News & Events
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╔ FALL 2008 EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES
Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia Conference - October 10-12, 2008
More information on this exciting event, featuring speakers from around the world, film showings, and an Indonesian Dangdut rock concert by dangdut legend Rhoma Irama, can be found at the conference web site.
Employment Opportunities for Japan Specialists - August 2008
The Asian Studies Center is seeking candidates for the position of Assistant Director of Education Outreach. Visit this page for details.
The Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania, located in downtown Pittsburgh, is seeking candidates for the position of Three Rivers Initiative About Japanese Education Educational Outreach Coordinator. Visit this page for more details.
Japanese Enka Music Concert featuring JERO (Jerome White Jr), 2003 Pitt Alumni - August 27, 2008
ASC is proud to announce that 2003 Pitt graduate and Pittsburgh native Jerome White Jr, better known by his stage name "JERO," will be coming to Pitt on Wednesday, August 27, to perform in a free concert for Pitt students and the local community. For more details, please visit the concert information website. THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT.
2008 Japanese Film Festival - September 26 - October 10, 2008
The 2008 Japanese Film Festival's theme will be "From Comics to the Screen," featuring movies based on popular Japanese comic books (manga). Admission is free to all. All films will be shown in McConomy Hall, University Center at Carnegie Mellon University.
- September 26, 2008 - Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (Always Zoku San-chome no Yuuhi)
- October 3, 2008 - Honey and Clover (Hachimitsu to Kurobaa)
- October 10, 2008 - Happily Ever After (Jigyaku no uta)
International Week 2008 - September 22 - 27, 2008
ASC is pleased to announce a number of exciting activities to take place during this year's International Week celebrations, including the start of both the Asia Over Lunch lecture series and Japan Speaker Series, the 2008 Japanese Film Series, and more!
Asia Over Lunch Weekly Lecture Series
To view the schedule of speakers for the Fall 2008 Asia Over Lunch series, please visit: www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/news/overlunch.html (fall schedule TBA)
╔ 2008 NEWS
Pitt graduate Jerome White, Jr. is Japan's newest music star
26-year-old Jerome White, Jr. seems to have found his calling in Japan. Better known by his stage name “JERO” (ジェロ), White is a rising young star in the world of traditional Japanese ballads known as enka. A Pittsburgh native and 2003 Pitt graduate in Information Science, White has studied Japanese since high school and was an Asian Studies certificate student, participating in Pitt’s exchange program in Osaka in 2001. After graduating from Pitt, White became an English teacher and then computer engineer in Japan, where he was discovered by national TV network NHK when he won an enka karaoke contest and was soon scouted by a major record label. White is the first African-American to become a professional enka singer in Japan, and his single Umiyuki was ranked at #4 in national sales for the week of February 20-27, 2008. Congratulations, Jero!
Jero’s Official Website (Victor Records): http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/jero/
╔ 2008-2009 CONFERENCES
October 10-12, 2008: Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia Conference
╔ CURRENT EVENTS
| Thursday, September 11 | 3:00 P.M.- 4:30 P.M.
| William Pitt Union Lower Lounge |
Reception--Asian Studies Student Welcome Reception
Please join us in welcoming all returning and new Asian Studies Certificate students and Asian Studies faculty. Light refreshments will be served.
Audience: All ASC faculty and certificate students
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Asian Studies Center
For more information, contact Dianne Dakis - dakis@pitt.edu
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| Sunday, September 14 | 1:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
| William Pitt Union Patio & Lawn |
Cultural Event--Vietnamese Students' Back-to-School Picnic
Everyone is welcomed and encouraged to attend. Refreshments will be served.
