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Rafał Wnuk is a professor at John Paul II Catholic University in Lublin/Poland (KUL).

In the last couple of weeks, Poland is constantly in the news for not keeping the European standards of the rule of law. However, this deformation of the country’s legal system is just one of the many issues Poles face today. The current government is also trying to implement its version of national history, silencing dissenting views and encroaching on the school and university curriculum. Professor Wnuk will discuss the role of history as a tool in building an increasingly authoritarian state.

The talk is followed by a discussion moderated by Jan Musekamp (DAAD Visiting Associate Professor, Dept of History).

Visiting Japanese students and local Pittsburgh students gather at the Rink at PPG Place for an afternoon of ice skating and language/culture exchange, building on the previous language exchange event that had over 90 attendees.

Join the German Department for Laber Rhabarber, a weekly German conversation hour that is open to all!

Join us for this virtual book launch and a discussion with the author.

MODERATOR:
Jae-Jae Spoon
Associate Professor, Political Science
University of Pittsburgh

DISCUSSANT:
Henry Hale
Professor, Political Science and International Affairs
George Washington University

AUTHOR:
Vasili Rukhadze
Visiting Lecturer, Political Science
University of Pittsburgh

“This book is one of the first to compare the color revolutions in Eurasia in systematic fashion and makes a convincing case that the size and cohesion of the coalition ultimately determine the fate of the revolution in Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, and Georgia. The empirical contribution is strong, providing one of the new data to compare the color revolutions in systematic fashion. With the Belarussian protests currently underway and possible rumblings of discontent in Russia itself, the book makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of protest and politics in electoral autocracies.”
—Richard Arnold, Muskingum University

“Vasili Rukhadze’s important new book picks up where most other studies of revolution end, demonstrating that an uprising’s organization crucially impacts its leaders’ potential to hold power long enough to effect real change if victorious. With clear and engaging prose, it will be a rewarding read for anyone interested in revolution generally or post-Soviet politics specifically.”
—Henry Hale, George Washington University

“A rigorous comparison of three multifaceted cases, this book traces the impact of the ‘color revolutions’ long beyond the days when they were grabbing headlines. Rukhadze’s analysis of their different paths illuminates crucial causes of the (in)stability of regimes emerging from popular uprisings.”
—Andrew Barnes, Kent State University

A weekly conversation table for people interested in German culture and language, all proficiency levels are welcome!

The International Relations Club will discuss the basics of searching for and applying to internships in international affairs.

Cultura Negra no Atlantico (CULTNA) é uma iniciativa que congrega o Laboratório de História Oral e Imagem (LABHOI) da Universidade Federal Fluminense e da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, e o Center for Latin American Studies da University of Pittsburgh. Uma vez por mês, trabalhos recentes serão debatidos com especialistas e estudantes interessados no tema. As discussões serão realizadas em português. Neste encontro, serão discutidos os capitulos 5 e 6 do livro "De que lado você samba?: Raça, política e ciência na Bahia do pós-abolição", de Wlamyra Albuquerque e Gabriela dos Reis Sampaio. Evento em português. O evento será às 18:00 horas em São Paulo e às 16:00 horas em Pittsburgh.

We are excited to continue our collaboration with the Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures "Ten Evenings" series. The Global Studies Center will be once again hosting "Four Evenings: Global Literary Encounters" pre-lecture discussions that put prominent world authors and their work in global perspective. The series is co-sponsored by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.

Open to all, these evening discussions, conducted by Pitt experts prior to author events with Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures, provide additional insight on prominent writers and engaging issues. You can register for the book discussions and learn more on our website - https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/global/transcendent-kingdom

Yaa Gyasi’s follow-up to her acclaimed, bestselling Homegoing is powerful, raw, and intimate. Transcendent Kingdom is a deeply moving portrait of a Ghanaian immigrant family ravaged by depression and addiction—a searing novel of faith, science, religion, and love.

