Past Events
- 1501 Posvar Hall
The Pitt community is invited to attend presentations by the top four teams participating in the 2024 Global Health Case Competition. The 4 teams were selected from 13 teams who presented their videos and Powerpoints for an initial round of screening. The four top teams will give 15 minute presentations in front of a panel of judges responding to the following prompt:
“present a comprehensive strategy to address the need for prosthetics and accompanying rehabilitation for amputees among the refugee populations in Jordan. Teams should consider and demonstrate potential sustainability, including quality and timeliness, an equitable accessibility of their approach. Be sure that strategies demonstrated cultural sensitivity of the refugee population’s particular needs and living situations. The plan should be able to be implemented over three years with a budget of $5 million USD. You will be presenting your proposed strategy to representatives from the Jordanian government and a large private foundation who will select and fund the best proposal. Each team will have the discretion to select the in-country location and health care setting to implement their propose strategy.”
- Cindy McNulty, Catherine Fratto
This free online K-12 educator workshop will explore the topic of migration today through the global lens of politics, economics, and climatic changes. Using modern-day migration case studies, the presenters will share content and pedagogical strategies to help introduce or extend current study of the topic of migration in the classroom. ACT 48 hours will be provided for PA educators as well as resources and materials for classroom use.
Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfuIxxUUHUwPIU_2ORCn_ER4fphIRUF...
- Leo Lucassen, University of Leiden and International Institute of Social History
- 3911 Posvar Hall
The accusation that ‘elites’ deliberately stimulate immigration of ‘inferior’ people who aim to take over society arose in the far right but is now mainstream. In the Atlantic world of US and Europe, in Modi’s India, and in parts of Africa, migrants and minorities are portrayed as a mortal threat. Today’s dehumanizing rhetoric and fear of migrants preserve roots from 19th-century mob violence against Irish in the US, Indian migrants in Burma, migrant restrictions after World War I, and the murders of minorities in World War II. Linking these instances of xenophobia and exclusion, this lecture focuses on the globalization of nation state ideology and its promotion of ethnic homogeneity, which fosters fear of losing racial or cultural superiority to ‘others’.
RSVPs are appreciated but not required. RSVP here: forms.gle/AotLEkLfS3SRB32m7
- Molly McSweeney
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!
- William Pitt Union and O'Hara Student Club
Model UN, a simulation of the sessions of the United Nations, provides an opportunity for high school students to apply their studies to real-world contexts and practice diplomacy, negotiating, and resolution writing.
When and Where
Pitt MUN will take place on Tuesday, October 24, 2024. We are planning to host this event in-person in the William Pitt Union and O'Hara Student Center on the University of Pittsburgh’s Oakland campus. Registration will open at 8:00am; the conference will end at 4:00pm.
- 4130 Posvar Hall
The Global Appalachia Reading Group will focus on Appalachia from a global perspective. The semester’s series theme is Race, Place and Migration. Copies of the books will be available for those planning to attend the event. To register please follow this link: https://forms.gle/J7jqr1h3mRsdrJEa9.
Note: We are able to fund and distribute books to registrants as funding allows. Registration will remain open after this amount is reached. Registrants will be notified if we are unable to provide them with the reading material.
October 23, 2024: Hillbilly Highway: The Transappalachian Migration and the Making of a White Working Class by Max Fraser
November 13, 2024: After Coal: Stories of Survival from Appalachia and Wales by Tom Hansell
December 4, 2024: Out of the Mountains: Appalachia Stories by Meredith Sue Williams
- Philip Nanton
- 626 North Sheridan Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206 (Highland Park neighborhood)
The evening will include a Poetry Reading by Philip Nanton (with opportunity for Q and A) and discussion of his short non-fiction book Frontiers of the Caribbean (Manchester UP, 2017).
The book is open access and can be downloaded and read in advance from PittCat or Manchester University Press: https://www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781526114921/9781526114921.xml
https://pitt.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01PITT_INST/e8h8hp/alma99...
Philip Nanton is a Caribbean writer and spoken-word performer from St. Vincent and the Grenadines who lives in Barbados. He has performed his work across the Caribbean and internationally. His poems and prose essays on Caribbean Studies, policy analysis, and literary criticism have been widely published and anthologized. He produced a spoken word CD (2008) and book (2014) called Island Voices from St Christopher & the Barracudas, an affectionately humorous dramatization of individual voices that capture aspects of island life. Other poetry collections include Canouan Suite & Other Pieces (Papillote Press, 2016). His book Frontiers of the Caribbean takes a new approach to situating the Caribbean in world literature as a frontier society (Manchester University Press, 2017). His most recent book is a biography of the neglected Vincentian jazz musician and poet, Shake Keane: ‘Riff: The Shake Keane Story’ (Papillote Press, 2021).
The Caribbean Reading Group is an informal group of faculty and graduate students that meets periodically to discuss important classics or new works of Caribbean Studies; host a guest speaker; or discuss work in progress of participants in the group. Previous meetings have occasioned convivial discussion across disciplinary boundaries. We are looking forward to seeing familiar faces and new ones alike this time around. Please feel free to invite any colleagues or students who would be interested, from Pitt and other area universities. As usual, we will provide wine, snacks, and dessert “para amenizar.”
RSVP, if possible, by Oct 16 by clicking on the following link: https://philipnantonreadingroup.rsvpify.com
- Alumni Hall Connolly Ballroom
Come and learn about undergraduate and graduate students about their global learning experiences abroad in the summer!
The Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs 2024 Scholarship Awardee Poster Showcase will be held on Tuesday, October 22 from 5-7 pm in the Connolly Ballroom in Alumni Hall. Come join the 96 undergraduate and graduate students to learn about their global learning experiences abroad in the summer.
The NRIEP Scholarship Program is nearly sixty years old and supports study abroad, internships, independent research and experiential learning for Pitt students around the world.
- Molly McSweeney
- Global Hub
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
In-Person Workshop (case reveal, team assignments, lectures, etc.) All students must participate in person. Breakfast and lunch provided. Students participating from other campuses wanting to get their transportation reimbursed will need to complete this form: https://forms.gle/aygHRCj5b7VGDtVDA
- Molly McSweeney
- Global Hub
As part of Civic Action Week 2024, join us for a panel discussion to hear about the University of Pittsburgh's community development work with indigenous groups through the Lakota Perspectives on Environmental and Sustainability and Indigenous Rights study away program. Hear from student participants, as well as from Pitt faculty and staff, and learn why such programs are critical for universities to offer and how you can get involved.
Panelists:
- Mark Kramer, Department of English
- Zsuzsánna Magdó, Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
- Alaina Roberts, Department of History
- Penelope Peck, Class of 2026
- Fiorente Pompena, Class of 2026
Moderator:
- Molly McSweeney, Global Hub
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