Join us for a celebration of the East European region and experience the festive music, delicious cuisines, and traditional dances of Eastern Europe and its surrounding regions! This event will bring together numerous food vendors, performers, student & academic organizations, and local diaspora organizations.
Join the Swiss Nationality Room Committee, the Paul Riis Legacy Preservation Volunteers, and the Swiss-American Society of Pittsburgh as we celebrate Paul Riis’ birthday on October 1, 2023 at 4:00 PM in South Park. We will gather at the Forbes Pavilion near the beautiful Cascades, designed by Riis.
Paul Riis was a Swiss-born landscape architect who served as the first director of Allegheny County Parks from 1928 to 1932. He designed numerous nature-inspired features in both North Park and South Park. We’ll sample some Swiss foods including Raclette and Fondue, learn how to sing Happy Birthday in German, and hear from the sponsoring organizations about their work.
Did you know a group of people meet monthly to help preserve Riis structures in South Park? Did you know Pittsburgh will host the North American Swiss Singing Alliance competition in 2024? Have you heard about the Swiss Nationality Room and the scholarships it sponsors for summer study in Switzerland?
Please RSVP to Ellen Porter by MONDAY SEPTEMBER 25 with the number of adults and children planning to attend:
ecarlson118@gmail.com
412.335.9659
The Italian Department will offer Italian coffee to students, along with information about studying Italian at Pitt.
Join German Club at Pitt’s weekly meetings during Fall 2023 to converse in German and learn German culture!
Come meet international students, make friends, practice conversational English, and have fun together, during these weekly discussion groups coordinated by the English Language Institute. Feel free to bring your lunch :)
Join us as graduate program experts share their insights into researching programs and creating competitive applications for graduate school. Learn tips on how to write effective statements, secure letters of recommendation, and choose a program that best suits your goals. There will be a Q&A following the panel discussion.
Panelists:
Thomas Keller (Director of Admissions, Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business)
Emily Renne (Recruitment and Admissions Manager, GSPIA)
Dr. Emily Rook-Koepsel (Asst. Director for Academic Affairs, Asian Studies Center)
Dr. Burcu Savun (Director of Graduate Studies and Professor, Department of Political Science)
Join us as graduate program experts share their insights into researching programs and creating competitive applications for graduate school. Learn tips on how to write effective statements, secure letters of recommendation, and choose a program that best suits your goals. There will be a Q&A following the panel discussion.
Panelists:
Thomas Keller (Director of Admissions, Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business)
Emily Renne (Recruitment and Admissions Manager, GSPIA)
Dr. Emily Rook-Koepsel (Asst. Director for Academic Affairs, Asian Studies Center)
Dr. Burcu Savun (Director of Graduate Studies and Professor, Department of Political Science)
Come meet international students, make friends, practice conversational English, and have fun together, during these weekly discussion groups coordinated by the English Language Institute. Feel free to bring your lunch :)
Learn how to earn credit by taking part in classes, activities, clubs, study abroad, and more, to support you holistically and make you stand out to employers. To start, undergraduate students can earn OCC and myPittGlobal credits by attending this event!
At this event, you will hear from representatives from the following:
Outside the Classroom (OCC)
Honors OCC
Pitt Global Hub
To attend, register here: https://pitt.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0P7abijZZ5nxg22
Come practice your Hungarian while meeting other people who are interested in speaking the language. All levels are welcome!
The presentation focused on the impacts of climate change, specifically on the African continent, shedding light on the various challenges African nations face due to environmental degradation and shifting weather patterns. Through the presentation, students gained insights into the unique vulnerabilities of African communities to climate change and the innovative strategies employed to mitigate its effects and promote sustainability. The Center for African Studies played a crucial role in providing valuable information and fostering awareness about this pressing global issue, empowering students to become informed advocates for environmental stewardship and sustainable development.
Stop by the Global Hub to see poster presentations by fellows from the School of Social Work's Browne Leadership Fellows Program, an interdisciplinary fellowship aimed at preparing students to be engaged civic leaders.
Join the French Club for a conversation hour for French speaking individuals of varying levels to practice the French language.
Join advanced Swahili students from Swahili 3 to practice the language outside of the classroom!
Note: Meetings will take place weekly in the Global Hub, during Fall semester, except on September 20 and October 18.
Join weekly Bate-Papo Portuguese conversation practice for all levels, from brand-new beginners to advanced or heritage speakers!
Note: Meetings will take place weekly in the Global Hub except on September 27, October 18, and November 1.
Join the Spanish Club meeting to learn more about opportunities to connect with the Spanish language and Spanish-speaking cultures!
SCREENSHOT: Asia is a project created to bring Asian and Asian American arts to Pittsburgh and engage students in practical, professional arts programming experience. By screening films from across Asia, we hope to create a dialog based on shared cinematic experiences, letting our audiences learn about and embrace different cultures, peoples, and ways of being in the world.
Pushan Kripalani | 2022 | 103 Minutes| India, United Kingdom, United States
Sadhana Tripathy (Deepti Naval), who is beginning to suffer from dementia, has one foot in the door that opens out to the hellish realm of memory loss and speech disruption. Summoned by Sadhana’s neighbor after a domestic mishap, her daughter Anamika (Koechlin) returns to a mother whom she resents for reasons both trivial and significant. The film is finely attuned to the symptoms of atrophy, both in Sadhana’s mind and the mother-daughter relationship. If the mother wants to remember, the daughter wishes to forget. Sadhana and Anamika’s relationship is peculiar to their past but is hauntingly familiar to anyone approaching that vulnerable point where parents begin to resemble children and children must double up as parents.
Tickets are free with a PITT id, regular tickets $10, Non-Pitt students $5 with ID.
For more information about the film festival, click here
Mangia con noi! Bring your lunch and chat with us! Pitt students only, all levels welcome!
Fall 2023 CLAS Speaker Series!
For virtual participation, please register here: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0kf-uqqjwiGdRmIQ-4nJkNjXRcDsRbOXi5
FLTA for the 2023/2024 academic year, Benedict Kachietano, visits K-12 classrooms to engage and teach the Kiswahili language and foster an appreciation for Kenyan and African culture.
At Woodland High School, students recently attended a classroom presentation led by a Fulbright scholar from Kenya, focusing on the Swahili language and culture. During the presentation, students were introduced to the rich linguistic and cultural heritage of Swahili-speaking communities in East Africa. The scholar provided insights into the origins and significance of the Swahili language and its role as a lingua franca across various East African countries. Additionally, students had the opportunity to learn about key aspects of Swahili culture, including traditions, customs, music, and cuisine. Through engaging activities and interactive discussions, the presentation not only deepened students' understanding of Swahili language and culture but also fostered an appreciation for the diversity and interconnectedness of global communities.
