SAVE THE DATE: More information to come.

This conference is a mix of Zoom and in-person lectures and panels. All lectures and panels can be attended virtually. Some can also be attended in person. The Zoom link is the same for all sessions. In-person sessions are all in the Sociology Colloquium Room 2432 Posvar Hall. See individual lecture or panel information for more details.

Wednesday, Jan 25:
Total 48
Non-Pitt Faculty: 14
Pitt Faculty/PhD: 30
Community: 4

Thursday, Jan 26: 10:30 AM
Total: 26
Non-Pitt Faculty: 10
Pitt Faculty/PhD: 14
Community: 2

Afternoon Session: 1:00
Total: 15
Non-Pitt Faculty: 8
Pitt Faculty/Ph.D.: 6
Community: 1

3-4:00 PM Session:
Total: 12 Virtual
Hybrid
Virtual:
Non-Pitt FAculty: 6
Pitt Faculty/PhD: 6
Community 1

4:30-5:30 PM
Total: 11
Non-Pitt Faculty: 5
Pitt Faculty/PhD: 5
Community: 1

Friday, Jan 27, 2023
Total: 20
Non-Pitt Faculty: 9
Pitt Faculty/PhD: 10
Community: 1

Panel I
Total: 23
Non-Pitt Faculty: 12
Pitt Faculty/PhD: 10
Community: 1

Panel II: Hybrid
Total: 14
Non-Pitt Faculty: 6
Pitt Faculty/PhD: 8
Community: 0

Roundtable: 18
Non-Pitt Faculty: 12
Pitt Faculty/PhD: 6
Community:

This talk discusses the foreign support for the symbol of an Ottoman-era bridge in the tiny Bosnian village of Žepa, which the US Embassy in Sarajevo paid $62,000 to reinforce in 2016. The bridge is not of much importance to the local population. There is a memorial in the village of Žepa, which was widely considered one of the "safe spaces" for Bosniaks that the Bosnian Serb Army took in July of 1995, as no massacre occurred there. Ignoring the memorial that is important to them, as emblematic of foreign involvement in Bosnia during and since the 1992-1995 war.

Robert Hayden (J.D., Ph.D.) is former director of REEES (then REES) and an anthropologist of law and politics. His primary research for more than three decades has focused on the Balkans, but has also done fieldwork in India (1970s, 1992, 2013) and among the Seneca Iroquois of New York State (1970s). Following ethnographic research on Yugoslav socialism from 1981-89, he did extensive work on issues of violence, nationalism, constitutionalism and state reconstruction in the formerly Yugoslav space, as well as on transitional justice issues stemming from the Yugoslav wars. From 2007-2013 Professor Hayden headed Antagonistic Tolerance: An International & Interdisciplinary Project on Competitive Sharing of Religious Sites, which developed and analyzed, variously, ethnographic, historical and archaeological data from Bosnia, Bulgaria, India, Mexico, Peru, Portugal and Turkey. His new research stemming from this project include studies of sufi/ dervish orders in post-imperial settings, and the (re)construction of religious sites to mark competing national territorial claims in Bosnia since the end of the war there.

This is the first lecture in the conference on Democracy in Europe, Democracy Beyond Europe. The speaker is Siney Tarrow, Cornell University. This lecture will be a one and a half hour Zoom lecture. The talk will be moderated by Suzanne Staggenborg, Department of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh. Lisa Brush, Chair of Sociology will introduce the session with words of welcome.

Join the Asian Studies Center in the Global Hub as we celebrate the Year of the Rabbit with snacks, music, and activities!

In Senegal, women deploy significant resources to perform jongé, a set of embodied and discursive practices revolving around womanhood, femininity, and sexuality. Through feminist ethnographic methodologies Prof. Gueye examines the relationship between consumption and sexuality in the context of jongé, analyzing the linguistic, symbolic, and material resources used to perform jongé. In doing so, she demonstrates how Senegalese women construct and enact their sexual and social identities through producing and consuming sexual commodities.

Join us for an exciting journey in the field of global health! Our Career Journeys program is designed to provide you with the knowledge, skills, and connections you need to launch a successful career in this dynamic and rewarding field. You'll learn from experts in the field, gain hands-on experience, and network with professionals working on the frontlines of global health. Whether you're a student, a recent graduate, or a professional looking to make a change, this program is for you. Don't miss this opportunity to explore the many career opportunities in global health and take the first steps towards a fulfilling and meaningful career. This session is solely virtual.

Speaker: Giovanni Picker
Assistant Professor of Sociology at Glasgow University

Moderator: Pawel Lewicki, University of Pittsburgh

This talk builds on Giovanni Picker's three books, one monograph (2017) and two co-edited
volumes (2018 and 2022), which investigate the ways in which various racial structures
shape 21st-Century European cities. In the first part of the talk, Dr. Picker will discuss the
historical canon of Social Science research on European cities, and the canon's silence
regarding colonialism and race.
In the second part of the talk, Dr. Picker will discuss the residential segregation of Romani
people (the Roma) in Europe, as an illustration of the importance of looking at race and
colonial history when researching contemporary European cities. He will focus
on the city of Florence (Italy), where since the mid-1980s hundreds of Yugoslav Romani
families have been forced to live in two peripheral urban camps. In conclusion, Dr. Pickler
will connect the first and the second part by showing heuristic correspondences between
20th-century urban governance in colonized cities, and the 21st-century urban
governance of marginalized and segregated urban Romani communities.

Join the French Club for Spring 2023's weekly conversation hours, on both Wednesdays and Thursdays from 5-6:30 pm!

Note: French Conversation Hour will not meet in the Global Hub on Thursday, April 13.

Milan (40) has three children and does construction work in Germany in order to provide for his family in Slovakia. While visiting his home over Christmas he discovers that his eldest son Adam is a member of a para-military youth group. The boy is involved in bullying and the death of a classmate. The father has to decide what to do. In this process, along with his wife, he comes to discover the real truth about their son, their family, themselves and the community around them.

COUNTRY: Slovakia (2019)
DIRECTOR: Marko Skop

Harris Theater (Pittsburgh Cultural Trust)
809 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15206

Get Tickets Here: https://trustarts.org/production/84768

PROMO CODE for discounted tickets: EUPITT (* Pitt Students, Staff and Faculty Only)

***Total Attendance in showing from 1/22***

Desperate to help her son, Rabiye Kurnaz, a housewife and loving mother from Bremen, goes to the police, notifies authorities and almost despairs at their impotence and in the end, against all the odds, something truly remarkable happens.

COUNTRY: Germany (2022)
DIRECTOR: Andreas Dresden

Harris Theater (Pittsburgh Cultural Trust)
809 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15206

Get Tickets Here: https://trustarts.org/production/84776

PROMO CODE for discounted tickets: EUPITT (* Pitt Students, Staff and Faculty Only)

***Total Attendance in showing from 1/21***