Global Studies Center

Synonyms: 
GSC
Global Studies

POSTPONED: International Pittsburgh Trivia: Session 2

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 07/17/2020 - 12:00 to 13:00

Join the Pitt Global Hub and Global Ties for a fun trivia game that will test your knowledge on international aspects of Pittsburgh and Pitt!

Participants will be randomly assigned into teams to compete. This is a great chance for incoming international students to get to know one another and meet domestic students as well!

Further instructions on how to play will be announced during the event. Please be sure to have the Zoom application downloaded onto your device ahead of time. Registration will end on Thursday, July 16th at 5PM ET!

Location: 
Online: Zoom

POSTPONED: International Pittsburgh Trivia: Session 1

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 07/17/2020 - 08:00 to 09:00

Join the Pitt Global Hub and Global Ties for a fun trivia game that will test your knowledge on international aspects of Pittsburgh and Pitt!

Participants will be randomly assigned into teams to compete. This is a great chance for incoming international students to get to know one another and meet domestic students as well!

Further instructions on how to play will be announced during the event. Please be sure to have the Zoom application downloaded onto your device ahead of time. Registration will end on Thursday, July 16th at 5PM ET!

Location: 
Online: Zoom

Racialized Police Violence in Global Perspective: Discussion on Policing in the USA

Subtitle: 
Presenter: 
Dr. K. Frances Lieder
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Security Notice: Event Changed: 
Date: 
Wed, 07/29/2020 - 16:00 to 17:30

Together with our friends at the Pitt Global Hub, we are excited to bring students, faculty and staff a virtual discussion every Wednesday in July that will give participants an opportunity to think about the most recent wave of brutal police violence in the U.S. through a global lens.

Location: 
Virtual - Register Online!
Cost: 
Free and Open to the Pitt Affiliates
Contact Person: 
Veronica Dristas
Contact Phone: 
Contact Email: 
dristas@pitt.edu

Racialized Police Violence in Global Perspective: Discussion on Transnationalism

Subtitle: 
Presenter: 
Dr. K. Frances Lieder
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Security Notice: Event Changed: 
Date: 
Wed, 07/22/2020 - 16:00 to 17:30

Together with our friends at the Pitt Global Hub, we are excited to bring students, faculty and staff a virtual discussion every Wednesday in July that will give participants an opportunity to think about the most recent wave of brutal police violence in the U.S. through a global lens.

Location: 
Virtual - Register Online!
Cost: 
Free and Open to the Pitt Affiliates
Contact Person: 
Veronica Dristas
Contact Phone: 
Contact Email: 
dristas@pitt.edu

Racialized Police Violence in Global Perspective: Discussion on Racial Capitalism

Subtitle: 
Presenter: 
Dr. K. Frances Lieder
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Security Notice: Event Changed: 
Date: 
Wed, 07/15/2020 - 16:00 to 17:30

Together with our friends at the Pitt Global Hub, we are excited to bring students, faculty and staff a virtual discussion every Wednesday in July that will give participants an opportunity to think about the most recent wave of brutal police violence in the U.S. through a global lens.

Location: 
Virtual - Register Online!
Cost: 
Free and Open to the Pitt Affiliates
Contact Person: 
Veronica Dristas
Contact Phone: 
Contact Email: 
dristas@pitt.edu

Racialized Police Violence in Global Perspective: Discussion on Settler Colonialism

Subtitle: 
Presenter: 
Dr. K. Frances Lieder
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Security Notice: Event Changed: 
Date: 
Wed, 07/08/2020 - 16:00 to 17:30

Together with our friends at the Pitt Global Hub, we are excited to bring students, faculty and staff a virtual discussion every Wednesday in July that will give participants an opportunity to think about the most recent wave of brutal police violence in the U.S. through a global lens.

Location: 
Virtual - Register Online!
Cost: 
Free and Open to the Pitt Affiliates
Contact Person: 
Veronica Dristas
Contact Phone: 
Contact Email: 
dristas@pitt.edu

Racialized Police Violence in Global Perspective: Discussion on Race

Presenter: 
Dr. K. Frances Lieder
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 07/01/2020 - 16:00 to 17:30

Together with our friends at the Pitt Global Hub, we are excited to bring students, faculty and staff a virtual discussion every Wednesday in July that will give participants an opportunity to think about the most recent wave of brutal police violence in the U.S. through a global lens.

Location: 
Virtual - Register Online!
Cost: 
Free and Open to the Pitt Affiliates
Contact Person: 
Veronica Dristas
Contact Email: 
dristas@pitt.edu

Panther Leadership Summit

Subtitle: 
BaFa BaFa Simulation
Presenter: 
Susan Dawkins, Samantha Moik
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 02/01/2020 - 14:45

The Panther Leadership Summit, hosted by the Office of Cross Cultural Leadership Development, is an opportunity for student leaders to engage in leadership training and professional development. UCIS hosts a cross-cultural simulation, BaFa BaFa, for students to better understand the influence of ingrained rules of culture and the difficulty of adapting to a new (foreign) culture.

Location: 
Kurtzman Room, WPU

Local & Global Strategies for Advancing the Human Right to Housing

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Presenter: 
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
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Date: 
Thu, 06/11/2020 - 16:00 to 17:30

“Bringing Human Rights Home” Uniting People for Rights: US Human Rights Cities Webinar Series: Local & Global Strategies for Advancing the Human Right to Housing

In almost every single country, in every region, in cities and towns across the globe, we are experiencing a human rights crisis – the housing crisis. And something needs to change. It’s time to reclaim the #Right2Housing. -The Shift

Location: 
Online-Zoom
Cost: 
Contact Person: 
Veronica Dristas
Contact Phone: 
Contact Email: 
dristas@pitt.edu

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