Past Events
- HYPE Media, Khirsten Scott, Gloria Talamantes, Naomi Chambers, Alison Zapata
- Ricardo Klein, Joaquim Ulldemolins, Ligia Ferro, Yina Obando, Amanda Boston
- Pittsburgh writers Max “Gems” Gonzales and Shane Pilster
- Cathedral of Learning, Room 0G24 and Zoom
March 25th
6:30 - 8:15PM
Cathedral of Learning, Room 0G24 and Zoom
Screening of Style Wars, with conversation led by Pittsburgh writers Max “Gems” Gonzales and Shane Pilster after the screening
University members can access this film through the University Libary System.
If you plan on attending any events in-person as a non-Pitt affiliate, please fill out this form no later than the day before the event. If you are not Pitt-affiliated, you will recieve an email confirmation from Pitt Guest Registration before the conference to allow you into the appropriate campus buildings. There is no deadline for Pitt affiliates. Register here - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfppOUqB5q-Kr2cq3oZBJMfdr-9Tay8...
If you are attending the post-screening conversation by Zoom at 7:30PM, please register for the link here - https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYof-2hpjsiHdWuLbHqcFlrvUVlqzxuQFkn
- Dr. Caitlin Bruce, Assistant Professor of Communications
Beyond Crisis Creativity: Imagining New Futures Through Art and Youth Activism
This un-conference explores how cultural organizations made up of artists, young people, cultural workers, organizers, and neighbors take up supposedly devalued city spaces to create new vocabularies and heuristics for value beyond exchange value, and use cultural practices to tell stories of place and forge transnational connections. It also maps how how certain forms of creative identity are commodified. We seek to create a conversation across borders, cultures, institutions and generations. Participants will come from Pittsburgh; Barcelona; Cali; Portugal; and Chicago, among other places, in order to address the interconnections between the kinds of challenges that artists/youth face in using creative practice to imagine more just futures and the networks of solidarity nascent and established between cities and practitioners.
The conference is open to everyone. If you choose to attend in person, please complete registration form no later than March 3rd, 2022. There is no deadline to register for those attending virtually. There will be an option to attend virtually via Zoom. Registration information, featured speakers, and conference schedule can be found on the event website.
- Njaimeh Njie
Memory, imagination, and place are inextricably connected. This talk will present three public art, exhibition, and photo book projects that Njaimeh Njie has created to explore how the lived experiences of Black Pittsburgh residents are held within the landscape of the city. These will serve as a launching pad for thinking through the connections between shared space and shared stories, and what these mean for how we see ourselves, our present, and our futures in the places we call home.
Njaimeh Njie is a multimedia storyteller. Her photography, filmmaking, oral history, writing, and public artwork explore contemporary Black experiences, with a particular focus on how the past shapes the present. Njie’s work has been featured in outlets including CityLab and Belt Magazine, exhibited in spaces including the Carnegie Museum of Art and The Mattress Factory Museum, and she has presented at venues including TEDxPittsburghWomen, and Harvard University. Among several awards and grants, Njie was named the inaugural Edward Mitchell Bannister Artist-in-Residence at Brown University for 2021-22, and the 2019 Visual Artist of the Year by the Pittsburgh City Paper. Njie earned her B.A. in Film and Media Studies in 2010 from Washington University in St. Louis.
- 5601 Posvar
This session of the on-going Teach In on the War on Ukraine will explore Europe and NATO’s role in the war, including the prospects for Ukrainian membership in the EU or NATO. How has EU foreign policy shifted in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? How is Europe responding to the new wave of refugees fleeing the fighting? And what do we make of the nuclear posturing coming out of Moscow?
Speakers: Burcu Savun (Political Science), William Spaniel (Political Science), Gregor Thum (History). Moderated by Jae-Jae Spoon (Political Science)
- Dr. Abdesalam Soudi
- Virtual Format - Zoom
Dr. Abdesalam Soudi serves as Professor, Cultural Competence Consultant, and Cultural and Linguistic Competence Master’s Course Co-Director, Family Medicine Department at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and University of Pittsburgh. He is a Sociolinguist recognized for several scholarly accomplishments in Conversation Analysis, Cultural and Linguistic Diversity, Arabic Linguistics, Electronic Health Records, Cultural Competency in medical practice. He leads a cross-disciplinary Humanities in Health initiative (HinH). With a passion for discovering new findings and sharing knowledge, he will discuss the importance of cultural competency across all disciplines, from humanities to healthcare, in global initiatives around the world.
To Register:https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqdeyqqDsrEtcNibkJ0YKhLHsIRTmTpFoG
- Global Hub - 1st Floor Posvar
The “What’s in a Name?” series aims to open a doorway to explore issues that affect us every day, and that, ultimately, reverberate through the most intimate aspects of who we are. While we will explore basic tools and name etiquette, with the kindness and respect we all deserve, we intend to reflect about what our names say about us, and how they may be used to define who we are.
