Mesa-redonda: A diversidade linguístico-cultural no mundo lusófono / "Cultural Linguistic Diversity in the Lusophone World". Virtual roundtable with Kaio Carvalho Camona (Universidade Agostinho Neto - Angola), Gustavo Cerqueira Guimarães (Universidade Eduardo Mondlane - Moçambique), and Camila Oliveira Macêdo (Universidade de São José - Macau-China). Moderated by Ana Paula Carvalho (Portuguese Program Coordinator, University of Pittsburgh) and Naiara Sales Araújo Santos (Leitora do Instituto Guimarães Rosa, University of Pittsburgh). Event will be held in Portuguese.

This event has been canceled.

Radical populism represents the greatest challenge to liberal democracy across Europe. The emergence of this
phenomenon has impacted both established democracies, such as the United Kingdom when we think of Brexit, and new
democracies, such as Hungary and Poland. Populist actors have also played a role in the COVID pandemic and in the
context of Russia's war on Ukraine, as they mobilize people against mainstream policies that attempt to manage these
crises. Despite the general importance of populism as a political phenomenon, including at the EU level, its history and
impact vary widely across Europe. It is important to understand the specific causes and effects of the success of populism,
because not all forms of political radicalism or authoritarianism are populist. The talk will address these questions and
show that populism is closely related to the decline in legitimacy of established institutions and traditional elites in times
of social and economic change. Drawing especially on the case of Austria, where radical populism has been long
established, the lecture and discussion will provide an overview of this phenomenon and the state of political science
research.

The Orphanage, which screened at the "Director's Fortnight at Cannes" (2019), follows 15-year-old Qodrat (Qodratollah Qadiri), who at the beginning of the movie lives on the streets of 1989 Kabul and gets by on scalping cinema tickets and peddling key rings. After being picked up from the streets he is sent to the Soviet operated juvenile detention center known as "the orphanage," where he daydreams of action-packed Bollywood heroics as the Soviets maintain control and the Mujahideen fight to take back their land.

A Q&A with director Shahrbanoo Sadat will follow the screening.

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.

Join the Spanish Club for Spring 2023's weekly conversation hours, on Wednesdays from 7-8 pm!

Join the Arabic Language and Culture Club for this weekly get-together and safe space for Arabic speakers to have a conversation and work on their language skills!