Past Events | Global Studies Center

Thursday, October 10

Ibram X. Kendi's How to Be an Antiracist - Four Evenings -- Global Literary Encounters

In conjunction with the Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures program's "Ten Evenings" series, Global Studies Center is hosting "Four Evenings" pre-lecture discussions that put prominent world authors and

6:00pm to 7:00pm
Latin American Lecture Room, Hillman Library

Las Madres de Berks

Join us for a screening and talkback of "Las Madres de Berks," a short documentary created by public artist Michelle Angela Ortiz.

6:00pm to 8:00pm
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium

Everyday Radioactive Life in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan

From 1949 to 1989, the Soviet Union conducted 456 nuclear tests at Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in Kazakhstan.

4:00pm
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall

Tuesday, October 8

LIVESTREAM: Conversations on Europe: Germany since 1989: Do Differences Persist after Reunification

1:30pm
Pitt Global Hub

Conversations on Europe: Germany since 1989: Do Differences Persist after Reunification

In cooperation with the Department of German’s German Campus Weeks programming, and as a part of the University Center for International Studies Global 1989 Series, this month’s Conversation will d

1:30pm to 3:00pm
211 David Lawrence

Thursday, October 3

Global Issues Through Literature: The Village by the Sea

This reading group for educators explores literary texts from a global perspective.

4:30pm to 7:00pm
4130 Posvar Hall

Wednesday, October 2

1989 Series: Goodbye Lenin Film Screening & Roundtable Discussion

Join us for a screening (with English subtitles)and discussion led by film expert Stephen Brockmann (Carnegie Mellon University). Goodbye, Lenin! (2003) was directed by Wolfgang Becker.

6:00pm to 9:00pm
Alumni Hall, Room 323

Tuesday, October 1

New Global Classics

This lecture is the first in a yearlong series that puts Classics and Global Studies into dialogue.

4:00pm to 5:00pm
4130 Posvar Hall

Wednesday, September 25

UCIS International Career Toolkit Series presents:Preparing Competitive Applications for Graduate School

Considering graduate school? Preparing your application materials?

4:30pm to 5:30pm
Posvar Hall Rm 4130

Tuesday, September 24

Cuba: The Island’s Public Health System and International Partnerships

Join us as we discuss the work that the Pan American Health Organization-World Health Organization (PAHO-WHO) is currently undertaking in Cuba.

2:30pm
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall