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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Saturday, February 26 until Thursday, March 31

(All day) Cultural Event
Mărțișor 2022
Location:
Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs - Mărțișor 2022 website
Sponsored by:
Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs along with Romanian Nationality Room Committee
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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.

Sunday, March 20 until Sunday, March 27

9:00 am Cultural Event
2022 Virtual Spring Festival Of The Egg (A Cultural Celebration Of Spring)
Location:
Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs - 2022 Virtual Spring Festival Of The Egg website
Sponsored by:
Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs along with Polish Nationality Room Committee, Nationality Room Committees, Polish Falcons of America and Carpatho-Rusyn Society of Pittsburgh
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The Spring Festival of the Egg is a FREE virtual family oriented event welcoming the coming of Spring in many ethnic traditions as featured by members and friends of the Nationality Room Committees at the University of Pittsburgh. Videos include: Egg Decorating, Palm Weaving Demonstrations, Ethnic Cooking Demonstrations, The Festival Of Colors, Ethic Recipes, Butter Lamb Carving, Cooking Baking, Springtime Story Telling, Spring &  Easter Customs, Special Children's Egg Decorating, Kid's Cookie Making, Easter & Springtime Printable Coloring Pages, Jelly Bean Guess, Egg Festival Marketplace and more.

Sponsors:
University of Pittsburgh
Polish Nationality Room Committee
Nationality Room Committees
Nationality Rooms Programs & Intercultural Exchange Programs
University Center For Russian, Eastern European and Eurasian Studies
Polish Falcons of America
Carpatho-Rusyn Society

Participants:
The Nationality Room Committees: Czechoslovak, Indian, Irish, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Philippine, Polish, Romanian, and Ukrainian & members of the Bulgarian and Carpatho-Rusyns communities.

Wednesday, March 23

8:00 am Conference
High School Model African Union
Location:
Zoom
Sponsored by:
Center for African Studies
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The annual Model African Union was held virtually due to Covid. Students from participating high schools prepared their roles as delegates from assigned African countries and deliberated on the issues of the day, created working papers, and presented on their work.

11:00 am Information Session
Summer EDGE Info Session
Location:
Global Hub - 1st Floor Posvar
Sponsored by:
Global Hub and Global Experiences Office along with College of Business Administration International Programs Office
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The Summer EDGE in Entrepreneurship and Innovation program will take place from May 9-August 6. This is an undergraduate certificate program offered in the College of Business Administration and targeted toward non-business students. Through this curriculum students will be exposed to the mechanics of opportunity creation. These skills include modules on business plan preparation and feasibility analysis, presentation skills, interactive marketing, customer relationship management, and competitive analysis, project management, and leadership. Upon completion of the certificate students will have increased their ability to compete for summer and permanent positions in a wide range of industries and functions. ALL undergraduate students are welcome to enroll.

12:00 pm Panel Discussion
The War on Ukraine: Testing Resolve in Europe and NATO
Location:
5601 Posvar
Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, European Studies Center and Global Studies Center along with Department of Political Science
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This session of the on-going Teach In on the War on Ukraine will explore Europe and NATO’s role in the war, including the prospects for Ukrainian membership in the EU or NATO. How has EU foreign policy shifted in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? How is Europe responding to the new wave of refugees fleeing the fighting? And what do we make of the nuclear posturing coming out of Moscow?

Speakers: Burcu Savun (Political Science), William Spaniel (Political Science), Gregor Thum (History). Moderated by Jae-Jae Spoon (Political Science)

12:30 pm Panel Discussion
Digital and Spatial Approaches to the History of Slavery
Location:
4130 Posvar
Sponsored by:
Center for Latin American Studies along with World History Center
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The World History Center and the Center for Latin American Studies will host a roundtable panel about digital and spatial methods for depicting the history and memory of slavery at scales that range from the transregional to the local. This event will be a conversation featuring Keila Grinberg (University of Pittsburgh), Karl Grossner (WHC Affiliate), Ruth Mostern (University of Pittsburgh), and Daryle Williams (UC Riverside). Panelists will also focus on three digital projects, Enslaved: Peoples of Historic Slave Trade, Passados Presentes, and World Historical Gazetteer.

2:00 pm Panel Discussion
LET’S TALK UNITED KINGDOM (UK) & WALES WITH BRITISH CONSUL GENERAL
Sponsored by:
European Studies Center along with Reinhardt University and ISCOG
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VIRTUAL VISITING DIPLOMAT PROGRAM
JOINTLY SPONSORED BY
REINHARDT UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH EUROPEAN STUDIES CENTER & THE INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CONSORTIUM OF GEORGIA (ISCOG)* - CELEBRATING 28 YEARS OF SERVICE
proudly presents
LET’S TALK UNITED KINGDOM (UK) & WALES
WITH
BRITISH CONSUL GENERAL IN ATLANTA, ANDREW STAUNTON & DR. ZOWIE HAY, HEAD OF NORTH AMERICA FOR THE WELSH GOVERNMENT AT THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN
WASHINGTON, D. C.

Mr. Andrew Staunton came to Atlanta as Her Majesty’s Consul General in June 2018. He is the senior UK government representative in the Southeast and leads a team which works to promote UK-US cultural relations, trade and investment, conduct public diplomacy, and builds scientific and research co-operation. Andrew was born in Glasgow, Scotland and he and wife Rebecca have two adult children living in the U. K. Since joining the UK’s diplomatic service in 1987, Andrew has served overseas in Greece, Ireland, China, France, Romania and Canada. He also sits on the Marshall Scholarship selection committee.

Dr. Zowie Hay is Head of North America for Welsh Government. Based in the British Embassy in Washington DC and oversees a team that has a presence in Atlanta, Chicago, New York, San Francisco and Montreal. She is the senior diplomat for Wales in North America, joined the Welsh Government in 2011 and has held posts in policy research and evaluation, and as Head of Natural Resources lead on the policy development for the ground-breaking Environment Act (Wales). Before relocating to the USA, Zowie was based in Welsh Treasury, where she led on strategic planning for the Welsh Budget, and subsequently served as Head of Intergovernmental Relations for Tax Strategy and EU Exit. Zowie holds a BA in Politics and International Relations from Lancaster University, an MA in International Relations and Mandarin from the University of Durham and received a PhD in Political Science from Texas A&M University.

3:00 pm Student Club Activity
CLAS Information Table
Location:
Global Hub - 1st Floor Posvar
Sponsored by:
Center for Latin American Studies and Global Hub
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Stop by the Global Hub to speak with student ambassadors from the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) and learn about the opportunities CLAS has to offer!

5:00 pm Lecture
Asia Pop: From Video Games to the Mobile Internet: The Gaming Platform Economy in Japan
Location:
Online via Zoom
Sponsored by:
Asian Studies Center
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This lecture by Dr. Marc Steinberg, Associate Professor of Film Studies at Concordia University, will situate Japanese mobile gaming within the longer history of mobile platforms in Japan in an effort to better understand the close relationship between mobile gaming and what we now know as the platform economy.

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7:00 pm Student Club Activity
Spanish Club Board Game Night
Location:
Global Hub - 1st Floor Posvar
Sponsored by:
Global Hub
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Join the Spanish Club for an evening of your favorite board games... in Spanish!