In the spirit of an open house tradition and to foster connections among neighbors, members of the Nationality and Heritage Room Committees will welcome guests into the Cathedral of Learning for an afternoon of exploration and engagement. Guests will be invited into the Nationality and Heritage Rooms which will be decorated for the holiday season. Guests will have the opportunity to participate in traditional crafts and cultural demonstrations to learn about the rooms and the Nationality and Heritage Room Committees and their ethnic communities and traditions. In the Cathedral of Learning Commons, guests will enjoy traditional foods and baked goods as they listen to world and holiday music and shop for handcrafted and cultural wares and other items that represent the cultural diversity of the Nationality and Heritage Rooms. St. Nicholas will make an appearance for photos with children and families.

The event is free and open to the public. Food and gift items will be available for purchase. We look forward to welcoming you home to the 32nd Holiday Open House to celebrate traditions and make memories!

The Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh celebrates the global initiatives of senior students addressing problems and opportunities around the world, the CHE GLOBAL DAY 2023. Please join us in sharing the initiatives of students integrating renewal energies in rural areas (Morocco), combating rolling blackouts (West Africa), improving access to clean water (India), addressing deforestation (India), improving water treatment (Pakistan), improving the German Train System (Germany), considering the impact of coal fired plants (Germany), deicing wind turbines (Canada), proposing temperature control in housing (Brazil), promoting water treatment (Brazil), and proposing treatment for potable water (Ecuador). Food and drinks will be provided.

Beginner Swahili students are invited to join this weekly conversation hour to practice the language outside of the classroom.

Come meet international students, make friends, practice conversational English, and have fun together, during these weekly discussion groups coordinated by the English Language Institute. Feel free to bring your lunch :)

Join German Club at Pitt’s weekly meetings during Fall 2023 to converse in German and learn German culture!

The High School Model European Union is an annual event for area high school students. The goal of the Model EU is to give high school students a chance to learn about the workings of the European Union through a hands-on simulation. Playing the roles of presidents and prime ministers, students spend a day engaged in intense negotiations over conflicting issues about the EU. The objective is to simulate a specific European Council meeting that focuses on recent current events impacting the EU. Model EU enhances students’ understanding of classroom learning and gives them a real sense of the challenges involved in the decision-making process of the European Union.

Moderators:
Randall Halle, European Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh
Nancy Condee, Center for Russia East European and Eurasian Studies, University of Pittsburgh

Panelist:
Agnieszka Holland, European Film Academy

Agnieszka Holland, President of the European Film Academy, graduated from the Prague film school FAMU in 1971. She made her directorial debut with the television film “An Evening at Abdon's” (1975). Her first cinematic film was "Provincial Actors" (1978) - one of the flagship films of the so-called "cinema of moral anxiety," awarded in Cannes with the FIPRESCI prize in 1980. She has made many films in international co-productions, including "Europa, Europa" (1990), nominated for an Oscar for the best screenplay. She also received Oscar nominations in 1985 and 2012, both for Best Foreign Language Film, for Bitter Harvest and In Darkness.

In addition to many other feature films, she has produced individual episodes of major TV series in the USA (including The Wire, Treme, The Killing, and House of Cards). She directed the miniseries Burning Bush for HBO Europe and Rosemary's Baby, made for NBC. She is one of the directors of the first Polish series for Netflix - "1983".

Agnieszka Holland's last film, "Green Border," will have its premiere at the 80th Venice International Film Festival.

Join Fernando Limongi from the University of Sao Paulo Political Science Department and Fundação Getulio Vargas - Sao Paulo Economic School, for a presentation on his research for the last CLAS Speaker Series of the fall. This is an in person event.

Come meet international students, make friends, practice conversational English, and have fun together, during these weekly discussion groups coordinated by the English Language Institute. Feel free to bring your lunch :)

Join the French Club for a conversation hour for French speaking individuals of varying levels to practice the French language.

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!

Fall 2023 Global Distinction Drop-In Hours: Tuesdays at 3:30-4:30 pm, except on November 21.

Info Session: Washington, DC & Brussels
PS 1349 Transatlantic Governance and Policy - 3 Credits
MAY 5-23, 2024

Students will be introduced to the history and primary policy areas of the United States’
relationship with Europe while participating in site visits to think tanks and government
organizations in both Washington, DC and Brussels, Belgium. Site visits will include the US
Department of State, the European Parliament, the US Dept of Defense, and NATO.

