James Williams, a PhD candidate, will be talking about the intersections between Chinese history, Confucian philosophy, and the archaeological record and material culture. These concepts explored through an anthropological lens expose the ancient “Othering” that occurred in early state craft. Remnants of Confucian thought continue to permeate modern archaeological interpretations. Bring lunch and participate in a short discussion about these topics.

Chinese gazetteers are local histories that contain information about a site or a region. Gazetteers generally collect previous works concerning a place, often in a variety of genres (essays, poems, inscriptions, biographies, etc.). They are typically difficult to use even for native readers. Even locating the relative texts can prove challenging. This workshop will introduce participants to work with two large collections of Buddhist temple gazetteers published in Taiwan and China over the last 30 years.

The Asian Studies Center and the Global Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh are teaming up with the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations (NCUSCR) to present CHINA Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections.

In Korean, the liquid was avoided in word-initial position until the late nineteenth century although it was used intervocalically and syllable-finally. Since Chinese vocabulary was imported around the eighth century, the Chinese lateral [l] in word-initial position was borrowed as [n]. This substitution is still strictly applied to Sino-Korean common words by orthographic regulation. However, since the late nineteenth century, the word-initial liquid has manifested itself in loanwords and Sino-Korean proper names.

You are cordially invited to this splendid event presented by the Confucius Institute at the University of Pittsburgh and the London Confucius Institute for Traditional Chinese Medicine. The performance includes Chinese Lion Dance, Chinese Folk Dance, Chinese Martial Arts and various Chinese traditional instruments. It will be a great interactive opportunity to experience Chinese dance and kungfu as well as a wonderful cultural immersion experience!

Bellefield Auditorium: 315 S. Bellefield Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Doors open at 7:00 PM
FREE WITH PITT ID!
General Admission: $5
Free for children under 12
Tickets sold at the door.

The Asian Studies Center and the Department of Anthropology invite you to talk with Dr. Nancy Abelmann, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research—Humanities, Arts, and Related Fields and Harry E. Preble Professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. In this talk Dr. Abelmann will think about the changing aesthetics of desire and social mobility. She will consider the porous boundary between the radically normative and potentially transgressive in South Korea today.

Gabriella Lukacs is an Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh. She is a Japanologist who specializes in television and digital media studies. She is the author of Scripted Affects, Branded Selves: Television, Subjectivity, and Capitalism in 1990s Japan (Duke University Press, 2010). The book project she is currently working on explores issues of labor and gender in the digital media economy through such case studies as the net idols, cell phone novelists, female Internet traders, young female photographers, video game designers, and fashion bloggers.

Students and local residents who are interested in teaching English in Asia are welcome to attend this information session! The session begins with information on teaching in China and South Korea through various opportunities, including the Teach and Learn in Korea (TaLK) and English Program in Korea (EPiK) programs, and continues with the official Japan Exchange & Teaching (JET) Program information kit and alumni panel. Stop by for a short time or stay for the entire session - we will answer your questions and help you decide which option is right for you and how to get started!