Babak Jalali | 2023 | 91 minutes | USA
Beautiful and troubled 20-something Donya, an Afghan translator who used to work with the U.S. government, has trouble sleeping. She lives by herself in Fremont, California, in a building with other Afghan immigrants and often dines alone at a local restaurant watching soap operas. Her routine changes when she’s promoted to writing the fortunes at her job at a fortune cookie factory in the city. As her fortunes are read by strangers throughout the Bay, Donya’s smoldering longing drives her to send a message out to the world, unsure where it will lead.
Tickets are free with a PITT id, regular tickets $10, Non-Pitt students $5 with ID.
For more information about the film festival, click here
il Messaggero (The Messenger) tells the story of an Italian man from a small village in Italy and his idea to bring messages of hope and joy to the United States as an immigrant in 1966. In doing so, he unknowingly immortalizes a generation of Italians through rare audio recordings and more than 50 years later we see its impact on the next generation living in the U.S. The film explores the amazing true history of one man's mission and his unique way of capturing the stories of those left behind in Italy. It revisits turbulent times in recent world history as well as local history, including the rise of the HJ Heinz company, a Pittsburgh area Italian DJ, and the migration of Italians to the Pittsburgh area.
Director Pete Ferrar will be present for Q&A
All films are sponsored by the History Center's Italian American program and the University of Pittsburgh's European Studies Center and Italian Nationality Room (part of the Nationality Rooms & Intercultural Exchange Programs). Film screenings are free to the public and will take place in the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium on the University of Pittsburgh campus.
Kenneth Dagatan | 2023 | 97 minutes | Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan
As World War II in 1945 Philippines is coming to an end, a wealthy family is trapped in their country mansion and terrorized by Japanese soldiers who are losing control of the island. The family's patriarch, Aldo, is rumored to have stolen Japanese gold and hidden it nearby. Knowing that his family will be killed if the gold is found, Aldo leaves to seek help from the Americans. His absence causes the family to fear that he will never return, while the mother's health deteriorates. Desperate for help, the family's young daughter Tala turns to a deceitful and flesh-eating fairy, who plans to devour them all.
Tickets are free with a PITT id, regular tickets $10, Non-Pitt students $5 with ID.
For more information about the film festival, click here
Tune in at 92.1 FM and online: https://wptsradio.org/listen/
12 hours of specialty content highlighting the diversity of Pitt's campus! Hear from a different organization every hour.
Hear from the Center for African Studies from 1pm - 2pm!
Come practice your conversational Polish at these weekly meetings!
Join Kya Baat Hai weekly conversation hours for students to practice speaking in Hindi and Urdu and connect over shared cultural experiences!
Lim Oh-Jeong | 2022 | 109 Minutes| South Korea
In this black comedy from Na Mi and Sun Woo, who have been suffering from bullying and school violence throughout their school days, attempt suicide while their classmates go on a school trip. After the silly yet ridiculous suicide failure, the two try to take revenge on Chae Rin, who bullied them most and now lives happily in Seoul. However, their plans go awry. Ridiculously, Chae Rin, the worst bully ever, has found religion and has turned into a genuinely good person. What should they do now?
Tickets are free with a PITT id, regular tickets $10, Non-Pitt students $5 with ID.
For more information about the film festival, click here
Join Addverse Poesia, an international and multilingual poetry group that discusses, reads and translates poems in at least 4 languages, for their weekly meetings!
Makbul Mubarak | 2022 | 115 minutes | Indonesia, Poland, Germany, Qatar, Philippines, France, Singapore
A young man--Rakib (Kevin Ardilova)--is working as a housekeeper in an empty mansion. When its owner, retired general, Purnawinata (Arswendy Bening Swara), returns to start his mayoral election campaign, the young man bonds with him and defends him when his campaign is vandalized, setting off a chain of violence.
Tickets are free with a PITT id, regular tickets $10, Non-Pitt students $5 with ID.
For more information about the film festival, click here
Li Ruijin | 2022 | 133 Minutes | China
In rural Gaotai county, two lonely, middle-aged outcasts are pushed into an arranged marriage by their families. Ma (Wu Renlin) is a humble farmer with little to offer his timid and sickly wife, Cao (Hai Qing), except for a small, abandoned house on a barren patch of land. From just a few seeds, their newly planted crops take root and flourish; and similarly, an unexpected bond between the two starts to blossom. As seasons pass their dedication to each other grows stronger but change and adversity soon threaten the idyllic existence they share.
Tickets are free with a PITT id, regular tickets $10, Non-Pitt students $5 with ID.
For more information about the film festival, click here
Chie Hayakawa | 2022 | 112 minutes | Japan
In a near dystopian future, Japan’s government launches PLAN 75, a program encouraging the elderly to terminate their own lives to relieve its rapidly aging population’s social and economic burdens. In Chie Hayakawa’s remarkable and sensitive feature film debut, the lives of three ordinary citizens intersect in this new reality as they confront the crushing callousness of a world ready to dispose of those no longer deemed valuable.
Chieko Baishō stars as a 78-year-old Michi who considers signing up for the program after losing her meager but fulfilling hotel job and the means to live independently. A young Plan 75 salesman Himoru (Hayato Isomura) initially believes in the program’s benefits and serves as the human face of the program. And Maria (Stephanie Arianne), a Filipino care worker living overseas, reluctantly accepts a position with PLAN 75 to send money home to her ailing daughter. On the surface, the plan and its hawkers exude a kindness that serves as the film’s chilling vision of bureaucratic indifference and our increasing loss of interconnectedness. However, Hayakawa’s view is far from grim, as these characters soon learn to fully reckon with their own lives and what it truly means to live.
Tickets are free with a PITT id, regular tickets $10, Non-Pitt students $5 with ID.
For more information about the film festival, click here
Houman Sayyedi | 2022 | 117 minutes | Iran
Shakib (Mohsen Tanabandeh) is a homeless day laborer who lost his wife and son in an earthquake years ago. Over the last couple of years, he has been in a relationship with Ladan (Mahsa Hejazi), a deaf and mute woman. The construction site on which he works turns out to be the set of a film about the atrocities committed by Hitler during WWII.
