Don't forget that the study abroad fair is Friday, February 1.
William Pitt Union, 11 am- 3 pm
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Lectures on Exegesis and Doctrine in Early Christianity at Duquesne
An invitation from Duquesne University’s Department of Theology
SYMBOLON: Exegesis and Doctrine in Early Christianity
(www.theology.duq.edu/SYMBOLON.htm)
Wednesday, February 27, 11:45 am, Fisher Hall 324
Dr. Edith Humphrey (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary)
"Entering the Text: Exegesis, Theology, and A Hermeneutics of the Imagination"
Wednesday, April 9, 11:45 am, Fisher Hall 324
Rev. Dr. John S. Custer (Byzantine Catholic Seminary)
"Recovering Catholic Exegesis: The Byzantine Perspective"
SYMBOLON is an informal study group dedicated to the study of exegesis and doctrine in early Christian literature. We are interested in becoming more familiar with some of the major texts of early Christianity, while keeping our focus on the intimate relation between biblical exegesis, doctrinal developments, and liturgy. The name SYMBOLON seems appropriate, since it is not only a key term for patristic exegesis of Scripture, but also a common designation of creedal texts and Ps-Dionysius’ term for sacraments.
For any questions, please contact Dr. Bogdan Bucur (bucurb@duq.edu).
SYMBOLON: Exegesis and Doctrine in Early Christianity
(www.theology.duq.edu/SYMBOLON.htm)
Wednesday, February 27, 11:45 am, Fisher Hall 324
Dr. Edith Humphrey (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary)
"Entering the Text: Exegesis, Theology, and A Hermeneutics of the Imagination"
Wednesday, April 9, 11:45 am, Fisher Hall 324
Rev. Dr. John S. Custer (Byzantine Catholic Seminary)
"Recovering Catholic Exegesis: The Byzantine Perspective"
SYMBOLON is an informal study group dedicated to the study of exegesis and doctrine in early Christian literature. We are interested in becoming more familiar with some of the major texts of early Christianity, while keeping our focus on the intimate relation between biblical exegesis, doctrinal developments, and liturgy. The name SYMBOLON seems appropriate, since it is not only a key term for patristic exegesis of Scripture, but also a common designation of creedal texts and Ps-Dionysius’ term for sacraments.
For any questions, please contact Dr. Bogdan Bucur (bucurb@duq.edu).
Lecture on Burma February 5
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5
Lecture--Global Issues Lecture Series: Musings on the Saffron Revolution: Is There Hope For Burma?
7:00 pm
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Global Studies Program, Global Solutions Education Fund; Office of Cross Cultural and Leadership Development
Burma, also called Myanmar, has been ruled by secretive, xenophobic military juntas since 1962. Last August and September, an overnight rise in fuel prices of up to 500% propelled a few brave citizens again to the streets. When the protestors were arrested, hundreds of thousands of monks took the helm, demanding the government address the country's ills. This time the world saw the protests and crackdown via images sent through the Internet by citizen journalists. In this primarily Buddhist country, the regime once again, had no compunction of using violence against its unarmed citizens, including highly revered monks. Ms. Aung-Thwin, director of the Burma Project/Southeast Asia Initiative of the Open Society Institute, will discuss the fall out of the so-called "Saffron Revolution" and the prospects for a genuine political transformation in Burma.
For more information, contact Veronica Dristas - 412-624-2918 dristas@pitt.edu
Lecture--Global Issues Lecture Series: Musings on the Saffron Revolution: Is There Hope For Burma?
7:00 pm
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Global Studies Program, Global Solutions Education Fund; Office of Cross Cultural and Leadership Development
Burma, also called Myanmar, has been ruled by secretive, xenophobic military juntas since 1962. Last August and September, an overnight rise in fuel prices of up to 500% propelled a few brave citizens again to the streets. When the protestors were arrested, hundreds of thousands of monks took the helm, demanding the government address the country's ills. This time the world saw the protests and crackdown via images sent through the Internet by citizen journalists. In this primarily Buddhist country, the regime once again, had no compunction of using violence against its unarmed citizens, including highly revered monks. Ms. Aung-Thwin, director of the Burma Project/Southeast Asia Initiative of the Open Society Institute, will discuss the fall out of the so-called "Saffron Revolution" and the prospects for a genuine political transformation in Burma.
For more information, contact Veronica Dristas - 412-624-2918 dristas@pitt.edu
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Summer Research Fellowships A&S and Brackenridge
Undergraduate Research Awards for Summer 2008 are available through the School of Arts and Sciences and through the Honors College.
Awards from both offices include stipends to support independent research during the summer. All Arts and Sciences research award recipients also participate in the Honors College Brackenridge program.
Applications for the A&S awards are due by Tuesday, February 26, 2008 to the Office of Experiential Learning, B-4 Thaw Hall.
There will be an information session in the Honors College on the Brackenridge Fellowship at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 5, 2008; 35th Floor Cathedral of Learning
University Honors College.
Awards from both offices include stipends to support independent research during the summer. All Arts and Sciences research award recipients also participate in the Honors College Brackenridge program.
Applications for the A&S awards are due by Tuesday, February 26, 2008 to the Office of Experiential Learning, B-4 Thaw Hall.
There will be an information session in the Honors College on the Brackenridge Fellowship at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 5, 2008; 35th Floor Cathedral of Learning
University Honors College.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Next Department Colloquium: February 13
February 13, 2008
A Comparison of Shi'i and Sunni Approaches to Religious Authority in Contemporary Islam
Haider Ala Hamoudi, Associate Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh
Noon, 2628 Cathedral of Learning
Department of Religious Studies Brown Bag Lunch Colloquium
Haider Ala Hamoudi, who received his J.D. from Columbia Law School, is a specialist on international human rights law. He acted as both a legal advisor to the Finance Committee of the Iraq Governing Council, as well as a Program Manager for a project managed by the International Human Rights Law Institute of DePaul University School of Law to improve legal education in Iraq. Dr. Hamoudi continues to advise the Iraqi Government, primarily through the Iraq Mission at the United Nations. His scholarship focuses on commercial law, Islamic law, and the intersection of the two in the contemporary era. He has written for numerous law reviews, has spoken at conferences sponsored by the American Association of Law Schools and the New York City Bar Association, and given interviews to news organizations varying from the McNeil-Lehrer News Hour Online to the New York Law Journal. Dr. Hamoudi's publications include "Toward the Establishment of a Rule of Law Society: Introducing Clinical Legal Education Into Iraqi Law Schools" (Berkeley Journal of International Law, Winter 2005); "Jurisprudential Schizophrenia: Form and Function in Islamic Finance" (Chicago Journal of International Law, Winter 2007); "Money Laundering Amidst Mortars: Legislative Process and State Authority in Post Invasion Iraq" (Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems, Spring 2007); "Muhammad's Social Justice or Muslim Cant: Langdellianism and the Failures of Islamic Finance" (Cornell International Law Review, Fall 2007), and "You Say You Want a Revolution: Interpretive Communities and the Origins of Islamic Finance" (Virginia Journal of International Law, Fall 2007). In the spring of 2008, Dr. Hamoudi will be publishing a memoir of his experiences in Iraq entitled Howling in Mesopotamia.
A Comparison of Shi'i and Sunni Approaches to Religious Authority in Contemporary Islam
Haider Ala Hamoudi, Associate Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh
Noon, 2628 Cathedral of Learning
Department of Religious Studies Brown Bag Lunch Colloquium
Haider Ala Hamoudi, who received his J.D. from Columbia Law School, is a specialist on international human rights law. He acted as both a legal advisor to the Finance Committee of the Iraq Governing Council, as well as a Program Manager for a project managed by the International Human Rights Law Institute of DePaul University School of Law to improve legal education in Iraq. Dr. Hamoudi continues to advise the Iraqi Government, primarily through the Iraq Mission at the United Nations. His scholarship focuses on commercial law, Islamic law, and the intersection of the two in the contemporary era. He has written for numerous law reviews, has spoken at conferences sponsored by the American Association of Law Schools and the New York City Bar Association, and given interviews to news organizations varying from the McNeil-Lehrer News Hour Online to the New York Law Journal. Dr. Hamoudi's publications include "Toward the Establishment of a Rule of Law Society: Introducing Clinical Legal Education Into Iraqi Law Schools" (Berkeley Journal of International Law, Winter 2005); "Jurisprudential Schizophrenia: Form and Function in Islamic Finance" (Chicago Journal of International Law, Winter 2007); "Money Laundering Amidst Mortars: Legislative Process and State Authority in Post Invasion Iraq" (Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems, Spring 2007); "Muhammad's Social Justice or Muslim Cant: Langdellianism and the Failures of Islamic Finance" (Cornell International Law Review, Fall 2007), and "You Say You Want a Revolution: Interpretive Communities and the Origins of Islamic Finance" (Virginia Journal of International Law, Fall 2007). In the spring of 2008, Dr. Hamoudi will be publishing a memoir of his experiences in Iraq entitled Howling in Mesopotamia.
Book of Hours exhibit in Bryn Mawr
Since many of you are from the Philadelphia area, here's something to do during spring break or when you go home for the summer.
The Friends of the Bryn Mawr College Library invite you to the opening of the exhibition:
"Intimate Devotion: The Book of Hours in Medieval Religious Practice"
The exhibition was curated by students in Professor Martha Easton's undergraduate seminar last fall "The Book of Hours and the Art of Devotion," and it features some of Bryn Mawr's most gorgeous manuscripts and printed books.
The exhibition will be open from January 31st through May 30th. The exhibition hours are 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Monday through Friday. For additional information, contact the Special Collections Department at 610-526-6576.
The Friends of the Bryn Mawr College Library invite you to the opening of the exhibition:
"Intimate Devotion: The Book of Hours in Medieval Religious Practice"
The exhibition was curated by students in Professor Martha Easton's undergraduate seminar last fall "The Book of Hours and the Art of Devotion," and it features some of Bryn Mawr's most gorgeous manuscripts and printed books.
The exhibition will be open from January 31st through May 30th. The exhibition hours are 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Monday through Friday. For additional information, contact the Special Collections Department at 610-526-6576.
Non-Profit Job Fair
For Immediate Release
Contact:Nancy Cifrulak
Monday, January 28, 2008
Career Services
University of Pittsburgh (412) 648-7130 – ph
cifrulak@pitt.edu
Pittsburgh Nonprofit Job and Internship Fair
Pittsburgh, PA – On Tuesday, February 5, 2008, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm the first annual Pittsburgh Nonprofit Job and Internship Fair will be held at the University of Pittsburgh’s William Pitt Union (WPU). The event is open to undergraduate and graduate students from colleges and universities in the Western Pennsylvania area, as well as interested parties from the general public. Nearly seventy nonprofit organizations will be on hand to speak with attendees about job and internship opportunities. The event is being co-sponsored by Carnegie Mellon University, Duquesne University, Point Park University, Robert Morris University and the University of Pittsburgh, with generous funding from The Forbes Funds. There is no admission fee for job-seekers. Pre-registration is not required.
