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.
What is urban violence? Challenging the implicit answer that normally accompanies this question (i.e. the violence that takes place in the city), this talk embarks on a genealogical endeavour to unpack the where and the when of urban violence. The underlying presupposition is that the notion of urban violence surfaces at a specific historical and geographical juncture, namely at the dawn of urban modernity. In this context, the processes of urbanisation, industrialisation, and colonisation have been complemented by the surfacing of a novel urban imagination, and a new set of (bourgeois) aesthetic expectations about how (comfortable) urban life should look and feel like. After presenting the book project from which this intervention originates [Urban Violence. Security, Imaginary, Atmosphere (forthcoming 2023, Lexington), co-authored with Simone Tulumello (ICS, Lisbon)], the argument will be developed through the help of 19th century Catalan urban planner Ildefons Cerdá, and 20th century philosopher Peter Sloterdijk.
This two-part masterclass offers an introduction to researching East and Southeast European history using arrival material German. Led by Dr. Tamara Scheer (University of Vienna), the meetings will include an introduction to German Kurrentschrift with practical exercises as well as resources and strategies as to how to approach different institutions and archival collections. The workshop is open to everyone interested in historical research in the region, including early-career scholars planning their research trips and those who wish to brush up on their archival skills.
In the sixth installment of the Global Issues Through Literature Series (GILS), educators will convene to discuss Run for It: Stories Of Slaves Who Fought For Their Freedom by author Marcelo d'Salete. This graphic novel tells unforgettable stories about Afro-Brazilian slaves who rebelled against oppression.
GILS is a reading group for K-16 educators to literary texts from a global perspective. Content specialists present the work and its context, and participants brainstorm innovative pedagogical practices for incorporating the text and its themes into the curriculum. This year’s theme is Graphic Novels in Global Context: Social Justice Through Illustration and Text. See registration for more information!
This workshop was facilitated by Samuel Rocha Ferreira. Samuel is a Ph.D. student in the History department at the University of Pittsburgh. He earned his BA and master's degree in history at the Federal University of São Paulo (Brazil). His master's thesis was awarded as the best in the Graduate Program in History at the Federal University of São Paulo in 2020.
At Pitt, he won the Latin American Social and Public Policy Fellowship for the 2022-2023 academic year. Working in Latin America and Global Labour History as academic fields, his research investigates the relationship between different types of indigenous compulsory labor in the supply chain of chocolate and exotic drugs collected in the Brazilian Amazon forest in the first half of the 19th century.
Join the Graduate School for Public and International Affairs for a launch party of the Pitt Policy journal and learn more about papers included in this journal that cover a range of international topics.
Join the Persian Club for bi-weekly conversations on Thursdays at 8-9 pm during Spring 2023!
