from many international perspectives. Featured keynote speakers include: Senator Sekai M. Holland, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Zimbabwe; Gabriel Shumba, Human Rights Lawyer based in South Africa; Betty Makoni, Tapestries of Hope documentary; Grace Kwinje, Deputy Secretary for International Relations - Movement for Democratic Change; Dr. Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya, Director for S.A.H.A.R.A. and HAST programs & Honorary Professor, Nelson Mandela Metro University.

Location: 
School of Education's Colloquium Room, 5604 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Cost: 
Free but registration is required at ammst101@pitt.edu
Contact Person: 
Dr. Annamore Matambanadzo
Contact Phone: 
412 383-2359
Contact Email: 
ammst101@pitt.edu

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