Speakers include:
Keynote Address: “Investing in the Next Generation Leadership”
9:30am-10 am WPU, Lower Lounge, Main Floor
Diana Bucco, President, The Forbes Funds
Breakout Session 1: “Growing or Building Your Career in the Nonprofit Sector”
11 am-12 pm WPU, Dining Room A, First Floor
Peggy Outon, Executive Director
The Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management
Robert Morris University
Breakout Session 2: “How to Find a Job/Internship in the Nonprofit Sector and Realistic
1 pm – 2 pm Compensation Expectations”
WPU, Dining Room A, First Floor
R. Todd Owens, Manager, Dewey & Kaye
Breakout Session 3: “Climbing the Career Ladder in the Nonprofit Sector: Experiences of
3 pm – 4 pm Young Professionals”
WPU, Lower Lounge, Main Floor
Dave Coplan, Executive Director, Human Services Center; Director, Mon Valley Providers Council
Evan Frazier, President & CEO, Hill House Association
Vivien Luk, Community Resources Officer, The Forbes Funds
Erin Molchany, Executive Director, Pittsburgh Urban Magnet Project
Nicole Molinaro, Executive Director, Communities In Schools of
Pittsburgh – Allegheny County
For more information log onto: http://www.careers.pitt.edu/events/pittsburghnonprofit/index.html
Contact:Nancy Cifrulak
Monday, January 28, 2008
Career Services
University of Pittsburgh (412) 648-7130 – ph
cifrulak@pitt.edu
Pittsburgh Nonprofit Job and Internship Fair
Pittsburgh, PA – On Tuesday, February 5, 2008, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm the first annual Pittsburgh Nonprofit Job and Internship Fair will be held at the University of Pittsburgh’s William Pitt Union (WPU). The event is open to undergraduate and graduate students from colleges and universities in the Western Pennsylvania area, as well as interested parties from the general public. Nearly seventy nonprofit organizations will be on hand to speak with attendees about job and internship opportunities. The event is being co-sponsored by Carnegie Mellon University, Duquesne University, Point Park University, Robert Morris University and the University of Pittsburgh, with generous funding from The Forbes Funds. There is no admission fee for job-seekers. Pre-registration is not required.
Speakers include:
Keynote Address: “Investing in the Next Generation Leadership”
9:30am-10 am WPU, Lower Lounge, Main Floor
Diana Bucco, President, The Forbes Funds
Breakout Session 1: “Growing or Building Your Career in the Nonprofit Sector”
11 am-12 pm WPU, Dining Room A, First Floor
Peggy Outon, Executive Director
The Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management
Robert Morris University
Breakout Session 2: “How to Find a Job/Internship in the Nonprofit Sector and Realistic
1 pm – 2 pm Compensation Expectations”
WPU, Dining Room A, First Floor
R. Todd Owens, Manager, Dewey & Kaye
Breakout Session 3: “Climbing the Career Ladder in the Nonprofit Sector: Experiences of
3 pm – 4 pm Young Professionals”
WPU, Lower Lounge, Main Floor
Dave Coplan, Executive Director, Human Services Center; Director, Mon Valley Providers Council
Evan Frazier, President & CEO, Hill House Association
Vivien Luk, Community Resources Officer, The Forbes Funds
Erin Molchany, Executive Director, Pittsburgh Urban Magnet Project
Nicole Molinaro, Executive Director, Communities In Schools of
Pittsburgh – Allegheny County
For more information log onto: http://www.careers.pitt.edu/events/pittsburghnonprofit/index.html
Monday, January 28, 2008
Septuagint in English on-line
I don't usually post about new electronic resources (e-mail me and tell me if you would like me to), but this one seems worthwhile given how often the Septuagint comes up in the classes on early Christianity and ancient Judaism.
A free copy of Oxford University Press's New English Translation of the Septuagint is now up at UPenn.
A free copy of Oxford University Press's New English Translation of the Septuagint is now up at UPenn.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Study Buddhism in a Taiwanese Monastery
the 7th Annual *Woodenfish* Program—Humanistic Buddhist Monastic Life
Program in Fo Guang Shan, Taiwan
Study Buddhism in a Traditional Chinese Monastery This Summer
*Spend one month in a monastery in Taiwan
*Study Humanistic Buddhism and Chinese culture
**Earn college credit*
*Open to undergraduate and graduate students
**All the living expenses are paid*
**Financial aid for travel expenses available*
*Deadline for application: March 17, 2008
Information and download the application visit: www.woodenfish.org
Note: You would need to check with the study abroad office to find out if Pitt has a relationship with this program.
Program in Fo Guang Shan, Taiwan
Study Buddhism in a Traditional Chinese Monastery This Summer
*Spend one month in a monastery in Taiwan
*Study Humanistic Buddhism and Chinese culture
**Earn college credit*
*Open to undergraduate and graduate students
**All the living expenses are paid*
**Financial aid for travel expenses available*
*Deadline for application: March 17, 2008
Information and download the application visit: www.woodenfish.org
Note: You would need to check with the study abroad office to find out if Pitt has a relationship with this program.
Study Abroad Fair next Friday and information on Haifa
Friday February 1, 11 am-3 pm, William Pitt Union, Ballroom and Assembly Room.
Carmia Bitzan, Admissions Assistant of the International School of the University of Haifa in Israel, wrote to me and said she will be at the fair and would like to meet with Religious Studies students. The International School in Haifa has programs for summer, semester, and year-long study. They offer courses in in Judaism, Religion, Middle Eastern Studies, Contemporary Israel, and more, plus honors programs, including an Honors Program in Jewish Culture and Civilizations as well as Peace & Conflict Studies. You can write her at cbitzan@univ.haifa.ac.il or meet her at the fair for more information.
I have spent a little time in Haifa and can say that it is a fascinating city, with beautiful views, and interesting religious and ethnic diversity. In addition to the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim populations, Haifa is home to Bahai headquarters as well. The university there is the most multicultural in Israel and is one of the major research centres as well. Haifa is also home to the Technion, Israel's version of MIT (or CMU?). If you are interested in study abroad in Israel and went to explore options beyond Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, I recommend meeting with Ms. Bitzan.
Carmia Bitzan, Admissions Assistant of the International School of the University of Haifa in Israel, wrote to me and said she will be at the fair and would like to meet with Religious Studies students. The International School in Haifa has programs for summer, semester, and year-long study. They offer courses in in Judaism, Religion, Middle Eastern Studies, Contemporary Israel, and more, plus honors programs, including an Honors Program in Jewish Culture and Civilizations as well as Peace & Conflict Studies. You can write her at cbitzan@univ.haifa.ac.il or meet her at the fair for more information.
I have spent a little time in Haifa and can say that it is a fascinating city, with beautiful views, and interesting religious and ethnic diversity. In addition to the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim populations, Haifa is home to Bahai headquarters as well. The university there is the most multicultural in Israel and is one of the major research centres as well. Haifa is also home to the Technion, Israel's version of MIT (or CMU?). If you are interested in study abroad in Israel and went to explore options beyond Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, I recommend meeting with Ms. Bitzan.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Peace and Ecology Program in Israel
Living Routes
is offering a 16 credit semester program beginning in fall of 2008,
focusing on Peace, Justice, and the Environment
(http://www.livingroutes.org/programs/p_lotan.htm). It
will be based at Lotan, a green kibbutz located in
Israel's southern desert, and Naveh Shalom Wahat al Salam, a
bi-national Jewish and Arab Israeli community. Our Israel
program is unique in several ways. Students will have the opportunity
to:
Explore the connections
between new forms of ecological identity and stewardship, social
justice and community;
Engage in Peace Dialogs and work alongside Palestinian-Arab,
Bedouin and Jewish Israelis who are striving for a just and lasting
peace;
Gain hands-on experience in ecological design, green
building and sustainable agriculture and put permaculture into
action in a Bedouin village;
Earn 16 transferable credits through the University of
Massachusetts - Amherst.
Living Routes, a nonprofit
educational organization, partners with UMass-Amherst to offer
programs based in ecovillages, sustainable communities and Fair Trade
cooperatives around the world. Every year, Living Routes
(http://www.livingroutes.org ) offers accredited study programs
(January, Summer, Semester and Year Abroad) with integrated Service
Learning in India, Peru, Scotland, Israel, Senegal, Brazil, Mexico,
the U.S., and now Israel.
Living Routes is a Carbon
Neutral organization and one of the leading advocates for
sustainability in academic study abroad. The ecovillages we partner
with are unique communities where the theory and practical
applications of ecological sustainability and social justice meet:
They are restoring ecosystems and habitat, developing democratic
models of governance, growing healthful organic food, building
"green" homes, working for peace, justice and social change,
empowering girls, women, and youth at risk, and utilizing renewable
resources such as wind and solar energy. These communities provide
ideal "campuses" for students to immerse themselves in
academic,experiential and service learning, and prepare for lives and
careers that make a difference.
Please help us spread the word
out by passing this information on to listservs, organizations,
faculty, parents, and students you think might be interested in
learning more about Living Routes programs. Contact me with any
questions you may have, or to set up a presentation (gregg@livingroutes.org or
413-259-0025).
We believe this semester in
Israel offers students an opportunity to become leaders for the
future. Thank you for your interest and help in getting the word out.
We are proud to offer this profound and transformational
program.
is offering a 16 credit semester program beginning in fall of 2008,
focusing on Peace, Justice, and the Environment
(http://www.livingroutes.org/programs/p_lotan.htm). It
will be based at Lotan, a green kibbutz located in
Israel's southern desert, and Naveh Shalom Wahat al Salam, a
bi-national Jewish and Arab Israeli community. Our Israel
program is unique in several ways. Students will have the opportunity
to:
Explore the connections
between new forms of ecological identity and stewardship, social
justice and community;
Engage in Peace Dialogs and work alongside Palestinian-Arab,
Bedouin and Jewish Israelis who are striving for a just and lasting
peace;
Gain hands-on experience in ecological design, green
building and sustainable agriculture and put permaculture into
action in a Bedouin village;
Earn 16 transferable credits through the University of
Massachusetts - Amherst.
Living Routes, a nonprofit
educational organization, partners with UMass-Amherst to offer
programs based in ecovillages, sustainable communities and Fair Trade
cooperatives around the world. Every year, Living Routes
(http://www.livingroutes.org ) offers accredited study programs
(January, Summer, Semester and Year Abroad) with integrated Service
Learning in India, Peru, Scotland, Israel, Senegal, Brazil, Mexico,
the U.S., and now Israel.
Living Routes is a Carbon
Neutral organization and one of the leading advocates for
sustainability in academic study abroad. The ecovillages we partner
with are unique communities where the theory and practical
applications of ecological sustainability and social justice meet:
They are restoring ecosystems and habitat, developing democratic
models of governance, growing healthful organic food, building
"green" homes, working for peace, justice and social change,
empowering girls, women, and youth at risk, and utilizing renewable
resources such as wind and solar energy. These communities provide
ideal "campuses" for students to immerse themselves in
academic,experiential and service learning, and prepare for lives and
careers that make a difference.
