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2014
"Containing Threat Convergence, Exploiting Threat Divergence: U.S. Strategy for Dealing with Emerging Threats"
Awarded to Charles Gochman (School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Political Science); and Phil Williams (Graduate School of Public and International Affairs); and foreign partners from University of Birmingham, United Kingdom; and Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, Mexico.
The grant will support an international conference in Spring 2015, which will bring together scholars, researchers and practitioners to focus on the issue of threat convergence, especially between criminal and terrorist networks, a notion that is becoming increasingly dominant in both Department of Defense and Department of State, as well as the Department of Homeland Security. The conference will look at various facets of threat convergence and consider the conceptual and analytic challenges it poses. By bringing together both proponents of threat convergence and skeptics, it will create the basis for a critical but constructive dissection of the issue, and the identification of more refined and discriminate policy options. Finally it will also consider how convergence can be prevented or mitigated and what opportunities might exist for wedge driving. The conference will also reach out to the intelligence and policy communities and it is anticipated that among the participants in the conference will be analysts from the National Intelligence Council; the Drug Enforcement Administration; the Department of Homeland Security; military personnel; DOD personnel; and civilians.
"Researching World History in the Schools; Nationwide and Worldwide"
Awarded to Patrick Manning (School of Arts and Sciences, Department of History); Michael Lovorn ( School of Education); and Ashley Woodson (School of Education); and foreign partners from the Chiba University, Japan; Osaka University, Japan; Qatar University, Qatar; and Cambridge University, United Kingdom.
The goal of the conference (being held Spring 2015) is to bring together scholars from several countries to exchange results of their research in world history education. Nearly 20 papers will be presented during the conference. The goal of the plenary sessions is to develop plans for future research activities and for publication of the research presented at the conference. The conference papers will be published either as a book, a special issue of a journal, or both and present newly developing knowledge about teaching and learning world history. The conference and the resulting book can provide a baseline for a broad re-launch of research in social studies education that can contribute to articulating the issues and the analyses necessary to raise research in social studies to a higher level.
"Reforming Communism: Cuba in Comparative Perspective"
Awarded to Scott Morgenstern (School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Political Science); and Jerome Branche (School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures); and foreign partners from University of Havana, Cuba; and University of the Republic, Uruguay.
The conference (planned for Fall 2014) will mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall to examine Cuba's internal reforms and their external influences within an explicit comparative framework. The goal is to use a diverse group of scholars from several world regions to explore the reform away from Communism. The diverse interdisciplinary set of panels are expected to attract national and international scholars from the humanities, professional schools, and social sciences. Key issues to be explored through the conference include (among others): What were the domestic and/or international challenges facing the regimes that spurred the reform process? How has Cuba foreseen its new relations, and how does this compare to the new "state-led capitalism" attempted in other countries? Have current leftist parties in different parts of the world found a sustainable evolutionary path for change - or have their traditional constituents been co-opted? What are the legacies of the communist authoritarian systems? An additional goal of the conference co-sponsors is a publication of one or more edited volumes based on the conferences papers.
2013
"Building Community Resilience to Global Hazards: A Sociotechnical Approach"
Awarded to Taieb Znati (School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Computer Science); Louise Comfort (Graduate School of Public and International Affairs); Sera Linardi (Graduate School of Public and International Affairs); Daniel Mosse (School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Computer Science); and foreign partners from Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia; Nanjing University, China; Kobe University, Japan; and Seoul National University, South Korea.
The grant will support an international workshop in spring 2014, which will bring together scholars and practitioners to focus on the design and potential impact of a participatory information infrastructure which would enable self-organizing collective action in communities exposed to hazard risk. The goal of the workshop is to engage computer scientists in joint exploration with social scientists and engineers regarding the technical infrastructure needed to support organizational decision making in assessing risk, communicating risk, and translating that shared knowledge into collective action to mitigate, respond to, and recover from, recurring, large scale threats. The need for innovative approaches to this problem is increasingly urgent, as the range of hazards from earthquakes to tsunamis to nuclear pollution spreads across national boundaries. Reducing the risk of recurring losses in lives and property from extreme events is a global problem, one in which researchers and policy makers in nations exposed to these risks can learn from events they have experienced and share those insights with the global professional and policy community.
