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The University of Pittsburgh Global Studies Center promotes critical global thinking and practical engagement with the world through the interdisciplinary study of transnational processes. We emphasize the connections, divisions, disruptions, inequalities, and productive possibilities these processes engender across time and space. We foster innovative research, rigorous study, and thoughtful practice through our collaborations with staff, students, faculty, and community partners locally and around the world, creating diverse and inclusive spaces for intellectual growth and debate. The Global Studies Center is a National Resource Center as designated by the U.S.

Apply for Building the Global Classroom: Educators in Residence ProgramThe Global Studies Center invites K-12 educators ...
10/20/2026

Apply for Building the Global Classroom: Educators in Residence Program

The Global Studies Center invites K-12 educators to apply to our Building the Global Classroom: Educators in Residence Program, a Pennsylvania model for transforming K-12 educator leadership through literature and AI literacy!

This opportunity is designed for educators who are interested in exploring literary narratives that address how emerging technologies, shifting demographics and economies, and growing environmental challenges intersect to redefine power, security, and opportunity worldwide.

The program will offer a unique opportunity for a cohort of 10 K-12 “Educators in Residence” to immerse themselves in the interdisciplinary field of Global Studies and then lead one of the series’ curriculum workshops, ultimately serving as ambassadors to K-12 administrative, educator, and community networks.

For more information and to apply visit: https://www.global.pitt.edu/gsc/engagement/k-12-educator-opportunities/educators-residence

Join us for the October session of Global Issues Through Literature: Re-Centering Narratives: Indigenous and Island Peop...
10/15/2026

Join us for the October session of Global Issues Through Literature: Re-Centering Narratives: Indigenous and Island Peoples with Ari Tison, author of the YA novel, Saints of the Household!

Ari Tison (Bribri), an Indigenous Costa Rican-American writer and award-winning poet, will present and lead a discussion on her novel, Saints of the Household. Told in alternating points of view through vignettes and poems, the story follows two brothers who reach back to their Bribri roots to find their way forward.

🗓️: October 22, 2026
🕧: 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. ET via Zoom

Act 48 credits available to participating PA educators!

For more information about our series and to register, visit the GILS website: https://www.global.pitt.edu/gsc/engagement/k-12-educator-opportunities/global-issues-through-literature-series

Join Pitt Alumnus Dr. Mahmood Mamdani (Herbert Lehman Professor of Government, Columbia University) for a conversation w...
09/30/2026

Join Pitt Alumnus Dr. Mahmood Mamdani (Herbert Lehman Professor of Government, Columbia University) for a conversation with Dr. Christel Temple about his time as an undergraduate student at Pitt during the Civil Rights era.

Dr. Mahmood Mamdani came to the University of Pittsburgh from Uganda in 1963, one of the hundreds of East African students who enrolled in American universities as part of the "Kennedy Airlift."
As an undergraduate he joined the civil rights struggle, boarding a bus with fellow Pitt students for Montgomery, Alabama, where he was arrested. After returning to Pitt, he completed his degree in 1967 and went on to become one of the pre-eminent postcolonial scholars of his generation.

Register here: https://shorturl.at/E0wRq

Iran at a Crossroads: What Comes Next?Happening now: Professor Ross Harrison examines the current situation in Iran, how...
04/13/2026

Iran at a Crossroads: What Comes Next?

Happening now: Professor Ross Harrison examines the current situation in Iran, how we arrived at this moment, and the possible futures that may lie ahead within the broader Middle East context. This event is the second in a series hosted by the Global Studies Center focusing on current developments in Iran.

Co‑sponsored by the Department of Political Science (Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences) and the Global Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh.

Iran at a Crossroads: What Comes Next? Join us for a talk with Professor Ross Harrison as he examines the current situat...
04/13/2026

Iran at a Crossroads: What Comes Next?
 
Join us for a talk with Professor Ross Harrison as he examines the current situation in Iran, how we arrived at this moment, and the possible futures that may lie ahead within the broader Middle East context. This event is the second in a series hosted by the Global Studies Center focusing on current developments in Iran.
 
📅 April 13 | 2:00 PM
📍 Posvar 4130 + Zoom available
 
Co‑sponsored by the Department of Political Science (Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences) and the Global Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh.

Dave Zirin, Sports Editor for The Nation magazine, podcaster, and author, shared career tips and lessons learned with me...
04/09/2026

Dave Zirin, Sports Editor for The Nation magazine, podcaster, and author, shared career tips and lessons learned with members of the Pitt News staff.

Call for Applications: How can teachers enable students to think beyond the debates of the present day and consider the ...
04/09/2026

Call for Applications: How can teachers enable students to think beyond the debates of the present day and consider the significance of guns, gun cultures, and gun violence in world history?
 
Apply now for this one-day hybrid professional workshop for K-12 educators: Teaching the History of Guns in World Historical Context

Hear from historians, work in small groups, and collaborate on adaptable teaching modules.
 
📅 May 30, 2026
🕘 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
📍 Posvar Hall, Room 4130 (via Zoom and in person)
💵 $300 stipend for accepted participants
🗓️ Application deadline: April 12, 2026

Link to register in bio!

What are some of the major forces shaping the global landscape over the next half-century and how can we critically anal...
04/09/2026

What are some of the major forces shaping the global landscape over the next half-century and how can we critically analyze and teach about transformative global trends? 
 
Join us for Shifting Global Orders: Teaching the Next Fifty Years, a FREE mini-course designed for K–12 educators ready to bring global change into their classrooms.
 
📅 April 17–18, 2026
📍 Posvar Hall, Room 4130 (in person + Zoom; registration required)
 
Explore major global trends, including the role of a rising China, emerging technologies, demographic transitions, shifting economies, and global health and environmental change, while gaining practical tools to help students think critically about how today’s issues are transforming power, security, and opportunity at the global, regional, national, and local levels.
 
Participants will leave with ready-to-use classroom resources. This course won’t predict the future—but it will help you teach it.
• Teaching materials + classroom resources
• Certificate of Completion
• PA teachers earn Act 48 hours
• Friday attendees receive a complimentary copy of Empowering Global Citizens
• Limited travel subsidies available for educators outside the Pittsburgh area

Register today and bring the next 50 years into your classroom.

What do sports really reveal about power, politics, and privilege?Thank you to everyone who joined us for an eye-opening...
04/08/2026

What do sports really reveal about power, politics, and privilege?

Thank you to everyone who joined us for an eye-opening conversation on Deconstructing the Intersection of Sports, Power, Privilege, and Politics with Dave Zirin and discussant Rob Ruck.

From sportswashing to how global sporting events shape political narratives and influence power, we explored how the games we love are deeply connected to the systems that shape our world—on and off the field.

Thank you for being part of this important dialogue through the Global Studies Center’s Transformation of Place Series.

As Pittsburgh prepares for the 2026 NFL Draft, North America readies itself for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and Los Angeles...
04/07/2026

As Pittsburgh prepares for the 2026 NFL Draft, North America readies itself for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and Los Angeles looks ahead to the 2028 Summer Olympics, how do global finance, political power, and inequality shape what happens on the field and on the court?
 
Join us tomorrow for a timely conversation on the intersection of sports, power, privilege, and politics.
Featuring Dave Zirin, sports editor at The Nation Magazine, with discussant Rob Ruck, Professor of History.
 
📅 April 8, 2026
 
🕔 5:00 PM
 
📍 3911 Posvar Hall

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