University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, Oct. 17-24

LECTURE

10/17 Ronald Stall, professor and chair of Pitt's Department of Behavioral & Community Health Sciences, will deliver a lecture, titled "Global Studies Fall Colloquium: An Overview of the Global AIDS Pandemic," at 6 p.m., Room 352, Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. For more information, visit www.ucis.pitt.edu/global, or contact Veronica Dristas at dristas@pitt.edu.

10/17 The 2007 Drue Heinz Literature Prize winner Kirk Nessett and judge Hilary Masters will give an evening reading at 7:30 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. This event is part of the Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series. For more information, contact Jeff Oaks at oaks@pitt.edu.

10/18 Rashmi D. Bhatnagar, assistant professor in Pitt's Department of English, will deliver a lecture, titled "Literary Traditions of Protest for the Girl Child," at noon, Room 4130, Posvar Hall, 230 Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is part of the Asia Over Lunch Lecture Series. For more information, contact Katy Carlitz at 412-648-7371.

10/18 David Rothenberg, assistant professor of music at Case Western Reserve University, will deliver a lecture, titled "A Maiden a Shepherdess, and a Queen: The Parisian Assumption Vespers Services and Two Thirteenth-Century Motets," at 4 p.m., Room 132, Music Building, 4337 Fifth Ave., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of Music and Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program. For more information, contact Phil Thompson at concerts@pitt.edu.

10/18 Novelist Juan De Recacoechea will discuss his novel, "American Visa" at 7 p.m., and a showing of the book's film adaptation will follow at 8:30 p.m., both in Room 4130, Posvar Hall, 230 Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is part of the Friends of Latin America Cinema Film Festival. For more information, contact Miguel Rojas or Martha Matilla at 412-648-7734.

10/18 The University of Pittsburgh's Department of English and "The Pitt News," Pitt's student newspaper, will host a panel discussion, titled "How to Get an Internship in the Media-PR World: Meet the Professionals," from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Kurtzman Room, William Pitt Union, 3959 Fifth Ave., Oakland. For more information, contact Caren Marcus at 412-624-1737.

10/19 Andrew Zentner, assistant professor in Pitt's Department of Physics and Astronomy, will deliver a lecture, titled "A Cosmologist's Tools," at 7 p.m., in the Allegheny Observatory, 159 Riverview Ave., North Side. This event is part of the Allegheny Observatory Lecture Series. Admission is free, but registration is required. For more information, visit the Allegheny Observatory's Web site, www.pitt.edu/~aobsvtry, or call 412-321-2100.

10/22 Heather Willis Allen, assistant professor in second language acquisition and French at the University of Miami, will deliver a lecture, titled "Motives, Goals, and the Study Abroad Experience: Student Perspectives," at 4:30 p.m., Room 803, William Pitt Union, 3959 Fifth Ave., Oakland. For more information, contact Thomas Allen at tfa3@pitt.edu.

10/22 Gregor Thum, visiting lecturer in Pitt's Department of History, will deliver a lecture, titled "Angst and Megalomania: The 'German East' in the 19th Century," at 4 p.m., Room 3703, Posvar Hall, 230 Bouquet St., Oakland. For more information, contact Christian Gerlach at hcg3@pitt.edu.

10/23 Jan Freeman and Allison Joseph will give poetry readings at 8:30 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. This event is part of the Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series. For more information, contact Jeff Oaks at oaks@pitt.edu.

10/24 The University of Pittsburgh's Department of English will host a panel discussion, titled "Publishing Poets," at 2 p.m., Room 501, Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. This event is part of the Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series. For more information, contact Jeff Oaks at oaks@pitt.edu.

10/24 April Ossman and Martha Rhodes will give poetry readings at 8:30 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. This event is part of the Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series. For more information, contact Jeff Oaks at oaks@pitt.edu.

10/24 Karla Huebner, predoctoral fellow in Pitt's Department of the History of Art and Architecture, will deliver a lecture, titled "Interwar Prague Women and Modernity," at noon, Room 4217, Posvar Hall, 230 Bouquet St., Oakland. For more information, contact Stacey Kronandor at 412-648-7407 or crees@pitt.edu.

10/24 Alice Julier, visiting scholar in Pitt's Women's Studies Program, will deliver a lecture, titled "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?: Race, Gender, and Etiquette in Formal Meals," at noon, Room 2201, Posvar Hall, 230 Bouquet St., Oakland. For more information, contact wstudies@pitt.edu.

CONFERENCES / FAIRS

10/18 The University of Pittsburgh's School of Law will host a Law School Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the William Pitt Union Assembly Room, 3959 Fifth Ave., Oakland. This event is free for all Pitt students with a valid Panther Card. For others, admission is $10. For more information, contact Nancy Cifrulak at 412-648-7130.

10/19 Pitt's School of Law and The American Society of Law will sponsor "Taking the Health Law Career Path: Student Conference and Job Fair," from 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. in the Barco Law Building, 3900 Forbes Ave., Oakland. For more information, contact Allen Misel at 412-648-1384.

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