As part of the natural evolution of the series, we invite audiences explore place names and how they impact and reflect upon our identities, how we are perceived, and how we navigate the frameworks they set in motion. This session will be an introduction to place names and their significance as a part of a community's identity, touching upon themes of colonialism, enslavement, migration, and more.
Presenters:
Dr. Ruth Mostern, Director, World History Center
Dr. Keila Grinberg, Director, Center for Latin American Studies
- Shalini Puri
- Global Hub
Join us in celebrating World Water Day! From celebrating water to saving water, we will use art, activities, and action to explore the topic of water. This event will be held in the Global Hub from 11:00am-5:00pm and will consist of engaging and educational hands-on activities for students and faculty alike!
- Andrew Meade McGee, Jacqueline Lipton, Song Shi
- Zoom
Spring Mini-Course: Technology, Humanity, and Social Justice - SATURDAY
● Session 3 – 8:30AM-10:00AM: Group Activity: Analyzing Governance and Technology Case Study
● Session 4 – 10:15AM-11:30AM: Andrew Meade McGee, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of History, Carnegie Mellon University
LUNCH 11:30AM-1:00PM
● Session 5 – 1:00PM-2:15PM: Jacqueline Lipton, Assistant Professor of Legal Writing, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh
● Session 6 – 2:30PM-3:45PM: Song Shi, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Informatics and Networked Systems, University of Pittsburgh
● Session 7 – 4:00PM-5:30PM: Group Activity: Comparing Analyses Governance and Technology Case Studies
- Erin Dalton & Roy Austin
- Zoom
First session of Spring Mini-Course: Technology, Humanity, and Social Justice
5:00PM-5:15PM: Welcome Remarks and Overview of Course
Session 1 – 5:15PM-6:30PM: Erin Dalton, Director of the Allegheny County Department of Human Services
Session 2 – 6:45PM-8:00PM: Roy Austin, VP of Civil Rights and Deputy General Counsel of Facebook
- geographer and poet Eric Magrane and visual artist Allison Rowe
- 4217 Posvar Hall
Climates of Change
Join us for a series of events related to climate change and water!
Friday March 18, 2022 | 11 am - 12:30 pm | 4217 Posvar Hall
Faculty Workshop: Applying Arts Methods to Climate and Environmental Research Across the Disciplines
A workshop led by visiting geographer and poet Eric Magrane and visual artist Allison Rowe. Please register in advance.
Register here - https://bit.ly/PittClimatesofChange
- Veronica Dristas
As humans rely more and more on electronic devices to support their everyday activities, there are ever present warnings about the impacts such reliance has on human autonomy ranging from who owns and controls information networks, the inequitable impact of technology consumption on peoples and places, varying accessibility of technology around the globe, and the promises and limitations of technology in improving human health. By engaging in technology as a lens, this sequence of weekend micro-courses encourages students to examine technology as a system disproportionately impacting humanity by enabling and constraining human rights of groups of people around the globe. With a multi-disciplinary focus, the course invites researchers and practitioners from the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon, and relevant fields more broadly.
The course will occur on Friday, March 18th, Saturday, March 19th, and Sunday, March 21st. Engagement in the course should be synchronous; accommodations for those in significant time zone differences will be provided to allow enrollment and completion of all elements of the weekend. A pre-course video review of the major course assignment will need to be completed prior to the course starting.
Students must register for this course through PeopleSoft, which can be accessed via their my.pitt account.
- visual artist Allison Rowe and geographer and poet Eric Magrane
- 1500 Posvar Hall
Climates of Change
Join us for a series of events related to climate change and water!
Thursday March 17, 2022 | 6 pm - 8:30 pm | 1500 Posvar Hal
Water Forms: Re-Imagining H20 through Paint, Poetry, and Postcard
A workshop for students with visual artist Allison Rowe and geographer and poet Eric Magrane.
Limited seats, please register. Eligible for OCC, Honors, and Pitt Global credit.
Register here - https://bit.ly/PittClimatesofChange
- poet Eric Magrane and visual artist Allison Rowe
- 4130 Posvar Hall & Zoom
Climates of Change
Join us for a series of events related to climate change! Each event will focus on a different topic and is designed for different audience members.
Creative-Critical Practices for the Anthropocene: Thinking through Place, Poetry, and the Visual Arts
A talk by geographer and poet Eric Magrane and visual artist Allison Rowe, followed by Q&A. Open to the public with Pitt ID or prior registration. Eligible for OCC, Honors, and Pitt Global credit. Hybrid event with options to join virtually or in-person!
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