Events in UCIS

Wednesday, November 6

11:00 am Student Club Activity
Swahili Conversational Hours
Location:
Global Hub
Sponsored by:
Center for African Studies along with Less Commonly Taught Languages Center
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Looking to brush up on your Swahili? Join Swahili TA and students every Wednesday and Thursday in the Global Hub.

12:00 pm Colloquium
Using AI in the EALL's Language Classroom
Location:
501 Cathedral of Learning
Sponsored by:
Asian Studies Center along with Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
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When the use of AI became a reality in the classroom, our first reaction was hot we could prevent students from using AI to do assignments. Knowing that AI use will soon be ubiquitous, a better question we may be asking is how we should take advantage of AI in teaching rather than fighting it. This talk will explore a few ways to test ChatGPT's capability and suggest ways in which AI could be used in EALL's foreign language classroom.

2:00 pm Lecture
Insights into Ethiopia-Somaliland Affairs: Maritime Trade, Political Recognition and Challenges to Countering Terrorism
Location:
Africana Studies Conference Room, 4140 Posvar hall
Sponsored by:
Center for African Studies along with Department of Africana Studies
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Join us for a special guest lecture with Dr. Samuel Tefara, visiting professor from Addis Ababa University!

3:30 pm Lecture
Let's Talk Africa with Dr. Leonora Anyango
Location:
Posvar Hall Room 4130
Sponsored by:
Center for African Studies
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Rwanda’s genocide is well documented as one of the worst in recent African history. Happening in 1994 in approximately 100 days, it was a dark time in the history of Rwanda, East Africa and Africa. 30 years later in 2024, what is going on in Rwanda? What are the narratives and counternarratives being passed on to future generations? What are the sociopolitical relations among the people of Rwanda? In this photographic journey, Leonora Anyango, Ph.D. will talk about her recent trip to Rwanda and her experiences as she traversed the country.

Also featured in this session: A trip to Burundi and research from students in Prof. Anyango’s “The Language of Policy and Power” Class.

5:00 pm Student Club Activity
Russian Conversation Table
Location:
Global Hub
Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies and Global Hub
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Come practice your conversational Russian with your peers at the Russian conversation table!

6:00 pm Panel Discussion
35th Anniversary Fall of the Berlin Wall
Location:
Global Hub
Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, European Studies Center, European Union Center of Excellence and Global Hub
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The night of 9 November 1989 changed the world. This evening happened as a link in a global chain of events. On the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, come talk with our panelists about how it impacted them and the world we live in.

Eat pizza and discuss with Randall Halle (moderator), Stephen Brockmann (CMU), Max Trecker, Dániel Mikecz, Sabine Von Dirke, and Nancy Condee.