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

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

Monday, September 23

Water Is Life: Forum

The Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES) and the Study Abroad Office (SAO) in collaboration with the Pittsburgh-based global service-learning organization Amizade propose

4:00pm
Global Hub, Wesley W. Posvar Hall