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Learn the history of mărțișor and watch the Romanian Room committee make them and talk about this old tradition.

Falling on March 1 of every year, Mărțișor is an old Romanian tradition of gifting a red and white string attached to a small piece of jewelry or a flower. This is believed to bring health and luck to the wearer.

The University of Pittsburgh's Global Hub, along with the Center for Latin American Studies, Global Studies Center, and Center for African Studies, is hosting art exhibition to showcase Latinx, Indigenous, and Black art. The exhibition will be displayed in the Global Hub from February 28th to March 4th, with a special evening of performances to honor International Women's Day on March 3rd from 7-10PM.

3 perspectives on the current moment (US & Ukrainian experts in law, history, & politics)
REGISTER: https://pitt.zoom.us/.../register/WN_y_bn6rZ-TfCXV_tHMR8xow

JMEUCE Lecture: Citizenship in Hard Times: How Ordinary Citizens Respond to Democratic Threat

Sara Wallace Goodman is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Irvine Department of Political Science. Her research focuses on democracy, citizenship, and political identity. This talk is built from her new book, Citizenship in Hard Times: How Ordinary People Respond to Democratic Threat (Cambridge University Press), which examines a the civic and politics in the UK, US, and Germany. Goodman's research has been cited and featured in several popular publications including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Vox.

Are you a graduate student eager to discover citation management tools, academic publishing information, and available resources at ULS? Register for the graduate student academic writing workshop scheduled for Tuesday, March 1st from 1-2PM in ULS G74 Hillman Library Instruction Room/Zoom. The session will be led by Martha Mantilla, Librarian for Latin American Studies and Eduardo Lozano Collection.

Panoramas intern Nadiyah Fisher will discuss food deserts and COVID-19 in Brazil’s favelas. This event is open to all and we hope to see you there. OCC credit will be offered!
Read Nadiyah’s article: https://www.panoramas.pitt.edu/health-and-society/environmental-and-syst...

Join us for refreshments and pizza as we gather to support our Ukrainian community.

Are you interested in doing independent research? Are you unsure about how to take a broad topic of interest and turn it into a research question? This workshop, led by Dr. K. Frances Lieder, UCIS Visiting Professor of Contemporary Global Issues, will help you to begin thinking through potential research topics in a generative and generous low-stakes environment. Any student with an interest in developing an independent academic research project in the social sciences and humanities is welcome. Bring your questions and a general sense of the topics that interest you! We will focus on how to develop clear research questions, but any and all questions, concerns, and interest in independent research are welcome. We especially encourage students pursuing or considering a BPHIL/IAS to attend.

Join the Arabic Language & Culture Club for an hour of conversing in the colloquial Arabic language while speaking on various current events.

Join the Chinese Language & Culture Club every other Tuesday to practice the Chinese language and participate in Chinese cultural activities,

The first meeting on 1/18 will be virtual: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/94596594820