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Announced by: Asian Studies Center, Vietnamese Student Association
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| Wednesday, September 24 | 11:30 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.
| William Pitt Union Lower Lounge |
Panel Discussion--Chindia Rising: How China and India will Benefit the Global Economy
Dr. Jagdish Sheth, Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing in the Goizueta Business School at Emory University, will discuss how the rise of China and India (Chindia) is not only inevitable but will be beneficial to the world. Dr. Sheth's talk will be followed by a panel discussion by Professors Thomas Rawski, Professor of Economics, Ravi Madhavan, Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Katz Business School and Bopaya Bidanda, Chair of Industrial Engineering in the Swanson School of Engineering. The panel will be moderated by Lawrence Feick, Director of the University Center for International Studies, Senior Director of International Programs and Professor of Business Administration.
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: International Business Center, International Week, Asian Studies Center, Global Studies Program
For more information, contact Veronica Dristas - 412-624-2918 dristas@pitt.edu
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| Wednesday, September 24 | 12:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
| WPU Lower Lounge |
Cultural Event--Bubble Tea Table
Bubble Tea is a delicious smoothie-style drink with tapioca "bubbles" added. With it's many unique and exotic flavors, you can enjoy a taste of Asia!
Audience: Open to the Pitt community
Cost: Free
Announced by: Asian Studies Center, Vietnamese Student Association
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| Thursday, September 25 | 12:00 p.m.- 1:00 p.m.
| WWPH 4130 |
Lecture--Asia Over Lunch Lecture Series: Why is Pacific Islands Studies part of Asian Studies? Asian Connections in Pacific Prehistory
A lecture by Dr. Richard Scaglion, Professor of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/news/overlunch.html
Audience: Open to all members of the Pitt community
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: International Week, Asian Studies Center
For more information, contact Brenda Jordan - jordanb@pitt.edu
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| Friday, September 26 | 3:00 P.M.- 4:00 P.M.
| Anthropology Lounge, 3rd floor, Posvar Hall |
Lecture--Japan Speaker Series: Dr. Miyako Inoue, Stanford University: "Walking the magazine, reading the street: the birth of the capitalist semiosis in Japanese women's magazines, 1900-1930"
Dr. Inoue will be discussing the birth of commodity advertising in women's magazines during the emergence of Japanese capitalist modernity in the first third of the twentieth century. Her focus is on a particular type of gendered advertisement, which she will call "schoolgirl speech advertisement," whose characteristic effect is to "sound" as if the woman depicted in the ad image
were speaking directly to the reader.
Audience: Open to all members of the Pitt community
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Asian Studies Center, International Week, Japan Council, Japan Iron and Steel Federation and Mitsubishi Endowments
For more information, contact Brenda Jordan - jordanb@pitt.edu
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| Friday, September 26 | 7:00 p.m.- 9:30 p.m.
| McConomy Hall, Carnegie Mellon University |
Film--Japanese Film Festival - Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (Always: Zoku San-chome no Yuhi), 2007
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (Always zoku san-chome no yuuhi, 2007), in Japanese with English subtitles. Directed by Takeshi Yamazaki. Pittsburgh premiere. -- Sequel to Always (2006) based on Ryohei Sagan's popular comic series that sold 14 million copies. Set in 1959, this sequel concerns the everyday lives of those on the backstreets near Tokyo Tower.
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Asian Studies Center, International Week, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Japan Iron and Steel Federation and Mitsubishi Endowments
For more information, contact Jennifer Murawski - 412-648-7426 jennm@pitt.edu
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| Saturday, September 27 | 7:00 p.m. | CAPA High School main stage, 111 Ninth St., Downtown |
Performance--Min Xiao-fen and Her Blue Pipa Trio in Concert
A string symphony of cross-cultural delight with traditional Chinese pipa music. Tickets can be purchased online at www.silkscreenfestival.org (412-322-3300 x114) or www.proartstickets.org (412-394-3353). Find out more and listen to audio samples at www.bluepipa.org.
http://www.silkscreenfestival.org or www.proartstickets.org
Audience: Open to the public with ticket purchase
Cost: $20 before 9/20, $25 after, students/seniors $15
Announced by: Asian Studies Center, Silk Screen Festival, ProArts
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