University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, Feb. 4-11

EXHIBITION

2/4 "Free At Last? Slavery in Pittsburgh in the 18th and 19th Centuries," an exhibition by the University of Pittsburgh, is being presented at the Senator John Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman St., Strip District. The exhibition runs daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through April 5. For more information, visit www.pitt.edu/news/free-at-last/.

THEATER

2/4 Pitt's Kuntu Repertory Theatre will present "Clean Drums," directed by Vernell A. Lillie, in the Seventh Floor Auditorium, Alumni Hall, 4227 Fifth Ave., Oakland. The performance runs through Feb. 7. For more information, contact Kuntu Repertory Theatre at 412-624-7298 or visit www.kuntu.org/clean_drums.php.

LECTURES

2/5 Huiping Xie, a student in Pitt's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, will deliver a lecture titled "What Advances Community-drive Development? A Cultural Perspective of Gender Mainstreaming and Self-Organization Mechanism in the Rural Areas of China" at noon, 4130 Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. The event is part of the Asia Over Lunch Lecture Series. For more information, contact Jennifer Murawski at 412-383-3062 or jennm@pitt.edu.

2/6 David Reitter, a researcher in Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Psychology, will deliver a lecture titled "Context Effects in Language Production: Models of Syntactic Priming in Dialogue Corpora" at noon, 5317 Sennott Square 210 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. The event is part of the Intelligent Systems AI Forum. For more information, visit www.isp.pitt.edu/upcoming_events/spring2009/isp-seminar.html.

2/6 Marwan Kraidy, a professor in the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication, will deliver a lecture titled "Arab Media and U.S. Policy: A Public Diplomacy Reset" at 3 p.m., 1500 Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. The event is sponsored by Pitt's Global Studies Program. For more information, contact Veronica Dristas at 412-624-2918 or dristas@pitt.edu.

2/6 Norm Miller, a professor in the University of Miami of Ohio's Department of Economics, and Ruxandra Prodan, a professor in the University of Houston's Department of Economics, will deliver a lecture titled "Toward a Solution to the Uncovered Interest Rate Parity Puzzle" at 3:30 p.m., 4716 Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. The event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of Economics. For more information, visit www.econ.pitt.edu/seminar.php.

2/9 Raed Jarrar, a political analyst with the American Friend Service Committee's Iraq Program, will deliver a lecture titled "Do We Know What Is Really Going on in Iraq?" at 7:30 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. The event is sponsored by Pitt's Global Studies Program, the Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies, the PA Program of the American Friends Service Committee, and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. For more information, contact Veronica Dristas at 412-624-2918 or dristas@pitt.edu.

2/10 Zarema Mukusheva, 2008-09 Heinz Fellowship winner, will deliver a lecture titled "Missing Lives: Tales From the Chechen War" at 8 p.m., Sutherland Hall Lounge, 3725 Sutherland Dr., Oakland. The event is sponsored by Pitt's International Studies Living Learning Community, the Center for Russian and East European Studies, and the Global Studies Program. For more information, contact Veronica Dristas at 412-624-2918 or dristas@pitt.edu.

2/11 Anthony Clark, an independent researcher, will deliver a lecture titled "Presidential Libraries: The Last Campaign; How Presidents Rewrite History, Run for Posterity, and Enshrine Their Legacies" at 11 a.m., 501 Information Sciences Building, 135 N. Bellefield Ave., Oakland. The event is part of the Archival Agitators and Advocates Lecture Series. For more information, visit www.ischool.pitt.edu/colloquia/aaa/index.php.

2/11 Wenfang Tang, a professor in Pitt's Department of Political Science, will deliver a lecture titled "Religion and Politics in China: Evidence From Survey Data" at noon, 2628 Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. The event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of Religious Studies. For more information, visit www.religiousstudies.pitt.edu/events/.

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