Events in UCIS

Friday, September 6 until Friday, September 13

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 undergraduate Pitt students for a conversation hour to practice speaking in Hindi and Urdu and connect over shared cultural experiences.

Kya Baat Hai will meet weekly, on Fridays, during the 2024-2025 academic year, EXCEPT on the following dates:
September 20
September 27
December 20
December 27
January 3

Friday, September 6

5:00 pm Lecture
Genealogy and the modern identity: A linguist’s journey into the past and back
Location:
Hungarian Room – CL 121
Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, Global Hub and Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs along with Department of Linguistics; Hungarian Room Committee
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This talk summarizes the results of genealogical research done by the author – a linguist and academic from Hungary – which she has conducted in the past five years to uncover her own family’s history of mostly peasant ancestors in 18th-19th century rural southern Hungary. These results are then discussed in terms of the micro-historical, social-historical, and epigenetic contexts of modern (Central European) identity.

Anna Fenyvesi is Associate Professor and Director of the Institute of English and American Studies, University of Szeged, Hungary. She lived in Pittsburgh from 1991 to 1996, working towards her PhD in linguistics at Pitt (which she received in 1998). She is a sociolinguist with an interest in the Hungarian language use of American Hungarians, bilingualism, and digital language use. She is a self-taught genealogist with over five years of experience in family history research. She is currently a Fulbright Scholar at West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV, doing research into the linguistic heritage of American Hungarians in Appalachia.

5:00 pm Workshop
Workshop with SWERY: The Power of Interactive Narrative
Location:
Cathedral of Learning G8
Sponsored by:
Asian Studies Center along with Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences, The David C. Frederick Honors College, Department of English, Digital Narrative and Interactive Design, Horror Studies Working Group, White Owls Inc. and Allfather Productions
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Join legendary video game designer Hidetaka "SWERY" Suehiro in an intimate setting to hone you game design skill! SWERY will deliver a short lecture, followed by an hour of design workshop in small groups. SWERY and DNID faculty will offer critique, advice and encouragement as you build the foundation of your own interactive narratives!

SWERY is a veteran video game director, designer and writer with over 25 years of industry experience. Among his most acclaimed works are "Deadly Premonition" and "The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories".

6:30 pm Cultural Event
2024 Eurovision Watch Party Event
Location:
Global Hub
Sponsored by:
European Studies Center, European Union Center of Excellence and Global Studies Center
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Join us as we revisit the top Eurovision contestants of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest.
We will review the top 10 songs/videos from across Europe, and you will have the chance to cast your vote.

The event will be hosted by Miss Georgia Bea Cummings, the 2024 Gay East Coast Beauty Icon.

*** Refreshments will be provided.