The Global Experiences Office is holding our annual international photo contest again this year! There are four categories of photo submissions: The World as Your Classroom; Pitt Pride; “When in Rome”; and Artistic Eye. GEO is asking the Pitt community to vote for their favorite in each category and four winners will be named following international education week. The finalists' photos will be displayed in the Global Hub in Posvar for the Pitt community to vote for their favorite photo through a ballot box displayed alongside the photos. Be sure to visit the Global Hub from 10/17-10/21 to vote for your favorite photo!

Join us to celebrate the East European region through culture, cuisine, and live performances here at Pitt. We will be hosting numerous food vendors, local acts, student/academic organizations, and local diaspora organizations. Take part in the region's traditions! Experience the festive music, delicious cuisines, and traditional dances of Eastern Europe and its surrounding regions.This event is co-hosted by the Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs and the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies! Come and learn about amazing traditions! Enjoy the music and dancing from 12pm-4 pm on Sunday, October 16th in The Cathedral of Learning Commons Room at the University of Pittsburgh!

The Global Experiences Office is holding our annual international photo contest again this year! There are four categories of photo submissions: The World as Your Classroom; Pitt Pride; “When in Rome”; and Artistic Eye. GEO is asking the Pitt community to vote for their favorite in each category and four winners will be named following international education week. The finalists' photos will be displayed in the Global Hub in Posvar for the Pitt community to vote for their favorite photo through a ballot box displayed alongside the photos. Be sure to visit the Global Hub from 10/17-10/21 to vote for your favorite photo!

The OIS Symposium is held every year to help educate and train the Pitt faculty and staff about important issues related to immigration and our Pitt international community.

Since the opening of Japan’s borders to the West in the late nineteenth century, the kimono has become a dynamic and evolving source of inspiration for global fashion design, particularly in the West. It has had an impact on early haute couture and influenced the “Japanese Fashion Revolution” of the 1980s, as well as the work of contemporary fashion designers. This presentation will examine the kimono as a sophisticated garment that has continually influenced the evolution of fashion.

Melissa Marra-Alvarez is curator of education and research at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (MFIT) where she has curated several exhibitions including, Minimalism/Maximalism (2019), Force of Nature (2017) and co-curated Head to Toe (2021) and Fashion & Politics (2009). Marra-Alvarez is co-editor of the publications Food and Fashion (Bloomsbury, 2022) and ¡Moda Hoy! Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design, (Bloomsbury, 2023) and co-authored Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch (Yale University Press, 2015) with MFIT director Dr. Valerie Steele. Her research interests include twenty and twenty-first century fashion with an emphasis on fashion and culture, fashion and sustainability, and the study of fashion in relation to the natural sciences. Marra-Alvarez holds a M.A. in Museum Studies: Fashion and Textile History from The Fashion Institute of Technology.

To register for this event, click here.

Join us for International Speed Friending! Whether you’re an international student at Pitt looking to make American friends in Pittsburgh or a native speaker of English interested in meeting people from different cultures, this FREE event hosted by the English Language Institute is perfect for you!  If you’ve ever heard of “Speed Dating,” this is similar. The only difference is that the objective here is to make friends. Refreshments will be served and prizes will be raffled off!

Please register in advance by October 15. Space is limited. If all seats are filled, you will be put on a waiting list. If you show up without registering in advance, seats might be available at that time, but there is no guarantee.

Contact rom17@pitt.edu if you have any questions.

The Global Experiences Office is holding our annual international photo contest again this year! There are four categories of photo submissions: The World as Your Classroom; Pitt Pride; “When in Rome”; and Artistic Eye. GEO is asking the Pitt community to vote for their favorite in each category and four winners will be named following international education week. The finalists' photos will be displayed in the Global Hub in Posvar for the Pitt community to vote for their favorite photo through a ballot box displayed alongside the photos. Be sure to visit the Global Hub from 10/17-10/21 to vote for your favorite photo!

