Practice your Korean at Pitt Daehwa's weekly conversation hour!

Speak with a student ambassador from the Center for Latin American Studies to learn about their certificate offerings, programs, and more.

Virtual Office Hours:
Mondays 11AM-12PM
Tuesdays 12-1PM
Thursdays 11:30AM-12:30PM

Zoom link: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/98550944503

Event Registration: https://gatech.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ebbdCX2k4hcc7aJ

#JMintheUS

In 1994 the United States Border Patrol formally implemented the immigration enforcement strategy known as “Prevention Through Deterrence,” due to which at least 3200 migrants have since lost their lives in the Sonoran desert. Fill out virtual toe tags with Hostile Terrain 94 at Pittsburgh to commemorate these individuals. To acknowledge Indigenous Peoples' Day, a discussion will provide insights into how these deaths intersect with the murders and oppression of countless indigenous peoples during colonialism, and how colonialism still structures indigenous and migrant experiences today.

Speak with a representative from the Asian Studies Center to learn about their offerings, including the Asian Studies Certificate, events, and more.

Zoom link: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/96441387574

Speak with a student ambassador from the Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies to learn about their certificate offerings, events, scholarships and more.

Zoom Link: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/91198700639

Learn about the history and cultural complexities of Florence, London, and Sydney. Through engaging events such as guided tours and trivia, our alumni will take you on a journey around the globe—and who knows, maybe there’s a prize waiting for some on the other end!

Fascinated by theaters but not quite sure how to get there? Join us as one of the Pitt Peer Advisors shares her film-centric journey through Sydney!

Register for any of the My Global City events here: bit.ly/2GInsAS

Reading with Daniel Kraus, co-author (with George A. Romero) of the new novel The Living Dead and co-writer (with Guillermo del Toro) of the novel, The Shape of Water, co-sponsored with Pitt's University Library System

Speak with a student ambassador from the Center for Latin American Studies to learn about their certificate offerings, programs, and more.

Virtual Office Hours:
Mondays 11AM-12PM
Tuesdays 12-1PM
Thursdays 11:30AM-12:30PM

Zoom link: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/98550944503

Event Registration: https://gatech.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ebbdCX2k4hcc7aJ

#JMintheUS

This course provides students with an opportunity to think about the most recent wave of brutal police violence in the United States in a global perspective. Expanding on our summer series, students will focus on topics such as racial capitalism, colonialism and settler colonialism, and transnational trends in militarized policing and police violence. Students who complete the course will appreciate how policing in the USA shapes and is shaped by global processes.

The pop-up course will kick off on September 15!

Practice your French with instructors and students in a casual environment! Tuesdays from 4-5PM ET on Zoom. Register to receive access: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIpc-mtqTkiG9LWrvpHBRqIiStR58e6fWpH

Learn about the history and cultural complexities of Florence, London, and Sydney. Through engaging events such as guided tours and trivia, our alumni will take you on a journey around the globe—and who knows, maybe there’s a prize waiting for some on the other end!

Ever wondered what it’s like to play trivia in London? Join us as one of the Pitt Peer Advisors hosts her own “British Trivia Night,” inspired by her experiences studying abroad in London, England.

Register for any of the My Global City events here: bit.ly/2GInsAS

Stammtisch is the German Club's weekly conversation table for speaks of all levels from absolute beginners to fluent speakers. Here we practice our language skills while also learning about German culture through fun games and activities!

Zoom Meeting ID: 988 3897 9763
https://pitt.zoom.us/j/98838979763

Please join Pitt Honors on Wednesday, October 14 from 9 A.M.– 10:00 A.M. with Dereck Hogan and Megan Oates!

In celebration of all things global, join two speakers as they share how their Pitt degrees from the Honors College and UCIS led them to successful careers in international affairs and public service.

Megan Oates has worked for the U.S. State Department for over 10 years in various roles, most recently managing over $350 million in foreign assistance programs to promote rule of law and citizen security in Haiti and the Caribbean Basin. Megan also has a Master's Degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago.

Dereck J. Hogan is a career member of the U.S. Senior Foreign Service. Prior to being sworn in as Ambassador to U.S. Embassy Moldova, he served as the Deputy Executive Secretary of the U.S. Department of State. Mr. Hogan previously served as the Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’affaires in U.S. Embassy Baku, Azerbaijan. Dereck also has Master’s Degree in Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.

