Events in UCIS

Friday, September 22

9:00 am Information Session
CEA Drop-In Advising Hours
Sponsored by:
Global Experiences Office along with CEA Study Abroad
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CEA Drop-In Advising Hours for Pitt Recognized Program. Advising is 9/22 from 9:00am-12:00pm.

11:15 am Lecture
Pitt Business Leadership Spotlight with Ambassador Masire-Mwamba
Location:
2400 Sennott Square
Sponsored by:
Center for African Studies along with Pitt Business
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Join Pitt Business and the Center for African Studies as we welcome Ambassador Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba, Executive in Residence of the African Business Initiative. With over 30 years of senior-level experience in business, development, and multilateral diplomacy, Masire-Mwamba is Botswana’s ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium and mission to the European Union. She is also an accomplished Katz Graduate School of Business alumna. Learn about the history of business in Botswana and the Ambassador’s work and ask questions at the end.

Light refreshments will be served!

1:00 pm Student Club Activity
Polish Conversation Table
Location:
Cathedral of Learning 126
Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
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Come practice your conversational Polish at these weekly meetings!

3:30 pm Workshop
Creating Cartoneras with Pantera Cartonera
Location:
The University Store on Fifth, C4C: The Workshop
Sponsored by:
Center for Latin American Studies along with University of Pittsburgh Center for Creativity
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Make your own cartonera with PanteraCartonera@Pitt and the Center for Creativity at this hands-on workshop.

The cartonera publishing trend began in Buenos Aires in 2003, and was organized by writers and artists who produced hand-made books at low-cost using recycled cardboard (thus the name "cartonera"). The books are produced in a collective-circular way, in which authors become designers, designers become creators, and creators become authors.

The phenomenon has expanded across the Americas, Europe, and Africa. Many have “recycled” the model, adapting it to their local contexts, communities, and social needs.

Basic materials will be supplied. If you have items that you would like to use that have a personal meaning to you, please bring them. Snacks will be provided!

PanteraCartonera@Pitt is a joint initiative between the Center for Latin American Studies and the University Library System.​

4:00 pm Student Club Activity
Kya Baat Hai!
Location:
Global Hub
Sponsored by:
Global Hub along with Kya Baat Hai!
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Join Kya Baat Hai weekly conversation hours for students to practice speaking in Hindi and Urdu and connect over shared cultural experiences!

4:00 pm Presentation
Referral: The Nation's Gratitude
Location:
Zoom
Announced by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies on behalf of Carnegie Mellon Department of History
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A pioneering work for the history of veterans’ rights in Romania, this study brings into focus the laws and policies the state developed in response to the unprecedented human losses in World War I. It features in lively and accessible language the varied responses of veterans, widows and orphans to those policies. The analysis emphasizes how ordinary citizens became educated about and used state institutions in ways that highlight the class, ethnic, religious and gender norms of the day. The book offers a vivid case study of how disability as a personal reality for many veterans became a point of policy making, a story that has seen little scholarly interest despite the enormous populations affected by these developments.

5:30 pm Student Club Activity
Addverse Meeting
Location:
Global Hub
Sponsored by:
Global Hub along with Addverse Poesia
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Join Addverse, an international and multilingual poetry group that discusses, reads and translates poems in at least 4 languages, for their weekly meetings!