Events in UCIS

Thursday, April 8 until Friday, April 8

8:00 am Conference
Georgia Consortium: Exploring the Complexities of Vietnam
Location:
Online via Zoom
Sponsored by:
Asian Studies Center
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Wednesday, February 2

9:00 am Exhibit/Film
[Un]discplining Environmental Education
Location:
Global Hub - 1st Floor Posvar
Sponsored by:
European Studies Center and Global Hub along with Year of Data and Society and The Grable Foundation
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Cassie Quigley (Education) and Stephen Quigley (English) will launch their Finnish Nature Studies kiosk in Global Hub. The interactive kiosk plays a short trailer to their film project, "[Un]disciplining Environmental Education" and links audiences to their more recent work incorporating code and computer science education into traditional Finnish nature studies curriculum. Both projects examine how [un]disciplining environmental education can inform environmental policy. Various parts of this research have been funded by the European Studies Center, the University Center for International Studies, Pitt’s Year of Data and Society, and the Grable Foundation.

10:00 am Film
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs: K-12 Film Screening
Sponsored by:
European Studies Center and European Union Center of Excellence
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A special virtual screening of the film "My Brother Chases Dinosaurs" for K-12 audiences as part of the Pittsburgh EU Film Festival.

11:00 am Cultural Event
Lunar New Year Celebration 2022
Location:
Global Hub - 1st Floor Posvar
Sponsored by:
Asian Studies Center and Global Hub
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Join the Asian Studies Center and Global Hub for a Lunar New Year celebration in honor of the Year of the Tiger! Come for some light refreshments, crafts, a photobooth, and more.

7:00 pm Reading Group
African Studies Book Club
Location:
Zoom
Sponsored by:
Center for African Studies
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The Center for African Studies will be discussing Abi Dare's book, The Girl With the Louding Voice. Daré’s novel follows the story of Adunni, a 14-year-old girl growing up in rural Nigeria who wishes to continue her education when her father decides to marry her off for money. Join us for an engaging discussion.

8:00 pm Film
Hammamet - Wednesday
Location:
Harris Theater
Sponsored by:
European Studies Center along with Film and Media Studies Program, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and University of North Carolina at Chapel HillCenter for European Studies A Jean Monnet Center of Excellence and Miami-Florida Jean Monnet European Union Center of Excellence
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The last year in the life of Bettino Craxi, as told by Gianni Amelio. An undisputed protagonist of international politics and, until recently, revered in Italy, Bettino Craxi is now in Hammamet, far from his homeland. Overwhelmed by the populist surge that toppled the formerly governing democratic parties which rose to power during the first fifty years of the Italian Republic, and caught up in a series of judicial inquiries, President Craxi can no longer return to his homeland as a free man. A master at commanding respect in the political arena, Craxi is also surrounded by opportunists; he is down but not out; and he is left to fend for himself in a home on a hill, where he lives out his final months like a caged beast. HAMMAMET is also the touching story of a father and a daughter, Anita, who stands by his side after everyone else has fled. Craxi is ill and in dire need of life-saving treatment. Anita goes to lengths that only the greatest love can justify as she struggles to make her father relent and set aside his ideas at least at this crucial time in his life; he must agree to return to Italy to be treated, at the cost of losing a freedom he believes he deserves. The conflict between his ideas and his familial love – between political motivations and those of the man – will be fierce and, eventually, fatal.

Directed by Gianni Amelio

Italy | Italian language with English subtitles | DCP

Get Tickets: https://trustarts.org/production/78058

Mask Policy
All guests must wear a mask over the nose and mouth at all times while inside the Harris theater. Masks can be temporarily removed when a guest is eating and/or drinking while remaining in their seat at the Harris Theater. For complete information on health and safety policies of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, visit TrustArts.org/Welcome.