Events in UCIS

Sunday, September 11 until Sunday, September 25

(All day) Cultural Event
Remember September
Sponsored by:
Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs along with Greek Nationality Room Committee, Israel Heritage Room Committee, Armenian Nationality Room Committee, Classrooms Without Borders, The American Hellenic Foundation of Western PA, The European Art Center of Greece and and the Department of Greek Education of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
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“Remember September”

"HRIPSIME'S AGONY, ATHENA'S MOURNING, AND RACHEL'S HEARTBREAK"

A Centennial Memorial of the Martyrs of the Christian Genocide in Asia Minor, the Pontus, Anatolia (1915-1922),
and the Jewish martyrs of the Holocaust

September 11 – 25, 2022

For Details: Pahellenicfoundation.org/RememberSeptember and https://www.rememberseptemberpa.com/

7 PM, Sunday September 11, 2022: Genocide in Asia Minor, the Pontus, and Anatolia (1915-1923) as the "Final Solution's" Inspiration. Formal Opening of the Program and Greetings by Distinguished Guests.

7 PM, Monday September 12, 2022 : "Tetraodeon Tribute to the Neomartyrs of Asia Minor". A musical/hymnologic commemoration of the Greeks in Anatolia, The Pontus, and Asia Minor who were slaughtered in the Christian Genocide.

7 PM, Tuesday September 13, 2022: “Etty: Writing as Resistance”. Adapted from the diaries of Etty Hillesum and performed by Susan Stein. Directed by Austin Pendleton. In-Person Event. Details at: Pahellenicfoundation.org/RememberSeptember.

7 PM, Wednesday September 14, 2022 : "A Prisoner of War’s Story" by Stratis Doukas. For the first time ever, the story will be presented in its English translation.

3 PM, Thursday September 15, 2022 : "The Students of Umberto Primo” - a post-film discussion with Alessandra Maioletti (director ), Diane Boulanger (Executive Producer) & Avi Ben Hur. Details at Pahellenicfoundation.org/RememberSeptember

7 PM, Friday September 16, 2022 : "Experience and Creations: Vaggelis Anetopoulos".

3 PM, Saturday September 17, 2022: Commemorating the Armenian Genocide Through Testimony: An Interactive Discussion with the University of Southern California Shoah Foundation - The Institute for Visual History and Education.

7 PM, Sunday September 18, 2022 : "HRIPSIME'S AGONY, ATHENA'S MOURNING, AND RACHEL'S HEARTBREAK". A Musical and poetic Centennial commemoration of, and tribute to the martyrs of the Christian Genocide in Anatolia, the Pontus, and Asia Minor, and the Jews in the Holocaust.

5 PM, Sunday September 25, 2022: "Mapping Migration, Learning from Oral History: Ottoman Greek Immigration to Western Pennsylvania", A Lecture-Presentation by Dr. Yiorgo Topalidis, Ph.D., Samuel Proctor Oral History Project, University of Florida.

Monday, September 12

12:00 pm Student Club Activity
CLAS Student Club Coalition Monthly Meeting
Location:
4217 Posvar
Sponsored by:
Center for Latin American Studies
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The purpose of the Student Club Coalition is to give clubs related to Latin America, the Caribbean, and the diasporas, an opportunity to be officially related to and involved with CLAS, providing mutual support for student engagement. The Student Club Coalition is designed to help students develop a voice for what's important to them, to assist them in that endeavor, and to help them acquire funding for those projects and goals. The member clubs work together to support each other and their goals, and to build friendships and community along the way. Lunch provided!

1:00 pm Cultural Event
Mid-Autumn Festival
Location:
Global Hub
Sponsored by:
Asian Studies Center and Global Hub
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Join the Asian Studies Center for a Mid-Autumn Festival! Come enjoy mooncakes, candy, tea, a lantern-making activity, and the chance to win prizes!

6:30 pm Lecture
A Conversation with Jonathon Ned Katz
Location:
Zoom
Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies along with Jewish Studies Program, The Office of Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity,, Sexuality and Gender Sexuality & Women's Studies Program
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Jonathon Ned Katz will discuss his 2021 biography, The Darling Life and Dangerous Times of Eve Adams, followed by a Q&A session. Born Chawa Zloczewer into a Jewish family in Poland, Eve Adams emigrated to the United States in 192, took a new name, sold radical publications, and ran lesbian-and-gay-friendly speakeasies in Chicago and New York. In 1925, she wrote and published a book titled Lesbian Love.
Adam's blood activism caught the attention of the young J. Edgar Hoover and the US Bureau of Investigation, leading to her surveillance and arrest. She was convicted of publishing an obscene book and of attempted sex with a policewoman sent to entrap her. Adams was jailed, deported back to Europe, and ultimately murdered by Nazis in Auschwitz.
Katz's 2021 biography of Eve Adams inspired an undergraduate creative research residency hosted by the Office of Undergraduate Research in partnership with the Center for Creativity. The work of the arise-scholars will be displayed on the Pittsburgh campus in the 2022-2023 Academic Year.
Co-sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program; the Office of Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, & Creative Activity (OUR); The Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies (GSWS) Program; and the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REES).