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To the Global Studies Community,
The Center is happy to announce that we have received Title VI National Resource Center and the Foreign Language and Area Studies funding from the U.S. Department of Education for the years 2022-26 (more information below). This means that we will continue our public mission to increase the reach of Global Studies across educational settings, serve Pitt faculty and Pitt students and serve educators and their students, from kindergarten to college, with a wide variety of resources and events. Please use our weekly news as your resource for upcoming events, funding opportunities and professional development. We wish all of you a happy new school year filled with success, growth, and knowledge.
Veronica Dristas
Associate Director, Global Studies Center
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Pitt earned an unprecedented 12 international studies awards from the U.S. Department of Education | |
"The University of Pittsburgh is dedicated to preparing our next generation of global leaders," said Chancellor Patrick Gallagher. "And - as this news shows - the team behind our University Center for International Studies has positioned our international and global studies programs to be among the best in the nation."
Find out what this prestigious achievement means for the Center and you.
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Meet the Global Studies Center!
We are excited to have new and returning undergraduate and graduate students help the Center this year as interns and ambassadors!
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Tahmina Ahmed
Scholars & Logistics Intern
Tahmina Ahmed is a graduate student at GSPIA pursuing her Master's in Public Administration majoring in Governance & International Public Management. She is interested in working with the refugee community in Pittsburgh and enjoys reading thriller novels, walking outside, and spending time with her family.
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Eric Macadangdang
Information & Logistics Intern
From just outside of Pittsburgh, Eric is pursuing a Master's in Public Administration, with a concentration in Urban Affairs and Planning, at GSPIA. He completed his undergraduate degree from Pitt in the Spring of 2021. Eric delights in learning about housing issues, zoning reform, and better ways to engage communities in the planning process.
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Clara Weibel
Community Engagement Intern
Hailing from the western suburbs of Allegheny County, Clara completed her undergraduate degree at Pitt in 2020 before serving as an AmeriCorps Public Ally at the Environmental Charter School. Presently, she studies Urban Affairs and Planning at GSPIA with interests in human rights, political ecology, and urban spectacle. Clara enjoys trying new recipes, playing the trombone, and a good laugh.
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Haley Morris
Undergraduate Student Ambassador
Haley is a sophomore at Pitt studying a combined major of Politics and Philosophy with a minor in Economics and a Global Studies Certificate with a concentration in Peace, Conflict, and Security Studies. She is from Bucks County, PA, which is about 45 minutes from Philadelphia. Her hobbies include crocheting, reading, hanging out with friends, and finding good coffee shops.
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Juliana Geyer
Undergraduate Student Ambassador
Juliana is a senior from a small town in Southern Maryland located about an hour south of Washington D.C. She is pursuing a BPhil in International and Area Studies with a dual major in Spanish and a minor in Legal Studies. In her free time, she enjoys rock climbing, backpacking, and just being outside!
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Amazonia: Know, Develop, Preserve
September 9th, 5PM
4130 Posvar Hall/Zoom
For this workshop, the Center for Latin American Studies has partnered with the Global Studies Center to introduce topics associated with the sustainability, development and conservation of the Amazon region. This course introduces significant topics associated with the sustainability of the Amazon region, where more than 30 million people live, inside an area comprising part of nine countries in South America. Almost 80% of the Amazon’s population is settled in urban areas.
> Learn more and Register Now
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UCIS Welcome Reception
September 23rd, 4 - 5:30 PM
Pitt Global Hub and Posvar Galleria (1st Floor, Posvar Hall)
Learn more about all that is planned for the 2022-23 academic year by the Asian Studies Center, the Center for African Studies, the Center for Ethnic Studies Research, the Center for Latin American Studies, the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, the European Studies Center, and the Global Studies Center. Celebrate with us the recent award of 12 new federal grants and learn how that money will support faculty and students interested in the world. Find new opportunities to study, research, or teach about the world. This event is open to all faculty and students and is an opportunity to meet others who share similar interests. Representatives from Pitt's Global Experiences Office and Office of International Studies, as well as the Nationality Rooms, will also be on hand.
