Join Dr. Garcia for a conversation surrounding her book centered around transforming Hispanic Serving institutions.

In cooperation with the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business, Global Studies Center, University Center for International Studies, and GNC— along with other partners— to create and administer the events and competition. Student teams will present their marketing pitches on this year's target market and target product. High school teams work on their project throughout the year, culminating in these final presentations. This round of presentations provides an opportunity for student teams to present their research in front of fellow competitors and a panel of judges from academic and business communities, as well as to answer audience questions.

The Cultural Communications Alliance is a business-to-education community outreach non-profit organization aiming to prepare tomorrow's workforce to meet the requirements of an expanding global marketplace, promoting the acquisition of world language and cultural understanding.

3 Evenings - Exhibition of Maundy Coins and Coronation of King Charles III Special Events May 2, 3, and 4 in the English Nationality Room

Join us as The English Nationality Room in partnership with Britsburgh and the Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists celebrates the coronation of King Charles III with a special Coronation Week exhibition of genuine Maundy Money coins spanning the reigns of 17 British monarchs who ruled over the course of more than 360 years. Maundy money is traditionally given out by the Sovereign at a special Royal Maundy service held on the Thursday before Easter and, historically, was given to the elderly poor of London. The coins are specially struck for each monarch and, unlike ordinary currency, do not change over the course of the Sovereign's reign. It is traditional for the Sovereign to distribute gifts according to the number of years he or she has lived: For example, when she turned 80, the late Queen Elizabeth II distributed 80 pence worth of Maundy money to 80 men and 80 women in recognition for their contribution to community and to the church. The late Queen also decided Maundy money should not just be distributed to the people of London, and so she traveled to various cathedrals or abbeys to give gifts to local people, ultimately visiting over the course of her long reign every cathedral in the realm. King Charles III may himself choose to further innovate or modify these traditions.

"We are honored . . . to commemorate the coronation of King Charles III," commented Tom Uram, President of the Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists (PAN). "One of the enduring symbols of the British Royal Family are the coins produced throughout their reigns, which everyone can recognize and many collect. This exhibit of Royal Maundy money is an important record of British history." The Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists (PAN) is a 700-member strong association of coin clubs throughout the Commonwealth with many members in Western Pennsylvania. "

Our Maundy Money exhibition events will take place over the course of 3 evenings in the English Nationality Room of the University of Pittsburgh. You may sign up for as many of the 3 evenings as you wish; please register for each one separately. To register, go to www.britsburgh.com and visit the Events page.

Tues., May 2, 2023 (6:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m.) - Reception featuring British-style charcuterie and a special Coronation cake in the Braun Room of the Cathedral of Learning (12th Floor) and Maundy Money Exhibition and Talk by PAN President Tom Uram in the English Nationality Room.

Wed., May 3, 2023 (6:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m.) - Maundy Money Exhibition and Talk by Kim Szczypinski of Britsburgh on King Charles II, namesake of the present British Sovereign and the first to mint and distributed Maundy Money coins.

Thurs., May 4, 2023 (6:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m.) - Maundy Money Exhibition and Talk by Patrick McBride, Benjamin Franklin Reenactor, in character as Franklin on the topic "Ben Franklin, the Anglophile".

Soviet ideology treated religion as an enemy, a tool of oppression and an expression of backwardness. Militant atheism, the prohibition of religious rituals, and the repression of religious communities aimed to create a secular, rational, and scientific society. Yet, religion mattered in Soviet people’s lives. And with institutional religion restricted, many people expressed their spirituality through “lived religion” - the practice of religion and spirituality in everyday lives. What were the practices of lived religion in the context of state socialism? And how did it converge and diverge with the return of institutionalised religion and spiritual lift after the collapse of communism? REEES Spring 2023 Series, Religion in (Post-Socialism) Societies, will explore the role of religion in socialist and post-socialist societies in eight online discussions on religion and its relations to repression, nation-building, indigenous cultures, and memory.

This is a part of REEES’s Spring 2023 lecture series.

Global Literary Encounters book discussions are pre-lecture discussions that align with the Pittsburgh Arts & Lecture's Ten Evenings series. Global Literary Encounters puts prominent world authors and their work in a global perspective in order to provide additional insight on writers and engaging issues. Join us as we discuss Haniya Yanagihara's "To Paradise."

