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.

Various locations, see full program at: ucis.pitt.edu/esc/events/sbragia-symposium.

Waves of refugees, exiles, troops, and war workers from overseas meant that the population of Britain reached unprecedented levels of diversity during WWII. Once the war was over, this multi-national, multi-ethnic wartime population often remained, but their history has been largely forgotten. As History Revealed commented: “Wendy Webster is on a mission to make us remember.”

Lunch will be provided; pre-registration required
Registration link: https://mixingit.eventbrite.com

In this trip, students will tour the UN, learn about funding and internship opportunities available from IIE and DAAD, and visit the EU Delegation to the UN offices to learn first-hand about the EU's diplomacy efforts with regards to the UN. Open only to students in the International Studies: Europe Freshman Community.

The staff of the European Studies Center invite you to attend a reception to usher in the 2018-19 academic year. All interested faculty, staff, students, alumni, and members of the ESC community are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served.

Join us for our 3rd Annual EuroFest!

EuroFest is a family friendly festival featuring all things Europe in the ‘Burgh. Local artisans and vendors will create a dynamic marketplace and performances of song and dance will be presented on the main stage. Food booths featuring various European cuisines will be participating and artistic demonstrations and children’s activities will take place throughout the day.

Free and open to the public!

The computing and digital revolutions have created new tools and capabilities that are challenging the liberal world order. If the Cold War was an era of static state superpowers, modern computing gives not only developed states but even a moderately trained rebel group their own superpowers: to teleport their presence around the globe, move vast sums of money instantly, and make evidence vanish. From Wikileaks to the hacking of elections, headlines across the democratic world have highlighted transnational cyber-enabled crime, violence and polarization.

Students from CAPA's Creative Writing program attended an outreach event on Pitt's campus to meet with Marente de Moore, author of 2014 EU Prize for Literature for her novel, The Dutch Maiden. The program started with a writing workshop led by a Pitt undergraduate student and graduate student with the MFA program. Then, students participated in a Q&A with the author regarding the writing process like editing, translations, historical fiction research, etc.