Dr. Urbansky discusses the challenges faced by Chinese immigrants during the late Tsarist Empire and early Soviet Union, highlighting the racial and cultural prejudices that fueled hostilities in urban settings. His analysis explores how these early interactions shaped the experiences and perceptions of Chinese communities in a rapidly changing socio-political landscape.
Join the Spanish Club for a celebration of Day of the Dead with crafts and a presentation, and gain an insight into Mexican culture!
On Sunday, November 3rd, 2024, from 12 PM to 4 PM, the Slovak Studies Program, with the help of our generous sponsors, will host the 34th Annual Slovak Heritage Festival in the Commons Room of the Cathedral of Learning on the University of Pittsburgh campus, Oakland (4200 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15213). We are excited to be back again for a joyous day of Slovak culture, music, history, food and education!
Admission is free for all! Street parking is free on Sundays. Masks are optional / not required.
Join Brazil Nuts for weekly Bate Papo: Portuguese Language Hour in the Global Hub, every Monday at 5-6 pm during Fall 2024!
Come practice your conversational BCMS with fellow students at this conversation table!
Attention: Undergraduate students! 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!
Come practice your conversational Slovak with your classmates.
Come practice your conversational Hungarian with fellow students!
Join the French Club on Tuesdays and Wednesdays during Fall semester for conversational meetings and to practice French speaking and listening skills and create a francophone community on campus!
French Club at Pitt will meet twice weekly, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, during Fall 2024, EXCEPT on October 1, October 15, and November 6.
Register here: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/pop-up_registration
Free and open to the public
Join the German Club on Tuesdays during Fall semester for conversational meetings and to practice German speaking and listening skills.
Looking to brush up on your Swahili? Join Swahili TA and students every Wednesday and Thursday in the Global Hub.
When the use of AI became a reality in the classroom, our first reaction was hot we could prevent students from using AI to do assignments. Knowing that AI use will soon be ubiquitous, a better question we may be asking is how we should take advantage of AI in teaching rather than fighting it. This talk will explore a few ways to test ChatGPT's capability and suggest ways in which AI could be used in EALL's foreign language classroom.
Join us for a special guest lecture with Dr. Samuel Tefara, visiting professor from Addis Ababa University!
Rwanda’s genocide is well documented as one of the worst in recent African history. Happening in 1994 in approximately 100 days, it was a dark time in the history of Rwanda, East Africa and Africa. 30 years later in 2024, what is going on in Rwanda? What are the narratives and counternarratives being passed on to future generations? What are the sociopolitical relations among the people of Rwanda? In this photographic journey, Leonora Anyango, Ph.D. will talk about her recent trip to Rwanda and her experiences as she traversed the country.
Also featured in this session: A trip to Burundi and research from students in Prof. Anyango’s “The Language of Policy and Power” Class.
Come practice your conversational Russian with your peers at the Russian conversation table!
The night of 9 November 1989 changed the world. This evening happened as a link in a global chain of events. On the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, come talk with our panelists about how it impacted them and the world we live in.
Eat pizza and discuss with Randall Halle (moderator), Stephen Brockmann (CMU), Max Trecker, Dániel Mikecz, Sabine Von Dirke, and Nancy Condee.
Looking to brush up on your Swahili? Join Swahili TA and students every Wednesday and Thursday in the Global Hub.
Explore the World with a Summer Study Abroad Scholarship! Join the Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs' Scholarships Info Session!
Dreaming of an unforgettable summer adventure abroad? We're here to make it happen! Discover your opportunity to study abroad with the help of scholarships at our Summer Study Abroad Scholarships Info Session.
What You'll Gain from Our Info Session:
Scholarship Insights: Learn about various scholarships for summer global experience.
Application Tips: Get expert advice on crafting a compelling scholarship application.
Destinations Galore: Explore exciting study abroad destinations and programs available.
Q&A Session: Ask your burning questions and get answers from experienced advisors.
Don't miss out on the opportunity of a lifetime! Secure your spot at our Summer Study Abroad Scholarships Info Session and embark on a transformative journey that will broaden your horizons and enrich your life. Your global adventure begins here!
In-Person event
Mangia con noi! Bring your lunch and chat with us! Pitt students only, all levels welcome!
Register to attend in person: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/content/clas-event-registration
Join the Biomedical Graduate Student Association is hosting its first-ever Diwali, an Indian festival with student performances.
This event is a three-day Polish film festival at Row House Cinema, running from November 8-10, 2024.
