Graduate Organization for the Study of Europe and Central Asia

11/07/2025

Applications for our 23rd Annual GOSECA conference are now open to undergraduate and masters level students! We will be hosting this conference in collaboration with Yale McMillan Center alongside Pitt's REEES and ESC centers!

02/20/2025

02/10/2025

12/05/2024

Apply by December 6th 11:59pm if you would like to be considered for full coverage of hotel and meals.

We welcome graduate students all levels of experience, especially students with limited experience presenting at conferences to apply.
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11/18/2024

Applications for GOSECA's Spring 2025 have been extended to December 6th.
We look forward to welcoming graduate students to a collaborative conference on "Navigating Global Challenges: Eurasian Innovation and Local Solutions" on Feb 28th - March 1st 2025.

03/23/2023

Next Week GOSECA will be hosting a film screening of the award-winning 2021 film 'HIVE' by director Blerta Basholli. We will be screening the film in the Frick Fine Arts Building (room 202) at 7PM on Friday, March 31st. Please join us! The event is free and open to the public.

From the film's website: "Sundance triple award winner, and Kosovo’s official submission for the Academy Awards®, HIVE is a searing drama based on the true story of Fahrije (Yllka Gashi), who, like many of the other women in her patriarchal village, has lived with fading hope and burgeoning grief since her husband went missing during the war in Kosovo. In order to provide for her struggling family, she pulls the other widows in her community together to launch a business selling a local food product. Together, they find healing and solace in considering a future without their husbands—but their will to begin living independently is met with hostility.

The men in the village condemn Fahrije’s efforts to empower herself and the women around her, starting a feud that threatens their newfound sovereignty—and the financial future of Fahrije’s family. Against the backdrop of Eastern Europe’s civil unrest and lingering misogyny, Fahrije and the women of her village join in a struggle to find hope in the face of an uncertain future."
https://zeitgeistfilms.com/film/hive

02/24/2023

Today is the day! Come to the Global Hub at Posvar from 4-5PM to join us for a special event with REEES to acknowledge the one-year invasion of Ukraine by Russia (in-person only). Then join us at 5:30PM in room 837 of the William Pitt Union for a special keynote talk given by Dr. Sunnie Rucker-Chang of The Ohio State University. We will follow her talk with our first panel and pick-up again tomorrow!

The GOSECA conference will be held in-person and also livestreamed. All events are free and open to the public and refreshments will be served. We just ask that you register for the GOSECA conference.

Registration: http://bit.ly/40KdS58
Program: http://bit.ly/3YGXr7H
Keynote: http://bit.ly/3xcEBJQ

Mark your calendars! GOSECA is finalizing the details of our 20th annual graduate student conference to be held in a hybrid format on February 24th and 25th. Please use the links below to view our current program, read about our keynote lecturer, Dr. Sunnie Rucker-Chang, and register for the event. All of our events are free and open to the public!

GOSECA is also working with REEES to organize a special in-person-only, pre-conference event in the Posvar Global Hub, on Friday, February 24th to mark the one-year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine. Please come and hear local community speakers, view some Ukrainian art, and share some refreshments with one another.

Registration: http://bit.ly/40KdS58
Program: http://bit.ly/3YGXr7H
Keynote: http://bit.ly/3xcEBJQ

02/21/2023

It’s Pitt Day of Giving! We’re fundraising for the Susan M. Hicks Memorial Fund.

Susan M. Hicks, Ph.D., exemplified all that one would hope for in a professional with a passion for international studies. She was endowed with a sharp intellect. She had the spirit of an educator eager to see young eyes light up with a passion like her own. And Susan was deeply concerned about the world and determined to improve it.

The Susan M. Hicks Memorial Fund will help to continue Susan’s professional mission long beyond her brief tenure at Pitt’s Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies by providing financial support to students studying in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.

Donate here today: http://ow.ly/XVS450MWCSG

02/17/2023

Reading & Conversation with Asja Bakic- February 17 @ 7pm, White Whale Bookstore, Bloomfield! Join us!

02/16/2023

GOSECA is proud to be working with REEES to organize a special in-person-only, pre-conference event in the Posvar Global Hub, on Friday, February 24th to mark the one-year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine. Please come and hear local community speakers, view some Ukrainian art, and share some refreshments with one another.

Don't forget- use the links below to register for our conference immediately following this event and read about our keynote lecturer, Dr. Sunnie Rucker-Chang. All of our events are free and open to the public!

Conference Registration: http://bit.ly/40KdS58
Conference Program: http://bit.ly/3YGXr7H
Keynote Lecture: http://bit.ly/3xcEBJQ

02/11/2023

Mark your calendars! GOSECA is finalizing the details of our 20th annual graduate student conference to be held in a hybrid format on February 24th and 25th. Please use the links below to view our current program, read about our keynote lecturer, Dr. Sunnie Rucker-Chang, and register for the event. All of our events are free and open to the public!

GOSECA is also working with REEES to organize a special in-person-only, pre-conference event in the Posvar Global Hub, on Friday, February 24th to mark the one-year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine. Please come and hear local community speakers, view some Ukrainian art, and share some refreshments with one another.

Registration: http://bit.ly/40KdS58
Program: http://bit.ly/3YGXr7H
Keynote: http://bit.ly/3xcEBJQ