Global Studies Center

Synonyms: 
GSC
Global Studies

Talk Time

Presenter: 
Rob Mucklo
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Tue, 09/26/2023 - 13:30 to 14:30

Come meet international students, make friends, practice conversational English, and have fun together, during these weekly discussion groups coordinated by the English Language Institute. Feel free to bring your lunch :)

Location: 
Global Hub
Contact Person: 
Rob Mucklo
Contact Email: 
rob.mucklo@pitt.edu

Talk Time

Presenter: 
Rob Mucklo
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Tue, 09/19/2023 - 13:30 to 14:30

Come meet international students, make friends, practice conversational English, and have fun together, during these weekly discussion groups coordinated by the English Language Institute. Feel free to bring your lunch :)

Location: 
Global Hub
Contact Person: 
Rob Mucklo
Contact Email: 
rob.mucklo@pitt.edu

Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs' Scholarships Info Session

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Mon, 10/23/2023 - 15:00 to 16:00

Explore the World with a Summer Study Abroad Scholarship! Join the Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs' Scholarships Info Session!

Dreaming of an unforgettable summer adventure abroad? We're here to make it happen! Discover your opportunity to study abroad with the help of scholarships at our Summer Study Abroad Scholarships Info Session.

Location: 
Global Hub
Contact Person: 
Katya Kovaleva
Contact Email: 
nriep@pitt.edu

Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs' Scholarships Info Session

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 09/29/2023 - 13:00 to 14:00

Explore the World with a Summer Study Abroad Scholarship! Join the Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs' Scholarships Info Session!

Dreaming of an unforgettable summer adventure abroad? We're here to make it happen! Discover your opportunity to study abroad with the help of scholarships at our Summer Study Abroad Scholarships Info Session.

Location: 
Global Hub
Contact Person: 
Katya Kovaleva
Contact Email: 
nriep@pitt.edu

Africa-China Relationship and its Global Impact: K-12 Educator Workshop

Presenter: 
Cindy McNulty, Catherine Fratto
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 11/01/2023 - 17:00 to 18:30

Join us for this FREE online K-12 educator workshop that will examine the history, current status, and future of Africa and China's relationship through a global lens and offer strategies and resources for classroom use. We will explore not only Chinese investments in infrastructure in Africa, but provide examples from other regions such as Europe, as well. This workshop will offer teaching strategies and resources for K-12 classroom use, and Act 48 hours and FREE classroom materials will be provided for all participants.

Location: 
via Zoom

Go: A Coming of Age Novel (GILS)

Presenter: 
Dr. David Kenley
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:00

In the sixth installment of the Global Issues Through Literature Series (GILS), educators will convene to discuss Go: A Coming of Age Novel by author Kazuki Kaneshiro. This discussion will be facilitated by David Kenley, PhD, Dean of Arts and Sciences at Dakota State University.

This year's theme is: Marginalized Voices in Global Context: Centering Overlooked Narratives in Literature

Location: 
Zoom and 4217/4130 Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Maja Konitzer
Contact Email: 
majab@pitt.edu

Home is Not a Country (GILS)

Presenter: 
This discussion will be facilitated by Dr. Filipo Lubua, Swahili Instructor, Department of Linguistics, University of Pittsburgh.
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 17:00

In the fifth installment of the Global Issues Through Literature Series (GILS), educators will convene to discuss Home is Not a Country by author Safia Elhillo.

This year's theme is: Marginalized Voices in Global Context: Centering Overlooked Narratives in Literature

Location: 
Zoom and 4217/4130 Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Maja Konitzer
Contact Email: 
majab@pitt.edu

Hunter School (GILS)

Presenter: 
Dr. Karen Kingsbury, Zuzule Demalalade, and Tien-Li Schneider
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 17:00

In the fourth installment of the Global Issues Through Literature Series (GILS), educators will convene to discuss Hunter School by author Sakinu Ahronglong.
This year's theme is: Marginalized Voices in Global Context: Centering Overlooked Narratives in Literature

Location: 
Zoom and 4217/4130 Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Maja Konitzer
Contact Email: 
majab@pitt.edu

Halal if You Hear Me: The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 3 (GILS)

Presenter: 
Yasmine Flodin-Ali
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 17:00

This is the third installment of the Global Issues Through Literature Series (GILS). Educators will convene to discuss Halal if You Hear Me: The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 3 by Fatimah Asghar and Safia Elhillo. The discussion will be facilitated by Yasmine Flodin-Ali, an Islamic Studies PhD Candidate in the Religious Studies department at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and is co-sponsored by the Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies (CERIS).

This year's theme is: Marginalized Voices in Global Context: Centering Overlooked Narratives in Literature

Location: 
Zoom and 4217/4130 Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Maja Konitzer
Contact Email: 
majab@pitt.edu

The Roads of the Roma: A PEN Anthology of Gypsy Writers (GILS)

Presenter: 
Dr. Sunnie Rucker-Chang
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 11/16/2023 - 17:00

In the second installment of the Global Issues Through Literature Series (GILS), educators will convene to discuss The Roads of the Roma: A PEN Anthology of Gypsy Writers.

This year's theme is: Marginalized Voices in Global Context: Centering Overlooked Narratives in Literature

Location: 
Zoom and 4217/4130 Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Maja Konitzer
Contact Email: 
majab@pitt.edu

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