Please help us spread the word
out by passing this information on to listservs, organizations,
faculty, parents, and students you think might be interested in
learning more about Living Routes programs. Contact me with any
questions you may have, or to set up a presentation (gregg@livingroutes.org or
413-259-0025).
We believe this semester in
Israel offers students an opportunity to become leaders for the
future. Thank you for your interest and help in getting the word out.
We are proud to offer this profound and transformational
program.
January 29: Lecture on Buddhism in China by Hongyu Wu
TUESDAY, JANUARY 29
Lecture--Buddhism in Contemporary Chinese Society
8:00 pm
Sutherland Hall
Audience: Open only to ISLLC residence
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Global Studies Program, International Studies Living Learning Community
This talk presents a survey of Buddhism in contemporary mainland China, Taiwan and
overseas Chinese communities and takes a look at the various responses Buddhism has
made to the changes of present society. It also reviews how Buddhism participates in
shaping people's world views, behaviors, and practices of contemporary greater
Chinese society. Hongyu Wu, is a PhD candidate in Religious Studies at the
University of Pittsburgh
For more information, contact Veronica Dristas - 412-624-2918 dristas@pitt.edu
Lecture--Buddhism in Contemporary Chinese Society
8:00 pm
Sutherland Hall
Audience: Open only to ISLLC residence
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Global Studies Program, International Studies Living Learning Community
This talk presents a survey of Buddhism in contemporary mainland China, Taiwan and
overseas Chinese communities and takes a look at the various responses Buddhism has
made to the changes of present society. It also reviews how Buddhism participates in
shaping people's world views, behaviors, and practices of contemporary greater
Chinese society. Hongyu Wu, is a PhD candidate in Religious Studies at the
University of Pittsburgh
For more information, contact Veronica Dristas - 412-624-2918 dristas@pitt.edu
Film Series: Reel Voices from the Middle East
Global Studies is proud to present Reel Voices From the Middle East, highlighting
seven significant cinematic contributions from the widely diverse Middle East
region. The series selections offer valuable glimpses into the day-to-day
experiences of a wide variety of individuals, ushering us beyond broad-brush
headlines and into the very human relationships of people that live there.
Free and Open to the Public
Each film will be screened at 7 p.m. in the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium of the
University of Pittsburgh (650 Schenley Drive, Pittsburgh 15213). We hope you'll join
us for a Reel Voices From the Middle East Opening Reception on Friday, February 1,
at 7 p.m.
Screenings
Friday February 1 - Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt
A documentary about Egypt's (and the Arab world's) legendary superstar, a
singer-performer in a category all her own: Umm Kulthum, perhaps the greatest singer
who ever lived. Omar Sharif narrates while we are shown bits of her life story,
interviews, live performances, and the Egyptian public's reaction to this legend,
coming from all levels of Egyptian society.
Thursday February 7 - Four Women of Egypt
Amina Rachid was raised in a non-religious, Westernized, aristocratic household
before embracing socialism and fighting for social justice. Another deeply committed
activist, Shahenda Maklad, a Muslim, was a student demonstrator in Egypt's national
movement who lost her husband to a political assassination before pursuing political
office herself. Her mentor, Wedad Mitry, a devout Christian, is a militant
nationalist leader and author. Their friend, Safynaz Kazem, is a political
journalist and strict Muslim. These four women are the subject of this impressive
documentary exploration of opposing religious, social, and political views in
modern-day Egypt.
Friday February 8 - Mahmoud Darwich: As the Land is the Language
It is sometimes difficult for Westerners to imagine the huge popularity that poets
enjoy in the Arab world. From the Middle East to North Africa, poetry is considered
a living art that should be performed on stage by the authors themselves. When the
great Arab poet Mahmoud Darwich recites his poems in Cairo, Beirut, or Algiers (or
even in Paris and London), packed crowds come to mouth the verse with him. This
film, which follows Darwich from the Cisjordanian desert to Paris via Cairo and
Beirut, and tracing the path of his exile from Israel, sets out to understand this
popular fervor and share the emotion distilled by Darwich's words and inimitable
rhythm. It not only allows the viewer to appreciate his work in its totality, but
also places it in a political, historical, and cultural context.
Thursday February 14 - 20 Fingers
Banned in its home country, this Iranian drama offers an intimate view into the
relationships between men and women. Organized into seven conversations between
different couples-each played by director Mania Akbari and Bijan Daneshmand-this
often harrowing film shows people trying to find their way in a changing world,
divided between modernism and tradition.
Friday February 15 - Under the Moonlight
Seyyed Hassan, a young seminary student, is preparing to don the clerical attire.
While other students are also busy with similar preparations, Seyyed Hassan's
supplies are stolen by a small boy. To identify the culprit, Seyyed Hassan sets out
for the suburban area where he meets people who have never met a cleric and know
nothing about the clerical profession. Under such unfamiliar circumstances, Seyyed
Hassan acquires a new understanding of society and human beings.
Thursday February 21 - Turtles Can Fly
From acclaimed director Bahman Ghobadi (A Time for Drunken Horses) comes the first
film shot in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein. Heart-wrenching as well as
spirit-raising, Turtles Can Fly mixes humor and tragedy to startling effect,
resulting in a timely masterpiece about children struggling to survive in an endless
war zone. On the Iraqi-Turkish border, enterprising 13-year-old Satellite (Soran
Ebrahim) is a de facto leader in a Kurdish village, thanks to his ability to install
satellite dishes and translate news of the pending U.S. invasion. Organizing fellow
orphans into landmine-collection teams so that they can eke out a living, it's all
business until the arrival of a clairvoyant boy and his quiet, beautiful sister.
Friday February 22 - Forget Baghdad
This film reflects on the clichés of the Jew and the Arab in the last hundred years
of cinema, combined with the biographies of some extraordinary individuals:
Iraqi-Jewish communists. Over the years, Samir, himself the child of Iraqi
immigrants in Switzerland, has focused on the issues of alienation and the formation
of identity in his films. In the context of this discussion, professor Ella Shohat,
sociologist and film historian at the City University of New York, is one of the
most important figures in the film. Raised in Israel as the daughter of Iraqi Jews,
she reflects on her history. The film also focuses on the life stories of four other
exceptional individuals: Shimon Ballas, professor of Arabic in Tel Aviv, is involved
in the pro-Palestinian peace and civil rights movement; Sami Michael is one of
Israel's most famous best-selling authors who broke with the communists back in the
mid-1950s; Moshe (Moussa) Houri is a wealthy kiosk owner and building contractor in
a Tel Aviv suburb who to this day continues to vote for communists; and Samir
Naqqash is the only one of the four who still writes in Arabic. His works of
literature have brought him critical acclaim and quite a number of prizes, but
publishers these days are no longer interested in bringing out his books, neither
those in the Arab world nor those in Israel.
Sponsors
Reel Voices From the Middle East is co-sponsored by the Global Studies Program of
the University Center for International Studies, Less Commonly Taught Language
Center, ULS-Stark Media Services, and the Film Studies Program at the University of
Pittsburgh; with additional support from CERIS (Consortium for Educational Resources
on Islamic Studies), the Pittsburgh chapter of the ADC (American-Arab
Anti-Discrimination Committee), the Pittsburgh-Gulf Initiative.
seven significant cinematic contributions from the widely diverse Middle East
region. The series selections offer valuable glimpses into the day-to-day
experiences of a wide variety of individuals, ushering us beyond broad-brush
headlines and into the very human relationships of people that live there.
Free and Open to the Public
Each film will be screened at 7 p.m. in the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium of the
University of Pittsburgh (650 Schenley Drive, Pittsburgh 15213). We hope you'll join
us for a Reel Voices From the Middle East Opening Reception on Friday, February 1,
at 7 p.m.
Screenings
Friday February 1 - Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt
A documentary about Egypt's (and the Arab world's) legendary superstar, a
singer-performer in a category all her own: Umm Kulthum, perhaps the greatest singer
who ever lived. Omar Sharif narrates while we are shown bits of her life story,
interviews, live performances, and the Egyptian public's reaction to this legend,
coming from all levels of Egyptian society.
Thursday February 7 - Four Women of Egypt
Amina Rachid was raised in a non-religious, Westernized, aristocratic household
before embracing socialism and fighting for social justice. Another deeply committed
activist, Shahenda Maklad, a Muslim, was a student demonstrator in Egypt's national
movement who lost her husband to a political assassination before pursuing political
office herself. Her mentor, Wedad Mitry, a devout Christian, is a militant
nationalist leader and author. Their friend, Safynaz Kazem, is a political
journalist and strict Muslim. These four women are the subject of this impressive
documentary exploration of opposing religious, social, and political views in
modern-day Egypt.
Friday February 8 - Mahmoud Darwich: As the Land is the Language
It is sometimes difficult for Westerners to imagine the huge popularity that poets
enjoy in the Arab world. From the Middle East to North Africa, poetry is considered
a living art that should be performed on stage by the authors themselves. When the
great Arab poet Mahmoud Darwich recites his poems in Cairo, Beirut, or Algiers (or
even in Paris and London), packed crowds come to mouth the verse with him. This
film, which follows Darwich from the Cisjordanian desert to Paris via Cairo and
Beirut, and tracing the path of his exile from Israel, sets out to understand this
popular fervor and share the emotion distilled by Darwich's words and inimitable
rhythm. It not only allows the viewer to appreciate his work in its totality, but
also places it in a political, historical, and cultural context.
Thursday February 14 - 20 Fingers
Banned in its home country, this Iranian drama offers an intimate view into the
relationships between men and women. Organized into seven conversations between
different couples-each played by director Mania Akbari and Bijan Daneshmand-this
often harrowing film shows people trying to find their way in a changing world,
divided between modernism and tradition.
Friday February 15 - Under the Moonlight
Seyyed Hassan, a young seminary student, is preparing to don the clerical attire.
While other students are also busy with similar preparations, Seyyed Hassan's
supplies are stolen by a small boy. To identify the culprit, Seyyed Hassan sets out
for the suburban area where he meets people who have never met a cleric and know
nothing about the clerical profession. Under such unfamiliar circumstances, Seyyed
Hassan acquires a new understanding of society and human beings.
Thursday February 21 - Turtles Can Fly
From acclaimed director Bahman Ghobadi (A Time for Drunken Horses) comes the first
film shot in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein. Heart-wrenching as well as
spirit-raising, Turtles Can Fly mixes humor and tragedy to startling effect,
resulting in a timely masterpiece about children struggling to survive in an endless
war zone. On the Iraqi-Turkish border, enterprising 13-year-old Satellite (Soran
Ebrahim) is a de facto leader in a Kurdish village, thanks to his ability to install
satellite dishes and translate news of the pending U.S. invasion. Organizing fellow
orphans into landmine-collection teams so that they can eke out a living, it's all
business until the arrival of a clairvoyant boy and his quiet, beautiful sister.
