India’s response to the global phenomenon of “youth” music and culture was initially and most clearly apparent in its commercial cinema; beginning with the “re-invention” of Hindi film actor Shammi Kapoor as a teenage idol in 1957. The majority of the Indian urban and rural audience was broadly assumed to be non-English-speaking and generally unfamiliar with foreign culture (which was largely unavailable outside India’s major cities, especially after 1952).

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.

A screening of works and a conversation with Masayo Kajimura, a Berlin-based video and installation artist. In her work Masayo creates a rich multi-layered flow of images that draw on settings and motifs from various global locations and cultural settings. Sharp insights and provocations underlie these evocative, lyrical, and associative projects.

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.

Join us for a networking event and panel discussion!
* What are the challenges faced by individuals taking their companies global from the US?
* What challenges do foreign entrepreneurs experience when bringing their companies to the US?
* What are some solutions to close the divide and open up opportunities?
* Who is providing these solutions?

Panelists:
Ilana Diamond, Sima Corporation
David Iwinski, Blue Water Growth, LLC
More to be announced soon!

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Join FSA, Malacca, and VSA to celebrate our cultures with dancing, food, and fun!

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.