For more information:
Tim Crawford, Study Abroad Office: TimCrawfford@pitt.edu
Steve Lund, European Studies Center: slund@pitt.edu

Information Session: Please come join us to discuss the 2024 Washington, DC & Brussels

PS 1349 Transatlantic Governance and Policy -3 Credits
MAY 5-23, 2024
Students will be introduced to the history and primary policy areas of the United States's relationship with Europe, while participating in site visits to think tanks and government organizations in both Washington, DC and Brussels, Belgium. Site visits will include the US Department of State, the European Parliament, the US Dept of Defense, and NATO.

For more information:

Tim Crawford, Study Abroad Office: TimCraford@pitt.edu
Steve Lund, European Studies Center: slund@pitt.edu

Come practice your Hungarian and meet other people who are interested in speaking the language. All levels welcome!

This presentation discusses the way locales, both real and imaginary, are layered on the bare noh stage in the play Shunkan.

Dr. Elizabeth Oyler is an Associate Professor of Japanese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures. This presentation is part of a larger project on Apparitional Landscapes in noh plays about Genpei War.

Come practice your BCMS conversational skills at this weekly, informal language table!

NOTE: BCMS Conversation Table will not meet on November 22 due to the Thanksgiving break.

Join the French Club for a conversation hour for French speaking individuals of varying levels to practice the French language.

Join advanced Swahili students from Swahili 3 to practice the language outside of the classroom!

Note: Meetings will take place weekly in the Global Hub, during Fall semester, except on September 20 and October 18.

Join the Persian Table to practice language, celebrate culture, and meet new people!

EU ENLARGEMENT LECTURE SERIES: 20th Anniversary of the EU Enlargement

As part of our continued efforts to bring together experts with diverse perspectives to discuss contemporary issues facing Europe, the European Studies Center/European Union Center of Excellence (ESC/EUCE) along with the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES) offers a new lecture series to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the EU Enlargement. This virtual lecture series will be held on the last Thursday of each month. 

2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the biggest enlargement of the European Union in its history. Ten countries, mainly former socialist Eastern European states, almost doubled the EU from 15 to 25 member states. May 1, 2004, was the triumphal return to the European Family for many. But for some, it initiated a process of disenchantment with the EU and the West.

Each month, the ESC/EUCE, together with REEES at the University of Pittsburgh, will focus our attention on a specific country or a group of countries in the EU by inviting experts and eyewitnesses to discuss the hopes and realities of the EU integration before and after expansion to address what hopes were fulfilled and what new hopes exist for the Union in the present.

Each session is recorded and later posted on the internet with suggested additional readings and further resources. Please check out our webpage for more details and mark the last Thursday of the month to attend this event.

Moderator: Randall Halle

Panelists:
Deunis Auers, University of Latvia

Daunis Auers is a Professor of European Studies and Jean Monnet Chair at the University of Latvia. He studied at the London School of Economics and defended his PhD at University College London. He has been a Fulbright Scholar at the University of California-Berkeley (2005-2006) and a Baltic-American Freedom Foundation Scholar at Wayne State University in Detroit (2014). His book on The Comparative Government and Politics of the Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the 21st Century – was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2015. He is currently working on a monograph analyzing Nordic-Baltic integration and is a Fulbright program Visiting Professor at the University of Washington in Seattle during the fall and winter of 2023/2024.

Ivars Ijabs, PhD, Member of the European Parliament
Dr. Ijabs is a Member of the European Parliament, elected in 2019 from the electoral alliance “Attīstībai/Par!”. Before entering politics, he was a widely known political scientist, publicist, associated professor at the University of Latvia and a researcher at the Advanced Social and Political Research Institute of the University of Latvia. In the European Parliament, Dr. Ijabs is active in the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON), the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO), and the Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA), representing the “Renew Europe” group. His priorities are with legislative proposals that would bring more EU funding for science, research, and innovation in Latvia.

Come meet international students, make friends, practice conversational English, and have fun together, during these weekly discussion groups coordinated by the English Language Institute. Feel free to bring your lunch :)

Every first Thursday of the month during Fall 2023, join us in the Global Hub to watch Bollywood movies! Follow PittLCTL on social media for updates!

Come practice your conversational Polish at these weekly meetings!

Come celebrate Slavic winter holidays traditions, participate in games and rituals and enjoy tea with Slavic candy and cookies!

Join Addverse Poesia, an international and multilingual poetry group that discusses, reads and translates poems in at least 4 languages, for their weekly meetings!