Higher Education

Religion in Social Context

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sun, 10/28/2018 - 09:00

CHAIR: Jonathan Zaharin | DISCUSSANT: Marintha Miles
ROOM: Posvar 3431 | Sun, Oct 28th, 09:00

• Central Eurasian and North Asian Indigenous Ontologies: The Totemic Marriage Between the Hunter and the Chased Doe
Attila Mateffy (University of Bonn)

• Value Conflicts in Bringing Up a “Healthy” Child in Kyrgyzstan
Baktygul Tulebaeva (Goethe University Frankfurt am Main)

Location: 
Posvar 3431
Event Web Site: 
https://www.cess.pitt.edu/
Contact Person: 
Susan Dawkins
Contact Phone: 
412-648-7403
Contact Email: 
sad96@pitt.edu

No Past? No Future? Everyday Securityscapes in Central Asia

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 10/27/2018 - 11:00

DISCUSSANT: Madeleine Reeves
ROOM: Posvar 3431 | Sat, Oct 27th, 11:00

• Existential vs. Essential: The Securityscapes of LGBT People in Kyrgyzstan
Nina Bagdasarova (American University of Central Asia)

• Diverse Security Making Strategies for Children’s Future
Aksana Ismailbekova (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale)

• Coping with Insecurity: Securityscapes of Civil Society Activists in Tajikistan
James Usborne

Location: 
Posvar 3431
Event Web Site: 
https://www.cess.pitt.edu/
Contact Person: 
Susan Dawkins
Contact Phone: 
412-648-7403
Contact Email: 
sad96@pitt.edu

Shaping Islam: Religious Knowledge Production and Religious Knowledge Circulation in Central Asia and Beyond

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 10/26/2018 - 14:15

• “Woman is a Madrasa”: The Role of Women in Production of Islamic Knowledge in Bishkek
Mukaram Toktogulova (American University of Central Asia)
• Schools for Muslim Children and Youth in Moscow
Rano Turaeva (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology)
• Knowledge Alone is Not Enough: Education and Religious Normative Frameworks in Afghanistan
Andreas Durr (Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main)
• Entrepreneurs of Knowledge: The Role of Islamic Funds in Islamic Knowledge Production and Circulation in Kyrgyzstan

Location: 
Posvar 3431
Event Web Site: 
https://www.cess.pitt.edu/
Contact Person: 
Susan Dawkins
Contact Phone: 
412-648-7403
Contact Email: 
sad96@pitt.edu

Migration Between Hope and Despair: Paths of Mobility Inside and Beyond Central Asia

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 10/26/2018 - 11:00

CHAIR: Zarina Mukanova | DISCUSSANT: Caitlin Ryan ROOM: Posvar 3431 | Fri, Oct 26th, 11:00

• Between Hope and Despair: Expectations and Disappointments Among Kazak Repatriates
Peter Finke (University of Zürich)

• Leaving Home, Coming Home: Kazakstan as Homeland and Hope-Giver for Repatriate Kazakhs
Indira Alibayeva (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale)

• Disputed Brotherhood: Central Asian Experiences in Turkey?
Meltem Sancak (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale)

Location: 
Posvar 3431
Event Web Site: 
https://www.cess.pitt.edu/
Contact Person: 
Susan Dawkins
Contact Phone: 
412-648-7403
Contact Email: 
sad96@pitt.edu

Economic and Social Transformations in Kazakstan: The Case of Zheti-Suw

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 10/26/2018 - 09:00

CHAIR: Peter Finke | DISCUSSANT: Cynthia Werner ROOM: Posvar 3431 | Fri, Oct 26th, 09:00

• New Marriage Strategies of Kazakh Repatriates from Mongolia and China in Zheti Suw
Zarina Mukanova (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale)

• The Role of Pre-Marriage Rituals in Kazakh Society: Matchmaking Ceremonies and Social Stratification in Kerbulaq Region
Dinara Abildenova (University of Zürich)

Location: 
Posvar 3431
Event Web Site: 
https://www.cess.pitt.edu/
Contact Person: 
Susan Dawkins
Contact Phone: 
412-648-7403
Contact Email: 
sad96@pitt.edu

European & Eurasian Undergraduate Research Symposium 2019

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 04/12/2019 (All day)

The Undergraduate Research Symposium is an annual event since 2002 designed to provide undergraduate students, from the University of Pittsburgh and other colleges and universities, with advanced research experiences and opportunities to develop presentation skills. The event is open to undergraduates from all majors and institutions who have written a research paper from a social science, humanities, or business perspective focusing on the study of Eastern, Western, or Central Europe, the European Union, Russia, or Central Eurasia.

Location: 
William Pitt Union 527, 538, & 548
Event Web Site: 
https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/ursymposium/
Contact Person: 
Gina Peirce
Contact Phone: 
4126482290
Contact Email: 
gbpeirce@pitt.edu

The Importance of Civil Society & Civic Education for Global Democracy

Subtitle: 
A Perspective from the Heinrich Böll Foundation
Presenter: 
Ellen Überschär, Co-President, Heinrich Böll Foundation
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Mon, 10/01/2018 - 12:30 to 14:00

Democracies around the world are increasingly under pressure from authoritarian challenges. In Europe, for example, anti-liberal movements have been on the rise in the past years, bringing up fears of democratic backsliding there.

Location: 
Posvar Hall 4217
Cost: 
Free; Advanced Registration Required
Contact Email: 
europeanstudies@pitt.edu

Did Prussia have an Atlantic History? The Partitions of Poland-Lithuania, French Guiana, and Climates in the Caribbean, 1760s-1790s

Presenter: 
Bernhard Struck, University of St. Andrews
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Tue, 09/25/2018 - 12:00
Location: 
3703 Posvar Hall, History Department Lounge
Contact Person: 
Gregor Thum
Contact Email: 
thum@pitt.edu

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