Global Studies Center

Synonyms: 
GSC
Global Studies

Global Issues Through Literature: Hard-boiled Wonderland by Haruki Murakami

Subtitle: 
Global Issues Through Literature
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 01/20/2022 - 17:00

Global Issues Through Literature (GILS)Fall and Spring 2021-22: Imagining Other Worlds: Globalizing Science Fiction and Fantasy

This reading group for K-12 educators explores literary texts from a global perspective. Content specialists present the work and its context, and participants brainstorm innovative pedagogical practices for incorporating the text and its themes into the curriculum. Sessions this year will take place virtually on Thursday evenings from 5-8 PM (EST). Books and three Act 48 credit hours are provided.

Location: 
Zoom
Cost: 
Free and Open to the Public w/ registration
Contact Person: 
Maja Konitzer
Contact Email: 
majab@pitt.edu

Global Issues Through Literature: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Subtitle: 
Global Issues Through Literature
Presenter: 
Sabrina Robinson
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 11/18/2021 - 17:00

Global Issues Through Literature (GILS)

Fall and Spring 2021-22: Imagining Other Worlds: Globalizing Science Fiction and Fantasy

Location: 
Zoom
Cost: 
Free and Open to the Public w/ registration
Contact Person: 
Maja Konitzer
Contact Email: 
majab@pitt.edu

Global Issues Through Literature: Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie

Subtitle: 
Global Issues Through Literature
Presenter: 
Dr. K. Frances Lieder
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 10/21/2021 - 17:00

Global Issues Through Literature (GILS)

Fall and Spring 2021-22: Imagining Other Worlds: Globalizing Science Fiction and Fantasy

This reading group for K-12 educators explores literary texts from a global perspective. Content specialists present the work and its context, and participants brainstorm innovative pedagogical practices for incorporating the text and its themes into the curriculum. Sessions this year will take place virtually on Thursday evenings from 5-8 PM (EST). Books and three Act 48 credit hours are provided.

Location: 
Zoom
Cost: 
Free and Open to the Public w/ registration
Contact Person: 
Maja Konitzer
Contact Email: 
majab@pitt.edu

Four Evenings Discussion: Isabel Wilkerson's Caste

Subtitle: 
Four Evenings - Global Literary Encounters
Presenter: 
Dr. Nico Slate, Professor of History and Department Head at Carnegie Mellon University
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 05/05/2022 - 18:00

We are excited to continue our collaboration with the Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures "Ten Evenings" series. The Global Studies Center will be once again hosting "Four Evenings: Global Literary Encounters" pre-lecture discussions that put prominent world authors and their work in global perspective. The series is co-sponsored by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.

Location: 
Zoom
Cost: 
Free and Open to the Public w/ registration
Contact Person: 
Maja Konitzer
Contact Email: 
majab@pitt.edu

Four Evenings Discussion: Ayad Akhtar's Homeland Elegies

Subtitle: 
Four Evenings - Global Literary Encounters
Presenter: 
Dr. Michael Kenney
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 02/17/2022 - 18:00

We are excited to continue our collaboration with the Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures "Ten Evenings" series. The Global Studies Center will be once again hosting "Four Evenings: Global Literary Encounters" pre-lecture discussions that put prominent world authors and their work in global perspective. The series is co-sponsored by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.

Location: 
Zoom
Cost: 
Free and Open to the Public w/ registration
Contact Person: 
Maja Konitzer
Contact Email: 
majab@pitt.edu

Four Evenings Discussion: Yaa Gyasi's Transcendent Kingdom

Subtitle: 
Four Evenings - Global Literary Encounters
Presenter: 
Dr. Tomas Matza, Professor of Anthropology at University of Pittsburgh
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 12/02/2021 - 18:00

We are excited to continue our collaboration with the Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures "Ten Evenings" series. The Global Studies Center will be once again hosting "Four Evenings: Global Literary Encounters" pre-lecture discussions that put prominent world authors and their work in global perspective. The series is co-sponsored by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.

Location: 
Zoom
Cost: 
Free and Open to the Public w/ registration
Contact Person: 
Maja Konitzer
Contact Email: 
majab@pitt.edu

Four Evenings Discussion: Charles Yu's Interior Chinatown

Subtitle: 
Four Evenings - Global Literary Encounters
Presenter: 
Dr. Kirsten Strayer, Program Coordinator, SCREENSHOT: Asia at University of Pittsburgh
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 10/14/2021 - 18:00

In conjunction with the Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures program's "Ten Evenings" series, GSC is again hosting "Four Evenings" pre-lecture discussions that put prominent world authors and their work in a global perspective. The series is co-sponsored by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.

Open to series subscribers and the Pitt community, these evening discussions, led by Pitt experts, provide additional insight on prominent writers and engaging issues in a virtual setting. A limited number of tickets to the author lectures is available.

Location: 
Zoom
Cost: 
Free and Open to the Public w/ registration
Contact Person: 
Maja Konitzer
Contact Email: 
majab@pitt.edu

What’s in a Name?: Legal Names and the LGBTQIA+ Experience with Rosalynne Montoya

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Mon, 10/04/2021 - 18:00 to 20:00

The “What’s in a Name?” series aims to open a doorway to explore issues that affect us every day, and that, ultimately, reverberate through the most intimate aspects of who we are. While we will explore basic tools and name etiquette, with the kindness and respect we all deserve, we intend to reflect about what our names say about us, and how they may be used to define who we are.

Location: 
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium (Room 125)

Cartonera Teacher Workshop

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 11/17/2021 - 17:00 to 20:00

The mission of the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) is to promote global understanding through support for teaching, learning, and research in and on Latin America, the Caribbean, and the diverse diasporic communities of Latin American and Caribbean origin.

Location: 
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Luz Amanda Hank
Contact Email: 
lavst12@pitt.edu

Case Study Competition and Presentations

Subtitle: 
Global Health Case Competition
Presenter: 
Dean Don Burke, Abi Fapohunda and Firoz Abdoel Wahid
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 11/05/2021 - 14:00 to 18:00

The Global Studies Center, Center for Global Health and the Center for BioEthics and Health Law will host Pitt’s 2nd annual Global Health Case Competition. Graduate and undergraduate students team up to address a global health scenario and present to a panel of experts.

Location: 
Posvar Hall Room 1500
Contact Person: 
Elaine Linn
Contact Email: 
eel58@pitt.edu

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