Mark your calendars! The EUCE/ESC invites students, faculty, and friends of the Center to join us at our opening reception in 4130 Posvar Hall. Learn about this year’s full schedule of events, new courses, faculty and students, and meet this year’s visitors while enjoying some light refreshments.

Nicole Constable is a professor in the Department of Anthropology and the director of the Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh. Her latest book, Born Out of Place: Migrant Mothers and the Politics of International Migration was co-published by the University of California Press and Hong Kong University Press, and had its first official launch in Hong Kong in June. At this University of Pittsburgh book launch, Constable will speak on her work, and Shalini Puri (Department of English) and Lara Putnam (Department of History) will respond.

Welcome to a new academic year at Pitt! Join the Asian Studies Center for a welcome reception, where you can learn about the Asia-related programming we offer, including certificate programs, courses from many departments across the university, and lectures and conferences throughout the year. You can also connect with student-run clubs such as the Origami Club and the Chinese Student Association.

In the fall of 1944, the Soviet Union and the communist Polish Committee for National Liberation (PKWN) began a population-exchange campaign that mandated the relocation of Poland’s Ukrainian population, including the Lemkos, to the Soviet Union. What began under the guise of “voluntary” relocations soon escalated into terror and state-sponsored ethnic cleansing, fueling violent resistance from the rapidly expanding Ukrainian underground.

Dr. Yakup Atila Eralp is the Director of the EU Center, Middle East Technical University, and is visiting the University of Pittsburgh as a part of the International Research Exchange Scheme. This talk is sponsored by the EUCE/ESC as the 2014 Jean Monnet Symposium with thanks to the World Affairs Council for co-sponsorship.

Please advise in advance of any dietary restrictions.
To register, visit www.worldpittsburgh.org or call 412-281-7970. No-shows and cancellations after May 12, 2014 will be charged.