Against all odds, he is given a house and an opportunity of a lifetime. When Ladan learns about his movie role and the house, she comes to his workplace to ask for help and a place. Shakib’s plan to hide her fails and threatens to destroy his chance to be somebody.
Tickets are free with a PITT id, regular tickets $10, Non-Pitt students $5 with ID.
For more information about the film festival, click here
Anthony Shim | 2023 | 117 Minutes | Canada
Set in the 90s, a Korean single mother raises her young son in the suburbs of Canada determined to provide a better life for him than the one she left behind. RICEBOY SLEEPS is loosely based on the writer-director’s own upbringing. This is a fully bilingual affair that jumps decades and continents, bursting with ambition and energy, albeit in that quietly Canadian kind of way. RICEBOY SLEEPS takes a tough, hard approach to kick through the darkness. But once it breaks through that wall, the daylight bleeds in, blindingly bright.
Tickets are free with a PITT id, regular tickets $10, Non-Pitt students $5 with ID.
For more information about the film festival, click here
Chan Ching-lin | 2022 | 135 minutes | Taiwan
In Taiwanese filmmaker Ching-lin Chan’s bracing feature debut, a pigeon returns after seven years, reopening a family’s old wounds and festering resentments in a town enmeshed in the illegal pigeon racing circuit. The story revolves around a poor family dependent on its racing pigeons which is shaken by economic pressures, restless youth and the disappearance of their son. The arrival of another drifting youngster brings changes to their lives. But also heralds an approaching storm.
Tickets are free with a PITT id, regular tickets $10, Non-Pitt students $5 with ID.
For more information about the film festival, click here
Amanda Nell Eu | 2023| 95 Minutes | Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, France, Germany, Netherlands, Indonesia, Qatar
Zaffan (12) struggles with puberty, discovering a terrifying secret about her physical self. Her failed attempts to conceal the inevitable lead her friends to find out who she really is, and they attack her. As Zaffan is further provoked by her own community, she soon learns that embracing her true self is the only answer to her freedom.
AWARDS: 2023 Cannes Film Festival Critics’ Week Grand Prize
Tickets are free with a PITT id, regular tickets $10, Non-Pitt students $5 with ID.
For more information about the film festival, click here
The workshop introduces K-12 teachers to diverse African oral traditions, highlighting their role in shaping cultural identities and transmitting knowledge.
Hear from one of the UN's Most Influential People of African Descent, Dr. Johannes John-Langba! He is also a Pitt alum in the School of Social Work.
The UN's Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) identifies high achievers of African descent in public and private sectors from all around the world as a progressive network of relevant actors to join together in the spirit of recognition, justice and development of Africa, it's people on the continent and across it's Diaspora.
Beginner Swahili students are invited to join this weekly conversation hour to practice the language outside of the classroom.
Join German Club at Pitt’s weekly meetings during Fall 2023 to converse in German and learn German culture!
The undergraduate REEES Think Tank, housed at Howard University, is hosting a panel of speakers from The Brookings Institution. The speakers will address the need for diversity in the field and what they wish they had known when they were undergrads, setting out on their careers. Q&A will focus on providing opportunities for Think Tank Student Fellows, Howard University Russian Area Studies students. and Russian Area Studies students from other schools to be able to ask questions.
This intensive, two-part program incorporates a cross-cultural homestay with individualized field study. The program is open to undergraduates of any major at the University of Pittsburgh with sufficient Portuguese language proficiency and an interest in Latin American culture. About 15 students will be selected for the program and enroll in a preparatory seminar on campus during the spring of 2024, and then travel to the host country where they will study, live with a host family, and carry out an independent field project during the summer.
Join the French Club for a conversation hour for French speaking individuals of varying levels to practice the French language.
Are you looking to gain experience that will help prepare you for a globally-connected job market? Stop by 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!
Fall 2023 Global Distinction Drop-In Hours: Tuesdays at 3:30-4:30 pm, except on October 3 and November 21.
Come practice your Hungarian and meet people who are interested in speaking the language too. All levels are welcome!
In this Let's Talk Africa, learn about "Tomorrow's Stars" in Ghana! Providing resources for schools including learning materials, teachers, and student scholarships.
George Weir founded Tomorrow's Stars in 2003 after traveling to Ghana in 2000. Hear his story and what his organization has accomplished!
Join the French Club for a conversation hour for French speaking individuals of varying levels to practice the French language.
Join advanced Swahili students from Swahili 3 to practice the language outside of the classroom!
Note: Meetings will take place weekly in the Global Hub, during Fall semester, except on September 20 and October 18.
Join weekly Bate-Papo Portuguese conversation practice for all levels, from brand-new beginners to advanced or heritage speakers!
Note: Meetings will take place weekly in the Global Hub except on September 27, October 18, and November 1.
Join the Spanish Club meeting to learn more about opportunities to connect with the Spanish language and Spanish-speaking cultures!
Mangia con noi! Bring your lunch and chat with us! Pitt students only, all levels welcome!
Connect with Pitt colleagues and peers while you create an alebrije!
Design and make your own hand-carved copal wood animal (materials provided) as we talk about the origins and history of this unique art form.
Snacks will be provided!
This workshop is presented by the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) and the Center for Creativity.
Please register here: https://calendar.pitt.edu/event/alebrije_workshop_9174#
This talk offers a historical critique of the Great Green Wall Initiative of the Sahel and the Sahara (GGW) – an audacious project to stop the southern encroachment of the Sahara Desert by constructing a wall of trees across the continent. From the start, the initiative attracted scrutiny from ecologist and climate scientists who argue, rightly, that the GGW was based on the notion of a universally advancing desert border. By upstreaming, or working back in history, this talk will examine how longstanding narratives of environmental decline, deforestation, and soil erosion have been redeployed in efforts to construct the GGW. In focusing specifically on Senegal, which has already devoted significant labor and capital to the initiative, Dr. Cropper will explore how government officials and development experts have relied on ‘declensionist’ tropes – deforestation, desiccation, food scarcity – to legitimize the project, even when the science has undermined its initial aims. Put simply, he will argue that narratives of environmental decline have served as a dynamic framework to rationalize the exploitation of the Sahel’s environments and have become the fetishized commodities of a global neoliberal economy.
Dr. Ruth Mostern, Professor of History and Director of the World History Center will moderate.
