The beginnings of Korean Wave are typically linked to the term 'hallyu', denoting South Korean cultural exports to China and Taiwan.

Presenter: Shruti Rana, Associate Professor of Law, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Discussant: Michael J. Madison, Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Presenter: Daniel C.K. Chow, Joseph S. Platt-Porter Wright Morris & Arthur Professor of Law, Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

Discussant: Peter Oh, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

This event will take place on Friday, February 14th from 1:00 to 4:00 PM in the William Pitt Union Assembly Room, Ball Room, and Kurtzman Rooms. It is designed to provide students with an opportunity to learn about the variety of language courses, programs, scholarships, and student organizations available to them at Pitt. Last year's language fair was a major success with over 400 students in attendance. We hope to build on this success in 2014.

In the spring of summer of 1954, Chinese gathered in lecture halls, classrooms, factory workshops and other venues to talk about the revolution. This was not, to be sure, the intention of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which wanted to use the constitution to consolidate its power and legitimacy. However, when the party asked people to raise questions about, and suggest revisions to, the draft Constitution, it allowed them to raise critical issues about the nature of the revolutionary process and China’s future.

Colleen O'Connor (BPhil: Chinese, 2012) is a Fulbright recipient currently researching the dynamics of tourism management in China and its connection to cultural preservation efforts in Mosuo minority communities in Yunnan Province, China. She began her research on this topic at Pitt as a Brackenridge Fellow and a BPhil candidate. O'Connor will discuss her research, as well as the Fulbright experience, her preparation at Pitt, and her career plans.

This will be an information session for those interested in teaching English abroad on. Pitt Alumni will present on their experiences teaching in France, Chile, and China.

Previous research has found that among language students who study under the performed culture approach (PCA), the amount of time spent studying outside of class is negatively correlated with in-class performance (Curtin 2012, Luft, 2007). The current study investigates whether or not it is because lower performing students are overemphasizing form and neglect focusing on meaning during their out-of-class study that they were found to spend more time studying than higher performing students.

Please join Professor Sun in a fun and interactive exploration of a key mode of discourse in classical Chinese texts. Some famous but still not sufficiently understood passages from the Analects and Zhuangzi, as well as selected classical poems, will be discussed. You might just find something intellectually stimulating from these texts and even gain new insights in the way native Chinese speak today. 

This conference features keynote speaker Ambassador Peter Tomsen (GSPIA ’64), Former U.S. Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Author of "The Wars of Afghanistan". An R.S.V.P. is required. To attend, please email Beverly Brizzi by Monday, December 2nd, to confirm your registration.