Enjoy some international food from local food trucks on the WPU Plaza!

Info session for potential Pitt to You Ambassadors to learn about the program. Join us over free lunch (pizza!) to find out what you can gain from the Pitt to You program.

Join us for a poster session by NRIEP scholarship recipients showcasing the study programs, internships, and research they pursued during their Summer 2022 global learning experiences.

#internationalweek #iweek #nationalityrooms #nriep #nriepcommunityofscholars

This International Speed Friending activity will be held entirely online on a platform/website called Gatheround. International students and students from all of Pitt’s campuses will be placed into “game rooms” where they will use virtual cards to answer fun and interesting questions to get to know each other. Prizes will be raffled off, too! Both audio and video are required to participate on the Gatheround platform.

Space is limited, so all participants must register in advance by Oct. 16. Participants will receive an email on October 17 with login information.

Contact rom17@pitt.edu if you have any questions.

Come and practice your Hungarian and meet others interested in the language! All levels welcome.

Join University of Pittsburgh, Newcastle University in the United Kingdom, and colleagues from across the globe for a virtual collaborative conference on 19 - 20 October.

Building on last year’s conference we will explore and share best practices on how Universities advance place-based approaches through community and student engagement and importantly how we measure our impact and demonstrate accountability to our communities and stakeholders.

The conference will include a program of concurrent sessions focused on the themes of sustainability, health, culture and cities and places. Plenary sessions will draw upon the role universities play in their place, looking at a range of international contexts and approaches to impact and evaluation.

Register for the event at https://newcastle-pittsburgh.online-event.co/registration/universities-h...

The Global Experiences Office is holding our annual international photo contest again this year! There are four categories of photo submissions: The World as Your Classroom; Pitt Pride; “When in Rome”; and Artistic Eye. GEO is asking the Pitt community to vote for their favorite in each category and four winners will be named following international education week. The finalists' photos will be displayed in the Global Hub in Posvar for the Pitt community to vote for their favorite photo through a ballot box displayed alongside the photos. Be sure to visit the Global Hub from 10/17-10/21 to vote for your favorite photo!

On Wednesday, October 19, UCIS will hold the third annual Global Competence Certificate Celebration Ceremony. This event will recognize faculty and staff who have completed all the requirements for the Global Competence Certificate, part of the Faculty and Staff Development Program offered by Human Resources. Refreshments will be provided. Invitations will be sent. Faculty and Staff interested in the Global Competence Certificate Program can learn more at: https://www.hr.pitt.edu/current-employees/learning-development/fsdp/global

During this information session, the Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs (NRIEP) and the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) will share details about funding opportunities available to undergraduates.

Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfK4TnHVAI8YMaU-vZN_OBKdAIzobGZ...

Join the Global Studies Center and the Department of Sociology for a panel discussion on the ongoing protests in Iran and their global implications for social movements against state-sanctioned oppression, transnational power structures, and bodily control. To tune in virtually on Zoom, register clicking the link above.

Please join us at this information session to learn more about the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) program in room 4130 Posvar Hall, on the 4th floor of W. Wesley Posvar Hall.

Join the Pitt Study Abroad Young Alumni Council (SAYAC) to test your knowledge of the world, and maybe inspire your next trip abroad! Topics include gastronomy, world history, global politics, and more. You must register in advance in order to participate. Please do so at the registration link. Registration will end on Monday, October 17 at 11:59 PM.

The event will take place over Zoom, but teams should get together in-person to answer the questions and elect a Team Captain to be the person who selects the answer for your team. Kahoot gives points to the team who not only answers correctly but also in the quickest amount of time.”

Join University of Pittsburgh, Newcastle University in the United Kingdom, and colleagues from across the globe for a virtual collaborative conference on 19 - 20 October.

Building on last year’s conference we will explore and share best practices on how Universities advance place-based approaches through community and student engagement and importantly how we measure our impact and demonstrate accountability to our communities and stakeholders.

