The European Studies Center invites you to an open series with hybrid and asynchronous forms. The series takes participants from a shared research foundation in European policy to a finished policy brief published in the Interdisciplinary Review of ValEUs (IRV).

The series teaches the craft of writing for impact and how to transform complex political, economic, and cultural questions into clear, concise, and persuasive policy briefs that reach governmental, non-governmental, and international audiences.

Participants will learn to: 
Identify and define a policy problem with precision 
Conduct concise, evidence-based analysis grounded in real research 
Communicate complex issues in accessible, policy-oriented formats 
Develop practical, actionable recommendations for decision-makers.

Who Should Participate:
Faculty and researchers seeking to broaden their academic work
Humanities Scholars
Graduate and undergraduate students
Educators (Continued-Education Certificate)
Professionals interested in public policy, international affairs, transatlantic relations/European Studies.

No prior policy-writing experience is required.

Interested in studying Russian abroad? Looking for funding to make it possible? Come learn about scholarships and funding opportunities available to Pitt students! All students interested in Russian language, culture, and study abroad are welcome to attend. At this session, you will learn about opportunities from: the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES); the Nationality Rooms & Intercultural Exchange Programs; Pitt's Summer Language Institute (SLI); SRAS; and American Councils for International Education.

Join the Italian Department for a meet-and-greet and light refreshments in the Global Hub.

This lecture is part of the Socialist Studies Seminar. 

As Soviet forces returned to Bessarabia in 1944, many Holocaust perpetrators sought to evade postwar accountability through flight, concealment, or crossing the Romanian border. This paper follows forty perpetrators implicated in the July 1941 massacre of over 300 Jews in a Bessarabian village, who were split between Romanian and Soviet jurisdictions by the postwar border. What determined whether evasion succeeded: citizenship, mobility, local ties, or the structures of the pursuing states? One crime, one cohort, divided by a single border. What accounted for their radically different fates?

Co-sponsored by the Department of History (Carnegie Mellon University) and REEES, the World History Center, and the Jewish Studies Program (University of Pittsburgh).

In partnership with the American-Hellenic Foundation of Western Pennsylvania and the European Art Center in Greece (EUARCE), the Greek Nationality Room's commemoration and celebration of the 250th Anniversary of America unearths previously unknown and underdiscussed facets of its founding. From Revolution to Constitution, Greeks played direct and indirect roles on land and at sea even before 1776.

As we celebrate those unknown Greeks, we also consider the 250th Anniversary of Thomas Paine’s landmark essay “Common Cause”. How ancient Greek thought shaped it, but also how ancient Greek thought tempered it. This synthesis culminated in the Constitution of the United States of America.

With the contribution of distinguished invited guests, this synthesis is discussed, distilled and debated. Is it stable in a modern America facing internal and international challenges?

Last, the distinguished invited guests are asked to consider if and how this synthesis travelled back to a nascent modern Greek state following the Revolutionary War and how the Greek Church acted as the bridge to stabilize the synthesis between the Fire and the Pillar, represented by Paine and Aristotle/Kapodistrias.

With the overarching theme “America 250: The Aegean Arc”, we invite you this October to a first-in-history exploration of the unknown Greeks in the American Revolution, the “Fire” of Paine’s “Common Cause” and what it means to America 250 years lager. Additionally, how Paine and Aristotle were synthesized through the stabilizing bridge of the Church in Greece and how this can help nurture a more perfect American union.

Pitt students and families: Join the University Center for International Studies and Pitt Global for a chance to sample some snacks from around the world and learn about all things global, including study abroad and study away programs, professional development opportunities, area and global studies certificates and the Global Distinction, and scholarships for global experiences!