This lecture considers the problem of the cultural value of political mystifications, forgeries, and appropriations. In doing so, I will focus on the historical and ideological contexts (in particular, the role of the Communist International in Moscow) of one of the most popular “songs of protest,” which was published by the American folklorist and pro-Communist activist from a Jewish-Hungarian family Lawrence Gellert’s (1898-1979) in his influential collection of African-American political songs (1936). In the 1930s, the song was translated into several languages and published in various left-wing periodicals, set to music, illustrated, performed in various countries, choreographed, interrogated by the American government as a part of “the propagandistic play,” and, all in all, embodied the anti-religious nature of a revolutionary new genre of song created by Black Americans. It eventually became an integral part of many communist singers’ repertoire (from Paul Robeson, William Bowers, and Pete Seeger to Ernst Busch). In this lecture, I show that the poem itself was both an ideological construct and a significant cultural fact which helped to introduce a new musical genre and secretly promoted the Soviet political agenda of the mid-1930s.
Please note:
The pre-screening presentation will be held at 6:30 PM in the Italian Nationality Room (CL 116) at the University of Pittsburg's Cathedral of Learning.
The film will be shown at 7:30 PM in the Frick Fine Arts Building at 7:30 PM.
Synopsis:
During World War II, the U.S Government restricted the actions and freedoms of 600,000 Italian residents of the United States. All were declared “Enemy Aliens,” and many were placed under curfew, banned from their workplaces, evacuated from their homes and communities, and even placed in internment camps.
Many of these people had been in the United States for decades, had children born in their adopted country, and had sons serving in the U.S. Military.
During that era, Italians made up the biggest foreign-born group in the country. As the Department of Justice would later say, “The impact of the wartime experience was devastating to the Italian-American communities in the United States, and its effects are still being felt.”
Interned Italians were not charged with a crime or allowed legal representation. They were subjected to “loyalty hearings” and held for the duration of the war. The United States government considered them “Potentially Dangerous,” not based on anything they had done, but on where they were born.
Most Italians refused to speak about what happened to them. Even 80 years later, many have remained silent. Until now. Hear their stories for the first time in Potentially Dangerous.
Director: Zach Baliva
All films are sponsored by the History Center's Italian American program, the University of Pittsburgh's European Studies Center, and Italian Nationality Room (part of the Nationality Rooms & Intercultural Exchange Programs). Film screenings are free to the public and will take place in the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium on the University of Pittsburgh campus.
Come practice your conversational Polish at these weekly meetings!
Since the nineteenth century, the West has targeted the Senegal River Valley as an ideal location for environmental and agricultural improvement projects. In the early 1800s, French trading companies hoped to transform the Lower Senegal Valley into a massive plantation economy – one that would replace the devastating loss of Saint-Domingue to the Haitian Revolution. By the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, however, French colonizers shifted their focus from agricultural to energy, hoping that the establishment of a hydroelectric dam would stimulate the colonial economy and contribute to the growth of the extractive imperial economy. And, by the turn of the 21st century, international development institutions such as the World Bank, IMF, and USAID have once again turned to the Senegal River to construct a dam, though this time to alleviate famine in the region by providing farmlands with irrigation. In each case, these improvement projects not only failed to produce their intended results, but also helped to construct the stubborn and misguided narrative that the Sahel is in a continual state of environmental decline and crisis. In examining these wayward efforts to shape the riverain environment of the Senegal River Valley, this paper explores how Western science, technology, and innovation have ignored, and in some cases undermined, local systems of knowledge that have endured extended periods of ecological and climatic changes over time.
Professor Gennady Estraikh of New York University will give the second lecture of the Socialist Studies Seminar series.
During Alumni Weekend, the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs will welcome GSPIA alumni to the Global Hub to celebrate the growth in internationally-focused programming at Pitt.
Stop by the Global Hub to learn more about the Pennsylvania Council for International Education (PACIE), a non-profit organization founded in 1969 - in part, by Pitt - that advocates for global learning across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This event is part of the PACIE 2023 Conference. Hear from partners of the University Center for International Studies, such as ARYSE, past and incoming Presidents of PACIE, and Pitt students themselves, about why and how exposure to diversity matters, how it impacts you, and what we can do together to keep these opportunities flourishing.
As part of the Pennsylvania Council for International Education (PACIE) 2023 Conference, Pitt students are invited to join a Fireside Chat about by-youth, for-youth programming and youth-led voice.
Speakers:
Betty Cruz, President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh
Nandana M., World Affairs Youth Board Member and Junior at South Fayette High School
Moderator:
Molly McSweeney, Assistant Director for Student and Community Engagement | Global Hub; PACIE Vice President and Conference Committee Chair
Dr. Kseniia Minakova is an Associate Professor of Physics, Leader Researcher in Optics & Photonics Laboratory and Deputy Chair of the Admissions Committee at the National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute”. In 2023 she was named Optica Ambassador. Dr. Minakova received her Ph.D in Solid State Physics from the Institute of Electrophysics & Radiation Technologies National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and the Master’s degree in Theoretical Physics from the V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Now Kseniia's research is focused on theoretical calculations and modeling of thermal physical processes to find modern solutions and technical improvements to solar collectors for photovoltaic systems, taking into account the most important parameters of heat transfer processes, to optimize and increase the amount of heat removed from the surface of the solar collector. She also explored best practices in the effective recruitment, training, and development of women and other underrepresented groups in STEAM and learned how she can institutionalize opportunities for women in Ukraine using US experience. She has great experience in STEM that is being implemented in University-wide, as well as in all-Ukrainian and international STEM projects.
In this lecture she will discuss how the war in Ukraine has impacted researchers and rebuilding efforts.
EU FILM FESTIVAL
In preparation for the upcoming 2024 EU Film Festival (January 19-26, 2024), the ESC and the French and Italian Departments will host a teaser film screening.
PLUTO
Writer and Director: Renzo Carbonera (with Andrea Pennacchi)
A man wanders through the woods of the Alps. He lives in a former World War I fort and is haunted by nightmares and visions. He seems to have a mission to accomplish: he is the last agent of a secret society that over the years has prevented humanity from being destroyed by the mad atomic race. Or at least that’s what he believes. Franco Carling has served in military missions all over the world, has been injured in an accident and has lost his dearest affections because of the work that has taken him to numerous American bases in Italy and Europe, always in the company of the Bomb. Since the end of the Cold War, his points of reference have been missing, the enemy is no longer so easy to identify and the atomic risk has lost its strongest controller, the deterrence that was generated by the world divided into blocks. Now the Bomb has become his obsession, his torment and his only reason of life.
FREE ADMISSION
Writer and Director Renzo Carbonera will be present for Q&A.
