Asian Studies Center

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ASC
Asian Studies

Film Screening: A Chronicle of My Cultural Revolution

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Presentation of the CR10 Project
Presenter: 
Haihui Zhang and the Pitt East Asian Library
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 06/08/2017 - 18:00

Silk Screen Asian Arts Org. in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh Asian Studies Center and StartUptown are pleased to present director Xu Xing's experimental documentary, A Chronicle of My Cultural Revolution.

Location: 
Paramount Film Exchange 1727 Boulevard of the Allies, Pittsburgh

US-China Relations in the Era of Donald Trump

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Presenter: 
Douglas H. Paal
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As Scheduled
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Thu, 06/08/2017 - 18:00

Douglas Paal is an international expert in Us-Asia Relations. He previously served as an unofficial US representative to Taiwan as director of the American Institute in Taiwan, and as vice chairman of JP Morgan Chase International.

For more information and to register, please contact the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh at welcome@worldpittsburgh.org.

Location: 
Duquesne Club, 325 Sixth Avenue
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Members $20, Non-Members $30
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Designing Space

Subtitle: 
The Exercise of the Spatial Imagination in Pre-Modern China
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Date: 
Fri, 05/26/2017 - 09:00 to Sat, 05/27/2017 - 17:00
Location: 
Gold Room, University Club
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Pittsburgh Japanese Film Festival

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Row House Cinema
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
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Date: 
Fri, 04/07/2017 (All day) to Thu, 04/13/2017 (All day)

Row House Cinema presents the second annual Pittsburgh Japanese Film Festival. The festival showcases eight of Japan’s more recent or historically best films, each in a different genre, reflecting the richness and diversity of Japanese cinema.

Visit the Official Festival Website for a full list of showtimes and ticket buying links!
http://jffpgh.org/

Location: 
Row House Cinema 4115 Butler St, Pittsburgh, PA 15201
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From Missionary Cook to Counterrevolutionary

Subtitle: 
The Saga of a Chinese Christian Family
Presenter: 
Jennifer Lin
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Tue, 04/11/2017 - 12:00

Journalist Jennifer Lin examines the tumultuous past and present of Christianity in China through five generations of her family. A former Beijing correspondent for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Lin chronicles 150 years of family history in the recently published "Shanghai Faithful: Betrayal and Forgiveness in a Chinese Christian Family" (Rowman & Littlefield). The book includes a compelling cast: a doctor who treated opium addicts; a Penn-educated Chinese pastor; and the influential independent religious leader Watchman Nee, imprisoned after 1949 as a "counterrevolutionary."

Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall

Opening Reception for Displacement(s) Film Series

Presenter: 
International Week Committee
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 10/20/2017 - 17:00 to 18:00

Please join the International Week Committee and University Center for International Studies for the opening reception of the Displacement(s) film series. Refreshments will be provided prior to the first films in the series beginning at 6pm.

Location: 
Frick Fine Arts Cloisters
Contact Person: 
Lynn Kawaratani,
Contact Email: 
lyk12@pitt.edu

An Evening with George Takei

Presenter: 
International Week Committee
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Tue, 10/17/2017 - 19:00 to 21:00

The keynote speaker for this year’s International Week, George Takei, was interred in a Japanese internment camp during World War II. This experience became a touchstone for his life and work. Takei rose to preeminence in the television series Star Trek and its first six feature films. However, that only scratches the surface of his storied career as an actor, author, and social media pioneer.

Location: 
Soldiers and Sailors Hall
Contact Person: 
Jeff Whitehead
Contact Email: 
whitehead@pitt.edu

Allegiance Musical

Presenter: 
International Week Committee
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sun, 10/15/2017 - 19:00 to 21:00

Everyone who attends will be eligible to win raffle prizes such as CDs signed by Mr. Thione and Mr. Tanabe, tickets to An Evening with George Takei, and 1 VIP seat to meet Mr. Takei after his address on Tuesday, October 17.

General Public $20, CMOA Members: $18, Students: $15.

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Location: 
Carnegie Museum of Art Theater
Contact Person: 
Jeff Whitehead
Contact Email: 
whitehead@pitt.edu

From Missionary Cook to Counterrevolutionary: The Saga of a Chinese Christian Family

Presenter: 
Jennifer Lin, journalist and author of Shanghai Faithful: Betrayal and Forgiveness in a Chinese Christian Family
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Tue, 04/11/2017 - 12:00

Journalist Jennifer Lin examines the tumultuous past and present of Christianity in China through five generations of her family. A former Beijing correspondent for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Lin chronicles 150 years of family history in the recently published Shanghai Faithful: Betrayal and Forgiveness in a Chinese Christian Family (Rowman & Littlefield).

Location: 
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall

El Futuro Perfecto

Presenter: 
Q&A with Director Nele Wohlatz
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sun, 04/09/2017 - 16:00

El Futuro Perfecto tells the story of a young Chinese woman named Xiaobin who emigrates to Argentina. Sharing her sense of displacement, we follow Xiaobin as she attends Spanish classes, works her day job at a butcher shop, and struggles to pass through the language barrier in a new culture. A subtle love story permits the surface of this quiet drama as Xiaobin's journey of self-identification leads her to a crossroads where she must find the courage to determine her own future, rather than the future her family intends for her.

Languages: Spanish and Mandarin

Location: 
McConomy Auditorium, CMU

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