Be sure to join us for this special pop-up class with visiting scholar, Esteban Corella Ovares. Please email Luis bravo (bravo@pitt.edu) to register.

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 conversation hours, on Mondays & Thursday at 5-6 pm during Spring 2024, for French speaking individuals of varying levels to practice the French language.

Join us for Portuguese mini-lessons! No prior language experience is necessary. Empanadas are provided!

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!

Stop by the Global Hub from 4:00-5:00pm to discuss study abroad, study away and other global experiences with our peer advisors from the Global Experiences Office. Hear about their experiences abroad and pick their brains with all of you abroad questions!

Join German Club at Pitt’s weekly meetings, on Tuesdays at 6-7 pm during Spring 2024, to converse in German and learn German culture!

Studies on Japanese-Brazilian relations, though thoroughly researched, do not always consider the possible influences of Portuguese diplomacy on policies facilitating Japanese immigration to Brazil. This presentation will focus on Wenceslau Jose de Souza Moraes, a pioneer of Lusophone diplomacy in Japan. Moraes's writings reveal a fascination with the concept of self-sacrifice and an emphasis on commonalities between Portugal and Japan. Moraes's exemplars self-sacrifice, especially by women, will be explored on moral and practical levels to elucidate the author's reverent, albeit complicated perspective toward women.

Join weekly Tavolina (a separate gathering from Tavola Italiana) to practice Italian. This is an Italian conversation table aimed for beginner and intermediate speakers.

In the spring of 2024, the World History Center’s Global Appalachia working group and the Global Studies Center will host a series of book discussions focusing on the region of Appalachia from a global perspective. The series theme is Interdisciplinary Perspectives on a Region in Motion. Participation in all three events in the series is not required but encouraged. All events will take place from 1:00-2:30pm (EST). Copies of the books will be available for those planning to attend the event.

Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hamby uncovers the tragic resurgence of black lung disease in Appalachia, its Big Coal cover-up, and the resilient mining communities who refuse to back down

Join weekly Swahili Class 2 students for weekly conversation hours this Spring semester, to practice Swahili outside of the classroom.

Come practice your conversational Hungarian with students of all levels!

Join weekly Bate-Papo Portuguese conversation practice for all levels, from brand-new beginners to advanced or heritage speakers!

Join Spring 2024 Kya Baat Hai weekly conversation hours, on Wednesdays from 7-8 pm, for students to practice speaking in Hindi and Urdu and connect over shared cultural experiences!

Mangia con noi! Bring your lunch and chat with us! Pitt students only, all levels welcome!

The Global Studies Center will host a series of conversations with Pittsburgh Network for Threatened Scholars(PiNTS).These writers and artists are exiled from their countries and now call Pittsburgh home.

Abdelrahman El-Gendy was a six year political prisoner in Egypt between 2013 and 2020.He is a writer and journalist, whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, Foreign Policy, Truthout and more.Abdelrahman is a Dietrich Fellow at the University of Pittsburgh's non-fiction writing MFA, a Heinz Fellow at PITT's Global Studies Center, and he was a finalist for the 2023 Margolis Award for Social Justice Journalism.

Register in advance for this webinar:
https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vSauuXSYTZGecTDY-R3Raw

Join the French Club for conversation hours, on Mondays & Thursday at 5-6 pm during Spring 2024, for French speaking individuals of varying levels to practice the French language.

The Center for Latin American Studies invites students to gather in community with delicious Latin American food and games! Forge new connections and strengthen existing ones as you gather with fellow CLAS students.

Dear CLAS undergraduates,

The Center for Latin American Studies invites you for an evening of Latin American food and fun with fellow CLAS students! The social will be held in Posvar 4130 at 5:30PM on Thursday, February 22nd. Please RSVP by Monday, February 19th.

We hope to see you there!

Join the Persian Language Table every other Thursday during Spring 2024 to practice language, celebrate culture, and meet new people!

The Graduate Organisation for the Study of Europe and Central Asia (GOSECA) at the University of Pittsburgh invites graduate students from various disciplines to participate in our annual conference. This year's theme aims to explore the multifaceted and dynamic nature of the East European and Eurasian region, a crossroads where East meets West. We encourage scholars to unravel the intricate web of cultures, politics, economies, and more that intersect in the region, fostering a deeper understanding of its complexity. We welcome proposals for individual paper presentations that examine the East European region from diverse disciplinary perspectives.

Part of the Data Ethics Across the Disciplines series, this session will be a cross-disciplinary workshop on international data projects and cultural approaches to data harm.

*For University of Pittsburgh Affiliates (Students, Staff, Faculty) Only*

The first meeting of the Anna May Wong book group that will be discussing and reading "Daughter of The Dragon" a biography of the legendary Asian American Actress by Yunte Huang. For this first meeting the book is not required, it will serve as an introduction to the group.

We will begin with a discussion and presentation on race in 1920s Hollywood by a Film Studies graduate. Copies of "Daughter of The Dragon" will be given to participating members to read for the second session on 3/8/2024.

University of Pittsburgh Palestinian Film Series featuring : "Infiltrators" by Khaled Jarrar and "Your Father was born 100 years old, and so was the Nakba" by Razan Al-Salah.

The films will be followed by a short panel led by Professor Mohamed Bamyeh & Professor Omid Shekari.

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

To commemorate the second anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, REEES is hosting a screening of the Ukrainian film Povadyr (The Guide), directed by Oles Sanin (2014). The film is subtitled in English, discussion to follow.

Early 1930s in Soviet Ukraine: US engineer Michael Shamrock arrives in Kharkiv with his son Peter to build socialism; Michael is mysteriously killed

This blockbuster, released in the same year that Crimea was seized by Russian troops, was watched by Ukrainian audiences throughout the country and was chosen as the 2014 entry to the Academy Awards (Best Foreign Language Film). It is a historical drama in part about the persecution of Ukraine’s blind itinerant musicians; the cast features some of today’s leading Ukrainian musicians and writers, including Ukraine’s foremost contemporary poet and novelist, Serhii Zhadan.