Global Studies Center

Synonyms: 
GSC
Global Studies

Opening Session, Case Reveal & Team Assignments

Subtitle: 
2022 Global Health Case Competition
Presenter: 
TBD
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 09/30/2022 - 14:30 to 16:00

Students who have registered will be given their team assignments and discuss case studies with their teams.

Location: 
4130 Wesley Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Elaine Linn
Contact Email: 
eel58@pitt.edu

2022 Global Health Case Competition

Presenter: 
Multiple Presenters
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 09/30/2022 (All day)

Pitt’s Global Health Case Competition is designed to give Pitt students from all campuses professional experience in developing innovative 21st century solutions and strategies to address a real-world global health issue. 

Location: 
Zoom & In Person
Contact Person: 
Elaine Linn
Contact Email: 
eel58@pitt.edu

Global Carnival

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 08/25/2022 - 17:00

Join us as we celebrate diverse cultures with Pitt's cultural departments and student organizations along with local Pittsburgh partners.

Celebrate Africa Festival

Presenter: 
Various
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 09/17/2022 - 11:00 to 17:00

Celebrate Africa culminates in a day-long festival that features a live band, a DJ, a marketplace of African food and craft vendors, and dancing and drum workshops by Camara Drum and Dance. This event has something for everyone. Come try some new food, check out our craft market, listen to African music, and check out colorful African fashions!

Location: 
Posvar Patio
Cost: 
Free
Contact Person: 
Anna-Maria Karnes
Contact Email: 
awk19@pitt.edu

Celebrate Africa Welcome Reception

Presenter: 
Various
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 09/16/2022 - 17:00 to 20:00

Join the Center for African Studies for an incredible evening!
Our Reception will begin at 5PM.
Ceremonial drumming will begin at 5:30PM.
A keynote address by renowned historian Dr. Paul Zeleza at 6:00PM.

Location: 
Cloisters and Auditorium at the Frick Fine Arts Building
Cost: 
Free
Contact Person: 
Anna-Maria Karnes
Contact Email: 
awk19@pitt.edu

The African Immigrant Experience in Pittsburgh: Community Perspectives

Presenter: 
Various
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 09/16/2022 - 16:00 to 17:00

Join the Center for African Studies to hear from representatives from various Africa diaspora communities in Pittsburgh as they discuss what it means to be an African immigrant in Southwestern Pennsylvania. This panel will speak to the challenges, opportunities, and surprises they have encoutered living in the Pittsburgh area and what they want the greater community to know.

Location: 
Global Hub at Posvar Hall
Cost: 
Free
Contact Person: 
Anna-Maria Karnes
Contact Email: 
awk19@pitt.edu

Giving Back/ Missing/ Remembering: A Hands-On, Interactive, And Decolonial Synthesis of the State of the Benin Bronzes Held in Cologne's Premier World Culture Museum

Presenter: 
Dr. Maureen K. Porter, Professor of Education
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 09/16/2022 - 16:00 to 17:00

Join the Center for African Studies for this conversation with Professor of Education Dr. Maureen K. Porter.

Location: 
4217 Posvar Hall
Cost: 
Free
Contact Person: 
Anna-Maria Karnes
Contact Email: 
awk19@pitt.edu

The Future of Foreign Policy in Africa

Presenter: 
Dr. John Stoner of the History Department
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 09/16/2022 - 16:00 to 17:00

Join the Center for African Studies for this Celebrate Africa seminar with History Professor Dr. John Stoner! Dr. Stoner's research has focused on politics and history in Africa, particularly in South Africa.

Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall
Cost: 
Free
Contact Person: 
Anna-Maria Karnes
Contact Email: 
awk19@pitt.edu

Learn Some Phrases in an African Language: Amharic, Swahili, and Arabic

Presenter: 
Dr. Amani Attia from Linguistics, Dr. Meshesha Make from Linguistics, Dr. Filipo Lubua from Linguistics
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 09/16/2022 - 15:00 to 16:00

As part of Celebrate Africa, Dr. Filipo Lubua, Dr. Meshesha Make, and Dr. Amani Attia, all from the LInguistics Department at Pitt, will hold an interactive, fun roundtable conversation hour teaching some phrases in these three African languages. Come expand your language skills!

Location: 
Global Hub at Posvar Hall
Cost: 
Free
Contact Person: 
Anna-Maria Karnes
Contact Email: 
awk19@pitt.edu

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