Global Issues through Literature

Activity Type: 
Workshop
Presenter: 
Karen Gaul, Matthew Sudnik, Prof. Roger Rouse
Date: 
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 17:00 to 20:00
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Location: 
4217 Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh

Winchester Thurston's faculty Karen Gaul, Central Catholic High School's faculty Matthew Sudnik, and Professor Roger Rouse, Global Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh, will frame Hsiao-Hung Pai's Scattered Sand in the context of Human Security to discuss China's rural migrants. They will share with our K-12 community on how they also used the book to look at globalization and consumerism.

Co-sponsored by the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia and the International Business Center

UCIS Unit: 
Center for Latin American Studies
Global Studies Center
International Business Center
World Regions: 
Asia