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Student Highlights and Opportunities | |
Students Graduating in December 2022! | |
2022 Global Health Case Competition
Registration Deadline: September 7th (for course credit) or September 23rd (without course credit)
Gain professional experience in developing innovative 21st century solutions and strategies to address a real-world global health issue! Interdisciplinary teams of 4 to 6 graduate and undergraduate students will develop a plan to address a scenario in a holistic way based on information garnered during a series of presentations by experts along with a comprehensive library guide prepared specifically for the case study. All undergraduate and graduates from Pitt campuses are encouraged to register to the competition.
> Learn more and Register Now
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Fall 2022 Mini-Course
Technology, Humanity, and Social Justice
November 4th - 6th, 2022
As humans rely more and more on electronic devices to support their everyday activities, there are ever present warnings about the impacts such reliance has on human autonomy ranging from who owns and controls information networks, the inequitable impact of technology consumption on peoples and places, varying accessibility of technology around the globe, and the promises and limitations of technology in improving human health.
In Fall 2022, the mini-course's focus will be on humanity’s use of technology and the disparate impacts on and benefits to the environment and varying groups of people.
> Learn More
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Join our Student Discord!
Students enrolled or interested in the Global Studies Center can connect with peers, easily find and access resources, and receive announcements about events and opportunities the Center offers.
> Join Here
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Faculty News and Funding Opportunities | |
2022 - 2023 Funding for Faculty | |
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The Global Studies Center offers numerous types of faculty support to our Center Affiliates (current list of affiliate faculty here). If you are not a current faculty affiliate, you may apply for affiliated status if your research and teaching have at least 25 percent global or transnational content.
TO APPLY: Please complete the online UCIS faculty survey and send your current CV to Veronica Dristas. The survey must be submitted, and a letter of acceptance received, prior to your submission of any application for GSC funding. (Current GSC-affiliated faculty, please note that your UCIS faculty survey must be up-to-date to be eligible for funding.)
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Global Academic Partnership (GAP) Spotlight
Tyler Bickford, Professor of Children's Literature and Childhood Studies and 2022-2024 GAP Recipient
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Over the next two years, Pitt’s Children’s Literature Program will partner with the Children’s Literature Unit at Newcastle University in the UK to launch a global scholarly network focused on children’s literature and social justice. The Children’s Literature Programs at Pitt and Newcastle have collaborated closely since 2018, and the Global Academic Partnership award will allow them to grow their network to include partner institutions in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. They will host a series of virtual and in person events (including simultaneous interpretation) focused on exploring the diverse meanings of social justice in children’s literature from different regions and sharing works that have not been translated into English. They hope to launch a critical series of translations of children’s books with social justice themes that have not been recognized by traditional publishers.
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The Global Academic Partnership (GAP) grant provides $40,000 over two years to help Pitt scholars build and sustain meaningful global partnerships, to enrich the intellectual environment at Pitt through bringing innovative events and programming to campus, and to support and amplify the priorities of the Global Studies Center (applications due March 1, 2023). | |
Community and K-16 Educator Programming | |
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Global Issues Through Literature Series (GILS)
Graphic Novels in Global Context: Social Justice through Illustration and Text
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We are excited to announce the 2022-23 Global Issues Through Literature Series (GILS)! Join us starting in October as we explore Graphic Novels in Global Context: Social Justice through Illustration and Text. Full list of titles and authors coming soon. Register for all sessions below!
This reading group for K-16 educators explores literary texts from a global perspective. Content specialists present the work and its context, and participants brainstorm innovative pedagogical practices for incorporating the text and its themes into the curriculum. Sessions this year will take place in a hybrid format, with virtual and in-person discussions taking place on Thursday evenings from 5-8 PM (EST). A copy of the book and 3 Act 48 credit hours are provided for each session. Contact Maja Konitzer with questions.
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