"Living with Difference in a Global Society: Conflict Mitigation and Developing Networks within a Global Community"
Awarded to David Montgomery (School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Anthropology); Jennifer Murtazashvili (Graduate School of Public and International Affairs); Taylor Seybolt (Graduate School of Public and International Affairs); and foreign partners from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom; Uganda Martyrs University, Uganda; University of Botswana, Botswana; University of Toronto, Canada; and Plovdiv University, Bulgaria.
The workshop being supported by this grant will be hosted in spring 2014. Its participants will: discuss ways to address the challenges of living with difference in an increasingly globalized world; engage Pitt faculty and students in a developing network of peace building activities; and consider ways to expand pedagogical methods that encourage participants to experience and reflect upon how their own prejudices and assumptions impact relationships in conflict. The workshop will bring together scientists and scholars representing eight universities, five institutions, and nine academic disciplines, hence it will take an interdisciplinary approach to conflict resolution. The workshop is especially timely given that globalization has reframed the boundaries of our world. The expansion of technology and the integration of economic markets have created a sense of greater interconnectedness, yet violence and conflict remain salient features of our modern world.
"Voices of Asian Modernities: Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Asian Popular Music of the 20th Century"
Awarded to Andrew Weintraub (School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Music); Nicole Constable (School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Anthropology); Neepa Majumdar (School of Arts and Sciences, Department of English); and foreign partners from Leiden University, The Netherlands; and Kookmin University, South Korea.
This GAP award supports a conference being presented in spring 2014. This interdisciplinary conference will bring together a group of scholars from a range of fields including Music, Literature, History, Anthropology, Film Studies, Cultural Studies, Women’s Studies, Performance Studies, and Asian Studies to properly historicize the artistic sounds, lyrical texts, visual images, and social lives of female performers in Asian popular music of the 20th century. The conference will address the following questions: What was the relationship between women and modern media in different parts of Asia in the 20th century? Under what historical and social conditions did women achieve prominence in popular music in Asia? What forms did women’s voices take in popular music? What meanings about women did audiences derive from popular music? Central to these questions are the role of mass media in (1) constituting feminine identities, especially among youth cultures; (2) defining publics according to gender and class; (3) promoting certain kinds of feminine values while submerging others; (4) creating alternative media spaces; (5) shaping perceptions of the modern woman. By focusing on the popular and the everyday, the conference will contribute to the field of Asian popular culture studies.
2012
"Social Movements and Global Crisis: Coalition and Conflict in Contemporary Social Movements"
Awarded to Jackie Smith (School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Sociology); Suzanne Staggenborg (School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Sociology); Jules Lobel (School of Law); Paul Nelson (Graduate School of Public and International Affairs); and foreign partners from York University and the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru.
The grant supported a research workshop in fall 2012, which brought together an international group of scholars of social movement coalitions and practitioners who have been leaders in coalition-building at international, national (US) and local levels. The participants shared analyses and began the development of theories about coalition-building in contemporary movements for social change. The workshop explored: 1) how organizations bridge differences between local and global arenas of action, and 2) the lessons that can be drawn from both scholarly research and organizing experiences about the factors affecting coalition durability and effectiveness. The workshop advanced scholarship on social movement coalitions in the contemporary, globalized context, and also initiated a collaborative network among scholars and social movement practitioners that can contribute to and inform the agenda and methods of scholarship and practice.
"Addressing Infectious Agents across Oceans: Pitt and the Philippines"
Awarded to James Pipas (School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences); Peter Veldkamp (School of Medicine); Margaret McDonald (Graduate School of Public Health); and foreign partners from the University of the Philippines, and the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, the Philippines.