@ 4:30 pm - Big Animal (Duże zwierzę) 2004 dir. Jerzy Stuhr
80min Polish with English subtitles
Left behind by a circus, a camel wanders to the house of a middle-aged couple. The wife is initially bewildered by the strange animal, her husband immediately adopts it as a pet.
@ 6:30 pm - Doppelgänger (Sobowtór) 2023 dir. Jan Holoubek
115 min, in Polish & German with English subtitles,Apteka Restaurant reception.
A psychological thriller set in the late 1970s- the spy with the stolen identity from the Polish People’s Republic was sent to the West. Winner of multiple awards at the Gdynia Film Festival.
Tickets will be available at the movie theaters website & box office
https://rowhousecinemas.com/lawrenceville/
Please join us on Friday, November 8, 2024 from 8:30 am-3:30 pm ET for this FREE online faculty professional development conference that will explore the topic of migration today through the lens of politics, economics, and climatic changes. The day's schedule will be comprised of four presenters who will each address the topic through different globally thematic and regional perspectives. A Zoom meeting link will be emailed to registrants one week before the conference and again the day before the conference.
Register at: https://tinyurl.com/GlobalMigrationsConference
Moderated by Vitaly Cheretsky, with speakers Maria Cristina Calmarini, Pawel Lewicki, and Darya Tsymbalyuk.
11:00 am - 12:30 pm (EST) | 10:00 am - 11:30 am (CST) | 8:00 -9:30 am (PST)
This six-part virtual event series will examine body matters within Eurasia through a variety of disciplines and themes. The body-as-method has emerged recently to provide novel insights on society, culture, and identity by foregrounding alternatives to Western traditions that marginalized the corporeal dimensions of social and personal existence.
Why is the body good “to think with” on both intellectual and professional matters?
How do classed, diversely abled, gendered, and raced bodies interact in the daily lives we study or inhabit through our avocations?
What is the continuously evolving relationship between the body and the body politic, whether the nation, empire, the EU, or NATO?
Is research and teaching disembodying and can recentering “embodied and uncomfortable knowledge” therefore move liberation in East European and Eurasian Studies forward?
To address these questions, "Bodies in Focus" will have six virtual, recorded panels featuring speakers from various disciplines and institutions. Panelists and the audience will explore how bodies matter for the study and teaching of East European and Eurasian social and material environments, our understanding of power and equity, and for the cultivation of human capacities in our field.
This panel is part of the series Bodies in Focus; Power, Subjectivity, and Practice in East European and Eurasian Studies. For the full schedule, see https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/creees/content/bodies-focus
Join us for the third event in the joint Pitt-CMU event “Russian Programs Explore the World”! Dr. Katie Manukyan from Pitt Slavic/SLI will introduce you to the world of Italian and Russian opera in a fun and engaging way! The event will take place on Friday, November 8 at 1:30-2:30pm at the Center for Creativity (Cathedral basement).
Join undergraduate Pitt students for a conversation hour to practice speaking in Hindi and Urdu and connect over shared cultural experiences.
Kya Baat Hai will meet weekly, on Fridays, during the 2024-2025 academic year, EXCEPT on the following dates:
September 20
September 27
December 20
December 27
January 3
Join Addverse, a transcultural, multilingual, and intergenerational poetry organization, for weekly meetings in the Global Hub.
“An epic work… a masterpiece” – Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
The border is everywhere… in the nationwide system built to detain and deport impoverished immigrants; in the businesses that profit from these processes; and in every undocumented person forced to live in fear. But as this vital new documentary shows, immigrants are organizing with others to promote something different, a system that recognizes their many contributions and protects the rights of all.
Screening followed by a discussion with award-winning Director, Pamela Yates, and award-winning producer, Paco de Onís, facilitated by Roger Rouse
This event is a three-day Polish film festival at Row House Cinema, running from November 8-10, 2024.
@ 3:00 pm - Big Animal (Duże zwierzę) 2004 dir. Jerzy Stuhr
80min Polish with subtitles
Left behind by a circus, a camel wanders to the house of a middle-aged couple. The wife is initially bewildered by the strange animal, her husband immediately adopts it as a pet.
@ 5:00 pm - Girl with the Needle (Dziewczyna z igłą) 2024 dir. Magnus von Horn
Denmark-Poland-Sweden, Danish with English subtitles, 115 min.
Karoline, a young factory worker, is struggling to survive in post WWI Copenhagen. When she finds herself unemployed, abandoned and pregnant, she meets a charismatic woman running an underground adoption agency.
The film was selected to compete at the 77th Cannes Film Festival and was chosen as the Danish entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards.
Tickets will be available at the movie theaters website & box office
https://rowhousecinemas.com/lawrenceville/
