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13 May 2024

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How Local Hostility Shapes the Integration of Refugees: Evidence from Germany

Monday, May 13, 2024 - 10:00am to 12:30pm
Online
Sponsored By: 
Harvard University’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

14 May 2024

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Engaging Eurasia Teacher Fellowship: Explorations of Identity in Russian and Eurasian Studies

Wednesday, May 15, 2024 (All day)
online
Sponsored By: 
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!

Contact: 
https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/creees/events/engaging-euraia-teacher-fellowship-202425

15 May 2024

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Poetry Reading with Yahya Ashour and Special Guests

Wednesday, May 15, 2024 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Valley View Presbyterian Church 601 N. Aiken Avenue Pittsburgh
Sponsored By: 
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/

21 May 2024

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Welcoming the Refugee: Religious Norms for Humanitarian Aid in Troubled Times

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Online
Sponsored By: 
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.

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