“Change and Adaptation in Eastern Europe” is a workshop series meeting bi-weekly during Spring 2015. It forms a major component of “Bridging Cultures: Eastern Europe in the Curriculum,” a collaborative project between the Community College of Beaver County and the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Russian and East European Studies, which is funded by a National Endowment for the Humanities grant and intended to foster internationalization of community college curricula through the integration of East European humanities topics.

His excellency, Ambassador Johan Verbeke discusses the challenges that the EU faces in regards to domestic radicalization. Ambassador Verbeke has a long history of diplomatic and foreign service; his appointment as the Ambassador of Belgium to the U.S. began in January, 2015. It is his third ambassadorial post. His excellency's visit to Pittsburgh will include a talk for the World Affairs Council. During his visit to Pitt, he will also meet with the Chancellor and the staff of the European Union Center of Excellence and the Ridgeway Center for International Security Studies.

French filmmaker Jean-Marie Villeneuve will present his film Tout est faux on Sat, Apr 18 at 6pm in CL 332 in a free screening and director Q&A

The Europe: East and West Undergraduate Research Symposium is an annual event 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 other countries of the former Soviet Union.

What are the reasons for disarray in the Arab world?
 What is the outlook for peace and stability?
 Is the current financial crisis a part of the story?
 What can be done to help dysfunctional regimes?

In recent months the Chinese have greatly increased their visibility and economic involvement in Europe. China is now the EU’s second leading trading partner and the EU is China’s first. EU leaders are increasingly attentive to Chinese views on a number of issues, including a range of economic and strategic topics. Panelists on this Conversation will explore both the current state of EU-China relations, the implications for Transatlantic ties and future directions of this dynamic relationship.

As part of the Ford Institute’s Spring 2015 Speaker Series, guest lecturers Geoffrey Dabelko and Peter Walker will be on campus to discuss the implications of climate change.

Geoffrey Dabelko, Professor and Director of Environmental Studies, Ohio University Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs. Dr. Dabelko will discuss conflict and cooperation potential from climate change impacts and responses including peacebuilding interventions that connect anti-poverty, climate adaptation, and dispute resolution objectives.

A 5-part video dialogue series with international and local leaders of NGOs highlighting effective mobilization efforts to protect themselves from the effects of global warming and to promote climate justice. The series will identify how climate change and environmental problems disproportionately affect already-vulnerable communities, the limitations of government, UN-based, "free-market," or technological attempts to address climate change, and the resulting rise of pupular movements that promote more sustainable futures and all forms of climate and environmental justice.

"Sustainability" or Survival? Popular Responses to Global Climate Change:

"Sustainability" or Survival? Popular Responses to Global Climate Change: