Please join the Center for Russian and East European Studies and the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures in celebrating the beginning of the 2016-17 academic year!
Refreshments will be served! Faculty, staff, and graduate students are welcomed!
Students, faculty, and the public are welcome to attend the keynote address and the panels. View the Conference program (http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/esc/system/files/resources/documents/2017-jm-ma...) for information about the panel topics, times and locations.
As Europe faces what has been called "its biggest crisis for decades," German post-WWII history offers interesting points of comparison. As a result of the lessons of World War II, the two German states eventually both embraced liberal asylum laws and also welcomed Jews who were willing to return and settle in Germany.
Professor Dusan Soltes will address one of the most controversial issues in the EU today: the protection of the EU’s external borders. On the one hand, it is difficult for new member states to become a part of the Schengen border protection system; it requires great effort and investments into the latest ICT technology, implementation of demanding Schengen legislation, and various other technical, organizational, and personnel requirements.
As part of Pitt's International Week, the European Studies Center and Global Studies Center have partnered to offer students a chance to participate in a simulation of an important period in the history of international climate policy negotiations. The effects of un-checked industrial pollution in Europe were seen in the increase in acid rain and a stark die off of forested regions in northern and eastern Europe. In response, representatives from Europe's nations came together in a series of negotiations to determine what - if anything - could or even should be done.
Participating educators shared a rough draft of their unit plan/course modules with the group. Prior to the videoconference, educators were required to create one or two questions regarding their rough drafts, review other's plans, and provide any feedback.
Agenda
For the third and final installment of the 2016 Brussels Study Tour’s Conversations on Teaching Europe, we ask that all participants have a rough draft of their unit plan or course module prepared.
What has been described in the media as a migration crisis in Europe is being characterized by many aid workers as a reception crisis. The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has taken the lead among European heads of state in advocating for a safe and effective process of resettling migrants. Taking Germany as an example, our panel of experts will discuss the migrant experience in that country. What are the legal processes for applying for asylum or settling as an economic migrant? What is the pathway to citizenship? What has been the public response?
Participating educators (both K-12 and CC/MSI) were required to share a resource they would be using for their unit plan or course module. Each educator provided a short presentation on his/her resource.
Agenda
For the second installment of the 2016 Brussels Study Tour’s Conversations on Teaching Europe, we ask that all participants have a rough outline of their unit plan or course module prepared.
