This presentation was part of the 2021 Summer Institute for Global Studies and was recorded on July 28, 2021. Its length is 57:51.
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The European Studies Center hosts several webinars each year called Conversations on Teaching Europe (CoTE). This virtual roundtable discussion was presented by Dr. Bernard Hagerty (Department of History, University of Pittsburgh) on October 16, 2015. Its length is 30:15.
This faculty professional development conference explores the history, current status, and future of Africa and China’s relationship through a global lens, providing examples of not only Chinese investments in infrastructure in Africa, but from other regions such as Europe, as well.
A panel of experts from both sides of the Atlantic examines the potential impact of impending elections in both the U.S. and Europe and explores significant transnational trends in electoral politics, including the rise of populism and the polarization of the electorate as well as the increasing importance of issues related to immigration, the economy, and trade. How might the US elections in November 2016 impact European politics and the transatlantic relationship? What electoral contests in Europe are likely to have the greatest impact on the U.S.? This video is a part of Part of the European Studies Center's award-winning series of virtual roundtables. Its length is 1:17:29.
By Holly Mawn.
In January 2018, the University Center for International Studies (UCIS) at the University of Pittsburgh invited faculty from two and four year institutions of higher education to attend a one-day workshop on internationalizing across the curriculum. For the past five years, UCIS has partnered with the Nine University and College International Studies Consortium in Georgia and with the Community College of Beaver County and other local community colleages to provide multidisciplinary faculty development workshops on incorporating global and international themes into syllabi. This workshop was the culmination of five years' worth of collaborations where the past participants of faculty development workshops gave presentations on how they globalized their classes.
Panel I: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Globalizing Institutional Curricula
Presenters: Rajgopal Sashti (Nine University and College International Studies Consortium/Middle Georgia State University), Lucia Gbaya-Kanga (Community College of Philadelphia), and Valerie Gray (Harrisburg Area Community College)
Panel II: Maximizing Limited Resources to Globalize History Curricula
Presenters: Bronson Long (Georgia Highlands College) and Brian Gurian (Harrisburg Area Community College)
Panel III: Globalizing Business Courses
Presenters: Denie Burks (Georgia Highlands College) and Jodi Carver (Community College of Beaver County)
Panel IV: Pedagogical Approaches to Infusing the Study of World Regions into the Curriculum
Presenters: Christopher Ward (Clayton State University) and Brad Maguth (University of Akron)
In Europe, the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S. has struck a chord with some. Issues of procedural inequalities and police violence have been made more public in Black Lives Matter marches in cities throughout Europe. How does the movement in Europe differ from its American inspiration? How do issues of ethnicity and religion inform understandings of race in Europe? And what has been the response of authorities? This video is a part of Part of the European Studies Center's award-winning series of virtual roundtables. Its length is 1:07:41.
“Bridging Cultures with Community Colleges," a grant program of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), was designed to support humanities education--and culture studies in particular--in our growing community colleges. Through this grant, University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Russian and East European Studies (REES) partnered with the Community College of Beaver County (CCBC) to internationalize CCBC’s curriculum.
To learn more about the program and access our open resources (including module plans, video recordings of curriculum development workshops, and participant reflections), please visit http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees/outreach/postsecondary.
By Dr. Ruth Mostern and Dr. Karl Grossner.
This presentation was part of the 2021 Summer Institute for Global Studies and was recorded on July 27, 2021. Its length is 1:03:24.
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Have we entered a new age of cyber sabotage? In this session of Conversations on Europe, our expert panel will explore episodes of foreign state interference in electoral politics in Europe and the U.S. past and present. From state sponsored hacking to Wikileaks, what do we know about who is calling the shots? How have disinformation campaigns been used to meddle in domestic politics in countries throughout eastern and western Europe, and to what effect? This video is a part of Part of the European Studies Center's award-winning series of virtual roundtables. Its length is 1:19:12.
In this meeting of the workshop "Breaking Down the Headlines: Understanding the Levant," Professor Mohammed Bamyeh discusses the relationship between citizenship and identity in contemporary Arab countries.
Allyson Delnore of the European Studies Center and Jeanette Jouili of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pittsburgh discuss the so-called "Burkini controversy" that emerged in France in the summer of 2016, in which mayors in some French cities and towns attempted to ban the wearing of modest, full-body swimwear at public beaches.
Pitt faculty member, Dr. Tony Novosel, interviews peace activist Mary Montague about the current status of the Northern Ireland Peace Process and how it might be impacted by last June’s Brexit vote. Conversations on Europe: Teachable Moments are a K-16 teaching resource provided by the European Studies Center. The University of Pittsburgh holds the right to this video. It is available solely for use in educational settings.