Our facilitator is Dr. Mary Rauktis, Research Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Pittsburgh.

The Center for African Studies invites you to our yearly Spring Conference! This year's theme is "Africa in the Classroom: Pedagogy, Community, Decolonization."

Both across and beyond the university, our decolonial moment offers a pivotal opportunity for Africanist thinkers, researchers, and teachers. As the African continent grows in both population and global influence, how can these shifts be reflected in our practices of presenting knowledge? What colonial, imperialist, or elitist mindsets persist, and how might university structures be reworked to destabilize them? Most concretely of all, what is the role of the classroom and those entrusted to lead it? This year’s conference will convene a conversation around these timely questions, as well as foster a community of mutual support that cuts across lines of discipline, geography, and institutionality. Through paper presentations, a keynote address, roundtable discussions, and a syllabus workshop, conference attendees will both benefit from and contribute to a reconsideration of Africa in the classroom.

We invite all scholars and practitioners who work on Africa-related topics—including those based in our regional academic networks in the Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, and Appalachian regions—to participate in the conference.

Find the conference schedule here: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/spring-conference-1

The Center for African Studies invites you to our yearly Spring Conference! This year's theme is "Africa in the Classroom: Pedagogy, Community, Decolonization."

Both across and beyond the university, our decolonial moment offers a pivotal opportunity for Africanist thinkers, researchers, and teachers. As the African continent grows in both population and global influence, how can these shifts be reflected in our practices of presenting knowledge? What colonial, imperialist, or elitist mindsets persist, and how might university structures be reworked to destabilize them? Most concretely of all, what is the role of the classroom and those entrusted to lead it? This year’s conference will convene a conversation around these timely questions, as well as foster a community of mutual support that cuts across lines of discipline, geography, and institutionality. Through paper presentations, a keynote address, roundtable discussions, and a syllabus workshop, conference attendees will both benefit from and contribute to a reconsideration of Africa in the classroom.

We invite all scholars and practitioners who work on Africa-related topics—including those based in our regional academic networks in the Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, and Appalachian regions—to participate in the conference.

Find the conference schedule here: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/spring-conference-1

This is a yearly workshop hosted by the Center for African Studies to help K-12 teachers incorporate Africa into their classrooms.

Are you an educator wanting to diversify the content in your classroom? Are you seeking to expand your students' horizons? This workshop is the perfect opportunity to learn how to bring Africa into your classroom. This event brings together K-16 educators to workshop on teaching Africa in schools. All teachers, administrators, students, librarians, and the public are welcome whether you are an expert on teaching Africa or this is the first time you have even considered it.

Join the Department of Economics as they showcase the research they have conducted during the year. Conference talks will be held in 1500 Posvar, and PhD students will have posters of their research displayed in Posvar Galleria and the Global Hub.

Join the Department of Economics as they showcase the research they have conducted during the year. Conference talks will be held in 1500 Posvar, and PhD students will have posters of their research displayed in Posvar Galleria and the Global Hub.

Skaidra Jančaitė is a graduate of J Gruodis Conservatory and Lithuanian Music Academy with degrees in Choir Directing, Vocals and Instruments. She has taught music at all levels and performed as a soloist and as a member of the ensemble “Suburtynė“. Skaidra brings her wonderful soprano voice to Pittsburgh for an evening of performing and teaching Lithuanian folk songs with a focus on sutartinės, the most ancient style of Lithuanian folk songs.

Soviet ideology treated religion as an enemy, a tool of oppression and an expression of backwardness. Militant atheism, the prohibition of religious rituals, and the repression of religious communities aimed to create a secular, rational, and scientific society. Yet, religion mattered in Soviet people’s lives. And with institutional religion restricted, many people expressed their spirituality through “lived religion” - the practice of religion and spirituality in everyday lives. What were the practices of lived religion in the context of state socialism? And how did it converge and diverge with the return of institutionalised religion and spiritual lift after the collapse of communism? REEES Spring 2023 Series, Religion in (Post-Socialism) Societies, will explore the role of religion in socialist and post-socialist societies in eight online discussions on religion and its relations to repression, nation-building, indigenous cultures, and memory.

This is a part of REEES’s Spring 2023 lecture series.

Come join us and connect with colleagues and peers at Pitt while you create your own Alebrije! Each registered participant will work to finish their own, hand carved Copal wood animal (paints and materials provided) as we discuss the origins and history of this unique art form. This workshop is part of the Year of Emotional Well-Being, focused on Pitt Students, Staff and Faculty.