Renzo Carbonera is a versatile artist and filmmaker who earned his degree with a thesis on director Ken Loach. He's known for directing 10 widely-broadcasted TV documentaries and achieving international acclaim with his fiction short film "Hemingway’s Pen," which won awards at numerous film festivals. His feature film "Resina" also garnered recognition and distribution in multiple countries. Renzo continued his success with "Takeaway" and "Pluto," two more films premiered at prestigious festivals. Beyond film, he serves as an artistic director and writer for video games and multimedia projects, with "The Rude Awakening" receiving acclaim. Additionally, he's set to make his debut as a theatrical stage director with "Jitney," produced by La Piccionaia, a prominent theater production company in Northern Italy.
October is the month of Parliamentary Elections in Eastern Europe’s powerhouse, Poland. On 15 October, the electorate stands at a crossroads and our invited panelists will discuss the path the Polish voters will have chosen. In addition to the implications for Poland, our panelists will discuss what the election results mean for relations with Poland’s neighbors, Ukraine in particular. And given that Brussels has repeatedly drawn attention to Polish democratic backsliding under the current government, this CoE will ask what the election means for the EU?
Moderators are:
Randall Halle, University of Pittsburgh
Paweł Lewicki, University of Pittsburgh
Panelists are:
Jan Kubik, Rutgers University/University College of London
Michal Kotnarowski, Polish Academy of Sciences
Monika Nalepa, University of Chicago
Join the French Club for a conversation hour for French speaking individuals of varying levels to practice the French language.
Come practice your Hungarian speaking skills and meet other individuals who are interested in the language. All levels are welcome!
Journalist Masha Karp speaks with REEESNe’s Tamizdat Student Working Group about her new book, George Orwell and Russia (Bloomsbury 2023). This webinar is co-sponsored by Tamizdat Project, a public scholarship initiative and a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization devoted to the study of banned books from the former Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc. It is convened by Yasha Klots, Assistant Professor of Russian at Hunter College, and is comprised of student volunteers from across the northeast and beyond.
“For those living in the Soviet Union, Orwell’s masterpieces, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, were not dystopias, but accurate depictions of reality. Here, the Orwell scholar and expert on Russian politics, Masha Karp – Russian Features Editor at the BBC World Service for over a decade – explores how Orwell’s work was received in Russia, when it percolated into the country even under censorship […]. As Vladimir Putin’s actions continue to shock the West, it is clear we are witnessing the next transformation of totalitarianism, as predicted and described by Orwell.”
The purpose of the Student Club Coalition is to give clubs related to Latin America, the Caribbean, and the diasporas, an opportunity to be officially related to and involved with CLAS, providing mutual support for student engagement.
Join the French Club for a conversation hour for French speaking individuals of varying levels to practice the French language.
Multi-media artist and engineer Mikael Owunna, will present works from his artistic practice that transfigure Black bodies into vessels of eternal life. Owunna’s artistic practice explores the intersections of visual media with engineering, optics, Blackness, and African cosmologies. His work seeks to elucidate an emancipatory vision of possibility that pushes people beyond all boundaries, restrictions, and frontiers. Owunna's presentation will be followed by a Q&A.
Check out Mikael's website here: https://www.mikaelowunna.com/#4
Join the University Center for International Studies, the Office of PittServes, and the Office of Engagement and Community Affairs for a meet and greet in the Global Hub, on the 1st floor of Posvar Hall. During this informal gathering, we will have the chance to get to know each other and learn more about our work as we welcome opportunities to partner. In order to confirm light refreshments, please register here: https://caw.pitt.edu/wednesday
Juliana Pereira, (PUC-Rio), and Lissa Passos, (Universidade Federal Fluminense) present: Sobre gêneros, blackface e a produção de racismo no teatro de revista
CULTNA is an initiative that brings together the Laboratório de História Oral e Imagem (LABHOI), at Universidade Federal Fluminense and Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, and the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Once a month we discuss recent work with scholars and students interested in the topic. Discussions are held virtually in Portuguese.
Cultura Negra no Atlantico (CULTNA) é uma iniciativa que congrega o Laboratório de História Oral e Imagem (LABHOI) da Universidade Federal Fluminense e da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, e o Center for Latin American Studies da University of Pittsburgh. Uma vez por mês, trabalhos recentes serão debatidos com especialistas e estudantes interessados no tema. As discussões serão realizadas em português.
Join the Persian Table to practice language, celebrate culture, and meet new people!
The Center for Governance and Markets will host the Annual Conference for CESS 2023, which will be held at the University of Pittsburgh from October 19-22, 2023. The CESS 2023 annual conference keynote speaker is Dr. Ayşe Zarakol, author of After Defeat: How the East Learned to Live with the West and Before the West: the Rise and Fall of Eastern World Orders.
Mangia con noi! Bring your lunch and chat with us! Pitt students only, all levels welcome!
Join Dr. Marcia Chuva (Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro), Dr. Leila Bianchi (UniRio), Dr. Aline Montenegro (Ipiranga Museum), and Dr. Vanicleia Ribeiro (UPenn) to discuss their research on slavery and memorialization in Brazil.
Zoom link here: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrd-GsqT0tE9LWZVwZteRQQvCa5Z6azFjt
Come meet international students, make friends, practice conversational English, and have fun together, during these weekly discussion groups coordinated by the English Language Institute. Feel free to bring your lunch :)
In the first installment of the Global Issues Through Literature Series (GILS), educators will convene to discuss A Blue Moon in Poorwater by author Cathryn Hankla. The discussion will be facilitated by Dr. Nancy Caronia, a Teaching Associate Professor in Department of English and Cultural Studies at the University of West Virginia.
This year's theme is: Marginalized Voices in Global Context: Centering Overlooked Narratives in Literature
This reading group for K-16 educators explores 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. Sessions this year will take place in a hybrid format, with virtual and in-person discussions taking place on Thursday evenings from 5-8 PM (EST). A copy of the book and 3 Act 48 credit hours are provided for each session.
Join us for an engaging K-12 curriculum resource workshop in which we examine the island of Taiwan's rich and compelling historical narrative as well as the important role it plays in today's geopolitical and economic landscape. This workshop will also include strategies for incorporating the study of Taiwan into the K-12 classroom with the award-winning interactive curriculum resource website, Centering Taiwan in Global Asia. A PDF of online resources will also be provided to all participants.
To complement the free, online resources offered to all participants, the first 20 K-12 educators who register, attend, and fully participate in the workshop will also receive a complimentary copy of Why Taiwan Matters: Small Island, Global Powerhouse by Shelley Rigger.