Transcendent Kingdom introduces us to Gifty, a sixth-year PhD candidate in neuroscience at Stanford, studying reward-seeking behavior in mice and the neural circuits of depression and addiction. Her brother, Nana, was a gifted high school athlete who died of a heroin overdose after an ankle injury left him hooked on OxyContin. Her suicidal mother is living in her bed. Turning to the hard sciences to unlock the mystery of her family’s loss, Gifty finds herself hungering for her evangelical childhood faith, whose promise of salvation remains as tantalizing as it is elusive.

Yaa Gyasi was born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. Her debut novel, Homegoing, was awarded the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Award for best first book, the PEN/Hemingway Award for a first book of fiction, the National Book Foundation’s “5 under 35” honors for 2016, and the American Book Award. She lives in Brooklyn.

Discussion led by Tomas Matza, PhD, Professor of Anthropology. University of Pittsburgh

For questions and more information, contact Maja Konitzer at majab@pitt.edu.

Join the Irish Club at Pitt on Thursday, December 2, from 6-8 pm as we celebrate Irish traditions at the Holidays through Irish language, culture, and dance. Come learn something new, speak some Irish, and witness a special performance by Rince na gCathrach Cruach, the Irish dance team at Pitt

Join the Persian Language Table every other Thursday at the Global Hub!

ChE Global Day 2021 is an initiative of the Swanson School's Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering. Global Day will showcase global projects developed by senior chemical engineering students in their capstone course in which teams of students were challenged to come up with a solution to address a specific concern of another country in the world, in collaboration with stakeholders from that region.

Stop by the Global Hub to view these project teams' posters and listen to a live final presentation of their projects.

This event is sponsored by the Pitt-ChE Graduate Student Association, the University Center for International Studies, Pitt Global Experiences Office, Pitt Global Hub, Swanson Engineering Global Experiences and Engagement, Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation, and PPG.

Addverse+Poesia is a transnational and multilingual student organization dedicated to celebrating Black/Indigenous and LGBTQIA+ writers, poets, etc. Join us for your weekly meetings on Fridays from 4:30-6PM!

Students currently enrolled in SPAN 1250 Hispanic Civilizations are invited to participate in Spanish Trivia at the Global Hub.

Register in advance for this meeting: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0td--vrD0rE93f7vHeDLn7yzH4Eg5AZ6Qu

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

The book could be purchased here: https://www.amazon.com/One-More-Road-Directors-Family/dp/1800732546/ref=...

In his book, One More for the Road, Croatian filmmaker Rajko Grlic recounts his life and career through film terms, spanning from his post Nazi-era childhood in Yugoslavia to his college years during the 1968 invasion of Prague, the Yugoslav dissolution wars, and his subsequent exile in the United States. His stories paint a picture of the socialist film industries while also calling attention to its interactions with western filmmaking.

The Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs 2021 Holiday Open House is in its 30th year! The Virtual Holiday Open House will take place from December 5th through December 12th. Travel through the 31 Nationality Rooms and listen to Pitt's Quo Vadis guides speak about special architectural features or interesting facts for each room. Take part in the Greek Christmas Trivia Weekend, practice making your own Romanian Sorcovas, see a performance from the Scottish Balmoral Pipes and Drums Band, and learn and discover so much more about holiday traditions, food, and stories from countries around the world! For more information about this year’s Virtual Holiday Open House, please visit: https://pi.tt/NRIEPHolidayOpenHouse.

The Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs 2021 Holiday Open House is in its 30th year! The Virtual Holiday Open House will take place from December 5th through December 12th. Travel through the 31 Nationality Rooms and listen to Pitt's Quo Vadis guides speak about special architectural features or interesting facts for each room. Take part in the Greek Christmas Trivia Weekend, practice making your own Romanian Sorcovas, see a performance from the Scottish Balmoral Pipes and Drums Band, and learn and discover so much more about holiday traditions, food, and stories from countries around the world! For more information about this year’s Virtual Holiday Open House, please visit: https://pi.tt/NRIEPHolidayOpenHouse.

