Events in UCIS

Wednesday, October 8

1:00 pm Language Table
Fall 2025 Russian Tutoring in the Global Hub
Location:
Global Hub
Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies and Global Hub along with Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures
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Russian program students: Are you looking to practice Russian? Stop by the Global Hub on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1-3 pm, starting on October 6 and ending December 10, to meet with Russian tutors and prepare for tests, get help with homework, and more.

2:30 pm Lecture
Taiwan's Response and the Roles of Neighboring Countries (South Korea, Japan) to the Cross-Strait Crisis
Location:
Posvar Hall 4130
Sponsored by:
Asian Studies Center
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As of September 2025, relations between China and Taiwan remain in a state of ‘managed tension’. China has reiterated the ‘One China’ principle, defining Taiwan as an ‘inseparable territory’, and has intensified military and diplomatic pressure on Taiwan independence forces. Since September, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has continuously violated Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), employing ‘gray zone’ tactics. The pace of air incursions, exceeding 300 per month as of August, has been sustained into September.

Ph.D. CHO HYEON GYU is a retired colonel and is currently a professor and Dean of international affairs of Shinhan University, the head of the China Center of the Korea Defense Diplomatic Association, and a policy advisor to the Ministry of National Defense. He is a recipient of the Order of Merit for National Security. He served as a visiting professor at Fu Dan University in China. He majored in Chinese at the Korea Military Academy and the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, holds a master's degree in international politics and complete a doctorate at Renmin University of China. He earned a doctorate in international politics from Dankook University(Dissertation topic : “A Study on the China's Military Reform in the Xi Jin Ping Era”).

3:00 pm Information Session
Vira I. Heinz Program Information Session
Location:
810 William Pitt Union
Sponsored by:
Global Experiences Office
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Want to study abroad this summer? You could be selected for a scholarship of $5,000+! Learn more about the Vira I. Heinz Program for Women in Global Leadership (VIH Program) by stopping by this info session. Qualified students will be female-identifying, have a QPA of 3.0 and be a current sophomore or junior with no prior travel experience beyond Canada. Come by even if you are thinking about it for next year!

6:00 pm Language Table
French Club Conversation Hour
Location:
Global Hub
Sponsored by:
European Studies Center and Global Hub along with French Club
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Join the French Club on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 6-7 pm during Fall semester for conversational meetings and to practice French speaking and listening skills and create a francophone community on campus!

UPDATE: On September 10 (only), the French Club and the French Department will have a joint event in the Global Hub, from 5:30 to 7 pm.

The French Club will meet twice weekly, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, during Fall 2025, EXCEPT on November 25 and November 26.

6:30 pm Teacher Training--Area Studies
Interdisciplinary Strategies for Teaching Traditional Cultural Heritage
Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies along with Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies, University of Kansas, Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, The Ohio State University, Center for Slavic, Eurasian and Eastern European Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Robert F. Byrnes Russian and East European Institute, Indiana University and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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This webinar will concentrate on UNESCO-recommended methodological strategies of including topics on traditional cultural heritage of Eastern Europe and Eurasia into the curricula, for courses spanning from language, arts, and geography, to mathematics and physics. Educators will come away with resources and strategies for integrating these themes into a variety of classroom settings.

This webinar is the first in a six-part webinar series, The Arts of Eastern Europe and Eurasia, designed to support K-14 educators in bringing the vibrant and diverse artistic traditions of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia into the classroom. Each 90-minute session will spotlight a different art form—including music, dance, literature, visual arts, cultural artifacts, and theater/film—offering both historical and cultural context as well as practical classroom strategies.

8:00 pm Language Table
Arabic Club Conversation Table
Location:
Global Hub
Sponsored by:
Center for African Studies, Global Studies Center and Global Hub along with Arabic Club
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Join the Arabic Club for biweekly meetings in the Global Hub during Fall 2025 semester, and to practice Arabic language, structured by varying geographic dialects and level of speaker proficiency!