The Pittsburgh Asia Consortium (PAC) Undergraduate Research Conference is a one-day, interdisciplinary event for students from PA, WV, OH, MD, NY, NJ, and DE with an interest in any geographical region of Asia. Students will give a 15-minute presentation on Asia-related research topics from any discipline, with faculty from PAC overseeing each student panel. First time presenters are welcome! Students will meet other undergraduates and faculty with an academic interest in Asian Studies from throughout the region, and enjoy a keynote presentation and banquet lunch.

On April 4-6, 2014, the University of Pittsburgh will host the second of two
conferences that constitute the Voices of Asian Modernities Project (VAMP), a
consortium between the University of Pittsburgh, Leiden University, and the Royal
Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV). The aim of
the conference is to properly historicize the artistic sounds, lyrical texts, visual
images, and social lives of female performers in Asian popular music of the 20th and
21st centuries.

Expressing her muse through ghazals and Punjabi folk songs, Kiran Ahluwalia explores the language of the heart with beautiful artistry and smoldering intensity. Born in India, raised in Canada, and now living in New York City, her enchanting and seductive music has garnered glowing praise from critics around the world. Kiran Ahluwalia is the winner of Canada’s Juno Award for World Music Album of the Year in 2004 (Beyond Boundaries) and 2012 (Common Ground). She will be accompanied by her band (guitar, bass, accordion, and tabla).

Tickets :
GENERAL ADMISSION $10
Seniors $8
Students $5

This is a must session for all students pursuing or considering pursuing a Bachelor of Philosophy in International and Area Studies. The session will cover ethical considerations when conducting research outside of the U.S. and details about submission to the Institutional Review Board.

Presented by Michelle Lemenager, EE Research Review Coordinator Global Research Outreach Coordinator

Expressing her muse through ghazals and Punjabi folk songs, Kiran Ahluwalia explores the language of the heart with beautiful artistry and smoldering intensity. Born in India, raised in Canada, and now living in New York City, her enchanting and seductive music has garnered glowing praise from critics around the world. Kiran Ahluwalia is the winner of Canada’s Juno Award for World Music Album of the Year in 2004 (Beyond Boundaries) and 2012 (Common Ground). She will be accompanied by her band (guitar, bass, accordion, and tabla).

Join the University of Pittsburgh Film Studies Program for a free lecture on Korean National Cinema in the Post-Film Era! Refreshments will be provided.

Unlike other American wars, the Vietnam War never really ended. It is being re-fought in scholarly works, at college reunions, in family living rooms, and among veterans. Aside from the Civil War, Vietnam was America's most divisive military conflict, and the University of Pittsburgh's Honors College program features some of the war's most outspoken scholars, participants and journalists.

A panel presentation featuring:
Sen. Bob Kerrey, former governor of Nebraska, Vietnam veteran
Peter Arnett, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of Vietnam

Attend this event to hear Thuan Nguyen, President of the National Asian Deaf Congress in Washington, DC discuss topics from the novel, The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. The book is a powerful collection of vignettes about the Vietnam War written from the soldiers’ perspective.

This year's Big Read program that is centered around Tim O’Brien’s book, The Things They Carried. This is a powerful collection of vignettes about the Vietnam War written from the soldiers’ perspective. Join CCAC in their upcoming kickoff celebration on March 3 and the month-long series of events. The kickoff celebration will feature a theatre and dance performance, food, music and keynote speaker, Jan Scruggs, Founder and President, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.

For most of our existence, humans have lived by hunting and gathering alone. The extent to which our biology, physiology, psychology, cultural dispositions, and social conventions are each a function of this deep history is an open question. Research on hunter-gatherers is therefore essential to understanding what it is to be human, and the vast majority of what there is to learn about them (and therefore us) is visible only in the cryptic remains of histories bereft of written records.