Events in UCIS

Friday, January 20 until Friday, January 27

5:30 pm Festival
2023 Pittsburgh EU Film Series-Europe's Moving Images
Location:
Harris Theater
Sponsored by:
European Studies Center and European Union Center of Excellence
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SAVE THE DATE: More information to come.

Wednesday, January 25 until Friday, January 27

11:00 am Conference
Democracy in Europe, Democracy beyond Europe
Sponsored by:
European Studies Center along with Department of Sociology
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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:

Thursday, January 26

10:30 am Lecture
Social Movements in the European Crises
Location:
Zoom
Sponsored by:
European Studies Center along with Department of Sociology
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This is a virtual lecture of one and a half hours that is part of the conference on Democracy in Europe, Democracy Beyond Europe. The speaker is Donatella della Porta, Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence, Italy. Her talk will be moderated by Fernando Tormos-Aponte, Department of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh.

12:00 pm Reading Group
Eurasian Borderlands Reading Group
Location:
4130 Posvar Hall
Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
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This working group will meet in person every three weeks for the 2022-2023 academic year to discuss new scholarship about Eurasian borderlands. Faculty, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates are welcome to join. No prior expertise in Eurasia is necessary.

12:00 pm Lecture
Race &... Lecture Series: Health Disparities in Asthma Care
Location:
Cathedral of Learning, Room 2017, 20th Floor
Announced by:
Center for African Studies on behalf of Office of the Provost
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Join Mosopefoluwa A. Lanlokun, MD, for the next installment of the Race &... Lecture Series. Dr. Lanlokun, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, will present Health Disparities in Asthma Care.

The Race &... Lecture Series is a part of the Race and Social Determinants of Equity, Health, and Well-being Cluster Hire Initiative. The lunchtime speaker series provides a spotlight for each new faculty member to present their work and interests. 

12:00 pm Student Club Activity
Tavola Italiana
Location:
Global Hub
Sponsored by:
Global Hub along with Pitt Italian Club
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Join the Italian Club for weekly Tavola Italiana on Thursdays from 12-1 pm during Spring 2023!

12:00 pm Conference
The Amazon in the Light of New Social and Political Perspectives
Location:
4130 Posvar Hall
Sponsored by:
Center for Latin American Studies
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Presenters:

Dr. Simone Athayde - Florida International University (Anthropology)
Dr. Stefanie Lopes - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Manaus (Public Health)
Dr. Patricia Melo - Universidade Federal do Amazonas (History)
Dr. Gilberto Hochman - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Rio (Public Policy and Political Science)
Dr Roberta De Carvalho, University of Pittsburgh - Moderator

Registration required. Lunch provided!

12:00 pm Information Session
Frederick Honors College Advisors Table at Pitt Majors/Minors Fair
Location:
William Pitt Union Ballroom
Sponsored by:
Asian Studies Center, Center for African Studies, Center for Latin American Studies, Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, European Studies Center and Global Studies Center along with Frederick Honors College
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Meet the Frederick Honors College's team of academic advisors who can answer your questions about the Honors College's application, requirements, programming, and more. Find out how you can enhance your University of Pittsburgh degree in any major by choosing one of our distinctive programs.

1:00 pm Lecture
Democracy and Everyday Life
Location:
Sociology colloquium Room, 2432 Posvar Hall
Sponsored by:
European Studies Center along with Department of Sociology
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This is an in-person one and a half hour lecture that is part of the conference on Democracy in Europe, Democracy Beyond Europe. The speaker is Asef Bayat, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His talk will be moderated by Sahar Hosseini, Department of History of Art and Architecture, University of Pittsburgh.

2:30 pm Student Club Activity
Balkan Cultures Coffee Workshop
Location:
Global Hub
Sponsored by:
Global Hub along with Bosnian Croatian Montenegrin Serbian Club/ Balkan Cultures Class
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Join the Balkan Cultures class and Bosnian Croatian Montenegrin Serbian Club for a workshop on how to make Turkish coffee.

