Events in UCIS

Friday, March 3 until Saturday, March 4

(All day) Conference
West Coast Model EU
Location:
Seattle, WA
Sponsored by:
European Studies Center and European Union Center of Excellence along with University of Washington Center for West European Studies
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The West Coast Model European Union is an annual simulation of a European Council summit, bringing together undergraduate students from across the United States and Canada. Students, in teams of two, play the roles of representatives of European Union Member State delegations. Participants negotiate two issues of concern for the country holding the Presidency, Sweden (holding the presidency from January-June).

The University of Pittsburgh will send a team of students to this simulation.

Friday, March 3

8:30 am Award Ceremony
2023 High School Japanese Speech Contest
Location:
William Pitt Union
Sponsored by:
Asian Studies Center along with Japan Iron and Steel Federation and Mitsubishi endowments at the University of Pittsburgh and Japan America Society of Pennsylvania
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The 2023 High School Japanese Speech Contest returns! Japanese language learners of all levels compete against other area students in the speech contest, and non-language students can compete in the poster contest. Each year over 80 students participate. There are speech levels and a poster session. Students are required to write a speech on the chosen topic for the speech contest or make a presentation for the poster session.

For over 20 years, the University of Pittsburgh's Asian Studies Center and the Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania have hosted a speech contest event with local High Schools and Middle Schools with Japanese language classes where students can practice and utilize their language abilities. Pitt and CMU faculty assist in evaluating speeches and student groups help provide Japanese-related cultural activities.

12:00 pm Panel Discussion
Decolonization in Focus Series (Panel IV) Impact beyond the Ivory Tower?
Location:
Zoom
Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies along with Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University, “Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies, University of Chicago”
“Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison”
“Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, University of Kansas”
“Center for Russian, University of Michigan”
“Center for Russian, University of Texas at Austin”
“Center for Slavic, Ohio State University”
“Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill”
“Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center, Indiana University, Bloomington”
“Institute of Slavic, University of California, Berkeley”
“Robert F. Byrnes Russian and East European Institute and Bloomington”
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Impact Beyond the Ivory Tower is the fourth panel of the Decolonization in Focus Series.

The Russian war in Ukraine has had innumerable impacts, from personal to political, local, national, and global. One of the many sea changes wrought by the war has been the reckoning within Slavic/Russian & Eurasian Studies over the outsized role Russia has played and continues to play in the field and what could and should be done about it. The invited panelists in this series will consider the relationships of power that have long dominated the region, how they have impacted the field of study, and what, if anything, could and should be done about it.

The series will have six wide-ranging panels featuring speakers from various disciplines and institutions. Panelists and participants will be encouraged to consider why decolonizing Russian & Eurasian studies matters, how to implement concrete change in their classrooms, and how to conceive of the future of expertise within the field. All sessions will be convened using Zoom, live-streamed via YouTube, and recorded to be made available for later viewing.

1:30 pm Information Session
Global Dustinction Drop-In Hours
Location:
Global Hub
Sponsored by:
Global Hub
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Drop-In Hours to learn more about getting the Global Distinction added to your academic transcript, receiving special recognition at graduation, and standing out to prospective employers!

2:00 pm Lecture
Translating Early Modern China
Location:
4130 Posvar Hall or via Zoom
Sponsored by:
Asian Studies Center
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Please join us for a lecture by Dr. Carla Nappi, Andrew W. Mellon Chair, Department of History, in which she discusses her book, "Translating Early Modern China: Illegible Cities". Nappi's book presents a significant new interpretation of the history of translation in China. If you wish to attend this lecture via Zoom, please register here.