Events in UCIS

Friday, November 13

10:00 am Cultural Event
2020 Virtual Polish Fest
Location:
Vimeo
Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, Global Hub and Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs
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Celebrate Polishfest with an Old-World Customs And Traditions on Sunday, November 8th, 2020! This is a family-oriented event with Pittsburgh's Polish, Lithuanians, and Carpatho-Rusyns. Welcome! - Witamy !
Watch our videos on the Pitt Global Hub website. The program will include: Polish folk dancing, Polish history, Folk crafts, Cooking demos, Lithuanian folk dance, Carpatho-Rusyn history, holiday customs, and much more!

10:00 am Cultural Event
2020 Virtual Polish Fest
Location:
Vimeo
Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, Global Hub and Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs
See Details

Celebrate Polishfest with an Old-World Customs And Traditions on Sunday, November 8th, 2020! This is a family-oriented event with Pittsburgh's Polish, Lithuanians, and Carpatho-Rusyns. Welcome! - Witamy !
Watch our videos on the Pitt Global Hub website. The program will include: Polish folk dancing, Polish history, Folk crafts, Cooking demos, Lithuanian folk dance, Carpatho-Rusyn history, holiday customs, and much more!

2:00 pm Cultural Event
Polish Conversation Table
Location:
Zoom
Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
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Join us for the Polish Conversation Table on Fridays from 2 - 3 pm with Jolanta Lion.

Email Jolanta Lion for Zoom info: jola@cmu.edu

3:00 pm Student Club Activity
Pitt German Club: Friday Stammtisch
Location:
Zoom
Sponsored by:
Global Hub along with Pitt German Club
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Stammtisch is the German Club's weekly conversation table for speaks of all levels from absolute beginners to fluent speakers. Here we practice our language skills while also learning about German culture through fun games and activities!

Zoom Meeting ID: 950 0542 1812
https://pitt.zoom.us/j/95005421812

3:00 pm Cultural Event
Russian Tutoring & Language Table
Location:
Zoom
Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
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Join us for the Russian conversation table & tutoring to improve your Russian, meet other Russian students, prepare for oral exams, and learn more about Russian culture.

Email Katya Kovaleva for Zoom info at Katya.Kovaleva@gmail.com

3:00 pm Lecture
Searching for Balance
Location:
via Zoom online
Sponsored by:
Asian Studies Center
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Register here on Zoom!

Is there room for STEM collaboration between US and Chinese universities in the age of military-civilian fusion and US-China economic and technology decoupling? PAUL TRIOLO will discuss the rise of China’s technological expertise, the geopolitical impact of this rise, and its influence on research at American universities. Recent discussions of “military and civilian cooperation” in China (Huawei) has questioned how American higher education can work with its Chinese counterparts in driving technological and scientific cooperation agreements with China, Paul will recommend a more nuanced approach by American universities and companies.
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 13 @ 3 PM EST
ON ZOOM

PAUL TRIOLO leads the Geo-technology practice at Eurasia Group. This year, he was named as a Senior Advisor on Technology for the Paulson Institute. Prior to joining the Eurasia Group, Paul served in senior postions within the US Government for more than 25 years focusing primarily on China’s rise as a science and technology and cyber power.

3:25 pm Workshop
Translating Emotion: A Discussion with Sam Taylor
Sponsored by:
European Studies Center along with Department of French & Italian
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Sam Taylor is a British novelist and literary translator who now lives in the United States. He has translated novels by Maylis de Kerangal, Leïla Slimani and Clémentine Beauvais (among others), as well as Riad Sattouf’s graphic novel The Arab of the Future. On 13 November 2020, Sam Taylor will talk about his translation of Antoine Leiris’ You Will Not Have My Hate (2016) and the upcoming translation of Leiris’ La vie, après. He will describe the links between translation and literary creation, and talk about career possibilities in translation and publishing.

Contact Pr. Kaliane Ung (khu3@pitt.edu) for the Zoom link.

6:00 pm Symposium
Public Art + Dissent: Art, Protest and Public Spaces Mini-Course - Day 3
Location:
Online via Zoom
Sponsored by:
Asian Studies Center, Center for Latin American Studies, European Studies Center, Global Studies Center and National Consortium on Teaching About Asia
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Throughout our history, art and artists have resisted oppression, violence, injustice, and inequality. Some of the world’s most interesting art is on the streets and easily accessible to all. In this workshop we will discuss how protest art uses public space to engage in dialogue between the artist and the public. At an unprecedented moment in geopolitics, the work of public artists amplifies activism, resistance, and solidarity. Artists give context and vision to broad social movements, supporting those who have been marginalized and who need justice. Artists around the world question what is and why that transcends national boundaries and politics . We will examine works of Ai Wei Wei, Keith Herring, murals from Northern Ireland, to the Black Lives movement.

Friday, November 13
6:00 - 8:30 pm (Eastern Time)
Jerome 'Chu' Charles: "Waking Up With 'Chu' - My Road to the Black Lives Matter Movement"
Michael-Ann Cerniglia: "Teacher led session: Creative Resistance Case Studies for the K-12 Classroom"

To learn more, please visit our website: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/ncta/

Register here!