Events in UCIS

Friday, June 12

10:45 am Workshop
Online: How To Tai Chi
Location:
Zoom (online)
Sponsored by:
Asian Studies Center
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Reduce your stress, find more balance, join us for an online tai chi session with Dr. Margarita Delgado Creamer, Religious Studies, University of Pittsburgh. To register, click here.

12:00 pm Panel Discussion
Let's Talk Africa Covid 19
Location:
Zoom: https://pitt.zoom.us/s/91412982142
Sponsored by:
Center for African Studies and Global Hub
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Join a panel of individuals in Africa as they discuss how people in their country are reacting to life with COVID-19. We will learn from panelists in South Africa, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Morocco, and Kenya! Following the panel discussion there will be a question and answer session with the panelists.

1:00 pm Cultural Event
Virtual Lunch from Slovakia with Lydia Tobiasova, PhD
Location:
Virtual- Register at https://calendar.pitt.edu/
Sponsored by:
Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs
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Dr. Tobiasova received the 2014 Ruth Crawford Mitchell Czech/Slovak Fellowship from the Nationality Rooms Programs. She did a comparative study of law under the tutelage of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. As an Assistant Professor at the Department of Criminal Law at Comenius University in Bratislava she was also a Fulbright Scholar Grantee at Fordham Law School in New York City in 2009/10 and she also served as Vice Dean for International Relations and Faculty Erasmus coordinator in 2011-2015. She will speak about the successful response of the Slovak government on COVID-19, the recent election in her country and reflections of where she is now. Dr. Tobiasova is serving as Legal Adviser for the Slovakian Ministry of Defense.

The conversation will be presented on Zoom. Participants must register at the University of Pittsburgh Events Calendar- https://calendar.pitt.edu/.

Registrants will receive the Zoom link and password.