3:00 pm Panel Discussion
Panel on Democratic Alternatives I
Location:
Sociology Colloquium Room, 2432 Posvar Hall
Sponsored by:
European Studies Center along with Department of Sociology
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During this one and a half hour, in-person panel, Hillary Lazar will speak on "Democracy and the Anarchist Turn into 21st Century Activism" and Benjamin Case will speak on" Ballot Initiatives as a Window into Democracy in Crisis." The panel discussion will be moderated by Mark Paterson, Department of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh.

4:30 pm Lecture
Can the Rule of Law Save European Democracy?
Location:
Sociology colloquium Room, 2432 Posvar Hall
Sponsored by:
European Studies Center along with Department of Sociology
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This one-hour, in-person lecture is part of the conference on Democracy in Europe, Democracy Beyond Europe. The speaker is Jessica Greenberg, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her talk will be moderated by Nancy Condee, Director of Russian East European & Eurasian Studies, University of Pittsburgh.

5:00 pm Student Club Activity
French Conversation Hour
Location:
Global Hub
Sponsored by:
Global Hub along with French Club
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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.

5:30 pm Film
Schoolgirls (Las Niñas)
Location:
Harris Theater
Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies and European Studies Center along with University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill European Union Center of Excellence and Miami-Florida Jean Monnet European Center of Excellence at Florida International University and Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
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A story of Celia, an 11-year-old girl who studies at a nuns' school in 1992. Celia is a good girl; she is a responsible student and a considerate daughter. The arrival of a new classmate will open a little window through which Celia will discover a whole new world. Together with her new friend and some older girls, Celia will enter a new stage of her life: adolescence, the stage of first-times. Her body needs to experiment, try new things, and stop being a little girl, even if that entails confronting her mother and everything that meant comfort and security.

COUNTRY: Spain (2020)
DIRECTOR: Pilar Palomero

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

Get Tickets Here: https://trustarts.org/production/84780

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

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

6:00 pm Film
CLAS Cinema: Mala Mala (2014)
Location:
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium (125)
Sponsored by:
Center for Latin American Studies
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Mala Mala is a 2014 Puerto Rican documentary film directed by Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles, starring Jason "April" Carrión, Samantha Close and Ivana Fred. The film shows several stories of the transgender community in Puerto Rico, including April Carrion, a well-known drag queen who participated in the reality show RuPaul's Drag Race. Mala Mala also includes the historic victory of the LGBT community with the approval and signature of Law 238-2014 (in Puerto Rico), which prevents discrimination in employment based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity.

7:30 pm Film
An Uncertain Border (Un Confine Incerto)
Location:
Harris Theater
Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies and European Studies Center along with University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill European Union Center of Excellence and Miami-Florida Jean Monnet European Center of Excellence at Florida International University and Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
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Richi (Moisé Curia) is on the road with a little girl (Anna Malfatti) in a camper van through southern Germany. They have a good time with each other, dress up, dance and laugh a lot. He is a seed salesman, she his little doll. An unusual couple, but happy? When the two stop off at a restaurant, the landlord (Heio von Stetten) becomes skeptical. Something is not right here! What's more, the girl speaks a very rare language: Ladin. Meanwhile, in Rome, police inspector Milia Demetz (Cosmina Stratan) is investigating cyberspace and is hot on the heels of a pedophile network. When she discovers a girl in one of the anonymous videos, she is soon certain: the lasciviously photographed child is Magdalena Senoner, who disappeared in Tyrol at the age of five. But who is behind the camera? When the landlord forwards the footage from his surveillance camera to the police, all the threads come together. Can Milia save little Magdalena?

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

Get Tickets Here: https://trustarts.org/production/84748

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

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

8:00 pm Student Club Activity
Persian Table Hour
Location:
Global Hub
Sponsored by:
Global Hub
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Join the Persian Club for weekly converstions on Thursdays at 8-9 pm during Spring 2023!