Events in UCIS

Wednesday, April 3 until Thursday, April 3

12:00 pm Lecture
Yellow Peril in Vladivostok: The Chinese Diaspora in Russia and the Soviet Union
Location:
4217 Posvar Hall
Sponsored by:
Asian Studies Center, Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, European Union Center of Excellence and European Union Studies Association along with Department of German
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Dr. Urbansky discusses the challenges faced by Chinese immigrants during the late Tsarist Empire and early Soviet Union, highlighting the racial and cultural prejudices that fueled hostilities in urban settings. His analysis explores how these early interactions shaped the experiences and perceptions of Chinese communities in a rapidly changing socio-political landscape.

Friday, September 20 until Saturday, September 20

(All day) Cultural Event/Festival
Celebrate Africa Festival!
Web Site:
https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/celebrate-africa
Location:
Ground Floor, Posvar Hall
Sponsored by:
Center for African Studies and Global Hub along with Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and Union of African Communities in South Western PA
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The Celebrate Africa Festival brings students, faculty, and staff together with the vibrant African diaspora community in Pittsburgh. There is food, song & dance, artisans, children's activities, and more! It is a wonderful opportunity to engage with the diversity of Africa and the Pittsburgh community, as well as network with local African organizations and businesses.
Find the full schedule of events and vendor list here: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/celebrate-africa-2024

Monday, February 3

6:00 pm Film
Film Screening and Q&A: Welcome II the Terrordome
Location:
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
Sponsored by:
Center for African Studies along with Department of Music, Jazz Studies Center, Department of English, Film Studies, University Archives and Special Collections and Center for African American Poetry & Poetics
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Join us for a film screenig and Q&A with filmmaker Ngozi Onwurah! We will be watching Welcome II the Terrordome, a 1995 Afrofuturist film exploring themes around the history of slavery to present-day police brutality.

Refreshments provided! Free and open to the public.

“Onwurah’s fusion of political commentary and genre spectacle looks positively prescient, and her ability to build an entire cosmology that connects the history of slavery to present-day police brutality is nothing less than visionary.” - The Criterion Channel