Join us as we talk about Russia's annexation of Crimea; the strategic goals of Putin's Russia for the rest of Ukraine; Russia's "alliance" with Hungary and their common interest in Transcarpathia; and the response of Ukraine's leaders to its so-called Rusyn question.

Russia's biggest box office hit in 1997, Aleksei Balabanov's (Dead Man's Bluff) Brother is an American-style gangster flick mixed with a pointed social consciousness. World cinema has shown us views of raw, impoverished post-Soviet Russia; Brother shows it with stark gunplay and one captivating lead performance.

The transition of power from President Karimov to his successor, Shavkat Mirzoyoyev, represents the first such transition in Uzbekistan in the post-Soviet period. This process may create opportunities for external actors to support reforms that produce economic and social benefits for Uzbekistan’s people, reduce tensions with neighboring countries, and result in the better management of scarce natural resources that are critical to the region’s future.

Following World War II, hundreds of thousands of Holocaust survivors filed reparation, restitution, and pension claims with West German state agencies. Hering will discuss the ethical challenges of accessing such records with regards to privacy law and preservation, the role of archives and archivists, and how the German government manages these challenges.

To read more, visit the event’s webpage: http://www.ischool.pitt.edu/colloquia/callery.php.

Katja Wezel of the History Department and Steve Lund of the ESC will present an overview of the DAAD family of resources and scholarships, then focus specifically on the graduate level Study Scholarship (that supports graduate study in Germany) and Research Awards (which support post-baccalaureate research in Germany). Contact Steve Lund at slund@pitt.edu if you have any questions.

The Global Educators' Forum meets twice a year to discuss developing and implementing Global Studies-related programming and curriculum in schools, classrooms, and departments. This open meeting is intended for all educators--including, for example, teachers, administrators, pre-service teachers, post-secondary instructors, and School of Education faculty. Please join us to share your experiences with Global Education programs, learn about available resources, and continue to brainstorm ways of incorporating international and global education components into the curriculum.

Through grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the US Department of Education, the University Center for International Studies (UCIS) at the University of Pittsburgh has partnered with community colleges to help faculty internationalize curricula.

This one-day conference aims to critically explore and theoretically engage with constructions of racial identity in the countries of the former Soviet Union. Race demands attention in the field of Slavic Studies (and related disciplines), both as an analytical tool and as a subject of study unto itself. Scholarly constructions of the Russian and Soviet empires present them as apparently “racially homogenous spaces,” or as territories characterized by other categories of identification, such as nationality or ethnicity.

In this first meeting of the 2016-2017 academic year, the Global Issues through Literature teacher reading group will discuss French multiculturalism through a study of the young adult novel Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow by Faiza Guene. Due to a high volume of interest, registration for this event is currently closed.