Upcoming Events
- Abigail McMeekin, Associate Professor of Japanese, University of Lethbridge
- 4:00 pm
- Zoom
In the last decade, technological advancements have enabled a boom in the use of computer assisted language learning (CALL) for Japanese language learning. Recent research (Zimmerman and McMeekin, 2019) shows how new directions are breaking ground, moving beyond the drill-based behaviorist/structural approach of previous decades into areas of inquiry that focus on more integrative and even ecological approaches to technology use. This talk reviews major findings on the effects of CALL on learning, teaching, and acquisition of the Japanese language, identifies gaps in the research and discusses specific observations/suggestions for the direction of future Japanese CALL research.
- 8:30 am to 4:00 pm
- Zoom
This is a professional development workshop aimed primarily at faculty and instructors who are interested in teaching on global geopolitics. Participants are encouraged to attend all sessions.
REGISTER: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqce6rqz4qEtd2CGDgQGiXIQXxb8E7k8...
SCHEDULE
8:30 a. m. (EDT)
Welcome and Program Overview
9:00 a.m. (EDT)
CHINA-RUSSIA-US RELATIONS AND STRATEGIC TRIANGLES: AN INTERVIEW
Dr. Thomas Graham, Distinguished Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Dr. Sean Guillory, Curator, Sean's Russia Blog and Podcast
10:15 a.m. (EDT)
Refreshment Break
10:30 a.m. (EDT)
CHINA’S GLOBAL ROLE IN THE XI JINPING ERA: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE ‘BELT AND ROAD’ INITIATIVE
Dr. Matthew Johnson Research Director/Founder and Principal, AltaSilva LLC, Philadelphia
12:00 p.m. (EDT)
Lunch Break
1:00 p. m. (EDT)
RUSSIA, AMERICA, AND THE NEW GLOBAL ORDER: AN INTERVIEW
Dr. Andrei Tsygankov, Professor of Political Science and International Relations, SFSU
Dr. Sean Guillory, Curator, Sean's Russia Blog and Podcast
2:15 p.m. (EDT)
Refreshment Break
2:30 p.m. (EDT)
RULING THE EAST: CHINESE-RUSSIAN ENCOUNTERS ON THE FRONTIERS OF CAPITAL IN CONTEMPORARY VLADIVOSTOK
Joseph Livesey, Doctoral Candidate in Anthropology, NYU
3:45 p.m. (EDT)
Closing Remarks
Workshop: Déjà Coup: power, protest and the language of nationhood in Myanmar K-12 Educator Workshop
- Ei Shwe Sin
- 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm
- Online via Zoom
Mass protests have been seen across Myanmar since the military seized power in February. As an extension of Dr. Will Womack's March 30th lecture about how the political coup and protests have affected the peace process in Myanmar, please join us on April 27th from 5:00-6:30 pm ET for a K-12 educator workshop which will include an interview with Myanmar-based Ei Shwe Sin, Project Manager-Alternative Solutions to Hate and Violence, Search for Common Ground | End Violent Conflict. The workshop will offer strategies for how to incorporate the current events unfolding in Myanmar into the classroom. ACT 48 hours will be available to PA educators. After you have registered for this workshop here, we will send you the Zoom meeting link via email.
Register here
- 8:00 am to 9:30 am
- Online via Zoom
Join us for virtual sessions over the course of three days in May that will consider the structure, reach, and impact of China’s Belt & Road Initiative and its implications for commercial relations, dispute resolution, and the future of legal developments in Asia more generally. Three panels will focus on fundamental issues of dispute resolution in US-China business contracts; the evolving of dispute resolution forums in Asia; and the future of Hong Kong as a hub for commercial relationships in the Asian region. Two keynote addresses will consider the critical recent development of China’s International Commercial Court and the importance of Hong Kong.
This program has been approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Board for six (6) hours of substantive credit. There is a $120 fee for processing CLE credit for this event. Please be sure to indicate that you are seeking CLE credit using the form provided in registration link.
For a detailed description of each day's schedule, go to: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/events/chinalaw
Register here
- Sunil Sharma (Boston University)
- 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
- Zoom
The Shahrashub (city disturber) and / Ekphrases genre of Persian poetry provides a window into the urban spaces of early modern Eurasia, revealing the relationship between people, their imaginaries, and the built environment around them. This workshop provides an introduction for using this specialized literary material to derive scholarly insights.
PLEASE NOTE that registrations are limited and will be confirmed on a first-come, first-serve basis for Ph.D. students and faculty who work on Eurasia and can meet the language prerequisites specific to each topic.
PREREQUISITE
Advanced Persian
INSTRUCTOR
Sunil Sharma
Professor of Persianate and Comparative Literature
Boston University
COLLABORATOR
Sahar Hosseini
Assistant Professor
History of Art and Architecture
University of Pittsburgh
REGISTER HERE: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwtfu2grjwtEtfFb69kX7ckCW1c4uuIP6EC
- 9:00 am to 2:30 pm
- Virtual - Register Online!
A professional development workshop for educators offered by the Alliance for Learning in World History (ALWH). This virtual event will be held on June 12 from 9:00am- 2:30 pm. All accepted participants will receive a $200 stipend. To apply, please submit a resume, sample assignment or syllabus, and application statement below.
Keynote Spkeaers: Dr. Bonita Lawrence (York University) "Writing Diasporic Indigenous Identities: Connections, Disjunctions And Disavowels"
Dr. Kyle Mays (UCLA) "Building Anti-Colonial And Anti-Racist Pedagogy: Thoughts On Our Freedom"
Dr. Alaina E. Roberts (University Of Pittsburgh) "Who Is Indigenous?: Defending Migration And Identity"
Applications are due April 15, 2021.
Accepted applicants will receive a $200 stipend
For more information, visit www.worldhistory.pitt.edu/ or contact ALWH@pitt.edu
- Ulfat Abdurasulov (Austrian Academy of Science)
- 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
- Zoom
Among the abundant paperwork of 17th century Posol'skii prikaz, there were two main forms of record-keeping known as posol'skie knigi and stolptsy, which stand out due to their functionality. Apart from the sheer linguistic complexity, the records were bound together in leather-bound books consisting of dozens, if not hundreds, documents of the distinct genres related to diplomacy communications. Yet beneath this complexity lies a world of diplomatic contact and transregional connectivity. This workshop will offer a practical crash course for how to make sense of this challenging source base.
PLEASE NOTE that registrations are limited and will be confirmed on a first-come, first-serve basis for Ph.D. students and faculty who work on Eurasia and can meet the language prerequisites specific to each topic.
PREREQUISITE
Advanced Russian
INSTRUCTOR
Ulfat Abdurasulov
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Institute of Iranian Studies
Austrian Academy of Science
COLLABORATOR
James Pickett
Assistant Professor of History
University of Pittsburgh
REGISTER HERE: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIqd-qtrD4iHtCUxm1CTw27cd74QLt1_IUS