Pennsylvania teachers who complete the workshop will receive Act 48 hours.
For teachers in other states, we can provide you with a Certificate of Completion.
Our Return to Italy is a short fictional film about an Italian-American patriarch who wants to uproot his multigenerational family winemaking business to Italy but hides the truth about his motives, directed by Emmy-nominated, award-winning, husband and wife filmmakers Marylou & Jerome Bongiorno.
Marylou and Jerome Bongiorno will be available for Q&A via zoom.
All films are sponsored by the History Center's Italian American program and the University of Pittsburgh's European Studies Center and the Italian Nationality Room (part of the Nationality Rooms & Intercultural Exchange Programs). Film screenings are free to the public and will take place in the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium on the University of Pittsburgh campus.
The Center for Governance and Markets will host the Annual Conference for CESS 2023, which will be held at the University of Pittsburgh from October 19-22, 2023. The CESS 2023 annual conference keynote speaker is Dr. Ayşe Zarakol, author of After Defeat: How the East Learned to Live with the West and Before the West: the Rise and Fall of Eastern World Orders.
Come practice your conversational Polish at these weekly meetings!
This year, 2023, represents the 101st anniversary of Emile Licent and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s discovery of a child’s fossilized incisor at Erdos, Inner Mongolia: The first human fossil from China. Since the turn of the 21st century, paleoanthropology in China has made tremendous advances, both in the discovery of new human fossils and in the use of sophisticated analytical tools in geological, paleontological, and systematic studies.
Join Kya Baat Hai weekly conversation hours for students to practice speaking in Hindi and Urdu and connect over shared cultural experiences!
Join Addverse Poesia, an international and multilingual poetry group that discusses, reads and translates poems in at least 4 languages, for their weekly meetings!
The Center for Governance and Markets will host the Annual Conference for CESS 2023, which will be held at the University of Pittsburgh from October 19-22, 2023. The CESS 2023 annual conference keynote speaker is Dr. Ayşe Zarakol, author of After Defeat: How the East Learned to Live with the West and Before the West: the Rise and Fall of Eastern World Orders.
The Center for Governance and Markets will host the Annual Conference for CESS 2023, which will be held at the University of Pittsburgh from October 19-22, 2023. The CESS 2023 annual conference keynote speaker is Dr. Ayşe Zarakol, author of After Defeat: How the East Learned to Live with the West and Before the West: the Rise and Fall of Eastern World Orders.
Director: Igor Volosin
The marriage of Milan and Táni Labát is going through a crisis. Their daughter Lenka has a hard time surviving the estrangement of her parents. One holiday night changes their lives. Lenka celebrates her sixteenth birthday with her friends in a neighboring village, but she will not return home. Milan kidnaps the alleged perpetrator, Lenka's friend Lukáš. He imprisons him in a cabin in the woods. But did Lukáš really kidnap Lenka?
114 min.; 2018; Genre: drama
Slovak version; Subtitles: English
The Pittsburgh Chapter of the Kosciuszko Foundation will host a public piano performance of Chopin, Mendelssohn, and Mussorgsky at PNC Recital Hall at Duquesne University on Sunday, October 22, 2023, at 3 p.m. to benefit the foundation’s youth programs in Poland and Ukraine.
Pianists David Allen Wehr and Dr. Robert Armstrong look forward to delighting music enthusiasts with several selections highlighting the expressiveness of the Romantic period and, particularly, Frédéric Chopin’s genius contribution to Polish and musical history. A brief overview of Chopin’s life and work will also be included in the program.
Ticket price: $25 / $10 for students
Available for purchase here: bit.ly/ChopinRecital or contacting the Kosciuszko Foundation at mlellena@zoominterest.net.
All proceeds benefit the foundation’s ongoing Teaching English in Poland (TEIP) program for Ukrainian Children and disadvantaged Polish youth.
Join Pitt alumni and faculty to discuss pursuing a graduate degree abroad. Panelists will gain resources and review the application process, obtaining a Student Visa, international careers, and the experience of going to graduate school away from home. There will be a Q&A following the panel discussion.
Panelists:
Nancy Condee, Director of the Center for Russian,
East European, and Eurasian Studies, University of Pittsburgh
Maja Lynn, Queen’s University Belfast and Pitt alumni
Akudo McGee, Maastricht University and Pitt alumni
Moderated by Krystal Marsh, University of Pittsburgh
The Ford Institute for Human Security is celebrating its 20th anniversary with the launch of a new research program focused on online violence against women in politics. The Keynote is by Kristina Wilfore, the co-founder of #ShePersisted, focusing on curtailing gendered discrimination: Women's Political Leadership in an Era of Social Media. Following this will be a panel with Dhanaraj Thakur, research director for the Center of Democracy and Technology, alongside Erdem Yörük, director for the Center for Computational Social Sciences with Koç University.
Lunch with be provided to registered attendants!
To Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdLadWTJ5SBlQ23N5IG9PioB_T8hNOD...
Explore the World with a Summer Study Abroad Scholarship! Join the Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs' Scholarships Info Session!
Dreaming of an unforgettable summer adventure abroad? We're here to make it happen! Discover your opportunity to study abroad with the help of scholarships at our Summer Study Abroad Scholarships Info Session.
What You'll Gain from Our Info Session:
Scholarship Insights: Learn about various scholarships designed specifically for summer study abroad programs.
Application Tips: Get expert advice on crafting a compelling scholarship application.
Destinations Galore: Explore exciting study abroad destinations and programs available.
Q&A Session: Ask your burning questions and get answers from experienced advisors.
Don't miss out on the opportunity of a lifetime! Secure your spot at our Summer Study Abroad Scholarships Info Session and embark on a transformative journey that will broaden your horizons and enrich your life. Your global adventure begins here!
Beginner Swahili students are invited to join this weekly conversation hour to practice the language outside of the classroom.
Come meet international students, make friends, practice conversational English, and have fun together, during these weekly discussion groups coordinated by the English Language Institute. Feel free to bring your lunch :)
Please join us at this information session to learn more about the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) program in room 4130 Posvar Hall, on the 4th floor of W. Wesley Posvar Hall.
Join German Club at Pitt’s weekly meetings during Fall 2023 to converse in German and learn German culture!
Through experiential learning, high school students engage directly with global issues by assuming the role of world leaders and negotiating responses to timely topics.