The conference supported by the grant was hosted in spring 2013. It brought together scientists and scholars from Pitt, the University of the Philippines Manila (UPM), and the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM - also in the Philippines); and solidified their working relationship established in 2008. The conference moved the collaborating institutions closer to implementing the following goals: additional joint research projects, initially in the areas of virus discovery and infectious diseases that hold the potential for federal and/or philanthropic funding; (2) new faculty and student exchanges between the US and the Philippines; and (3) advancing Pitt’s multidisciplinary global research agenda. Major Pitt units participating in the initiative include Arts and Sciences, the Center for Vaccine Research, Graduate School of Public Health, School of Medicine, and the School of Pharmacy.
2011
“Anglophone Asian novels Conference, 1945-Present”
Awarded to Susan Z. Andrade (School of Arts and Sciences, Department of English); Andrew Weintraub (School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Music); Joseph S. Alter (School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Anthropology); and foreign partners from the University of Hong Kong and the University of the Philippines.
The grant supported a research conference in fall 2011, from which a large, edited collection of critical essays will be published. The conference succeeded in outlining a set of literary histories of the English-language novel in Asia, and by so doing addressed the Global Studies Center focus areas of Changing Identities in a Global World and Communication, Technology and Society. As part of the process of preparing the edited book, the conference examined critical writings about local national literary cultures and explored themes across states and language families, including South Asia, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and the Philippines. Participants included academics from: Grinnell College, New York University, Penn State University, Purdue University, Temple University, University of Chicago, University of the Philippines and University of Pittsburgh. Co-sponsors included: Department of English, Office of the Provost, Global Studies Center, University Center for International Studies, A&S Faculty Research and Scholarship Program, Asian Studies Center, Cultural Studies Program, Humanities Center, and Indo-Pacific Council. Conference Web site: http://www.english.pitt.edu/asiannovels/index.php.
2010
"Film and the End of Empire"
Awarded to Colin MacCabe (School of Arts and Sciences, Department of English); Patrick Manning (School of Arts and Sciences, Department of History); Nancy Condee (School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures); and foreign partners from University College London and the British Film Institute (London)
This grant will support a research conference representing the culmination of a three-year project and to make available to scholars and the general public a huge archive of colonial film that currently languishes unwatched by all but the most dedicated and specialized researchers. The central aim of the conference is to develop both historical and contemporary understandings of Empire and cinema. It will address the GAP priorities of Changing Identities in a Global World and Communication, Technology, and Society. To fulfill these goals, the conference will inaugurate a global exchange among researchers into the British Empire and post-colonialism in fields as diverse as Film Studies and Visual Culture, Museum Studies, History, Anthropology, and Global Studies.
Conference Web site: http://www.filmstudies.pitt.edu/endofempire/
"Achieving Sustainable Development in Africa"
Awarded to Joseph Adjaye (School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Africana Studies); Ravi Sharma (Graduate School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences); and foreign partners from the University of Ghana (Accra) and the University of Witwatersrand (Johannesburg).
This grant will support a conference in 2011 that will bring together academics to focus on health and environmental sustainability, education improvement, gender equality and empowering women, and conflict mitigation and institutional governance. The goal is to generate a publication based on the papers presented.
"Collaborating for Global Innovation Advantage: A Cross Country Comparison of Institutions and Inter-organizational Relationships in the Machine Tool and Pharmaceutical Industries"
Awarded to Susan Cohen (Katz Graduate School of Business); Janice Mueller (School of Law); Turanay Caner (Jenkins Graduate School of Management, North Carolina State University); and foreign partners from the Beijing Jiaotong University (Beijing).
This grant will support a workshop in January 2011 bringing together scholars from economics, law and management to explore the question of how firms should organize their innovation activities in order to learn from and profitably transact with globally distributed suppliers, customers, competitors, complementors, universities, and other centers of excellence.
2009
The grant will support a workshop—to be held at Pitt in July 2009—that will seek to identify clinical research needs, perspectives, and priorities for academic and community leaders in Zambia; prepare a five-year maternal-child health collaborative clinical research agenda; and define potential resources available in both countries. The conference is sponsored by Pitt’s Center for Global Health, and the Global Studies Program.
