Visiting scholars/students will meet in the Global Hub and then later go to India Republic Day Celebration at Frick Fine Arts.

Join the Indian Nationality Room Committee at the University of Pittsburgh as they present a celebration of India's Republic Day with an afternoon of food, dance performance, and short film that highlight Indian culture. Free event; food will be available for a nominal fee. Space is limited to 150 so please register if you wish to attend. In case of inclement weather, the event will be cancelled, and registrants will be notified of cancellation.

To register, please click here.

Join Brazil Nuts for their weekly Portuguese language conversation table during Spring semester, every Monday from 4:30-5:30 pm in the Global Hub!

Are you looking to take your job application to the next level? We will teach you how to make your resume and cover letter stand out, ace your interview, and showcase your skills and experience in the best way.

Introduction: Keila Grinberg - Pitt
Panelists: Flavio Limoncic - Unirio, Sergio Lifchitz - PUC Rio, Daniel Schwabe - PUC Rio, Carlos Laufer - PUC Rio
Moderator: Lara Putnam - Pitt

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

Join the German Club for Spring 2023's weekly conversation hours, on Tuesdays from 6:30-7:30 pm!

Presenter: Nicholas R. Micinski
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the University of Maine

Moderator: Paweł Lewicki, Associate Director
European Studies Center

Migration has become an important area of cooperation within the European Union and has faced several recent refugee crises, including people seeking protection from Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and Ukraine. This lecture will discuss the ways in which cooperation within the EU has evolved over the last 20 years, focused on the starkly different responses in 2015-17 and 2022. The lecture will build on the findings in Micinski's book, Delegating Responsibility: International Cooperation on Migration in the European Union (2022).

Join the French Club for Spring 2023's weekly conversation hours, on both Wednesdays and Thursdays from 5-6:30 pm!

Note: French Conversation Hour will not meet in the Global Hub on Thursday, April 13.

Join the Italian Club for weekly Tavola Italiana on Thursdays from 12-1 pm during Spring 2023!

Join the French Club for Spring 2023's weekly conversation hours, on both Wednesdays and Thursdays from 5-6:30 pm!

Note: French Conversation Hour will not meet in the Global Hub on Thursday, April 13.

Join the Persian Club for weekly converstions on Thursdays at 8-9 pm during Spring 2023!

The Russian war in Ukraine has had innumerable impacts, from personal to political, local, national, and global. One of the many sea changes wrought by the war has been the reckoning within Slavic/Russian & Eurasian Studies over the outsized role Russia has played and continues to play in the field and what could and should be done about it. In its third year, the In Focus series will focus on decolonizing Russian and Eurasian studies. The invited panelists will consider the relationships of power that have long dominated the region, how they have impacted the field of study, and what, if anything, could and should be done about it.

The series will have six wide-ranging panels featuring speakers from various disciplines and institutions. Panelists and participants will be encouraged to consider why decolonizing Russian & Eurasian studies matters, how to implement concrete change in their classrooms, and how to conceive of the future of expertise within the field. All sessions will be convened using Zoom, live-streamed via YouTube, and recorded for later viewing.

The Global Studies Center and Postindustrial, a multimedia outlet focused on reimagining industrial communities, is hosting a 4-part series that will allow a small group of students to develop journalism skills while learning about global issues in the context of Appalachia. Students will get the opportunity to learn about podcast production and journalistic writing from Postindustrial journalists that have a wealth of knowledge and experience in reporting on global issues as they relate to our region. By the end of the series, students will have the tools to produce narrative written work, created a podcast episode, and learned about other podcast production techniques. These skills will be situated in discussions about the impacts of the war in Afghanistan, slow violence, and extractive economies featuring conversations with individuals who experienced those impacts firsthand both at home and abroad. This event is solely in person.

Asia has been undergoing a historic transformation that has often been referred to as the “Asian Century.” Representing 60% of the world’s population and 4 of the 10 largest economies, Asia plays a critical and ever-expanding role on the global stage. Transnational flows of people, goods, and ideas in and out of Asia have fueled much of the rapid change within the region and increased its influence abroad. As the world wrestles with issues of globalization, environmental sustainability, health, and labor migration, Asia’s impact on these issues defines many research questions spanning both academic and professional disciplines. On February 3-4, 2023, EDT and February 4-5, 2023, PST the faculties of the Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman, and the Asian Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh will join to deliver presentations that focus on several aspects of Global Asia.

For more information and to register for this event, please click here

Asia has been undergoing a historic transformation that has often been referred to as the “Asian Century.” Representing 60% of the world’s population and 4 of the 10 largest economies, Asia plays a critical and ever-expanding role on the global stage. Transnational flows of people, goods, and ideas in and out of Asia have fueled much of the rapid change within the region and increased its influence abroad. As the world wrestles with issues of globalization, environmental sustainability, health, and labor migration, Asia’s impact on these issues defines many research questions spanning both academic and professional disciplines.

On February 3-4, 2023, EDT and February 4-5, 2023, PST the faculties of the Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman, and the Asian Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh will join to deliver presentations that focus on several aspects of Global Asia. The topics that will be interrogated include health, migration, infrastructure and manufacturing development, and political economy. Our goal will be to exchange ideas and new avenues for research between the two institutions to build future co-sponsored research programs.