Friday February 22 - Forget Baghdad
This film reflects on the clichés of the Jew and the Arab in the last hundred years
of cinema, combined with the biographies of some extraordinary individuals:
Iraqi-Jewish communists. Over the years, Samir, himself the child of Iraqi
immigrants in Switzerland, has focused on the issues of alienation and the formation
of identity in his films. In the context of this discussion, professor Ella Shohat,
sociologist and film historian at the City University of New York, is one of the
most important figures in the film. Raised in Israel as the daughter of Iraqi Jews,
she reflects on her history. The film also focuses on the life stories of four other
exceptional individuals: Shimon Ballas, professor of Arabic in Tel Aviv, is involved
in the pro-Palestinian peace and civil rights movement; Sami Michael is one of
Israel's most famous best-selling authors who broke with the communists back in the
mid-1950s; Moshe (Moussa) Houri is a wealthy kiosk owner and building contractor in
a Tel Aviv suburb who to this day continues to vote for communists; and Samir
Naqqash is the only one of the four who still writes in Arabic. His works of
literature have brought him critical acclaim and quite a number of prizes, but
publishers these days are no longer interested in bringing out his books, neither
those in the Arab world nor those in Israel.
Sponsors
Reel Voices From the Middle East is co-sponsored by the Global Studies Program of
the University Center for International Studies, Less Commonly Taught Language
Center, ULS-Stark Media Services, and the Film Studies Program at the University of
Pittsburgh; with additional support from CERIS (Consortium for Educational Resources
on Islamic Studies), the Pittsburgh chapter of the ADC (American-Arab
Anti-Discrimination Committee), the Pittsburgh-Gulf Initiative.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
January 24 Lecture by Bruce Venarde
The Holocaust Center of the United Jewish Federation
Presents
Parallel Persecutions?
Sodomites and Jews in Medieval Europe
by
Bruce Venarde
Department of History
University of Pittsburgh
Thursday, January 24, 2008
7:00 p.m.
Jewish Community Center of Pittsburgh
Darlington Road Entrance, Squirrel Hill
Bruce Venarde is Associate Professor of History, Classics, and History of Art & Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh. An award-winning teacher, he is also the Director of Undergraduate Studies in History. His research primarily concerns Christians and Christianity in the Middle Ages, on which he has published extensively. His interests also include gender and sexuality, European racism from medieval to modern times, and medieval Latin literature and culture.
This is the final program in a series presented in connection with the exhibition The Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945, organized by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and currently at the Jewish Community Center of Pittsburgh.
With support from the Lambda Foundation and individual donors
Presents
Parallel Persecutions?
Sodomites and Jews in Medieval Europe
by
Bruce Venarde
Department of History
University of Pittsburgh
Thursday, January 24, 2008
7:00 p.m.
Jewish Community Center of Pittsburgh
Darlington Road Entrance, Squirrel Hill
Bruce Venarde is Associate Professor of History, Classics, and History of Art & Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh. An award-winning teacher, he is also the Director of Undergraduate Studies in History. His research primarily concerns Christians and Christianity in the Middle Ages, on which he has published extensively. His interests also include gender and sexuality, European racism from medieval to modern times, and medieval Latin literature and culture.
This is the final program in a series presented in connection with the exhibition The Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945, organized by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and currently at the Jewish Community Center of Pittsburgh.
With support from the Lambda Foundation and individual donors
Saturday, January 19, 2008
January 26: Documentary "In Service: Authentic Narrative from Iraq to Pittsburgh"
From PittArts:
Please join us for a benefit performance of "In Service: Authentic Narrative from Iraq to Pittsburgh" on January 26th
We often speak of war in broad, geopolitical terms, but lost in this discourse is the simple fact that war is local and personal. War is also the story of one individual, your fellow Pittsburgher, perhaps living next door or working in the next office over. Their stories range from horrifying tales of tragedy to gripping accounts of peril and ethical contradictions. They deserve to be told, and we ought to listen.
Combining live performance, projected video, and still images, "In Service" presents first-hand experiences of local men and women serving in The Iraq War as soldiers, government officials, and war correspondents.
Proceeds from this event will help kick off the next multi-media project: "In Service II: Authentic Narrative from Pittsburgh's Islamic Community."
Part I presents the first-hand accounts of the Iraq War by people from our own community. But we have other neighbors who have not yet told their part of our current history-making. Bricolage and Pittsburgh Filmmakers have begun a new series of extensive interviews to give our American-Islamic neighbors and Iraqis a chance to tell their stories in a second film/performance which will partner with the first to show an even more complex narrative.
Pittsburgh is home to one of the oldest and most diverse Islamic communities in America, an early center for immigration from a wide range of nations. Generations have raised their families here as citizens. This project will explore how members of Muslim communities participate in the life of their city through civic engagement, community organization, interfaith projects, the arts, education, and other forms of service and celebration. Interviewers will also ask how the War on Terror has changed Muslim lives, work, schooling, and community service. How has the wider community responded? How are cultural, interfaith, and educational institutions working to mend the fabric torn by paranoia, ignorance, or hostility?
Working with cosponsors such as the Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies (CERIS), the University of Pittsburgh Global Studies program and English Department, and scholars representing a wide range of other academic departments, this project will help document the mosaic of Muslim histories, ethnicities, philosophies, arts, and professions that are as varied and as ordinary as the faces of the people standing on any street corner in downtown Pittsburgh.
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If you are interested in attending this performance, contact PittArts for tickets and mention you are a Religious Studies major (or minor).
Please join us for a benefit performance of "In Service: Authentic Narrative from Iraq to Pittsburgh" on January 26th
We often speak of war in broad, geopolitical terms, but lost in this discourse is the simple fact that war is local and personal. War is also the story of one individual, your fellow Pittsburgher, perhaps living next door or working in the next office over. Their stories range from horrifying tales of tragedy to gripping accounts of peril and ethical contradictions. They deserve to be told, and we ought to listen.
Combining live performance, projected video, and still images, "In Service" presents first-hand experiences of local men and women serving in The Iraq War as soldiers, government officials, and war correspondents.
Proceeds from this event will help kick off the next multi-media project: "In Service II: Authentic Narrative from Pittsburgh's Islamic Community."
Part I presents the first-hand accounts of the Iraq War by people from our own community. But we have other neighbors who have not yet told their part of our current history-making. Bricolage and Pittsburgh Filmmakers have begun a new series of extensive interviews to give our American-Islamic neighbors and Iraqis a chance to tell their stories in a second film/performance which will partner with the first to show an even more complex narrative.
Pittsburgh is home to one of the oldest and most diverse Islamic communities in America, an early center for immigration from a wide range of nations. Generations have raised their families here as citizens. This project will explore how members of Muslim communities participate in the life of their city through civic engagement, community organization, interfaith projects, the arts, education, and other forms of service and celebration. Interviewers will also ask how the War on Terror has changed Muslim lives, work, schooling, and community service. How has the wider community responded? How are cultural, interfaith, and educational institutions working to mend the fabric torn by paranoia, ignorance, or hostility?
Working with cosponsors such as the Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies (CERIS), the University of Pittsburgh Global Studies program and English Department, and scholars representing a wide range of other academic departments, this project will help document the mosaic of Muslim histories, ethnicities, philosophies, arts, and professions that are as varied and as ordinary as the faces of the people standing on any street corner in downtown Pittsburgh.
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If you are interested in attending this performance, contact PittArts for tickets and mention you are a Religious Studies major (or minor).
Cornel West at Pitt January 23
Activist and scholar Cornel West, professor of religion and African American Studies at Princeton University, will be the featured speaker at 8:45 p.m. Jan. 23 during the University of Pittsburgh Black Action Society's 2008 Black Week celebration in the William Pitt Union (WPU) Ballroom, 3959 Fifth Ave., Oakland. The lecture is free and open to the public.
The Class of 1943 Professor at Princeton, West has been called one of America's most provocative public intellectuals. He is known for his book “Race Matters” (Beacon Press, 1993), which is credited with changing the dialogue on race, justice, and democracy. The book has sold more than 400,000 copies.
In addition to “Race Matters,” West is the author of numerous articles and books, including “The American Evasion of Philosophy: A Genealogy of Pragmatism” (University of Wisconsin Press, 1989), “Keeping Faith: Philosophy and Race in America” (Routledge, 1993), “Restoring Hope: Conversations on the Future of Black America” (Beacon Press, 1997), “The Cornel West Reader” (Basic Civitas Books, 1999), and his most recent book “Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism” (Penguin, 2004).
West earned the AB degree magna cum laude in three years at Harvard University in 1973 and the Master of Arts and PhD degrees at Princeton University in 1975 and 1980 respectively. He has taught at Harvard University, Union Theological Seminary, Yale Divinity School, and the University of Paris.
Other Black Week events include a city-wide service day to honor Martin Luther King Jr., beginning at 8 a.m. Jan. 21 in 830 WPU for assignments at the Center for Creative Play and the Jubilee Soup Kitchen; a forum, “Where Are We Now? and Where Are We Going?” at 8:45 p.m. Jan. 22 in the WPU Ballroom; a talent show, BAS Got Talent at 8 p.m.; and the Black Week After Party at 11 p.m. Jan. 25 in the WPU Assembly Room.
For more information, call 412-648-7880 or visit www.pitt.edu/~sorc/bas/.
(The above is the press release from the University.)
The Class of 1943 Professor at Princeton, West has been called one of America's most provocative public intellectuals. He is known for his book “Race Matters” (Beacon Press, 1993), which is credited with changing the dialogue on race, justice, and democracy. The book has sold more than 400,000 copies.
In addition to “Race Matters,” West is the author of numerous articles and books, including “The American Evasion of Philosophy: A Genealogy of Pragmatism” (University of Wisconsin Press, 1989), “Keeping Faith: Philosophy and Race in America” (Routledge, 1993), “Restoring Hope: Conversations on the Future of Black America” (Beacon Press, 1997), “The Cornel West Reader” (Basic Civitas Books, 1999), and his most recent book “Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism” (Penguin, 2004).
West earned the AB degree magna cum laude in three years at Harvard University in 1973 and the Master of Arts and PhD degrees at Princeton University in 1975 and 1980 respectively. He has taught at Harvard University, Union Theological Seminary, Yale Divinity School, and the University of Paris.
Other Black Week events include a city-wide service day to honor Martin Luther King Jr., beginning at 8 a.m. Jan. 21 in 830 WPU for assignments at the Center for Creative Play and the Jubilee Soup Kitchen; a forum, “Where Are We Now? and Where Are We Going?” at 8:45 p.m. Jan. 22 in the WPU Ballroom; a talent show, BAS Got Talent at 8 p.m.; and the Black Week After Party at 11 p.m. Jan. 25 in the WPU Assembly Room.
