Center for Global Studies presents faculty, students with awards
5/16/18
The Center for Global Studies recently presented $73,800 in awards to faculty members and students whose work advances research and projects in global studies.
Center for Global Studies
Center for Global Studies
Talk to discuss American servicemen's experience in 1900 China Relief Expedition
3/22/18
Xiangyun Xu, a graduate student in the Department of History at Penn State, will present “American Servicemen's Transnational Experience in the China Relief Expedition of 1900” at 12:15 p.m. March 28 in 157 Burrowes Building at University Park.
Comparative Literature Luncheon to feature Jens Andermann
3/21/18
Jens Andermann, professor of Spanish and Portuguese at New York University, will present “The Animal Alliance: Living and Dying in the Extractive Zone,” at 12:15 p.m. on Monday, March 26, in Room 102 of the Kern Building.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem chancellor to visit, speak at Penn State
3/20/18
Menachem Ben-Sasson, chancellor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Professor of The History of the Jewish People, will present a free public lecture during his upcoming visit to Penn State. The lecture will take place at 5 p.m. April 3 in the Alumni Lounge of The Nittany Lion Inn.
Global Studies brown bag lecture to feature talk on Chinese 'visceral dryness'
3/19/18
Xiaoran He, graduate student in the departments of history and Asian studies at Penn State, will present “Chinese Visceral Dryness, Western Hysteria? Chinese Medicine, Mental Pathology, and Gender in Modern China” at 12:15 p.m. on March 21 in 157 Burrowes Building.
Comparative Literature Luncheon lecture series presents Hector Hoyos on March 19
3/14/18
Hector Hoyos, associate professor of Latin American literature at Stanford University, will present “Meat, or, the Freeplay of Signifiers” at 12:15 p.m. on Monday, March 19, in 102 Kern Building on Penn State’s University Park campus.
Lecture to address psychological biases that exist in conflict groups
3/1/18
The Center for Global Studies will be hosting Emile Bruneau, research associate and lecturer at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, on March 13 in 124 Sparks. His lecture, “Retracting the claws of conflict: Interventions to reduce intergroup hostility,” will begin at 4:45 p.m.
Comparative Literature Luncheon series presents Magali Armillas-Tiseyra
2/22/18
Magalí Armillas-Tiseyra, assistant professor of comparative literature at Penn State, will present “'Mésaventures': The Politics and Poetics of the Dictator-Novel in the African Postcolony," at 12:15 p.m. Feb. 26, in Room 102 of the Kern Building.
Call for research papers for 2018 Undergraduate Symposium
2/8/18
The Center for Global Studies at Penn State is calling for students to submit papers for the upcoming Penn State – Pittsburgh Undergraduate Research Symposium. The theme for this year’s symposium is "Global eyes: Critical Perspectives of an Interconnected World."
Center for Global Studies launches spring brown bag lecture series
2/8/18
The Penn State Center for Global Studies Brown Bag Lecture Series continues this spring. The lectures will take place on select Wednesdays, highlighting faculty and graduate research in global fields. The first lecture will be given by Ran Zwingberg, assistant professor of Asian studies, history and Jewish studies, on Feb. 21.
Lecture to address the role of language in a globalizing world
2/8/18
The Center for Global Studies is hosting Richard Delacy, preceptor of Hindu-Urdu studies at Harvard University, for a Feb. 16 talk about the study of language in a globalizing world.
Comparative Literature Luncheon lecture series to make spring 2018 debut Jan. 22
1/16/18
Elizabeth Lagresa-Gonzalez, postdoctoral teaching fellow at Penn State, will present “Money, Women, Romance: Counterfeits in Cervantes” at 12:15 p.m. Jan. 22 in 102 Kern Building.
Comparative Literature Luncheon to feature lecture by N. Katherine Hayles Nov. 6
11/2/17
N. Katherine Hayles, James B. Duke Professor of Literature at Duke University, will present “The Postprint Production of The Silent Story: Entwining Media and Human Obsolescence” at 12:15 p.m. Nov. 6 in 102 Kern Building on Penn State’s University Park campus.
Comparative Literature Luncheon to feature lecture by Hansong Dan on Oct. 30
10/26/17
Hansong Dan, associate professor of English in the School of Foreign Studies at Nanjing University, will present “When Species Meet: A Comparative Reading of Wolf Totem and Disgrace” at 12:15 p.m. Oct. 30 in 102 Kern Building on Penn State’s University Park campus.
Center for Global Studies to host panel discussion on history of fascism
10/20/17
The Penn State Center for Global Studies will host a panel discussion, “Echoes of 20th Century Fascism in Modern Politics and Culture,” from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 24, in 109 Walker Building.