Culture of Encounter Project's international, interfaith working group on displaced persons and convened by the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University.
Announced by the University of Pittsburgh
Most religious traditions include textual teachings and normative ethical imperatives to welcome the refugee and provide humanitarian aid to the vulnerable stranger and displaced neighbor. These religious norms correlate to secular theoretical arguments about mutual reciprocity and positive moral duties to render aid to the refugee. Yet moral responses to refugees and displaced persons are under threat from both within religious communities and from political discourse, particularly in the United States and Europe.
Pittsburgh Palestine Solidarity Committee, Friends of Sabeel North America
Announced by the University of Pittsburgh
The evening will commemorate the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, the catastrophe that led to the ethnic cleansing of Palestine, the violent displacement and dispossession of 500,000 Palestinians, and the destruction of 500 villages.
Yahya will discuss his new ebook "A Gaza of Siege and Genocide,” which is available to purchase online: https://mizna.org/product/a-gaza-of-siege-and-genocide/
Leaders: Tefessework Gebeyetu, Dawit Muluneh, Wendy Belcher, Lesina Martin, Jeremy R. Brown, Helen Bond
Description: In the summer of 2024, the Center for African Studies at Howard University in collaboration with Princeton University will host a 4 day hybrid institute to introduce Ge’ez manuscripts cataloged in PEMM (The Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary database); The PEMM database includes thousands of manuscript paintings and stories about Mary.
The University of Pittsburgh Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
Are you a high school or community college educator who is interested in deepening your understanding of the history, culture and current events of Russia and Eurasia? Consider applying for the Engaging Eurasia Teacher Fellowship!
Harvard University’s African Studies Center, Reinhardt University, University of Florida’s African Studies Center, Boston University’s African Studies Center, Howard University’s Center for African Studies, and the International Studies Consortium of Geor
Announced by the University of Pittsburgh
Eastern Standard Time
Speakers: George JS Dei, Ainehi Edoro, Victoria Rovine, Msia Kibona Clark
Description: Join us for a virtual workshop for K-16 educators on Saturday, June 14, 2024, from 8:30AM-4:00PM ET. The workshop themes include African history, literature, fashion, and contemporary music.
We invite you to listen to Marc Lamont Hill, a long-time scholar, commentator, and activist, talk through a stunningly rich range of historical and contemporary issues and possibilities related to Palestinian education and liberation.
Co-sponsored by the Center for Urban Education and the Commons for Critical Pedagogy and Leadership., University of Pittsburgh