The conference will include a program of concurrent sessions focused on the themes of sustainability, health, culture and cities and places. Plenary sessions will draw upon the role universities play in their place, looking at a range of international contexts and approaches to impact and evaluation.

Register for the event at https://newcastle-pittsburgh.online-event.co/registration/universities-h...

The Global Experiences Office is holding our annual international photo contest again this year! There are four categories of photo submissions: The World as Your Classroom; Pitt Pride; “When in Rome”; and Artistic Eye. GEO is asking the Pitt community to vote for their favorite in each category and four winners will be named following international education week. The finalists' photos will be displayed in the Global Hub in Posvar for the Pitt community to vote for their favorite photo through a ballot box displayed alongside the photos. Be sure to visit the Global Hub from 10/17-10/21 to vote for your favorite photo!

When a person arrives in the United States as a refugee, they have material needs: housing, food, transportation, healthcare, and employment, to name a few. Social needs are less visible but equally important: people need community to thrive and experience emotional and physical well-being. Hello Neighbor’s mission is to support refugees by pairing them with neighbors dedicated to building ongoing, supportive relationships. This approach can create a sense of community for refugees and volunteers alike, but can also involve complications such as cultural differences, language barriers, or an imbalance of power. This workshop will explore the question: How can volunteers interacting with people who have refugee status form genuine and healthy relationships? The session will also provide an overview of the refugee resettlement process in the U.S. and include practical tips for communicating with non-English speakers.

We will also be collecting items during the week to be donated to Hello Neighbor to support refugee and immigrant families in Pittsburgh. Visit the Civic Action Week website for more details.

Mariana Muaze is an Associate Professor in the History Department at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), and author of the book “Memórias da Viscondessa: família e poder no Brasil Império” (Zahar, 2008), which won the Jorge Zahar Prize and National Archives Research Award in 2007. She is a co-editor of the books: “O Vale do Paraíba e o Império do Brasil nos quadros da Segunda Escravidão” (7 Letras, 2015) and “Segunda Escravidão e o Império do Brasil em Perspectiva Histórica” (Casa Leiria, 2020), with Ricardo Salles, and "O 15 de Novembro e a queda da Monarquia” (Chão, 2019) with Keila Grinberg, and have different articles about slavery, gender, family and childhood in Brazil Empire.

Over the past decades, Western democracies have experienced dramatic change. In Europe, the most obvious is the decline of the mainstream parties, particularly those on the center-left, that long anchored and defined politics in the region. This talk will examine the reasons for the decline of center-left or social democratic parties in Europe, stressing the role played by these parties changing ideas about the nature of the economy and society.

These changing ideas, I will argue, created incentives and opportunities for new parties, particularly on the populist right, to change their own platforms and appeals in ways that helped reshape how citizens viewed themselves and their relationships with their fellow citizens.

In this first installment of the 2022 Global Issues Through Literature Series (GILS), educators will convene to discuss Sabrina Jones & Marc Mauer’s Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling, a complex story of four decades of prison expansion and its corrosive effect on generation of Americans and its implications for American democracy.

GILS is a reading group for K-16 educators to literary texts from a global perspective. Content specialists present the work and its context, and participants brainstorm innovative pedagogical practices for incorporating the text and its themes into the curriculum. This year’s theme is Graphic Novels in Global Context: Social Justice Through Illustration and Text.

Hear firsthand from practitioner, Whitney Abbott, who has chosen to follow a less common path in healthcare with the goal of decreasing neonatal and maternal mortality. Whitney is currently working as a Nurse Midwife for the Chickasaw Nation in Ada, Oklahoma with Registered Nurse Status since 2007. More information about Whitney can be found on her website.

On October 20th, the Center for Latin American Studies, the Latin American Graduate Student Organization and AddVerse Poesia will screen Cancion sin nombre (2019) at 6:00PM in the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium (Room 125). Pizza will be provided!