For more information, call 412-648-7880 or visit www.pitt.edu/~sorc/bas/.
(The above is the press release from the University.)
Medieval and Renaissance Studies Spring Lecture Series
The University of Pittsburgh's Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program
Spring Events 2008
NANCY WICKER
(Department of Archaeology, University of Mississippi)
“Who Made It and Who Wore It? Agency and the Individual in Early Medieval Scandinavian Gold Bracteate Jewelry”
Friday, January 25th at 5:00 pm
Room 202 Frick Fine Arts Building
This talk is sponsored by the Department of History of Art and Architecture
***
TIMOTHY HAMPTON at Carnegie Mellon
(University of California at Berkeley)
“The Useful and the Honorable:
Literature, Diplomacy, and the Ethics of Mediation in the Late Renaissance”
Friday, February 8th
Time and location TBA
***
EDITH BALAS
(Art History, Carnegie Mellon University)
The Mother Goddess in Italian Renaissance Art
Friday, February 15th at 4:00
Frick Fine Arts Building, Room 202
This talk is co-sponsored by the Department of History of Art and Architecture
***
SARA LIPTON
(Department of History, SUNY Stony Brook)
Title TBA
Friday, February 29th at 4:00 in The University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning, room 501
***
FRANÇOIS RIGOLOT
(Department of French and Italian, Princeton University)
"Rabelais and the Renaissance Interpretation of Dreams"
Monday, March 17th at 4:00 in The University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning, room 501
***
RICHARD STRIER
(Department of English, University of Chicago)
Tentative Topic: Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors
Friday, March 21st at 4:00 in The University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning, room 501
***
PAMELA SHEINGORN
(Department of History, Baruch College)
Title TBA
Thursday, March 27th at 4:00 in The University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning, room 501
***
JEAN HOWARD at Washington & Jefferson
(Department of English, Columbia University)
Monday, April 14th
Time, location, and directions TBA
Professor Howard will speak on the topic of her most recent book, Theater of a City: The Places of London Comedy, 1598-1642.
***
Questions? Comments? Please contact Jen Waldron (jwaldron@pitt.edu)
Spring Events 2008
NANCY WICKER
(Department of Archaeology, University of Mississippi)
“Who Made It and Who Wore It? Agency and the Individual in Early Medieval Scandinavian Gold Bracteate Jewelry”
Friday, January 25th at 5:00 pm
Room 202 Frick Fine Arts Building
This talk is sponsored by the Department of History of Art and Architecture
***
TIMOTHY HAMPTON at Carnegie Mellon
(University of California at Berkeley)
“The Useful and the Honorable:
Literature, Diplomacy, and the Ethics of Mediation in the Late Renaissance”
Friday, February 8th
Time and location TBA
***
EDITH BALAS
(Art History, Carnegie Mellon University)
The Mother Goddess in Italian Renaissance Art
Friday, February 15th at 4:00
Frick Fine Arts Building, Room 202
This talk is co-sponsored by the Department of History of Art and Architecture
***
SARA LIPTON
(Department of History, SUNY Stony Brook)
Title TBA
Friday, February 29th at 4:00 in The University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning, room 501
***
FRANÇOIS RIGOLOT
(Department of French and Italian, Princeton University)
"Rabelais and the Renaissance Interpretation of Dreams"
Monday, March 17th at 4:00 in The University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning, room 501
***
RICHARD STRIER
(Department of English, University of Chicago)
Tentative Topic: Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors
Friday, March 21st at 4:00 in The University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning, room 501
***
PAMELA SHEINGORN
(Department of History, Baruch College)
Title TBA
Thursday, March 27th at 4:00 in The University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning, room 501
***
JEAN HOWARD at Washington & Jefferson
(Department of English, Columbia University)
Monday, April 14th
Time, location, and directions TBA
Professor Howard will speak on the topic of her most recent book, Theater of a City: The Places of London Comedy, 1598-1642.
***
Questions? Comments? Please contact Jen Waldron (jwaldron@pitt.edu)
Lecture and Performance of Orthodox Liturgical Music
Wednesday, January 23
Cultural Event--The Transformative Power of the Desert: A Liturgical-Musicological Approach to Orthodox Christian Asceticism
7:00 pm
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees/events.shtml
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Center for Russian and East European Studies
Lecture by Rev. Fr. Stelyios Muksuris, M.Litt., Ph.D. (cand.); Musical Performance by The Byzantine Choir of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Pittsburgh.
For more information, contact Stacey Kronandor - 412-648-7407 crees@pitt.edu
Cultural Event--The Transformative Power of the Desert: A Liturgical-Musicological Approach to Orthodox Christian Asceticism
7:00 pm
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees/events.shtml
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Center for Russian and East European Studies
Lecture by Rev. Fr. Stelyios Muksuris, M.Litt., Ph.D. (cand.); Musical Performance by The Byzantine Choir of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Pittsburgh.
For more information, contact Stacey Kronandor - 412-648-7407 crees@pitt.edu
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Discussion of Jewish Genetic Diseases January 23
An e-mail from one of your fellow majors who has organized this program:
"Most simply put, a number of genetic disorders occur more frequently in
certain ethnic groups. In the Ashkenazi Jewish population (those of
Eastern European descent), approximately 1 in 4 individuals is a carrier
of a gene for a condition that could be severe and may result in the early
death of a child.
An educational discussion panel will be held at the Hillel JUC on
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 to discuss both scientific and Jewish issues
concerning genetic diseases.The members of the panel are Dr. David
Finegold, Rabbi Daniel Young and Barbara and Jay Rogal. Dr. Finegold will
discuss the current status of research and treatment. Rabbi Young will
discuss the Jewish views of genetic science and the Rogals will give their
perspective as parents of a daughter with Gaucher disease.
Note: The program begins at 7:15 but will be preceded by a free vegetarian
Israeli dinner at 6:30."
The program is open to all.
For more information, contact Naomi Rosen, nar26@pitt.edu
"Most simply put, a number of genetic disorders occur more frequently in
certain ethnic groups. In the Ashkenazi Jewish population (those of
Eastern European descent), approximately 1 in 4 individuals is a carrier
of a gene for a condition that could be severe and may result in the early
death of a child.
An educational discussion panel will be held at the Hillel JUC on
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 to discuss both scientific and Jewish issues
concerning genetic diseases.The members of the panel are Dr. David
Finegold, Rabbi Daniel Young and Barbara and Jay Rogal. Dr. Finegold will
discuss the current status of research and treatment. Rabbi Young will
discuss the Jewish views of genetic science and the Rogals will give their
perspective as parents of a daughter with Gaucher disease.
Note: The program begins at 7:15 but will be preceded by a free vegetarian
Israeli dinner at 6:30."
The program is open to all.
For more information, contact Naomi Rosen, nar26@pitt.edu
Friday, January 11, 2008
Pitt Arts
From Pitt Arts:
PITT ARTS has already completed three enormously successful Pitt Nights in the cultural district this fall. We are pleased to offer three more Pitt Nights in the Spring Semester. Could you please tell the Religious Studies students about these special events? Starting with the lushly costumed and musically gorgeous Amadeus with the Pittsburgh Public Theater on January 26. There is also Brooklyn’s exciting all-woman African American dance company, Urban Bush Women, and Senegal’s all-male dance company, Compagnie Jant-Bi performing The Beauty of Little Things on February 9, presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and CLO Cabaret’s hilarious musical offering, The Big Bang on February 28.
For a great price Pitt students, faculty and staff can attend a fantastic performance, enjoy a dessert reception, and meet the artists. Anyone worried about filling their gas tank and parking, can take the bus with us down to the Cultural District. Those wishing to participate in the upcoming PITT NIGHTS can purchase tickets through PITT ARTS located at 929 William Pitt Union. Call 412-624-4498 or visit www.pittarts.pitt.edu
Saturday, January 26, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Amadeus One of the triumphant successes of modern theater, Amadeus brings the dazzling legend and music of Mozart to thrilling life. Part biography, part murder mystery this Tony Award winner pits the envious composer Salieri, against the young genius, Mozart, in a fight to the finish with 18th century Austria as the dramatic backdrop. Tickets are $16 for Students and $28 for Faculty/Staff. Join us for the pre-show dessert reception, and a chance to meet with Artistic Director, Ted Pappas, and performing cast members!
Saturday, February 9, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Urban Bush Women/Companie Jant- Bi Brooklyn’s all-female company Urban Bush Women and Senegal’s all-male company Compagnie Jant-Bi, share a source of inspiration: the role of identity within a community. Their combined work, The Beauty of Little Things, is rich with West African movements, rhythms and styles. This is a rare and unforgettable dance experience. Tickets start at $19 and include a free dinner.
Thursday, February 28, CLO Cabaret, The Big Bang Jed & Boyd have a dream – to tell the story of the world, from Adam and Eve through today, via a full-scale Broadway musical. This dream comes complete with 1,400 wigs, 6,428 costumes and a cast of 318 with a budget of $83 million dollars. The production promises to render history in the most politically of incorrect ways. You’ll watch them perform their 13-hour-long musical in a breathless 80 minutes, in an attempt to encourage an audience of investors to back their tremendous vision to hilarious consequences. $17 for Student tickets and $19 for Faculty/Staff tickets.
Thank you,
Linnea Glick
Assistant Director
PITT ARTS
University of Pittsburgh
929 William Pitt Union
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
tel: 412-624-1153
fax: 412-624-1662
www.pittarts.pitt.edu
PITT ARTS has already completed three enormously successful Pitt Nights in the cultural district this fall. We are pleased to offer three more Pitt Nights in the Spring Semester. Could you please tell the Religious Studies students about these special events? Starting with the lushly costumed and musically gorgeous Amadeus with the Pittsburgh Public Theater on January 26. There is also Brooklyn’s exciting all-woman African American dance company, Urban Bush Women, and Senegal’s all-male dance company, Compagnie Jant-Bi performing The Beauty of Little Things on February 9, presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and CLO Cabaret’s hilarious musical offering, The Big Bang on February 28.
For a great price Pitt students, faculty and staff can attend a fantastic performance, enjoy a dessert reception, and meet the artists. Anyone worried about filling their gas tank and parking, can take the bus with us down to the Cultural District. Those wishing to participate in the upcoming PITT NIGHTS can purchase tickets through PITT ARTS located at 929 William Pitt Union. Call 412-624-4498 or visit www.pittarts.pitt.edu
Saturday, January 26, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Amadeus One of the triumphant successes of modern theater, Amadeus brings the dazzling legend and music of Mozart to thrilling life. Part biography, part murder mystery this Tony Award winner pits the envious composer Salieri, against the young genius, Mozart, in a fight to the finish with 18th century Austria as the dramatic backdrop. Tickets are $16 for Students and $28 for Faculty/Staff. Join us for the pre-show dessert reception, and a chance to meet with Artistic Director, Ted Pappas, and performing cast members!
