Week of July 2, 2023 in UCIS

Sunday, June 25 until Friday, July 21

8:30 am Summer Program--Residential
Governor's School for Global and International Studies
Sponsored by:
Center for Latin American Studies and Global Studies Center
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The Governor’s School for Global and International Studies provides high-school sophomores and juniors with the tools to understand these changes through a four-week residential program on the University of Pittsburgh’s main campus. Students learn to think globally, develop their oral and written communication skills, and study critical languages with distinguished faculty and guests and a diverse group of students from across the state. The program’s unique curriculum and residential environment encourage students to engage with the world in a fun, intense, and immersive way. The knowledge and relationships they build will last a lifetime.

Friday, July 7

2:00 pm Cultural Event
Summer Language Institute Cultural Activity
Location:
Global Hub
Announced by:
Global Hub on behalf of Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures and Summer Language Institute
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As students of the Summer Language Institute engage in cultural activities centering around food, music, art, film, and movement, they will be playing a game in the Global Hub.

Saturday, July 8

5:00 pm Lecture
“A larger community of fugitives” A Conversation With Anton Dolin
Location:
4130 Posvar Hall
Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies along with Summer Language Institute
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Anton Dolin is a widely known Russian television and radio host, film critic, journalist, and podcaster. From 2017 until the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, he was the Editor in Chief of Russia’s most prominent cinema journal Iskusstvo Kino; from 2012 to 2020 he regularly appeared on television as film reviewer for Evening Urgant. For an interview with Anton Dolin, see Deutsche Welle, as well as his YouTube channel Radio Dolin.