Asia

Asia Over Lunch: "Mental Illness and Substance Abuse in Indian and Maharashtrian Immigrants in North America"

Presenter: 
Balwant Dixit, Professor of Pharmacology
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 11/09/2011 - 12:00 to 13:00

ASIA OVER LUNCH LECTURE – Noon in 4130 Posvar. Please feel free to join us for this lecture – all are welcome to bring their lunch or a snack along if you wish and enjoy!

Location: 
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall

Asia Over Lunch: "Update on Chinese Databases"

Presenter: 
Xiuying Zou, Public Services Librarian, and Haihui Zhang, Chinese Bibliographer, East Asian Library
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 10/26/2011 - 12:00 to 13:00

ASIA OVER LUNCH LECTURE – Noon in 4130 Posvar. Please feel free to join us for this lecture – all are welcome to bring their lunch or a snack along if you wish and enjoy!

Location: 
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Rachel Jacobson
Contact Email: 
rej16@pitt.edu

Asia Over Lunch: "Update on Japanese Databases"

Presenter: 
Hiroyuki Good, Japanese Bibliographer, East Asian Library
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 10/12/2011 - 12:00 to 13:00

ASIA OVER LUNCH LECTURE – Noon in 4130 Posvar. Please feel free to join us for this lecture – all are welcome to bring their lunch or a snack along if you wish and enjoy!

Location: 
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Rachel Jacobson
Contact Email: 
rej16@pitt.edu

Asia Over Lunch: "'You speak Chinese well for a white/black guy!': The Effect of Student Ethnicity on Native Speakers' Judgments of Chinese Foreign Language Competency"

Presenter: 
Kristopher Geda, Ph.D. Student, Linguistics
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 10/05/2011 - 12:00 to 13:00

ASIA OVER LUNCH LECTURE – Noon in 4130 Posvar. Please feel free to join us for this lecture – all are welcome to bring their lunch or a snack along if you wish and enjoy!

Location: 
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Rachel Jacobson
Contact Email: 
rej16@pitt.edu

Japan's World War II in Asia: 70 Years On

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 09/30/2011 - 00:00 to Sat, 10/01/2011 - 16:30

On September 30 and October 1, 2011, an international conference entitled, “Japan’s World War II in Asia: 70 Years On,” will take place at the University Club.

Location: 
University Club, 123 University Place
Event Web Site: 
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/conference/Japan_wwII/index.html
Contact Person: 
Dianne Dakis
Contact Email: 
dakis@pitt.edu

Asia Over Lunch: "China's Economic Boom: Why Didn't It Happen 100 Years Earlier?"

Presenter: 
Thomas Rawski, Professor of Economics
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 09/21/2011 - 12:00 to 13:00

ASIA OVER LUNCH LECTURE – Noon in 4130 Posvar. Please feel free to join us for this lecture – all are welcome to bring their lunch or a snack along if you wish and enjoy! Please note that during the fall term, this series will be held on Wednesdays. In spring term, it will return to its usual Thursday schedule. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Rachel Jacobson
Contact Email: 
rej16@pitt.edu

BRIC Mini Course: China Today

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 03/18/2011 - 17:00 to Sun, 03/20/2011 - 13:00

China Today is a one credit (Pitt)/three unit (CMU) mini course, consisting of 14 hours of classes over a weekend, with a final paper assignment to be handed in for credit. The course will explore:

* How does China's multi-ethnic composition affect educational opportunity and career advancement?

* Education in China past and present: How does the history of education in China affect educational opportunity today?

* What is in store as China moves from technological supplier to technological innovator?

Location: 
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
Cost: 
Free
Event Web Site: 
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/conference/chinatoday/2011/index.html
Contact Person: 
Veronica Dristas
Contact Phone: 
412-624-2918

Language Teaching Methods and Adaptation of Authentic Materials

Subtitle: 
A Professional Development Workshop for Less Commonly Taught Language (LCTL) Instructors
Presenter: 
Dr. Sally Sieloff Magnan
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 08/24/2011 - 09:00 to 15:00

This workshop will be presented by Professor Sally Sieloff Magnan, former Director of the Language Institute at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Dr. Magnan has taught, published, and conducted extensive research on second language acquisition and foreign language teaching methodology. At the Language Institute, she co-directed the National Online LCTL Teacher Training Initiative and co-authored the online courses “Fundamentals of Language Teaching Methods” and “Introduction to the U.S.

Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Gina Peirce
Contact Phone: 
(412) 648-2290
Contact Email: 
gbpeirce@pitt.edu

From Pitt to Shangri-la: My seven years with UNICEF in Europe, Asia and Africa

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 12/01/2010 - 12:30 to 13:00

Chiharu Kondo is a returning Ph.D. Student at the Social and Comparative Analysis in Education (SCAE) program in the Administrative and Policy Studies (APS) Department at the School of Education.

Location: 
5604 Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Veronica Dristas
Contact Phone: 
412-624-2918
Contact Email: 
global@pitt.edu

'Dixia De Tiankong' (The Shaft)

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 11/20/2010 - 15:00

Part of the Global Lens 2010 Series. In a poor mining town in western China, the stories of a father and his two children intersect and intertwine, illuminating complicated relationships hidden beneath the community's hardened exterior. Accused of an affair with her manager, the attractive daughter of the household finds herself spurned by her boyfriend and forced to accept an arranged marriage.

Location: 
630 William Pitt Union
Cost: 
Free
Contact Person: 
Veronica Dristas
Contact Email: 
dristas@pitt.edu

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