“The State of Globalization in the Steel Industry: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead”
Awarded to Ravi Madhavan (associate professor of business in the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business); Frank Giarratani (professor of economics in Pitt’s Center for Industry Studies in the Department of Economics); and foreign partners from Tohoku University, Japan and POSCO Research Institute, South Korea.
The grant will support a one-day workshop to be held in the early fall 2010. This workshop will bring together an international group of researchers from the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America to present and discuss position papers as well as articulate plans for focused studies dealing with the current and future challenges of globalization in the steel industry. The workshop is sponsored by Pitt’s International Business Center within the Katz School and the Global Studies Program.
2008
Three $20,000 Global Academic Partnership (GAP) grants have been awarded to fund three international conferences/workshops. The grants are intended to strengthen interdisciplinary research and curriculum development on critical global issues while enhancing international scholarly ties and raising the international profile of the University of Pittsburgh.
“The Arts, Human Development, and Human Rights: 21st Century Intersections and Ramifications”
Awarded to Kathleen DeWalt (professor of anthropology in Pitt's School of Arts and Sciences' Department of Anthropology and director of the Center for Latin American Studies in the University Center of International Studies); David Barnard (professor of medicine and director of palliative care education in Pitt's School of Medicine and Center for Bioethics and Health Law); the Andy Warhol Museum; and foreign partners from the University of Fluminese, Brazil.
The grant will support a March 2009 international conference bringing together artists, scholars, educators, and activists from the United States and Brazil. The event will facilitate intellectual exchange and planning for future collaboration in the fields of art history and art in society, law, medicine, public health, education, political science, and Latin American studies. The conference is sponsored by the Office of the Provost, Global Studies Program, and University Center for International Studies (UCIS).
“Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia”
Awarded to Andrew Weintraub (associate professor of music in Pitt's School of Arts and Sciences' Department of Music); Bambang Parmanto (associate professor of health information management and biomedical informatics in Pitt's School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences' Department of Health Information Management); and foreign partners from the University of Melbourne, Australia, and the University of Malaya, Malaysia.
The grant will support an international conference in October 2008. The conference will explore the relationship between Islam and popular culture in the Malay world-analyzing the forms and practices of production, circulation, marketing, and consumption of Islam. The conference is sponsored by the Office of the Provost, Global Studies Program, and UCIS.
“A New Rational Approach to Resolving Conflicts; the Case of the Middle East”
Awarded to Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business faculty members Thomas Saaty (University Professor of business administration) and H.J. Zoffer (Dean Emeritus and professor of business administration); Kevin Kearns (professor of public and urban affairs in Pitt's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs); and foreign partners from King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia, and Osmangazi University, Turkey.
The grant will support an October 2009 international workshop on conflict resolution, analyzing conflict in Israel through the framework of the Analytic Network Process. The workshop is sponsored by the International Business Center within the Katz Business School and the Global Studies Program.
2007
The Global Studies Program is pleased to announce the winners of the annual Global Academic Partnership (GAP) program grant competition. GAP is an initiative of the Global Studies Program (University Center for International Studies/Graduate School of Public and International Affairs) and the Office of the Provost. It aims to strengthen interdisciplinary research and curriculum development on critical global issues, while enhancing international scholarly ties and raising the international profile of the University of Pittsburgh.
This year awards are for two grants of $20,000 each sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the University Center for International Studies.
Andre Gunder Frank's Legacy of Critical Social Science
Patrick Manning (History) with John Beverley (Hispanic Languages and Literature) and Thomas Rawski (Economics) and foreign partners from the University of Newcastle, England.
The project will support an international conference honoring the life and work of Andre Gunder Frank, a pioneer in global analysis in history and social science. The international conference will focus on the scholarly assessment of Frank’s work and the current status of analysis in the fields in which he worked. The conference will address six topical areas: (1)Underdevelopment and dependency in Latin America; (2) World accumulation and world system; (3) 5000-year world system; (4) East Asia in the World Economy; (5) Social Movements; and (6) Contemporary political and economic analysis. To be held March 2008.