Come meet international students, make friends, practice conversational English, and have fun together, during these weekly discussion groups coordinated by the English Language Institute. Feel free to bring your lunch :)
Join the French Club for a conversation hour for French speaking individuals of varying levels to practice the French language.
Are you looking to gain experience that will help prepare you for a globally-connected job market? Stop by 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!
Fall 2023 Global Distinction Drop-In Hours: Tuesdays at 3:30-4:30 pm, except on November 21.
Human Rights Amid Violent Conflict: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Events in Israel and Gaza is a panel discussion that will try to provide an academic space and context for those seeking to think and learn, as we are all witnessing heart-breaking violence and response in Israel and Gaza. Our goal is to offer academic contexts and input for thinking about the current moment, asking each forum participant to speak about: What sets of academic knowledge and frameworks are you drawing on as you follow the news from afar? What scholarly expertise can help us understand better the complexity of actors, institutions, interests, and international structures shaping events on the ground and what happens next?
Panelists include: Julia Santucci, Senior Lecturer in Intelligence Studies, Director of the Johnson Institute for Responsible Leadership and Frances Hesselbein Leadership Forum at Pitt's Graduate School for Public and International Affairs (security and human rights and the challenges policymakers face);
Michal Friedman, Assistant Teaching Professor & Jack Buncher Professor of Jewish Studies, History at Carnegie Mellon University (human rights activism within Israel);
Mohammed Bamyeh, Professor of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh (Gaza, & its diverse actors and challenges & human experience );
Catherine Koverola, Director of the Center for African Studies (trauma and the course of violent conflict)
The Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs 2023 Scholarship Awardee Poster Showcase will be held on Tuesday, October 24 from 5-7 pm in the Connolly Ballroom in Alumni Hall. Come join the 74 undergraduate and graduate students to learn about their global learning experiences abroad in the summer. The NRIEP Scholarship Program is nearly sixty years old and supports study abroad, internships, independent research and experiential learning for Pitt students around the world.
Come practice your Hungarian speaking skills and meet other individuals who are interested in the language. All levels are welcome!
In celebration of I Stand With Immigrants, stop by the Global Hub to write a few words about how immigrants inspire you. Now an annual event in the Global Hub, I Stand With Immigrants is an initiative powered by FWD.us Education Fund, Inc. that engages colleges and universities across the US and encourages the celebration of cultures and heritages.
The APA Sustainability class presentation on climate change in Africa discussed the continent's vulnerability, focusing on challenges like water scarcity and food insecurity. It highlighted the role of deforestation and agriculture in exacerbating climate change and stressed the need for international cooperation and community engagement in finding solutions
A language and cultural exchange between Pitt language learners and international speakers. Lunch provided. Registration Required
Learn about the 6 study abroad programs in Africa this Summer and hear from fellow students who have already traveled to Africa!
Pizza provided!
See our study abroad programs here: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/study-abroad
Join the Asian Studies Center in a language and cultural exchange between University of Pittsburgh language learners and international speakers. Registration required.
Join the French Club for a conversation hour for French speaking individuals of varying levels to practice the French language.
Join advanced Swahili students from Swahili 3 to practice the language outside of the classroom!
Note: Meetings will take place weekly in the Global Hub, during Fall semester, except on September 20 and October 18.
How did Jewish children conceal their presence during the Holocaust and what effect did hiding have on child survivors? This talk will expand the story of Krakow Jews as told in the film "Schindler's List" by zooming in on Jewish children's experiences and what that conveys about the German occupation of Krakow, Poland.
Join weekly Bate-Papo Portuguese conversation practice for all levels, from brand-new beginners to advanced or heritage speakers!
Note: Meetings will take place weekly in the Global Hub except on September 27, October 18, and November 1.
Mangia con noi! Bring your lunch and chat with us! Pitt students only, all levels welcome!
What to expect:
- Share personal experiences that promote compassion and togetherness
- Connect with fellow students, colleagues, and community members.
- Participate in a cultural engagement exercise.
- Close with meditation/ personal reflection.
All are welcome!
Vegetarian Lunch will be served. RSVP is required by Oct 25: hinh@pitt.edu
EU ENLARGEMENT LECTURE SERIES: 20th Anniversary of the EU Enlargement
As part of our continued efforts to bring together experts with diverse perspectives to discuss contemporary issues facing Europe, the European Studies Center/European Union Center of Excellence (ESC/EUCE) along with the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES) offers a new lecture series to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the EU Enlargement. This virtual lecture series will be held on the last Thursday of each month.
2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the biggest enlargement of the European Union in its history. Ten countries, mainly former socialist Eastern European states, almost doubled the EU from 15 to 25 member states. May 1, 2004, was the triumphal return to the European Family for many. But for some, it initiated a process of disenchantment with the EU and the West.
Each month, the ESC/EUCE, together with REEES at the University of Pittsburgh, will focus our attention on a specific country or a group of countries in the EU by inviting experts and eyewitnesses to discuss the hopes and realities of the EU integration before and after expansion to address what hopes were fulfilled and what new hopes exist for the Union in the present.
Each session is recorded and later posted on the internet with suggested additional readings and further resources. Please check out our webpage for more details and mark the last Thursday of the month to attend this event.
Moderator: Pawel Lewicki
Panelist:
Pavel Telicka, Czech Diplomat, Politician and Businessman
A former negotiator of Czech access to the EU and a former member of the EU Parliament (2014-2019), he contributed to the country’s integration into the EU throughout his career. He was elected as a Member of the European Parliament. Pavel Telicka was the 2nd Vice-Chair of the ALDE Group and, in the second part of his mandate, Vice-President of the European Parliament and coordinator of ALDE MEPs in the Committee on Transport and Tourism. Additionally, Pavel engaged in the Committee on Industry, Research, and Energy, where he was responsible for several pieces of legislation, especially on circular economy, cybersecurity, and energy policy. His other political interests and activities included the digital economy, better EU regulation, foreign policy, human rights, and democracy worldwide.
Carol Leff, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Carol Leff is Professor Emeritus from the Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where she was a long-term executive and former director of the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Center. Her research and publications focus on Czech and Slovak politics, including EU relations and the post-communist transition. Additionally, she was the Editor (1991-1998), Board Member (2005) and President (2004-2008) of the Slovak Studies Association of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. Her publications include Interwar Czechoslovakia - A National State for a Multiethnic Population, Interwar East Central Europe, 1918-1941: The Failure of Democracy-Building, the Fate of Minorities (2020); Building Democratic Values in the Czech Republic since 1989, Central and Southeast European Politics since 1989 (2019); Slovakia and the Making of Czechoslovakia: Controversies and Legacies, Kosmas: Czechoslovak & Central European Journal, New Series 2 (2019).