Saturday, February 9, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Urban Bush Women/Companie Jant- Bi Brooklyn’s all-female company Urban Bush Women and Senegal’s all-male company Compagnie Jant-Bi, share a source of inspiration: the role of identity within a community. Their combined work, The Beauty of Little Things, is rich with West African movements, rhythms and styles. This is a rare and unforgettable dance experience. Tickets start at $19 and include a free dinner.
Thursday, February 28, CLO Cabaret, The Big Bang Jed & Boyd have a dream – to tell the story of the world, from Adam and Eve through today, via a full-scale Broadway musical. This dream comes complete with 1,400 wigs, 6,428 costumes and a cast of 318 with a budget of $83 million dollars. The production promises to render history in the most politically of incorrect ways. You’ll watch them perform their 13-hour-long musical in a breathless 80 minutes, in an attempt to encourage an audience of investors to back their tremendous vision to hilarious consequences. $17 for Student tickets and $19 for Faculty/Staff tickets.
Thank you,
Linnea Glick
Assistant Director
PITT ARTS
University of Pittsburgh
929 William Pitt Union
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
tel: 412-624-1153
fax: 412-624-1662
www.pittarts.pitt.edu
Undergraduate Conference Call for Papers, Deadline January 14
Call for Papers: "Talking About Religion"
The North American Undergraduate Conference in Religion and Philosophy is organized by Westminster College, PA and St. Francis University, PA with the support of the North American Association for the Study of Religion, the Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies, and the Heinz Lecture Series at Westminster.
Undergraduate papers from any discipline on any subject in Religious Studies and Philosophy are sought for an undergraduate conference to take place at Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA from March 7– 9 2008. Public events and discussions, including “faculty consultations” in which the faculty members who accompany their students can share their specific expertise, will take place on Friday evening and Sunday morning (see below for more details). Student presentations will take place on Saturday, March 8.
Although papers on any subject will be considered, those that focus on the conference theme of "Talking about Religion" will be given priority: how can we encourage an open, rational and, productive discussion of religion? How can we promulgate such dialogue and in what terms can we most appropriately discuss this highly charged matter?
Subject to the discretion of a panel of judges cash prizes of $250 each will be awarded to the best paper in Religion, in Philosophy, and in a special category for a “non–traditional” presentation that deviates from the traditional format of the reading of a standard academic paper. Traditional papers of approximately 2,000 words in length, requiring no more than 20 minutes to read, are sought, as well as “non–traditional” presentations.
Scheduled featured speakers are Bob Abernethy, for ten years the host of the PBS weekly program, “Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly,” who has considerable professional expertise in the area of talking about religion; and Justin Barrett, former associate director of the International Culture and Cognition Consortium and a founding editor of the Journal of Cognition and Culture. Dr. Barrett is the author of Why Would Anyone Believe in God? and was the International Coordinator of Experimental Research Programmes for the Institute of Cognition and Culture at the Queen's University, Belfast. Currently, he is the Senior Researcher at Oxford University's Centre for Anthropology and Mind in the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography.
Bob Abernethy Justin Barrett
Abstracts of c. 150 words should be sent by January 14, 2008.
Please include your full name, paper title, institution, e-mail, phone number, and the name and contact information of your major professor.
Complete submissions by February 11, 2008.
Submissions and any inquiries should be addressed to Bryan Rennie (e-mail).
Co-Organizers: Arthur Remillard, (e-mail); David Goldberg (e-mail)
The North American Undergraduate Conference in Religion and Philosophy is organized by Westminster College, PA and St. Francis University, PA with the support of the North American Association for the Study of Religion, the Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies, and the Heinz Lecture Series at Westminster.
Undergraduate papers from any discipline on any subject in Religious Studies and Philosophy are sought for an undergraduate conference to take place at Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA from March 7– 9 2008. Public events and discussions, including “faculty consultations” in which the faculty members who accompany their students can share their specific expertise, will take place on Friday evening and Sunday morning (see below for more details). Student presentations will take place on Saturday, March 8.
Although papers on any subject will be considered, those that focus on the conference theme of "Talking about Religion" will be given priority: how can we encourage an open, rational and, productive discussion of religion? How can we promulgate such dialogue and in what terms can we most appropriately discuss this highly charged matter?
Subject to the discretion of a panel of judges cash prizes of $250 each will be awarded to the best paper in Religion, in Philosophy, and in a special category for a “non–traditional” presentation that deviates from the traditional format of the reading of a standard academic paper. Traditional papers of approximately 2,000 words in length, requiring no more than 20 minutes to read, are sought, as well as “non–traditional” presentations.
Scheduled featured speakers are Bob Abernethy, for ten years the host of the PBS weekly program, “Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly,” who has considerable professional expertise in the area of talking about religion; and Justin Barrett, former associate director of the International Culture and Cognition Consortium and a founding editor of the Journal of Cognition and Culture. Dr. Barrett is the author of Why Would Anyone Believe in God? and was the International Coordinator of Experimental Research Programmes for the Institute of Cognition and Culture at the Queen's University, Belfast. Currently, he is the Senior Researcher at Oxford University's Centre for Anthropology and Mind in the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography.
Bob Abernethy Justin Barrett
Abstracts of c. 150 words should be sent by January 14, 2008.
Please include your full name, paper title, institution, e-mail, phone number, and the name and contact information of your major professor.
Complete submissions by February 11, 2008.
Submissions and any inquiries should be addressed to Bryan Rennie (e-mail).
Co-Organizers: Arthur Remillard, (e-mail); David Goldberg (e-mail)
Thursday, January 10, 2008
AAR Eastern Regional Meeting: Call for Papers
Undergraduates at Pitt can apply to give a paper at this conference (scroll down for information).
Eastern International Region
Call for Papers
May 2–3, 2008
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
McGill University
Concordia University
Université du Québec à Montréal
Université de Montréal
The Regional Program Committee invites you to submit proposals for papers and panels to be presented at the 2008 Regional Meeting. The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2008.
Each proposal should consist of the following:
a one-page abstract (300 words max.) describing the nature of the paper or panel
a current CV for the participant(s)
a cover letter that includes full name, title, institution, phone number, fax number, email and mailing address.
Please send this information as a single e-mail attachment in MS Word format to AAR_EIR@sju.uwaterloo.ca
Proposals are welcome in all areas of religious studies. The Program Committee is particularly interested in papers, panels, and thematic sessions in the following areas:
The Academic Study of Religion
Religious Diversity in Quebec
Religion and Food
Religion and Revolution
The Committee is also interested in panels combining activism or performative dimensions with scholarly inquiry.
The Committee wants to encourage interdisciplinary panels that maintain religion as a central theme.
Scholars from any region may apply to participate.
Only those proposals received by the deadline will be considered for inclusion in the program.
Presentations are limited to twenty minutes, with time allowed for questions. If you require technological support for your presentation (such as Internet connection, or audio and projection equipment), you must request it with your proposal.
As a general rule, the Committee discourages panels comprised of scholars from a single institution. Exceptions to this rule would include a presentation from a research team or a panel based on other types of collaborative research.
The Committee welcomes proposals, papers, and panels in both French
and English.
Student Paper Competition
Graduate and undergraduate students residing in the Eastern International region are invited to enter the student paper competition. Please note that to be eligible for submission, the student must attend a university in the Eastern International Region. The committee will give preference to work that is new at this conference. Two $100 awards are reserved for winning papers (although in some cases the Committee can decide to award up to three). The awards will be formally presented at the business meeting on Saturday, May 3, 2008.
To enter the competition, please attach a letter of intent along with your initial proposal by the January 31, 2008 deadline. A final draft of the paper must be submitted by April 1, 2008. To be eligible for this award, the student must read the entire paper at the meeting, which means the paper and presentation must conform to the 20 minute time limit (roughly 2,500 words). We ask that submissions to this contest be submitted by e-mail to Dr. Scott Kline at skline@uwaterloo.ca.
Undergraduates
The AAR-EIR welcomes submissions from undergraduates in the field of religious studies. The Committee requests that, in addition to the abstract, CV and cover letter, the undergraduate student also submit a letter from a faculty member who has supervised the student’s work.
Note: All presenters at the Spring 2008 regional conference must have active membership in the AAR. ALL participants must pre-register for the conference. Deadline for conference registration is April 1, 2008
Eastern International Region
Call for Papers
May 2–3, 2008
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
McGill University
Concordia University
Université du Québec à Montréal
Université de Montréal
The Regional Program Committee invites you to submit proposals for papers and panels to be presented at the 2008 Regional Meeting. The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2008.
Each proposal should consist of the following:
a one-page abstract (300 words max.) describing the nature of the paper or panel
a current CV for the participant(s)
a cover letter that includes full name, title, institution, phone number, fax number, email and mailing address.
Please send this information as a single e-mail attachment in MS Word format to AAR_EIR@sju.uwaterloo.ca
Proposals are welcome in all areas of religious studies. The Program Committee is particularly interested in papers, panels, and thematic sessions in the following areas:
The Academic Study of Religion
Religious Diversity in Quebec
Religion and Food
Religion and Revolution
The Committee is also interested in panels combining activism or performative dimensions with scholarly inquiry.
The Committee wants to encourage interdisciplinary panels that maintain religion as a central theme.
Scholars from any region may apply to participate.
Only those proposals received by the deadline will be considered for inclusion in the program.
Presentations are limited to twenty minutes, with time allowed for questions. If you require technological support for your presentation (such as Internet connection, or audio and projection equipment), you must request it with your proposal.
As a general rule, the Committee discourages panels comprised of scholars from a single institution. Exceptions to this rule would include a presentation from a research team or a panel based on other types of collaborative research.
The Committee welcomes proposals, papers, and panels in both French
and English.
Student Paper Competition
Graduate and undergraduate students residing in the Eastern International region are invited to enter the student paper competition. Please note that to be eligible for submission, the student must attend a university in the Eastern International Region. The committee will give preference to work that is new at this conference. Two $100 awards are reserved for winning papers (although in some cases the Committee can decide to award up to three). The awards will be formally presented at the business meeting on Saturday, May 3, 2008.
To enter the competition, please attach a letter of intent along with your initial proposal by the January 31, 2008 deadline. A final draft of the paper must be submitted by April 1, 2008. To be eligible for this award, the student must read the entire paper at the meeting, which means the paper and presentation must conform to the 20 minute time limit (roughly 2,500 words). We ask that submissions to this contest be submitted by e-mail to Dr. Scott Kline at skline@uwaterloo.ca.
Undergraduates
The AAR-EIR welcomes submissions from undergraduates in the field of religious studies. The Committee requests that, in addition to the abstract, CV and cover letter, the undergraduate student also submit a letter from a faculty member who has supervised the student’s work.
