Nicole Constable is a professor in the Department of Anthropology and the director of the Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh. Her latest book, Born Out of Place: Migrant Mothers and the Politics of International Migration was co-published by the University of California Press and Hong Kong University Press, and had its first official launch in Hong Kong in June. At this University of Pittsburgh book launch, Constable will speak on her work, and Shalini Puri (Department of English) and Lara Putnam (Department of History) will respond.

India Day 2014 takes place at Pitt on Sunday, August 17th. This year’s theme is The Glory of Punjab and Bhai Sucha Singh & Ashok Trivedi will serve as key speakers.

The day begins with a parade. Participants should gather at the Bigelow Boulevard side of the Cathedral of Learning at 11:45 AM, and the parade will begin at 12 noon.

At 1 PM, flags of India and the United States will be raised and a program of music and dance will begin!

Welcome to a new academic year at Pitt! Join the Asian Studies Center for a welcome reception, where you can learn about the Asia-related programming we offer, including certificate programs, courses from many departments across the university, and lectures and conferences throughout the year. You can also connect with student-run clubs such as the Origami Club and the Chinese Student Association.

Join the Pittsburgh community for a Japenese koto (13-string zither) concert by the talented Ms. Masayo Ishigure.

Masayo Ishigure Sensei, a Koto and Shamisen performer and instructor at the Sawai Koto Academy of New York, strives to bring Hogaku (Japanese Music) to the United States through her unique experiences in street performances and concerts in New York City. Alumni of the prestigious Sawai Academy, Ishigure Sensei has performed and recorded in many occasions in the U.S., including the soundtrack for “Memoirs of the Geisha”, by John Williams.

For students interested in learning about different career paths for Japan Studies, come hear four successful individuals speak about their experiences and international careers:

(3:00 PM) Jay Sneddon, Sales Manager, Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc.

(3:30 PM) Amy Hirschman, Pitt Alum, Entertainment Marketing/PR Professional and Translator, Quirkbooks

(4:00 PM) Connie Lockwood, Founder and President, Elite Tours International

(4:30 PM) Mya Fisher, Program Manager, U.S. - Japan Council

Carnival is a no-budget, independent and a personal film, which experiments with contrasting themes (love and death), cinematic forms (fiction and documentary), actors (popular and unpopular), and real (unknown) people; along with formal excesses and stasis, by using loud sounds, noises and stretches of silence, as well as by juxtaposing moving images with stills, shot in color and black-white. The thin plot line of the film involves Babu who has returned to Kolkata from ‘somewhere’ during the Durga Puja holidays, after the sudden, or somewhat expected, demise of his ailing mother.

The global history of the Pacific made good progress over the last few years.
David Armitage, Alison Bashford, David Igler, and Matt Matsuda have written important
books bridging events occurring both in the island and littoral Pacific. The attempt to
link the island worlds of Oceania with the continental landmasses of Asia and the
Americas has also been at the center of my research.
The “Spanish Lake” refers to a convenient historical shorthand signaling a period,
during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, of increasing European expansion into the

Join Pittsburgh Taiko for their 2014 Spring Concert, "Haru Matsuri." Whether you’ve seen them before or are brand new to wadaiko, please come and watch them give their all!

Admission is free for all students, and there is a suggested donation for non-students of $5. This goes towards future concerts, repairing and replacing gear, and supporting the goal of spreading wadaiko across Pittsburgh.

Song’s research compares the difference between policy expectation and actual implementation in earthquake preparation and education in primary and secondary schools of China, specifically through an analysis of Earthquake Preparation Demonstrative Schools’ (EPDS) development.

Join the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures for their Spring Fling! There will be food, games, and entertainment!