Rachel Epstein is associate professor of international political economy and European politics at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. She has PhD from the Department of Government at Cornell and an AB in International Relations from Stanford University.
Sponsored by: European Union Center of Excellence/European Studies Center, Russian and East European Studies Center (REES), Department of Political Science

Khet Mar is from Burma and she will be reading a short story of hers entitled " Night Flow". Before she will begin the reading , she will explain a little bit about Burma with power-point . She will compare between the situation in her country and how she tries to write to pass censorship. Khet Mar is a journalist, novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist born in Burma. Author of the novel Wild Snowy Night, three collections of short stories and a volume of essays, she has had work translated into Japanese, Spanish and English, broadcast, and made into a film.

Join us to watch performances of traditional Bhangra, Chilean (Easter Island), Classical Indian, Greek, Brazilian, English Country Dancing and more!

Come and celebrate the beginning of the academic year with the Center for Russian and East European Studies and the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures. Refreshments will be served!

The Ethnomusicology Program at Pitt presents the 2nd Annual Festival of World Music.

Five World Music Ensemble Performances!

Ethnic food will be served at 5pm, followed by the Carpathian Ensemble's Annual Slavic Dance Party from 6-8pm

Jozef Ristvej, Ph.D., received his Ph.D. in Crisis Management from the University of Zilina, Slovakia-E.U. in 2007. Since that time, he serves as an assistant professor in the Department of Crisis Managment, University of Zilina. In 2007, Dr. Ristvej participated in the ISCRAM Crisis Managment Summer School for Ph.D. students. In 2010, Dr. Ristvej received the Ruth Crawford Mitchell grant to support a Visiting Scholars appointment at the Center for Disaster Management, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh. In his work, Dr.

Join us for a special colloquium where University of Pittsburgh graduate students will interrogate and challenge the definitions of "national" and "transnational" through an investigation of American, German, Russian, Israeli, Palestinian, Mexican, South Korean, and Japanese screen cultures. Reception to follow.

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!

Whether you’re an American Pitt student interested in meeting people from different cultures or learning other languages, or you’re an international student looking to make American friends in your new home in Pittsburgh, this FREE event is perfect for you!

CILE Assistant Director Wes Rist will moderate a panel presentation by Professors Haider Hamoudi and Charles Jalloh about issues related to regime change, legal and economic reform, and post conflict justice in formerly autocratic governments and their particular relevance to Libya.