Note: All presenters at the Spring 2008 regional conference must have active membership in the AAR. ALL participants must pre-register for the conference. Deadline for conference registration is April 1, 2008
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
2008 Global Studies Student Research Symposium
DEADLINE: January 31, 2008
2008 Global Studies Student Research Symposium:
Guidelines & Deadlines
The Global Studies Student Research Symposium is designed to provide recognition for excellent student scholarship in the field of Global Studies and a forum for students and faculty to discuss critical global issues. All students at the University of Pittsburgh, in any major and including regional campuses, are eligible to submit a research paper for consideration in the competition. Finalists are selected by a panel of judges drawn from the Global Studies Affiliated Faculty. Awards for Best Undergraduate Paper and Best Graduate Paper will be made at the annual Symposium in March 2008, where students present their papers and receive cash prizes. To compete, students must submit a research paper on an eligible topic by no later than January 31, 2008 following the guidelines set out below. Finalists should be available to present their paper at the Symposium (details TBA). The Symposium is open to the public and will feature an invited keynote speaker.
Eligible topics: research relating to one of the following global issues
Sustainable development
Global economy and global governance
Changing identities in a global world
Technology, communication and society
Conflict and conflict resolution
Global health
Specific Guidelines for undergraduate students:
The research paper must have been prepared for a course, seminar, independent study or internship at this University. Entries may be revised from their original form.
Length: minimum of 10 pages double spaced, maximum of 20 pages double spaced.
Specific Guidelines for Graduate students:
The research paper must have been prepared for a course, seminar, directed study, thesis, dissertation, or as a piece of independent research completed at this University. Entries may be revised from their original form.
Length: minimum of 15 pages double spaced, maximum of 30 pages double spaced.
General guidelines for both undergraduate and graduate students:
Limit one submission per year per student
Submissions must be received no later than January 31 to receive full consideration
Submit three printed copies to the Global Studies Program, 4100 WW Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
To facilitate a blind review, the author’s name should appear only on the cover sheet. The cover sheet must include the following information (you may copy/paste the following):
Application for Global Studies Student Research Symposium
1) Name:
2) Pitt student i.d. number:
3) School (e.g. ARTSC, CGS, Law, GSPIA, etc.):
4) Department or Division (e.g. history, sociology, etc.):
5) Degree objective (e.g., B.A.; MA; PhD):
6) Expected year of graduation:
7) Title of Research Paper:
8) Course for which this paper was written (number, title, instructor, term & year):
9) Current Address, Telephone and E-Mail:
10) Permanent Address, Telephone, E-Mail (if different from above):
11) Abstract (no longer than one paragraph):
Global Studies Program: http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/global
2008 Global Studies Student Research Symposium:
Guidelines & Deadlines
The Global Studies Student Research Symposium is designed to provide recognition for excellent student scholarship in the field of Global Studies and a forum for students and faculty to discuss critical global issues. All students at the University of Pittsburgh, in any major and including regional campuses, are eligible to submit a research paper for consideration in the competition. Finalists are selected by a panel of judges drawn from the Global Studies Affiliated Faculty. Awards for Best Undergraduate Paper and Best Graduate Paper will be made at the annual Symposium in March 2008, where students present their papers and receive cash prizes. To compete, students must submit a research paper on an eligible topic by no later than January 31, 2008 following the guidelines set out below. Finalists should be available to present their paper at the Symposium (details TBA). The Symposium is open to the public and will feature an invited keynote speaker.
Eligible topics: research relating to one of the following global issues
Sustainable development
Global economy and global governance
Changing identities in a global world
Technology, communication and society
Conflict and conflict resolution
Global health
Specific Guidelines for undergraduate students:
The research paper must have been prepared for a course, seminar, independent study or internship at this University. Entries may be revised from their original form.
Length: minimum of 10 pages double spaced, maximum of 20 pages double spaced.
Specific Guidelines for Graduate students:
The research paper must have been prepared for a course, seminar, directed study, thesis, dissertation, or as a piece of independent research completed at this University. Entries may be revised from their original form.
Length: minimum of 15 pages double spaced, maximum of 30 pages double spaced.
General guidelines for both undergraduate and graduate students:
Limit one submission per year per student
Submissions must be received no later than January 31 to receive full consideration
Submit three printed copies to the Global Studies Program, 4100 WW Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
To facilitate a blind review, the author’s name should appear only on the cover sheet. The cover sheet must include the following information (you may copy/paste the following):
Application for Global Studies Student Research Symposium
1) Name:
2) Pitt student i.d. number:
3) School (e.g. ARTSC, CGS, Law, GSPIA, etc.):
4) Department or Division (e.g. history, sociology, etc.):
5) Degree objective (e.g., B.A.; MA; PhD):
6) Expected year of graduation:
7) Title of Research Paper:
8) Course for which this paper was written (number, title, instructor, term & year):
9) Current Address, Telephone and E-Mail:
10) Permanent Address, Telephone, E-Mail (if different from above):
11) Abstract (no longer than one paragraph):
Global Studies Program: http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/global
Wed Jan 16: Department Colloquium
You are all invited to the first department brown-bag lunch colloquium of 2008:
The Department of Religious Studies
Brown Bag Lunch Colloquium Series
University of Pittsburgh
presents
AMY SLAGLE
PhD Candidate, Religious Studies Department, University of Pittsburgh
“Banker by Day, Theologian by Night: A Study of Conversion Motives Among American Converts to Eastern Orthodoxy”
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
12:00 noon- 1 pm
2628 Cathedral of Learning
Coffee and cookies provided
Amy Slagle is currently a PhD candidate and second year Predoctoral Mellon Fellow in the Department of Religious Studies writing her dissertation on “Nostalgia Without Memory: Choice-making and Tradition Among American Converts to Eastern Orthodoxy”. She was also the recipient of the Louisville Institute Fellowship in the summer of 2007, and three consecutive FLAS awards from the Russian and East European Studies Program
The Department of Religious Studies
Brown Bag Lunch Colloquium Series
University of Pittsburgh
presents
AMY SLAGLE
PhD Candidate, Religious Studies Department, University of Pittsburgh
“Banker by Day, Theologian by Night: A Study of Conversion Motives Among American Converts to Eastern Orthodoxy”
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
12:00 noon- 1 pm
2628 Cathedral of Learning
Coffee and cookies provided
Amy Slagle is currently a PhD candidate and second year Predoctoral Mellon Fellow in the Department of Religious Studies writing her dissertation on “Nostalgia Without Memory: Choice-making and Tradition Among American Converts to Eastern Orthodoxy”. She was also the recipient of the Louisville Institute Fellowship in the summer of 2007, and three consecutive FLAS awards from the Russian and East European Studies Program
Nationality Rooms Scholarships: Deadlines approaching fast!
The Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs
The Nationality Rooms have awarded scholarships for summer study abroad annually since 1948. The purpose of the awards is to enable University of Pittsburgh students to have an in-depth immersion in another culture for at least five weeks. It is important that applicants choose a program that will maximize their contact with the populace abroad and be accepted by the University for credit. It is through the farsightedness and generosity of the Nationality Rooms committees and their friends, who have raised more than $1,500,000 to provide these important intercultural exchange opportunities. It is strongly suggested that students begin the application process in November to allow sufficient time to request references, prepare essays and, if applicable, prepare research proposals. DEADLINES:
LAST DAY TO PICK UP APPLICATIONS: Friday, January 19, 2007
REFERENCE DEADLINE: Monday, January 22, 2007
COMPLETED APPLICATIONS DUE: Thursday, January 25, 2007
CALL TO LEARN FINALIST STATUS: Friday, February 2, 2007
SELECTION PANEL INTERVIEWS: Month of February by appointment
DEADLINE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2008
The Nationality Rooms have awarded scholarships for summer study abroad annually since 1948. The purpose of the awards is to enable University of Pittsburgh students to have an in-depth immersion in another culture for at least five weeks. It is important that applicants choose a program that will maximize their contact with the populace abroad and be accepted by the University for credit. It is through the farsightedness and generosity of the Nationality Rooms committees and their friends, who have raised more than $1,500,000 to provide these important intercultural exchange opportunities. It is strongly suggested that students begin the application process in November to allow sufficient time to request references, prepare essays and, if applicable, prepare research proposals. DEADLINES:
LAST DAY TO PICK UP APPLICATIONS: Friday, January 19, 2007
REFERENCE DEADLINE: Monday, January 22, 2007
COMPLETED APPLICATIONS DUE: Thursday, January 25, 2007
CALL TO LEARN FINALIST STATUS: Friday, February 2, 2007
SELECTION PANEL INTERVIEWS: Month of February by appointment
DEADLINE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2008
Thurs Jan 10: Session on NESP and Boren Scholarships
THURSDAY, JANUARY 10
Information Session- Study Abroad Information Session about the NSEP Scholarship & Fellowship Program
3:00 pm
802 WPU (Study Abroad Office)
The National Security Education Program (NSEP) provides a unique funding opportunity for U.S. students to study world regions critical to U.S. interests (including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America & the Caribbean, and the Middle East). The countries of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are excluded. NSEP was designed to provide Americans with the resources and encouragement they need to acquire skills and experiences in areas of the world critical to the future security of our nation in exchange for a commitment to seek work in the federal government. As students of other cultures and languages, Boren Scholars and Fellows begin to acquire the international competence needed to communicate effectively across borders, to understand other perspectives, and to analyze economic and political affairs.
The National Security Education Program includes three components:
The National Security Education Program David L. Boren Scholarships for Study Abroad offers opportunities for U.S. undergraduate students to study in world regions critical to U.S. interests but generally underrepresented in study abroad.
The National Security Education Program David L. Boren Fellowships enable U.S. graduate students to add an important international and language component to their graduate education through specialization in area study, language study, or increased language proficiency.
The Language Flagship offers Fellowships for advanced language training in Arabic, Central Asian languages, Korean, Mandarin, Persian, or Russian For more information, please visit http://www.iie.org/programs/nsep/default.htm.
Information Session- Study Abroad Information Session about the NSEP Scholarship & Fellowship Program
3:00 pm
802 WPU (Study Abroad Office)
The National Security Education Program (NSEP) provides a unique funding opportunity for U.S. students to study world regions critical to U.S. interests (including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America & the Caribbean, and the Middle East). The countries of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are excluded. NSEP was designed to provide Americans with the resources and encouragement they need to acquire skills and experiences in areas of the world critical to the future security of our nation in exchange for a commitment to seek work in the federal government. As students of other cultures and languages, Boren Scholars and Fellows begin to acquire the international competence needed to communicate effectively across borders, to understand other perspectives, and to analyze economic and political affairs.
The National Security Education Program includes three components:
The National Security Education Program David L. Boren Scholarships for Study Abroad offers opportunities for U.S. undergraduate students to study in world regions critical to U.S. interests but generally underrepresented in study abroad.
The National Security Education Program David L. Boren Fellowships enable U.S. graduate students to add an important international and language component to their graduate education through specialization in area study, language study, or increased language proficiency.
