In many areas of interaction in India, negotiations and ‘bargaining’ play an important role. This holds true for doctor-patient interactions as well, especially in the case of small-scale practitioners of Ayurveda, Unani, Homeopathy and other non-biomedical traditions. These practitioners often prescribe a treatment that lies outside of their official medical specialization, which creates a proliferation of various eclectic/hybrid therapeutic forms.

Like most nations, China regulates the content that goes over its airwaves, runs through its printing presses, and is transmitted through its Internet. In July 2009, when tensions in the predominately Muslim population of China’s Xinjiang province escalated into violent riots, Chinese authorities turned off the Internet there. This inspired Jason Q. Ng to devise a computer script to test all 700,000 terms in Chinese Wikipedia to see which ones are routinely blocked on Sina Weibo, China’s most important social media site.

Asia Over Lunch Lecture Series - all are welcome to join and bring a lunch or snack! Abstract TBA.

Asia Over Lunch Lecture Series - all are welcome to join and bring a lunch or snack! Abstract TBA.

You can now search for more than 1.4 million Japanese articles from 220 Japanese academic institutions through PittCat+. There are also over 15,000 Japanese dissertations freely available at the Digital Library of the National Diet Library and 227 LibGuides are developed by Pitt liaison librarians to support your research and course work. Library research tools are evolving rapidly. This presentation will illustrate the state-of-the-art research tools and new functions of Japanese databases.

All are welcome to join and bring a lunch or snack!

Contemporary Japanese taiko drumming (wadaiko) emerged in the 1950s as a way to resurrect and revitalize regional folk drumming traditions. As it evolved, many different regional drumming styles were incorporated, including festival traditions from the Shitamachi area of Tokyo.

The Asian Studies Center welcome reception for students will be held on Thursday, September 13th from 3:00 to 5:30 PM in 4130 Posvar Hall. All students and faculty are welcome to join us to meet center staff and faculty, learn about upcoming events and opportunities related to Asia, including lectures and cultural programming, undergraduate internship and career workshops, language tutoring and study groups, language proficiency testing, volunteering, and more! Announcements will take place at 4:00 pm - refreshments will be served!

This professional development workshop for secondary school teachers focused on global social movements and their relationships to art and technology in various regions of the world.

Sunday, June 10 from 12 - 5 pm on the lawn at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Main, Oakland
Follow your dreams, Pittsburgh! Imagination and fun await you at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's 12th annual Summer Reading Extravaganza. Kick off your summer reading with free family fun, including entertainment, crafts and activities for kids and teens! The Asian Studies Center will host activity and book tables at this event.

Pittsburgh-native, Tokyo-based enka superstar JERO makes his New York debut at Japan Society! With his smooth voice and hip-hop stylings, JERO has breathed new life into this sentimental Japanese music genre often associated with themes of one’s hometown, lost loves and sake. Often referred to as the “Japanese blues” or “Japanese country music,” enka’s melodies and required vocal techniques make it a quintessentially Japanese musical style.