Synopsis: Based on harrowing true events, Song Without a Name tells the story of Georgina, an indigenous Andean woman whose baby is whisked away moments after its birth in a downtown Lima clinic. Stonewalled by a byzantine and indifferent legal system, Georgina approaches journalist Pedro Campas, who uncovers a web of fake clinics and abductions, suggesting a rotting corruption deep within Peruvian society.

The International Student Career Conference will be held virtually on Thursday, October 20 and Friday, October 21, 2022. The conference includes four dynamic sessions over the course of two days.

Thursday's panels include:

Smart Strategies for the Job and Internship Search

Thursday, October 20, 6-7p.m. ET  

Learn about the career center’s changes to a virtual format, job and internship search advice and more helpful career tips.  

Employment Options for International Students

Thursday, October 20, 7-8 p.m. ET  

An Immigration Specialist from the Student Team in OIS will explain the types of employment students are eligible to accept while in F-1 and J-1 status. This will include information about on-campus employment, curricular practical training (CPT), optional practical training (OPT), and Academic Training (AT).

Register for these and Friday's panels at the registration link.

The Global Experiences Office is holding our annual international photo contest again this year! There are four categories of photo submissions: The World as Your Classroom; Pitt Pride; “When in Rome”; and Artistic Eye. GEO is asking the Pitt community to vote for their favorite in each category and four winners will be named following international education week. The finalists' photos will be displayed in the Global Hub in Posvar for the Pitt community to vote for their favorite photo through a ballot box displayed alongside the photos. Be sure to visit the Global Hub from 10/17-10/21 to vote for your favorite photo!

The International Student Career Conference will be held virtually on Thursday, October 20 and Friday, October 21, 2022. The conference includes four dynamic sessions over the course of two days.

Friday's panels include:

Alumni and Employer Panel

Friday, October 21, 9-10 a.m. ET  

Meet alumni who used to be international students at Pitt just like you. They have experienced internships, job applications, the visa process, and work life and can answer your questions.

Immigration Attorney Session

Friday, October 21, 10-11 a.m. ET 

Learn about the legal aspects of working in the US through this session with an Immigration Attorney. 

Register for these and Thursday's panels with the registration link.

Abstract: Dr. Aronson recounts that “in this informal talk, I will focus on a few of the many ethical and moral dilemmas that I’ve faced working at the intersection of social science-oriented research and human rights practice for the past fifteen-plus years. Examples include my obligations to people I am interviewing about very painful moments in their lives (i.e., the deaths of loved ones); feelings of recurring regret (though I’m not even sure that’s the right word) about advancing my own career through the gathering and analysis of other peoples’ suffering; and, more generally, my responsibilities to the people I interact with who are in far more precarious positions than I am. Part of what I hope to accomplish during our hour together is just to clarify the actual ethical principles that underlie what I experience as feelings or thoughts that ‘keep me up at night.’”

The Global Experiences Office is holding our annual international photo contest again this year! There are four categories of photo submissions: The World as Your Classroom; Pitt Pride; “When in Rome”; and Artistic Eye. GEO is asking the Pitt community to vote for their favorite in each category and four winners will be named following international education week. The finalists' photos will be displayed in the Global Hub in Posvar for the Pitt community to vote for their favorite photo through a ballot box displayed alongside the photos. Be sure to visit the Global Hub from 10/17-10/21 to vote for your favorite photo!

Organized by the Office of Engagement and Community Affairs, join a volunteer project on Saturday, October 22 as part of Civic Action Week. Pitt students, faculty, and staff can volunteer with a variety of organizations.

Commentators:
Teemu Ruskola (University of Pittsburgh)
Carla Nappi (University of Pittsburgh)
Shayne Clarke (McMaster)
Xin Wen (Princeton)

Faculty and graduate students interested in attending please email cul3@pitt.edu