Internships are crucial to success in today’s competitive job market. The International Internship Program (IIP) is a guaranteed, customized, full-time professional internship opportunity abroad. Spend 8 weeks in either Berlin, Germany; Dublin, Ireland; Madrid, Spain; Paris, France; or Prague, Czech Republic. As an intern, you will gain critical transferable skills and build global competencies as you are immersed in the culture and experience life as a local. This info session will provide you with all the details of the program, and you will even hear from a past participant. Visit https://globalexperiences.pitt.edu/iip for more information.

Join us for a conversation and Q&A with the famous musicians from Belrus and Ukraine, while they are talking about their lives after Chernobyl and their songs that they have dedicated to this nuclear tragedy.

Maryna Krut is a renowned Ukrainian singer, songwriter, and a badurist. She is the finalist of the National selection for Eurovision-2020.

Onuka is a famous Ukrainian electro-folk band, founded in 2013 by Yevhen Filatov and Nata Zhyzhchenko.

J:Mors is a popular Belarusian rock-band founded by Vladimir Pugach and Artem Ledovskiy in 1999.

his Charlemos will discuss the report "Informe: Sexto Estado de la Región 2021" by Jorge Vargas Cullell et al., the paper "Latin America Erupts: Millennial Authoritarianism in El Salvador" by Manuel Meléndez-Sánchez, and the book Understanding Central America: Global Forces and Political Change, by John Booth, Christine Wade and Thomas Walker.

Panelists:
Manuel Meléndez-Sánchez | Harvard University
Christine Wade| Washington College
Jorge Vargas Cullell | Programa Estado de la Nación Consejo Nacional de Rectores (CONARE)
Hosted by: Andrés Mejía Acosta | King's College London

This Charlemos will take place in English and
Spanish

China’s ongoing economic reforms have produced new types of legal, political, economic, social, and familial subjects. The revolutionary political subject of Maoism—“the People”—has been atomized into independent economic subjects responsible for their own welfare outside of work. This has been marked by the abolition of the so-called “iron rice bowl,” or a system of cradle to grave welfare for privileged urban workers, in contrast to exploited rural citizenry who have historically subsidized China’s urban industry. With the contractualization of all labor, even urban workers no longer enjoy a guaranteed share of the benefits of economic development. An earlier politically enforced inequality between city and country is increasingly eclipsed by a society-wide gulf between the rich and the poor, without any necessary geographical correlate. Collectively, China’s rural and urban reforms have resulted in tectonic shifts in the boundaries among the state, the market, and the family. For example, the state has been turning increasingly to the family to re-assume its traditional welfare functions, even as the very reforms that motivate this turn undermine the traditional family itself.

In the technocratic parlance of the Chinese Communist Party, these profund transformations are characterized as incidents of “economic reform.” This presentation will provide an analytic as well as historical narrative that seeks to highlight their revolutionary—and even counter-revolutionary—nature.

Teemu Ruskola is the Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law at Emory University, where he is also an affiliated faculty member in Comparative Literature, East Asian Studies, History, and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies. In fall 2021, he is a Visiting Professor of Law and a Visiting Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Legal Orientalism: China, the United States and Modern Law (Harvard University Press 2013, Chinese translation 2016), co-author of Schlesinger’s Comparative Law (Foundation Press 2009), and co-editor of a special double issue of the journal Social Text on “China and the Human" (2012). He is currently working on a book entitled China, For Example: China and the Making of Modern International Law, which analyzes the history of the introduction of Western international law into China, and the implications of that process for the theory and politics of international law.
To register, click here.

Join Brazil Nuts for their weekly Portuguese conversation hour at all levels!

Join members of the French Club to and have casual conversation in French! All levels welcome.

The Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs 2021 Holiday Open House is in its 30th year! The Virtual Holiday Open House will take place from December 5th through December 12th. Travel through the 31 Nationality Rooms and listen to Pitt's Quo Vadis guides speak about special architectural features or interesting facts for each room. Take part in the Greek Christmas Trivia Weekend, practice making your own Romanian Sorcovas, see a performance from the Scottish Balmoral Pipes and Drums Band, and learn and discover so much more about holiday traditions, food, and stories from countries around the world! For more information about this year’s Virtual Holiday Open House, please visit: https://pi.tt/NRIEPHolidayOpenHouse.

