Are Muslims friends or foes to America? How can we tell? Does Islam that unites Muslims divide them as well? How so? What does this mean to the U.S. foreign policy? These questions and others will be addressed by Professor Moataz Herzawi's talk in which he will dissect the phenomenon of Political Islamism from a Middle Eastern perspective. He will respond as well to several of the thorny questions that are haunting the American mind.

Maureen K. Porter, Associate Professor, Department of Administrative and Policy Studies, School of Education

A presentation by Dr. Daniele Alesani, IPSAS Specialist at the United Nations Population Fund on employment opportunities and developing the skill sets required for employment with the UN.

Dr. Alesani is currently IPSAS Specialist at the United Nations Population Fund, Visiting Professor at the MBA of the Haute ecole de Commerce (HEC) at the University of Geneva and Visiting Professor of Luigi Bocconi University, Milan.

M. Najeeb Shafiq, Assistant Professor, Department of Administrative and Policy Studies, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh

'Colonial Film: Moving Images of The British Empire' is a major scholarly and archival project to investigate the history of moving images of the British Empire. This project has been financed by an Arts and Humanities Major Resource Enhancement grant and will run until late September 2010. The project will produce a detailed online catalogue of the entire corpus of films representing British colonies either factually or fictionally held by the British Film Institute, the Imperial War Museum, and the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum.

'The Vega Factor: Oil Volatility and Global Conflict', Kent F. Moors, Ph.D.

Kent Moors is Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Graduate Center for Social and Public Policy at Duquesne University, where he also directs the Energy Policy Research Group.

Want to prepare yourself for the global marketplace? Learn first hand from students on how to internationalize your studies at Pitt by earning an international studies certificate or the Bachelor of Philosophy (BPHIL) in International and Area Studies. Students can develop a more concentrated and in-depth understanding of a world region or a global theme. For any major on campus!

President of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Klaus, will give a lecture via videoconfernce on the topic 'Europe, the Systemic Consequences of the Slowly Abating Crisis and the Need to Re-Formulate the Case for Capitalism.'

David Meale is Deputy Director of the Office of Monetary Affairs in the State Department's Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs and Lyn Doverspike, Director, U.S. Commercial Service Pittsburgh, U.S. Department of Commerce

Come and meet current and new Global Studies students! Bring along friends you think will be interested in the program. Light refreshments will be served.