Research and Training: Global Health and Sustainable Development
Joseph Alter (Anthropology), P. Sudhakar Reddy (Cardiology), and Eric Beckman (Chemical and Petroleum Engineering) and foreign partners from the MediCiti Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderbad , India.
The project will support a workshop focusing on global health and sustainable development. The workshop will concentrate on research, training, curriculum development and collaborative projects between the University of Pittsburgh, The MediCiti Institute of Medical Sciences ( Hyderabad ) the University of Hyderabad and Jawaharlal Nehru University ( New Delhi ). The purpose of the workshop is to bring faculty from the institutions mentioned above together to identify mutual interests, interdisciplinary strengths, opportunities for programmatic interface, additional funding sources and to agree on initial pilot research and training programs. To be held November 2007.
2006
Globalization and Diversity/Inequality in Latin America : Challenges, Opportunities, and Dangers
Elizabeth Monasterios (Hispanic Languages and Literatures) with Aníbal Pérez-Liñán (Political Science) and foreign partners from the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés.
The project will support an international conference on the current crises facing two structural models of building societies—neocolonial and neoliberal. In this light, four interrelated panels will discuss four key issues in the Latin American/Caribbean regions: (1) Global Communications and New Technologies; (2) Increasing/Decreasing Inequality; (3) Leadership and Access to Power; and (4) Social Movements in National and Transnational Contexts. To be held March 2007.
Research in Sustainable Community Development
Kathleen Dewalt (Anthropology and Public Health; Center for Latin American Studies) with Larry Shuman (Industrial Engineering), Eric Beckman (Chemical and Petroleum Engineering), and foreign partners from the University of Brazil and the University of Puerto Rico.
The project will support an international workshop to address needed research in the areas of green construction and water, aimed at generating a comprehensive research agenda attentive to cross-cultural and ethical issues. The project will additionally provide important training for Pitt's IGERT Sustainable Engineering Fellows who will conduct research in Brazilas part of Pitt's Mascaro Sustainability Initiative. Held in April 2007.
States at Risk: Building Knowledge About Children in Armed Conflict
Simon Reich (Public and International Affairs; Ford Institute for Human Security), with Barry Ames (Political Science), Maureen McClure (Administrative and Policy Studies), Charli Carpenter (Public and International Affairs), and foreign partners from the Peace Research Institution of Oslo and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs.
The project will support one in a series of in international workshops on the issue of children in armed conflict. The workshop will be designed to examine different explanations for the phenomenon of child soldiering and to consider policy options aimed at limiting their military recruitment. The workshop will generate collaborative long-term research. To be held September 15-17, 2006.
2005
High-End Outsourcing: Developing a Strategy of Sustainable Collaboration
John Camillus, Donald R. Beall Professor of Strategic Management and professor of business administration (Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business); Bopaya Bidanda, chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering.
Research conference on "high-end outsourcing" to be held in April, 2006, in which activities and functions that add significant value and are strongly knowledge-based—such as research, design, and enhanced manufacturing— are contracted out to offshore organizations. Camillus and Bidanda will collaborate with foreign partners from the Indian Institute of Technology (Madras and Kharagpur) and the Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore and Ahmedabad). Cosponsored by Pitt's International Business Center (IBC) within the Katz Graduate School of Business.
Societal Inequality and Individual Outcomes
Salvatore Babones, assistant professor of sociology; John Marx, professor of sociology; Siddharth Chandra, associate professor of public and international affairs; Mark Ginsburg, professor of administrative and policy studies (School of Education) and professor of sociology; Ravi Sharma, assistant professor of behavioral and community health sciences (GSPH); Ken Thompson, associate professor of psychiatry (School of Medicine) and behavioral and community health.