CLAS Speaker Series presents, Brodwyn Fischer from The University of Chicago's Department of History
Come meet international students, make friends, practice conversational English, and have fun together, during these weekly discussion groups coordinated by the English Language Institute. Feel free to bring your lunch :)
Join us for a conversation with Rossana Castiglioni (Universidad Diego Portales), on her recent book "The Political Economy of Segmented Expansion" (Cambridge University Press, 2023, with Camila Arza, Juliana Martínez Franzoni, Sara Niedzwiecki, Jennifer Pribble and Diego Sánchez-Ancochea), and Andrés Schipani (Universidad de San Andrés) on his award-winning article “Left Behind: Labor Unions and Redistributive Policy under the Brazilian Workers’ Party” (Comparative Politics, April 2022). Hosted by Raúl Sánchez-Urribarrí (LaTrobe University, Australia)
A one-night only screening of My Girlfriend is a Serial Killer in partnership with Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
Are you interested in studying language and culture abroad in Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America, or the Middle East? Come to the National Scholarship Office's Boren Scholarship Info Session with Kaye Stansbury, a Boren Award Program Manager, to learn how you could receive funding for your study abroad experience!
The Boren Scholarship helps fund intensive language and cultural studies abroad in countries outside of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand with program lengths and maximum award amounts of:
- 8-11 weeks: $8,000 for a summer program (STEM majors only)
- 12-24 weeks: $12,500
- 25-52 weeks: $25,000
In this seminar Dr. Lara Daley will share her work engaging with place and time as Country: an Aboriginal English word for the human and more-than-human beings and agencies that co-become as place and as time/s. Country is deeply relational and includes people, land, waters, sky, rocks, animals, plants, memories, dreams, stories, ancestors and so much more.
The presentation will reflect on time as multiple, non-linear, active, and made through and as relationships. Drawing on urban activism in Meanjin (Brisbane, Australia), the presentation will discuss how cities in Australia are both rich and lived, multitemporal Indigenous places/spaces and sites of ongoing Indigenous dispossession.
Lara Daley is a Research Fellow in the discipline of geography and environmental studies at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Lara's research attends to human and more-than-human connections and protocols, the urban as Country, and so-called 'outer' space as already known, cared for, and inhabited through Indigenous ontologies and systems of governance.
Kostyuchenko is a Russian journalist and LGBTQ+ rights activist, exiled for her unflinching reporting on the Russian war in Ukraine. Her new book combines reportage and personal essay to illuminate Russia as it is today.
Come practice your conversational Polish at these weekly meetings!
The formal establishment of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing on October 10, 1949 heralded the arrival of what the Chinese Communist Party proudly called “New China.” But what did the establishment of New China look like at the grassroots level? This talk moves the focus of inquiry away from Beijing and down to Poyang, an overwhelmingly rural county far from centers of Maoist power. Discussing his new book Tiger, Tyrant, Bandit, Businessman: Echoes of Counterrevolution from New China, Prof. DeMare uses rare archival sources from rural police investigations to bring four tales of political and criminal intrigue to life. Bandit uprisings, midnight assassinations, prison breaks, and trials of accused spies all underscore the volatile nature of regime change in rural China. Prof. DeMare will also highlight how our understanding of these years of revolutionary upheaval are deeply complicated by the limitations of archival materials.
Prof. Brian DeMare teaches at Tulane University. A specialist in archives and narratives, he has written three books on Maoist revolution. His first book, Mao’s Cultural Army (Cambridge, 2015), explored how the Communists deployed drama troupes to mobilize soldiers and farmers alike. Land Wars (Stanford, 2019), Prof. DeMare’s second book, is the only English language study on the multiple rounds of land reform that brought Communist rule to the countryside between 1946 and 1952. This talk is based on his latest book, Tiger, Tyrant, Bandit, Businessman: Echoes of Counterrevolution from New China (Stanford, 2022).
Join Kya Baat Hai weekly conversation hours for students to practice speaking in Hindi and Urdu and connect over shared cultural experiences!
Join Addverse Poesia, an international and multilingual poetry group that discusses, reads and translates poems in at least 4 languages, for their weekly meetings!
A Halloween party hosted by the Asian Studies Center and the English Language Institute. Snack will be provided and there will be prizes for best costumes.
This experience offers a unique perspective on the events that led to the founding of the Republic of Turkey as seen through the lens of American newspaper clippings. An exhibition curating and contextualizing American newspaper coverage of the transformative events between 1918 and 1923 that led to the birth of the Republic of Turkey
Join us for our Dia de los Muertos celebration!
From October 30th to November 6th, stop by the Global Hub in Posvar Hall to celebrate Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead. Center for Latin American Studies students, community, and staff have worked together to build an ofrenda, or alter, where you can bring photos or momentos of your loved ones.
As you engage with the display, you'll have the opportunity to learn more about the symbolism and traditions of Dia de los Muertos. This is a wonderful way to honor the memory of those we've lost and celebrate their lives. We welcome everyone to join us in this celebration of life and cultural understanding.
For more details or inquiries, please reach out to clas@pitt.edu
Beginner Swahili students are invited to join this weekly conversation hour to practice the language outside of the classroom.
Come meet international students, make friends, practice conversational English, and have fun together, during these weekly discussion groups coordinated by the English Language Institute. Feel free to bring your lunch :)
Join German Club at Pitt’s weekly meetings during Fall 2023 to converse in German and learn German culture!
Join Brazilian Student Association members who attended the BRASA Summit in DC as they give a re-cap about what they learned.
Join us on Monday, October 30, 8:00pm on Zoom only: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYuceyhpjsiE9BDDkS9GkoAUOuPd3diCluk. Learn more about the summer program Nursing at Trinity College Dublin!
Come meet international students, make friends, practice conversational English, and have fun together, during these weekly discussion groups coordinated by the English Language Institute. Feel free to bring your lunch :)
Join the French Club for a conversation hour for French speaking individuals of varying levels to practice the French language.
Are you looking to gain experience that will help prepare you for a globally-connected job market? Stop by 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!
Fall 2023 Global Distinction Drop-In Hours: Tuesdays at 3:30-4:30 pm, except on November 21.
Come practice your Hungarian speaking skills and meet other individuals who are interested in the language. All levels are welcome!