Practice your Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian at our weekly conversation hour!

Zoom Link: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/92134427094

#JMintheUS

Join us for the weekly Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS) language table with Dijana Mujkanovic on Wednesdays at 11 am.

Email Dijana for Zoom info: dim31@pitt.edu

Event Registration: https://gatech.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ebbdCX2k4hcc7aJ

#JMintheUS

The Pitt Global Hub is hosting virtual drop-in hours via Zoom every Wednesday from 12:30-1:30PM for students who wish to ask general questions regarding our international area studies and global studies certificates, study abroad, scholarships, clubs and language tables, and more.

Zoom link: http://pitt.zoom.us/j/96763408157

Active aging programs that encourage older adults to practice health-promoting behaviors are proliferating worldwide. In Poland, the meanings and ideals of these programs have become caught up in the sociocultural and political-economic changes that have occurred during the lifetimes of the oldest generations—most visibly, the transition from socialism to capitalism. Yet practices of active aging resonate with older forms of activity in late life in ways that exceed these narratives of progress. Moreover, some older Poles come to live valued, meaningful lives in old age despite threats to respect and dignity posed by illness and debility. Drawing on almost two years of ethnographic research with older Poles in a range of contexts, this talk shows that everyday practices of remembering and relatedness shape how older Poles come to be seen by themselves and by others as living worthy, valued lives. This talk shows how memories and understandings of the Polish nation intersect with ideals and experiences of late life to produce forms of life that are not reducible to binary categories of health or illness, independence or dependence, or socialism or capitalism.

Jessica Robbins is an assistant professor at the Institute of Gerontology and Department of Anthropology at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Michigan, and her B.A. in anthropology and music from Williams College. Her research explores aging, memory, kinship, and personhood in historical political-economic perspective, in both Poland and Michigan. Her research has been published in journals such as Medical Anthropology Quarterly, Ageing & Society, Journal of Aging Studies, and East European Politics, Societies & Cultures. Her first book, Aging Nationally in Contemporary Poland: Memory, Kinship, and Personhood, is forthcoming later this year with Rutgers University Press. She has received funding from organizations such as the NSF, the Wenner-Gren Foundation, IREX, and the Wilson Center.

Register for the event here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2rag7f_gQXy3gdI6zULmDw

This event is part of the Area Studies Lecture Series presented by the 2018-2021 U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center and Foreign Language and Area Studies grant recipients for Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia.

Speak with a representative from the Global Studies Center to learn about their certificate offerings, events and programming, and more.

Zoom Link: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/95350117543

Learn about the history and cultural complexities of Florence, London, and Sydney. Through engaging events such as guided tours and trivia, our alumni will take you on a journey around the globe—and who knows, maybe there’s a prize waiting for some on the other end!

Join us as of the Pitt Peer Advisors hosts her own LIVE Italian cooking class, inspired by her experiences interning remotely in Florence, Italy.

Register for any of the My Global City events here: bit.ly/2GInsAS

Strange Days podcast host & legendary public opinion researcher, Fernand Amandi takes center stage to discuss the changing dynamics of American politics. The event will be co-moderated by Pitt's Lara Putnam, Department of History UCIS Research Professor, and Ariel Armony, Vice Provost for Global Affairs.

For more information, email: clas@pitt.edu

Registration is required for this event. Please click this link to register - https://tinyurl.com/y2rs5wbv

Join us for the second film of our Hirokazu Koreeda series, "The Truth," with an introduction by Dr. Charles Exley and post-screening Q & A. To register, click here

Please join us the Pan-Caribbean Alliance & Epsilon Kappa Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. as we speak with Dr. Aubrey Webson, current UN Ambassador for Antigua & Barbuda. Some of his accolades include being the former President of UNICEF as well as current head of the UNDP, UNOPS, and UNFPA.