Special Tavola to review for finals

For the 2021-22 academic year, the European Studies Center has announced its annual programmatic theme: “Recovering Europe.” The December roundtable will discuss the COP26 summit and how it impacts the European Green Deal. Hosted in Glasgow, UN Climate Change Conference 2021 aims to build off of the Paris Climate Agreement. European Studies Center Director Jae-Jae Spoon will moderate this roundtable.

Audience participation encouraged.

#CoE

Join the Italian Club for Italian Trivia with a focus on Italian culture and a chance to win candy prizes!

The Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs 2021 Holiday Open House is in its 30th year! The Virtual Holiday Open House will take place from December 5th through December 12th. Travel through the 31 Nationality Rooms and listen to Pitt's Quo Vadis guides speak about special architectural features or interesting facts for each room. Take part in the Greek Christmas Trivia Weekend, practice making your own Romanian Sorcovas, see a performance from the Scottish Balmoral Pipes and Drums Band, and learn and discover so much more about holiday traditions, food, and stories from countries around the world! For more information about this year’s Virtual Holiday Open House, please visit: https://pi.tt/NRIEPHolidayOpenHouse.

Join the German Department for Laber Rhabarber, a weekly German conversation hour that is open to all!

Are you considering a Masters degree in a field related to Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies but wondering whether and when you should take this next step? Unsure what sorts of programs exist? Curious about finding and funding opportunities near your own current institution or alma mater? This webinar gives you a chance to hear from and pose your questions to both a career consultant and the representatives of various Northeast U.S. universities and colleges. Laura Schlosberg, a graduate of a Northeast liberal arts college who taught and advised students at a Northeast research university before becoming the Assistant Dean of Academic and Curricular Support in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University, will discuss and field questions about deciding whether an MA in a REEES field is the right next step for you (and, if you decide that it is, the factors you should consider in choosing a program). After a Q&A with Dr. Schlosberg, program administrators at institutions ranging from large universities to small colleges and representing both public and private education systems will give lightening-round introductions to their degrees and strengths, followed by a moderated discussion in which they will answer your questions about trends in the nature and value of masters-level work on the job market and in higher ed. Stay for an extra 15 minutes at the end to join some of our program representatives in separate meetings where you can introduce yourself and ask your program-specific questions.

Institutions represented:
Columbia University, CUNY Hunter College, Harvard University, Middlebury College, New York University, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University

Join the Spanish Club for open office hours, guided meditation en español, coloring and story time

The Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs 2021 Holiday Open House is in its 30th year! The Virtual Holiday Open House will take place from December 5th through December 12th. Travel through the 31 Nationality Rooms and listen to Pitt's Quo Vadis guides speak about special architectural features or interesting facts for each room. Take part in the Greek Christmas Trivia Weekend, practice making your own Romanian Sorcovas, see a performance from the Scottish Balmoral Pipes and Drums Band, and learn and discover so much more about holiday traditions, food, and stories from countries around the world! For more information about this year’s Virtual Holiday Open House, please visit: https://pi.tt/NRIEPHolidayOpenHouse.

The Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Programs (NRIEP) Scholarships support summer global learning experiences in locations around the world in for students in many academic fields of study. The Undergraduate Scholarship Session will take place on December 9. Applications must be submitted by January 15, 2022 via PittFund$Me.

Join the German Department for a traditional German social ritual where friends gather to enjoy coffee, cake, and conversation.

Join the Pitt French Club and practice your French language skills!

The Irish Club at Pitt meets every two weeks during the semester to share Irish culture and language.

The Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs 2021 Holiday Open House is in its 30th year! The Virtual Holiday Open House will take place from December 5th through December 12th. Travel through the 31 Nationality Rooms and listen to Pitt's Quo Vadis guides speak about special architectural features or interesting facts for each room. Take part in the Greek Christmas Trivia Weekend, practice making your own Romanian Sorcovas, see a performance from the Scottish Balmoral Pipes and Drums Band, and learn and discover so much more about holiday traditions, food, and stories from countries around the world! For more information about this year’s Virtual Holiday Open House, please visit: https://pi.tt/NRIEPHolidayOpenHouse.

The High School Model European Union is an annual event for high school students, with this year's simulation taking place virtually via Microsoft Teams. The goal of the Model EU is to give high school students the opportunity to learn about the workings of the European Union through a hands-on simulation of a meeting of the European Council. Playing the role of presidents and prime ministers, students spend a day engaged in intense negotiations over current issues impacting the EU.
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Cost: $10/student
More information and Registration: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/esc/outreach/students/model-eu

The Center for Health Equity invites all students who are Latino/a/e/x and those who are interested in working with Latinx to the December 10 meeting. We will dedicate this meeting to you, our students, with the following objectives:

1. To connect with each other and foster community.

2. To talk about your aspirations and dreams.

3. To plan a visit to Latino organizations in early 2022.

With the support of Pitt's Center for Latin American Studies, this group explores:

1. the problems Latinos in small yet rapidly growing populations face

2. how to solve those problems

We are always looking for new writing and research collaborators and are open to all interested students, faculty, staff, and practitioners from Pitt and beyond.

The Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Programs (NRIEP) Scholarships support summer global learning experiences in locations around the world in for students in many academic fields of study. The Graduate Scholarship Session will take place on December 10. Applications must be submitted by January 15, 2022 via PittFund$Me.

Questions? Email nriep@pitt.edu

Join Panoramas next Friday, December 10 at 3:15 PM for our final roundtable of the semester! Bridget Hogue and Kassy Rush will discuss different influences on immigrants' mental health, the lack of access to mental health resources, and the importance of culturally competent mental health care.

Addverse+Poesia is a transnational and multilingual student organization dedicated to celebrating Black/Indigenous and LGBTQIA+ writers, poets, etc. Join us for your weekly meetings on Fridays from 4:30-6PM!

The Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs 2021 Holiday Open House is in its 30th year! The Virtual Holiday Open House will take place from December 5th through December 12th. Travel through the 31 Nationality Rooms and listen to Pitt's Quo Vadis guides speak about special architectural features or interesting facts for each room. Take part in the Greek Christmas Trivia Weekend, practice making your own Romanian Sorcovas, see a performance from the Scottish Balmoral Pipes and Drums Band, and learn and discover so much more about holiday traditions, food, and stories from countries around the world! For more information about this year’s Virtual Holiday Open House, please visit: https://pi.tt/NRIEPHolidayOpenHouse.

The Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs 2021 Holiday Open House is in its 30th year! The Virtual Holiday Open House will take place from December 5th through December 12th. Travel through the 31 Nationality Rooms and listen to Pitt's Quo Vadis guides speak about special architectural features or interesting facts for each room. Take part in the Greek Christmas Trivia Weekend, practice making your own Romanian Sorcovas, see a performance from the Scottish Balmoral Pipes and Drums Band, and learn and discover so much more about holiday traditions, food, and stories from countries around the world! For more information about this year’s Virtual Holiday Open House, please visit: https://pi.tt/NRIEPHolidayOpenHouse.

Come brush up on your Korean skills in a casual, out of the classroom environment!

Join the German Department for Laber Rhabarber, a weekly German conversation hour that is open to all!

Connect with other teachers, ask questions, and learn how Duolingo for Schools makes it easy to enrich your curriculum and motivate your students!

Building on the efficacy and success of the original Duolingo platform, Duolingo for Schools, created for schools and universities alike, augments any curriculum, giving students content designed to promote long-term retention, while providing teachers with creative ways to differentiate instruction, increase engagement, and keep students learning on any device, both inside and outside the classroom. This session goes behind the scenes to show how Duolingo for Schools works--we'll walk through creating classrooms, adding students, assigning work, and viewing student activity on Duolingo.