ASIA OVER LUNCH LECTURE – Noon in 4130 Posvar. Please feel free to join us for this lecture – all are welcome to bring their lunch or a snack along if you wish and enjoy!

Join us for a Celebration of Indian Culture, with activities celebrating the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi and his teachings, featuring performances, inter-faith presentations, and more!

There will also be a lecture by Dr. Uma Majmudar, Gandhian researcher and published author:
Gandhi's Legacy of 'Satyagraha' in the Modern World
What is "satyagraha"? Is it passive resistance? Is it civil disobedience?
Why and how did Gandhi coin this term 'satyagraha and what did it mean to him?

On September 30 and October 1, 2011, an international conference entitled, “Japan’s World War II in Asia: 70 Years On,” will take place at the University Club.

ASIA OVER LUNCH LECTURE – Noon in 4130 Posvar. Please feel free to join us for this lecture – all are welcome to bring their lunch or a snack along if you wish and enjoy! Please note that during the fall term, this series will be held on Wednesdays. In spring term, it will return to its usual Thursday schedule. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Everyone (faculty, students, and staff) is invited, even if you are not a certificate student. The event will be held in the UCIS room across from the UCIS entrance, in 4130 Posvar Hall, from 3:00 until 4:30 PM. No need to stay for the entire time. Snacks will be served and announcements made. A great way to get to know others with an interest in Asian Studies.

FEATURING jazz musician Joe Negri and his friends Yuko Eguchi, Matt Gillespie, Jonghee Kang, Kerrith Livengood, Emily Pinkerton, Martin Spitznagel, Yoko Suzuki, and Bryan Wright, and others.

Pittsburgh based Brother's Brother organization has been ranked by Forbes Magazine as one of the best charitable organizations in the U.S. Administrative and operating costs are below 1% of the value of received donations.

Join the Asian Studies Center in an evening of making origami cranes in preparation for Saturday 4/23's benefit concert to help disaster victims in Japan. We'll be serving free pizza and showing Japanese films while we work - all are welcome, regardless of time or skill. Feel free to stop by for a few minutes or a few hours and help make 1,000 cranes for a wish come true!

Chinese, Japanese, Indian and Korean dancing, music and martial arts. All net proceeds go to relief efforts in Japan. Buy tickets online on event's website.

Lecture by Nico Slate, Department of History, Carnegie Mellon University.