Register to receive the Zoom information: https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Rzf7xC9aTwOC3trSvPn_-g

Ngofeen Mputubwele is a journalist, lawyer, and podcast producer for the New Yorker Radio Hour based in New York City. He reports on issues of culture, language, and food, with an emphasis on international issues and the black diaspora. His work has been featured on NPR?s Code Switch, Rough Translation, as well as Gimlet Media?s The Nod, Every Little Thing, We Came to Win, and more. Most recently, he produced and narrated the New Yorker Radio Hour podcast episode "Black Italians Fight to Be Italian." He lives in Brooklyn with the 2.3 million yeast in his sourdough starter. Event Registration: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0oduyvrjkoHdEOCPA4HovLQdV0gNpv2uKu

Speak with a student ambassador from the Center for Latin American Studies to learn about their certificate offerings, programs, and more.

Virtual Office Hours:
Mondays 11AM-12PM
Tuesdays 12-1PM
Thursdays 11:30AM-12:30PM

The ESC’s 2020-21 theme, Creating Europe, explores both the political, social, cultural, and geographical forces that have given shape to contemporary Europe and also individuals who create and are creative in their daily or artistic expressions of what it means to be European. In celebration of German Campus Week, this month’s Conversations on Europe focuses on topic of cultural diversity in Germany and how the European nation has aimed to create inclusive community building. Our virtual roundtable will discuss successes, failures, and the future of Germany’s diverse communities.

Audience participation is encouraged.

Panelists:
Rahsaan Maxwell, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Danny Choi, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh
Kai Unzicker, Senior Project Manager, Bertelsmann Stiftung

Moderator:
Jae-Jae Spoon

Event Registration: https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pXKilhrtTwKX53Il8APJhw

This event is part of the #JMintheUS event series, an initiative of Jean Monnet Centers in the U.S. 

The United Kingdom's relationship within the European Union has always been a hesitant one, late to the party of European integration. Now since that relationship is coming to an end, the once-powerful union of the United Kingdom itself looks fragile and in question.

John Edward will look at the UK's seemingly inexorable exit from the EU, and how that has mirrored a growth in national political sentiment in the constituent parts of the UK itself. How will Edinburgh, London and the other capitals of Europe respond? Will departure from one union after almost 50 years mean exit from another that has lasted 300 years?

John Edward represented Scotland in the European Union for 8 years, as Scotland's Parliament was re-established, having worked for the last surviving "founding father" of the EU. Thereafter, he ran the European Parliament's Office in Scotland - seeking to bring the Parliament's activities closer to its voters. In the 2016 EU exit referendum, John was the Chief Spokesman for the "Remain" campaign in Scotland (which won).

Event Registration:
http://www.cvent.com/events/what-brexit-might-mean-for-the-future-of-sco...

Register here on Zoom!

DR. JEFFREY WASSERSTROM will focus on recent events in Hong Kong, from the city’s response to COVID-19 to the imposition of a new National Security Law that was imposed on the metropolis by Beijing. It will expand on and update the arguments in the author’s most recent book, Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink, which took the story of protest and repression in the city up to October 2019. The speaker will draw on both his experiences on the ground in Hong Kong, including during a December 2019 visit that gave him a chance to watch last year’s last massive march, and his past work on social movements in Shanghai and other urban centers.

DR. JEFFREY WASSERSTROM is Chancellor Professor of History at University of California, Irvine. He also served as the editor of the Journal of Asian Studies from 2008-2018 and is the author of numerous publications including his most recent book, Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink (Columbia, 2020). He completed his Ph.D. in History at the University of California, Berkeley in 1989. His primary research interests relate to modern China with particular interest in connecting China’s past to its present and placing both into global perspective.

Speak with a student ambassador from the Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies to learn about their certificate offerings, events, scholarships and more.

Zoom Link: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/91198700639

Speak with a student ambassador from the European Studies Center to learn about their four certificate offerings, events, scholarships, symposia and more.

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86171673232?pwd=aThWaHhxeDFsTEdPeGZsdzZaS01EQT09
Password: 4Lkh8d

Want to practice your German in a casual environment and get to know other students and faculty that share your love for this language? Then Laber Rhabarber is for you! All levels of German and all kinds of people are welcome!

Zoom Link: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/91424897554

This reading group for educators explores literary texts from a global perspective. Content specialists present the work and its context, and together we brainstorm innovative pedagogical practices for incorporating the text and its themes into the curriculum. Sessions this year will take place virtually on Thursday evenings from 5-7:30 PM. Books and Act 48 credit are provided.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1yrPKGFenj6seKHRfTp67_F7ZLWIZ16Ci52bsDqe...

