Gregory Cajete is Professor of Native American Studies and Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies at the University of New Mexico. He received his Ph.D. from International College – Los Angeles New Philosophy Program in Social Science Education with an emphasis in Native American Studies. Dr. Cajete is a Native American educator whose work is dedicated to honoring the foundations of Indigenous knowledge in education. Dr. Cajete is a Tewa Indian from Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico.

This workshop for Pitt STARTALK program staff and other high school and college level Russian language instructors includes sessions on adapting materials for proficiency-based learning activities and assessments; teaching novice level students using a proficiency-based approach; and proficiency-based and content-based teaching in the advanced language classroom.

As our Conversations on 1619 discussions draw to a close, we invite you to join our final debrief on the series that has sought to provide a space for informed, moderated discussion of topics related to slavery, racism, whiteness and the making of our country.

The session, in collaboration with the Department of Africana Studies, will tie together the past month's discussions and give participants a final opportunity to reflect and contribute to this important ongoing conversation.

Previous week's speakers will be in attendance to direct the conversation.

Lecture about "How to Hide an Empire: Telling the Story of the Greater United States" by Daniel Immerwahr, Northwestern University, Professor of History

Waseem Mardini is a 2008 graduate from the University of Pittsburgh. He then went on to obtain his Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University, studying subjects such as Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Sustainable Development. He has worked in New York City and Washington, DC, working for groups such as the Foundation for Middle East Peace, Equitable Origin, and the Arab American Institute. He was the Policy Advisor at Publish What You Pay, where he focused on the corruption in the oil, gas and mining sectors.

Dr. Webel will discuss her findings from engaging with multidisciplinary participants about the past, present and future of "neglected tropical diseases" (NTDs) from her workshop Defining the Neglected Tropical Diseases: Research, Development, and Global Health Equity, 1970-present.

Andrea Mubi Brighenti is Aggregate Professor of Social Theory and Space & Culture at the Department of Sociology, University of Trento, Italy. Research topics focus on space, power and society. He has published The Ambiguous Multiplicities: Materials, episteme and politics of some cluttered social formations (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), Visibility in Social Theory and Social Research (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010) and Territori migranti [Migrant Territories. Space and Control of Global Mobility] (ombre corte, 2009). Has edited Urban Interstices.

This presentation explores some applications of digital mapping technology for pedagogy and research. It discusses Mapping Ancient Texts: Visualizing Greek and Roman Travel Narratives (MAT) (http://mappingancienttexts.net), a queryable web-based geospatial interface capable of visualizing multiple ancient Mediterranean travel narratives simultaneously. It was created by a team of Kenyon College faculty, staff, and students.

Contributing to the Global conversation?

Join our information session to learn about our two undergraduate - Global Studies & Global Health - certificate programs! *Food and giveaways provided.

In this lecture, Donna Zuckerberg explores what antiquity means to far-right online communities and what others interested in Classics can do to respond.