International conference to be held in May 2006 on the relationship between societal inequality in terms of the overall distribution of resources and individual or aggregate health. The project involves foreign partners from the University of Nottingham (United Kingdom) and the Singapore Management University (Tanglin). Cosponsored by Pitt's Office of the Provost and UCIS.
HIV/AIDS East of the Urals
Robert Hayden, professor of anthropology and director of Russian and East European studies; Richard Day, assistant professor of biostatics (GSPH); Linda Frank, assistant professor of infectious diseases and microbiology (GSPH).
International workshop held in June 2005, bringing together Russian bio-behavioral scientists concerned with controlling the spread of HIV/AIDS in the eastern region of the Russian Federation, with a large interdisciplinary group of Pitt behavioral, medical, and public health scientists. The team partnered with colleagues from the Siberian Academy of Medical Science and the Siberian Center for AIDS Prevention. Cosponsored by Pitt's Office of the Provost and UCIS.
The CISG After 25 years: Conflict Resolution and Conflict Avoidance in a Globalized Economy
Harold Flechtner, professor of law; Ronald Brand, professor of law and director of the Center for International Legal Education; and Kenneth Lehn, Samuel A. McCullough Professor of Finance in the Katz Graduate School of Business.
Conference held in November 2005, marking the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, and involving foreign partners from the University of Augsburg (Germany) and the University of Ghent (Belgium). Law and business professionals from around the globe gathered to discuss the development of uniform law for international business and the goal of uniform interpretation of that law, as well as its application in a manner that facilitates more predictable and efficient trade relationships. Cosponsored by the School of Law.
2004
Love of Country: Intimacy and Nation in Italy's Migrations
Donna Gabaccia, professor of history; Giuseppina Mecchia, assistant professor of French and Italian; Paula Kane, associate professor of religious studies.
Conference in April 2005 focusing on the 25 million persons who left Italy as migrants to live and work on four continents. Research led by an international team including partners from the University of Toronto and the University of Western Australia, who explored the relationship between human mobility, intimate (or "private") behavior and the acquisition of national identities. Cosponsored by the Office of the Provost.
Comparative Postcolonialities: Aesthetics, History, Locality
Shalini Puri, associate professor of English; Marcus Rediker, professor of history; Joseph Alter, associate professor of anthropology.
A new conference series on postcolonial studies, initiated with an international conference that "rethinks" the field of postcolonial studies in light of global trends that have transformed the maps of postcoloniality. In an effort to create a new model for the field, it considers the critiques of both postcolonial and area studies and draws in the work of emerging scholars. Cosponsored by the Office of the Provost.
The Financial Dimensions of Terrorism: the Raising, Movement, and Disbursement of Terrorist Funds
Philip Williams, professor in the Graduate School for Public and International Affairs; Kenneth Sochats, assistant professor of information sciences.
On March 19-20, 2004, a workshop on the financing of terrorism brought together a diversity of specialists including international partner Rohan Gunaratna, the pre-eminent academic specialist on Al-Qaida, from the Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. The workshop, which will result in an edited volume, will illuminate the dimensions of terrorist financing, the tradeoffs between the Bush administration's freeze campaign and the possibility of following funds as a warning indicator of a potential attack, achievements to date, and further policy considerations. Cosponsored by the International Business Center of the Katz Graduate School of Business.
2003
Representing Genes
Paul E. Griffiths (history and philosophy of science) and Jeffrey H. Schwartz (anthropology)
A January 2004 workshop looking at diverse conceptualizations of the gene in contemporary biology and their impact on interdisciplinary communication and public dissemination, involving partners from Germany, Israel, and the United Kingdom, as well as from universities across the United States.
Global Knowledge Agents and the State of Globalization in the Steel Industry
John Prescott and Ravindranath Madhavan (Katz Graduate School of Business) and Frank Giarratani (economics)
Workshop held in the spring of 2004. Joined by collaborators from Belgium, Japan, Switzerland, and United Kingdom. Cosponsored by the International Business Center at the Katz Graduate School of Business.