Learn about the history and cultural complexities of Florence, London, and Sydney. Through engaging events such as guided tours and trivia, our alumni will take you on a journey around the globe—and who knows, maybe there’s a prize waiting for some on the other end!

Having trouble navigating those tight Italian streets? join us as one of the Pitt Peer Advisors highlights her experience studying abroad in Florence, Italy through guided tours and trivia!

Register for any of the My Global City events here: bit.ly/2GInsAS

Join African Studies for an engaging discussion of Born a Crime by Trevor Noah, the story of a multiracial South African who grows into a famous comedian struggling to find himself and understand race in a world where he was never supposed to exist.

Register here:
https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0pd-2orz4iGNbh48rr4kK6CAMbD8PuChT1

Weaponized Whiteness by Fran Shor interrogates the meanings and implications of white supremacy and, more specifically, white identity politics from historical and sociological perspectives. By analyzing the constructions and deconstructions of white identity politics throughout U.S. history and up through the present, these collected essays provide insight into the deep roots and resonances of white identity politics and the challenges that have emerged, in particular, since the 1960s.

https://bit.ly/3i5JLhV

The New Speed of Politics: Is Gender Equality Accelerating or Shutting Down? With Former MEP Maria Gabriela Zoana and faculty discussant Helga Varden, Assoc. Professor of Philosophy and Women and Gender Studies, U of I.

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Join us for the Polish Conversation Table on Fridays from 2 - 3 pm with Jolanta Lion.

Email Jolanta Lion for Zoom info: jola@cmu.edu

Join us to understand the particular challenges scholars of color encounter when going for research in our region, hear some personal advice, and learn what faculty, departments, and higher education institutions can do to better serve emerging scholars in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies.

OCTOBER 16

2-3:30 pm (ET) | 1-2:30 pm (CT) | 12-1:30 pm (MT) | 11am-12:30 pm (PT)

Moderator:
Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon, University of Pennsylvania

Speakers:
Ioanida Costache, Stanford University
Alicia Hernandez-Strong, Yale University
Rafael Pablo Labanino, University of Konstanz
Alexa Tignall, University of California-Berkeley

REGISTER IN ADVANCE: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees/race-in-focus

This event is part of the series "Race in Focus: From Critical Pedagogies to Research Practice and Public Engagement in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies." This series is designed to elevate conversations about teaching on race and continued disparities in our field while also bringing research by scholars and/or on communities of color to the center stage.

Stammtisch is the German Club's weekly conversation table for speaks of all levels from absolute beginners to fluent speakers. Here we practice our language skills while also learning about German culture through fun games and activities!

Zoom Meeting ID: 950 0542 1812
https://pitt.zoom.us/j/95005421812

Join us for the Russian conversation table & tutoring to improve your Russian, meet other Russian students, prepare for oral exams, and learn more about Russian culture.

Email Katya Kovaleva for Zoom info at Katya.Kovaleva@gmail.com

Join us for the first VIRTUAL East European Festival to enjoy cultural demonstrations, academic programs, and children's activities.

Join us as REEES, and the Pitt Russian, Polish, and Ukrainian Clubs launch the first virtual East European Festival. We will share our plans for the week and share the ground rules for the at-home art competition.

The audience will learn about teas of the silk road, including brewing techniques. The first ten participants to register can pick up complimentary tea samples at Dobra Tea House in Squirrel Hill. The teas will be available for purchase for other participants.

The University of Pittsburgh Honors College, working in collaboration with the George A. Romero Foundation, will be hosting a special virtual event Oct. 17 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the groundbreaking horror film "Tales from the Hood," with the director himself, Rusty Cundieff. The anniversary event is free and open to the public at 7 p.m. EDT via https://streamyard.com/p4n7dkt82c, and is part of the Pitt Honors Horror Genre as a Social Force Scholar Community.

Attendees will partake in a watch party of the first "Tales from the Hood," highlighted with stories and commentary from Cundieff and discussion with Acting Dean Audrey Murrell, along with other special guests. The watch party will also include discussion and commentary of "Tales from the Hood 2 and 3."