Activist and scholar Dr. Shula Mola, named one of Israel's most influential women in Globes magazine, will discuss the emergence of Black identities in Israel. In particular, she will consider the role played by Ethiopian Jews in developing Israeli perceptions of Blackness. Dr. Mola earned her PhD in Communications from Ben Gurion University of the Negev, and her research focuses on the study of social stratification in Israel.
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!
Learn Swahili from fellow students studying the language!
Join CLAS ambassadors to learn more about CLAS academic offerings and related programs.
Join us to learn more about the REEES Think Tank Program, its accomplishments and insights from the past year, hear student feedback, and help us brainstorm future possibilities. Our mission is to advance Inclusion, Diversity, Accessibility, and Scholarship (IDEAS) in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES). The IDEAS REEES Think Tank is co-sponsored by REEES centres from Stanford University, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Kansas, The University of Texas at Austin, Ohio State University, Harvard University, the University of California Berkeley, Arizona State University, Indiana University Bloomington, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and by the US Russia foundation.
Join us and celebrate Hungarian culture through local history and food. Representatives of Hungary-related organizations and resources, both on and off campus, will provide remarks on the Hungarian Nationality Room, Hungary-related material in the Pitt archives, and the vibrant history of Pittsburgh’s Hungarian community.
Remarks:
Kati Csoman, Director, Nationality Rooms
and Intercultural Exchange Programs
Jonathan Naser, Chair, Hungarian
Nationality Room Committee
Viktoria Batista, Associate Professor of
Hungarian, LCTL
Éva Lovra, Hungarian Fulbright Visiting
Professor
Clare Withers, University of Pittsburgh
Library System
Dan Pennell, University of Pittsburgh
Library System
Katherine Novak, Chair, Board of National
Directors, William Penn Association
Judy Torma, Owner, Huszar Restaurant
Join the Ukrainian community at the University of Pittsburgh for a special evening celebrating Ukrainian culture. It will feature renowned concert pianist and Ukrainian music historian, Dr. Taras Filenko (Pitt Music Ph.D.). Dr. Filenko and Jennifer Orchard (Pittsburgh Symphony) will perform Michael Minard’s "Ukraine Triptych for Piano and Violin." Completed in March of last year, this is possibly the first American piece honoring Ukraine to be written after the February 24, 2022 invasion. Ukrainian students currently studying at the University of Pittsburgh will sing folks songs, which have inspired Ukrainian composers with their harmonies and motifs and provide vital historical memory during challenging times. This concert presents a unique opportunity to experience Ukrainian music and poetry. It will feature classical, romantic, and modern music by Ukrainian composers. The event will begin with refreshments and an opportunity to learn about Ukraine-focused academic, cultural, and humanitarian projects at Pitt and in Pittsburgh.
Come and practice your Hungarian and meet others interested in the language! All levels welcome.
Join CLAS to discuss the book Tudo é rio by Carla Madeira. Discussion will be in Portuguese. Drinks and snacks provided!
Join us to end our Asia Pop series as we invite four fans to talk about their fan culture experiences.
Join the German Club for Spring 2023's weekly conversation hours, on Tuesdays from 6:30-7:30 pm!
O evento será composto por apresentações orais sobre o Mundo Lusófono. As apresentações serão feitas pelos alunos do Programa de Português da Pitt. Cerca de 35 alunos apresentarão trabalhos relacionados a história e Cultura Luso-Brasileira. Haverá também uma exposição de posters com alguns dos escritores mais expressivos da Lusosfera.
The event will be comprised of oral presentations about the Lusophone world. The presentation will be made by students of the Portuguese Program at Pitt. Close to 35 students will present on topics related to the Luso-Brazilian culture and history. There will also be an exhibit of posters with some of the most expressive writers of the Luso-Sphere.
Discussão do livro "Cartas da Africa" de André Rebouças. Evento em Português.
Learn Amharic from fellow students studying the language!
Join the Spanish Club for Spring 2023's weekly conversation hours, on Wednesdays from 7-8 pm!
Join the Arabic Language and Culture Club for this weekly get-together and safe space for Arabic speakers to have a conversation and work on their language skills!
Quechua is the most spoken Indigenous language in the Americas, with almost 8 million speakers throughout the Andes Mountains and around the world. Discover new ways to view the world while learning a new language!
This working group will meet in person every three weeks for the 2022-2023 academic year to discuss new scholarship about Eurasian borderlands. Faculty, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates are welcome to join. No prior expertise in Eurasia is necessary.
What is urban violence? Challenging the implicit answer that normally accompanies this question (i.e. the violence that takes place in the city), this talk embarks on a genealogical endeavour to unpack the where and the when of urban violence. The underlying presupposition is that the notion of urban violence surfaces at a specific historical and geographical juncture, namely at the dawn of urban modernity. In this context, the processes of urbanisation, industrialisation, and colonisation have been complemented by the surfacing of a novel urban imagination, and a new set of (bourgeois) aesthetic expectations about how (comfortable) urban life should look and feel like. After presenting the book project from which this intervention originates [Urban Violence. Security, Imaginary, Atmosphere (forthcoming 2023, Lexington), co-authored with Simone Tulumello (ICS, Lisbon)], the argument will be developed through the help of 19th century Catalan urban planner Ildefons Cerdá, and 20th century philosopher Peter Sloterdijk.
This two-part masterclass offers an introduction to researching East and Southeast European history using arrival material German. Led by Dr. Tamara Scheer (University of Vienna), the meetings will include an introduction to German Kurrentschrift with practical exercises as well as resources and strategies as to how to approach different institutions and archival collections. The workshop is open to everyone interested in historical research in the region, including early-career scholars planning their research trips and those who wish to brush up on their archival skills.
In the sixth installment of the Global Issues Through Literature Series (GILS), educators will convene to discuss Run for It: Stories Of Slaves Who Fought For Their Freedom by author Marcelo d'Salete. This graphic novel tells unforgettable stories about Afro-Brazilian slaves who rebelled against oppression.
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. See registration for more information!
This workshop was facilitated by Samuel Rocha Ferreira. Samuel is a Ph.D. student in the History department at the University of Pittsburgh. He earned his BA and master's degree in history at the Federal University of São Paulo (Brazil). His master's thesis was awarded as the best in the Graduate Program in History at the Federal University of São Paulo in 2020.
At Pitt, he won the Latin American Social and Public Policy Fellowship for the 2022-2023 academic year. Working in Latin America and Global Labour History as academic fields, his research investigates the relationship between different types of indigenous compulsory labor in the supply chain of chocolate and exotic drugs collected in the Brazilian Amazon forest in the first half of the 19th century.
Join the Graduate School for Public and International Affairs for a launch party of the Pitt Policy journal and learn more about papers included in this journal that cover a range of international topics.
Join the Persian Club for bi-weekly conversations on Thursdays at 8-9 pm during Spring 2023!
The first hour of the workshop will be dedicated to properly archiving and analysing the results of an oral interview, with a particular focus on the opportunities and challenges that researchers face when doing oral history work in Central Asia. The second half of the workshop will be spent grappling with topics of accessibility, safety, complex insider-outsider positionally, multilingual note-taking, and translation, with a focus on the instructor's experience taking oral histories in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region.
Are you looking to gain experience that will help prepare you for a globally-connected job market? Stop by Drop-In Hours to learn more about getting the Global Distinction added to your academic transcript, receiving special recognition at graduation, and standing out to prospective employers!
Join undergraduate Pitt students for a conversation hour to practice speaking in Hindi and Urdu and connect over shared cultural experiences.