The 30th annual meeting of the Association for Japanese Literary Studies will be held at University of Pittsburgh May 12–14, 2023 in the Cathedral of Learning Room 332 & Room 324. The event will be hosted by Charles Exley and Elizabeth Oyler, University of Pittsburgh, with the cooperation of Christopher Lowy and Yoshihiro Yasuhara, Carnegie Mellon University.

We live in a world both fragmented and connected through technologies enabling new platforms for creative expression. These range from online publishing to co-located theatrical productions to tiktok. Such platforms bring to the fore the possibility for performance to be simultaneously playful, individually creative, and socially engaged as they redefine the temporal and spatial parameters of “performance.” The transformation of how, what, and where we perform and experience performances has evolved dramatically in very recent years, but the roles that performance and other arts play as spaces for creative engagement with society, contemporary politics, and the past have been important worldwide throughout history. In Japan, the numerous traditional performing arts designated as Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO attest to the significance of performance as a defining cultural feature, as do contemporary experimental theatre companies and the thriving film industry. From early myth through court ceremony and medieval and early modern theatre to 20th- and 21st century street theatre and anime, performance has been an important tool to provoke, to transform, and to reimagine.

Learn more at: https://www.japanstudies.pitt.edu/ajls-pitt-conference

Tonia Lechtman was a Jew, a loving mother and wife, a Polish patriot, a committed communist, and a Holocaust survivor. Throughout her life, these identities brought her to multiple countries – Poland, Palestine, Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Israel – where she lived on the margins of society during some of the most pivotal and cataclysmic decades of the twentieth century.
This roundtable will discuss Anna Müller’s book, which is not a mere biography of a remarkable woman, but also offers a view of the troubled history of twentieth-century Europe.

The roundtable features Karolina May Chu, moderator (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), Marci Shore (Yale University), Joanna Sliwa (Jewish Claims Conference), Anna Hájková (University of Warwick), Jadwiga Biskupska (Sam Houston State University), Małgorzata Fidelis (University of Illinois Chicago), John Bukowczyk (Wayne State University, editor of the Polish and Polish-American Studies Series from Ohio University Press), and Anna Müller.

Anna Müller holds an MA from the University of Gdańsk, Poland, and a Ph.D. from Indiana University. She is an Associate Professor and the Frank and Mary Padzieski Endowed Professor in Polish, Polish American, and Eastern European Studies at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Previously, she was a curator for the Museum of the Second War in Gdańsk, preparing exhibitions on the Holocaust, the concentration camps, forced labor, and eugenics. She is the author of If the Walls Could Speak. Inside a Women’s Prison in Communist Poland (Oxford University Press, 2018) and An Ordinary Life? The Journeys of Tonia Lechtman, 1918-1996 (Ohio University Press, 2022).

The talk is co-sponsored by the Polish Studies Association, the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, and the University of Pittsburgh’s History Department.

Through May 23, 2023, discounted books are available at www.ohioswallow.com, using the promo code TONIA.

Discussão do livro "Casaco que se despe pelas costas". Evento em Português.

oin the Irish Nationality Room Committee to celebrate the 66th anniversary of the dedication of the Irish Nationality Room at the University of Pittsburgh. A family event with free admission and parking. All attendees will receive a personalized gift from Mr. Seán.

Soviet ideology treated religion as an enemy, a tool of oppression and an expression of backwardness. Militant atheism, the prohibition of religious rituals, and the repression of religious communities aimed to create a secular, rational, and scientific society. Yet, religion mattered in Soviet people’s lives. And with institutional religion restricted, many people expressed their spirituality through “lived religion” - the practice of religion and spirituality in everyday lives. What were the practices of lived religion in the context of state socialism? And how did it converge and diverge with the return of institutionalised religion and spiritual lift after the collapse of communism? REEES Spring 2023 Series, Religion in (Post-Socialism) Societies, will explore the role of religion in socialist and post-socialist societies in eight online discussions on religion and its relations to repression, nation-building, indigenous cultures, and memory.

This is a part of REEES’s Spring 2023 lecture series.

This event presents an opportunity for students in the Department of Sociology who are studying global mobilization and political economy as well as lecturers from outside the continental US to gather to share their research.