The Language Flagship offers Fellowships for advanced language training in Arabic, Central Asian languages, Korean, Mandarin, Persian, or Russian For more information, please visit http://www.iie.org/programs/nsep/default.htm.
Two Special Courses this semester
These courses are taught by a visiting professor in UCIS and will not necessarily be repeated:
RELGST 1800 Special Topics: Islam, Cinema, and Culture (34062)
ANTH 1737, 34063)
Thursday 10 AM - 12:55 PM
01501 WWPH
The aim of this course is to explore the relationship between religion and cinema. In conjunction with ethnographic, historical, and other cultural writings, we analyze the ways in which Iranian cinema and Islam intersect. This is an interdisciplinary course that cuts across anthropology, cinema studies, religious studies, and Middle Eastern studies. In order to have a deeper cultural and religious understanding we focus on Iranian cinema as the main venue of exploration.
RELGST 1800 Special Topics: Islam, Science and Society (34060)
ANTH 1737 HPS 1800
Tuesday and Thursday 04:00PM-05:15 PM
03301 WWPH
This course will explore the relationship between Islam, science and technology. By bringing together scholarly work in science studies, religious studies, and ethnographic cases from the Islamic world. This course will examine the ways in which Islam has interacted with the worlds of techno scientific discursive practices. The aim of this course is to build a critical understanding of the contemporary usage of Islamic views on socio-political aspects of knowledge production in the modern context by focusing on the case of science and technology.
RELGST 1800 Special Topics: Islam, Cinema, and Culture (34062)
ANTH 1737, 34063)
Thursday 10 AM - 12:55 PM
01501 WWPH
The aim of this course is to explore the relationship between religion and cinema. In conjunction with ethnographic, historical, and other cultural writings, we analyze the ways in which Iranian cinema and Islam intersect. This is an interdisciplinary course that cuts across anthropology, cinema studies, religious studies, and Middle Eastern studies. In order to have a deeper cultural and religious understanding we focus on Iranian cinema as the main venue of exploration.
RELGST 1800 Special Topics: Islam, Science and Society (34060)
ANTH 1737 HPS 1800
Tuesday and Thursday 04:00PM-05:15 PM
03301 WWPH
This course will explore the relationship between Islam, science and technology. By bringing together scholarly work in science studies, religious studies, and ethnographic cases from the Islamic world. This course will examine the ways in which Islam has interacted with the worlds of techno scientific discursive practices. The aim of this course is to build a critical understanding of the contemporary usage of Islamic views on socio-political aspects of knowledge production in the modern context by focusing on the case of science and technology.
Friday, January 04, 2008
New Department Website
You may have noticed that a new website for the department launched over break.
Please stop by and tell our department chair, Professor Penkower, how good it looks.
The undergraduate pages are updated with the new minor and new major requirements and with a lot of information about scholarships and other resources.
Please stop by and tell our department chair, Professor Penkower, how good it looks.
The undergraduate pages are updated with the new minor and new major requirements and with a lot of information about scholarships and other resources.
UTA applications for Prof. Denova closed.
Dr. Denova would like to thank everyone who responded to the call for a TA for "Varieties." But as she had indicated, "first come, first served," she now has thirty candidates who all got in within minutes of each other. So Dr. Denova will decide from those students. She would also like to thank everyone who commented on how much they had enjoyed "Varieties" when they took the class.
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Opportunity for an Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship
Chancellor's Undergraduate Teaching Fellow:
Dr. Rebecca Denova is looking for a student who would interested in this
undergraduate program, to serve as a Teaching Assistant for the
"Varieties of Early Christianity" course, Tuesday evenings, 6-8:30. The
basic criteria is that you have taken "Varieties," and that you have an
interest in the content and historical period. The Honors College
administers this program, but you do not necessarily have to have taken
courses in the Honors College.
Let Dr.Denova know as soon as possible, and she can get the process
started--first come, first served.
contact:
Dr. Denova
rid4@pitt.edu
Dr. Rebecca Denova is looking for a student who would interested in this
undergraduate program, to serve as a Teaching Assistant for the
"Varieties of Early Christianity" course, Tuesday evenings, 6-8:30. The
basic criteria is that you have taken "Varieties," and that you have an
interest in the content and historical period. The Honors College
administers this program, but you do not necessarily have to have taken
courses in the Honors College.
Let Dr.Denova know as soon as possible, and she can get the process
started--first come, first served.
contact:
Dr. Denova
rid4@pitt.edu
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Spring Term: Welcome Back
Happy New Year and welcome back to the spring term!
Please familiarize yourself with the deadlines on the sidebar, especially Friday January 18 which is the deadline for add/drop.
Once again, I want to remind you that if you do add a course late in the "shopping period," please contact the professor immediately for a syllabus and to catch up. Faculty members are not pleased with students who show up on Tuesday January 22 and say they just added the class. And your academic performance will suffer if you have missed the first two weeks of class.
My office hours for the spring term will mainly be by appointment. I will have a drop-in office hour on Wednesdays from 1-2 pm. When I know ahead of time that I will be in my office for a chunk of time and available for advising, I will post a notice on the blog.
For the first week of classes, I will hold additional drop-in hours at the following times:
Monday January 7, 11 am- 1 pm
Wednesday January 8, 10-11 am
Thursday January 9, 3-5 pm
Of course, feel free to e-mail for appointments at other times.
Best wishes for an enjoyable end to the winter break and a successful start to the new term.
Please familiarize yourself with the deadlines on the sidebar, especially Friday January 18 which is the deadline for add/drop.
Once again, I want to remind you that if you do add a course late in the "shopping period," please contact the professor immediately for a syllabus and to catch up. Faculty members are not pleased with students who show up on Tuesday January 22 and say they just added the class. And your academic performance will suffer if you have missed the first two weeks of class.
My office hours for the spring term will mainly be by appointment. I will have a drop-in office hour on Wednesdays from 1-2 pm. When I know ahead of time that I will be in my office for a chunk of time and available for advising, I will post a notice on the blog.
For the first week of classes, I will hold additional drop-in hours at the following times:
Monday January 7, 11 am- 1 pm
Wednesday January 8, 10-11 am
Thursday January 9, 3-5 pm
Of course, feel free to e-mail for appointments at other times.
Best wishes for an enjoyable end to the winter break and a successful start to the new term.
Global Studies Undergraduate Symposium
2008 Global Studies Student Research Symposium:
Guidelines & Deadlines
The Global Studies Student Research Symposium is designed to provide recognition for excellent student scholarship in the field of Global Studies and a forum for students and faculty to discuss critical global issues. All students at the University of Pittsburgh, in any major and including regional campuses, are eligible to submit a research paper for consideration in the competition. Finalists are selected by a panel of judges drawn from the Global Studies Affiliated Faculty. Awards for Best Undergraduate Paper and Best Graduate Paper will be made at the annual Symposium in March 2008, where students present their papers and receive cash prizes. To compete, students must submit a research paper on an eligible topic by no later than January 31, 2008 following the guidelines set out below. Finalists should be available to present their paper at the Symposium (details TBA). The Symposium is open to the public and will feature an invited keynote speaker.
Eligible topics: research relating to one of the following global issues
Sustainable development
Global economy and global governance
Changing identities in a global world
Technology, communication and society
Conflict and conflict resolution
Global health
Specific Guidelines for undergraduate students:
The research paper must have been prepared for a course, seminar, independent study or internship at this University. Entries may be revised from their original form.
Length: minimum of 10 pages double spaced, maximum of 20 pages double spaced.
Specific Guidelines for Graduate students:
The research paper must have been prepared for a course, seminar, directed study, thesis, dissertation, or as a piece of independent research completed at this University. Entries may be revised from their original form.
Length: minimum of 15 pages double spaced, maximum of 30 pages double spaced.
General guidelines for both undergraduate and graduate students:
Limit one submission per year per student
Submissions must be received no later than January 31 to receive full consideration
Submit three printed copies to the Global Studies Program, 4100 WW Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
To facilitate a blind review, the author’s name should appear only on the cover sheet. The cover sheet must include the following information (you may copy/paste the following):
Application for Global Studies Student Research Symposium
1) Name:
2) Pitt student i.d. number:
3) School (e.g. ARTSC, CGS, Law, GSPIA, etc.):
4) Department or Division (e.g. history, sociology, etc.):
5) Degree objective (e.g., B.A.; MA; PhD):
6) Expected year of graduation:
7) Title of Research Paper:
8) Course for which this paper was written (number, title, instructor, term & year):
9) Current Address, Telephone and E-Mail:
10) Permanent Address, Telephone, E-Mail (if different from above):
11) Abstract (no longer than one paragraph):
Global Studies Program: http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/global
Guidelines & Deadlines
The Global Studies Student Research Symposium is designed to provide recognition for excellent student scholarship in the field of Global Studies and a forum for students and faculty to discuss critical global issues. All students at the University of Pittsburgh, in any major and including regional campuses, are eligible to submit a research paper for consideration in the competition. Finalists are selected by a panel of judges drawn from the Global Studies Affiliated Faculty. Awards for Best Undergraduate Paper and Best Graduate Paper will be made at the annual Symposium in March 2008, where students present their papers and receive cash prizes. To compete, students must submit a research paper on an eligible topic by no later than January 31, 2008 following the guidelines set out below. Finalists should be available to present their paper at the Symposium (details TBA). The Symposium is open to the public and will feature an invited keynote speaker.
Eligible topics: research relating to one of the following global issues
Sustainable development
Global economy and global governance
Changing identities in a global world
Technology, communication and society
Conflict and conflict resolution
Global health
Specific Guidelines for undergraduate students:
The research paper must have been prepared for a course, seminar, independent study or internship at this University. Entries may be revised from their original form.
Length: minimum of 10 pages double spaced, maximum of 20 pages double spaced.
Specific Guidelines for Graduate students:
The research paper must have been prepared for a course, seminar, directed study, thesis, dissertation, or as a piece of independent research completed at this University. Entries may be revised from their original form.
Length: minimum of 15 pages double spaced, maximum of 30 pages double spaced.
General guidelines for both undergraduate and graduate students:
Limit one submission per year per student
Submissions must be received no later than January 31 to receive full consideration
Submit three printed copies to the Global Studies Program, 4100 WW Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
To facilitate a blind review, the author’s name should appear only on the cover sheet. The cover sheet must include the following information (you may copy/paste the following):
Application for Global Studies Student Research Symposium
1) Name:
2) Pitt student i.d. number:
3) School (e.g. ARTSC, CGS, Law, GSPIA, etc.):
4) Department or Division (e.g. history, sociology, etc.):
5) Degree objective (e.g., B.A.; MA; PhD):
6) Expected year of graduation:
7) Title of Research Paper:
8) Course for which this paper was written (number, title, instructor, term & year):
9) Current Address, Telephone and E-Mail:
10) Permanent Address, Telephone, E-Mail (if different from above):
11) Abstract (no longer than one paragraph):
Global Studies Program: http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/global
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