Leonard Blussé

University of Leiden

Panelists will include:

Aya Okada (PhD Student, GSPIA), Muge Finkel (Assistant Professor, GSPIA), Larry Foulke (Adjunct Professor, School of Engineering), Paul Scheinert (Advisory Engineer, Bettis Laboratory), Atsunori Nakao (Tokusyukai Medical Assistance Team, School of Medicine), and Louise Comfort (Director, Center for Disaster Management).

Postcolonial Feminisms and the Ethic of Care: South-to-South Dialogues is the inaugural symposium by the Asian and Latin American Women's Studies working group. We are convening for the second year to further develop the project. This project will bring together leading scholars in Asian and Latin American studies to create new understanding and knowledge in the areas of gender, race, and class.

After more than three decades since the demise of the so-called genocidal Khmer Rouge regime, in which an estimated 1.7 million people died, in 1979 in Cambodia, real justice for victims of the massacre still remains elusive even though the Khmer Rouge tribunal, which was established in 2006, has been in the process of prosecuting the senior leaders and those most responsible. The talk will be mainly about how the Khmer Rouge tribunal, the court that must ensure that impunity does not exist, seeks justice for Cambodian victims.

Exhibit on display at Shady Side Academy, 423 Fox Chapel Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15238. Exhibit Hours: Monday-Friday 9-6, for weekend hours call 412-968-3045. Closed on holidays.

Opening Reception with Curator Robert M. Sargent: Thursday, April 7, 2011, 5:00 p.m. At 7:00 p.m. there will be a lecture by Dr. Evelyn S. Rawski, Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh on 'China on the Eve of Modernization'. Refreshments will be served.

This paper examines Choi Jeong-hwa's critical engagement with the changing natures of the urban environment in the 1990s. Renowned as the established leader of Korean Pop Art, Choi Jeong-hwa has appropriated crude, cheap, and mass-produced objects from the everyday environment for making art. His strategy of 'kitsch' appropriation has been interpreted as either a subversive gesture to high art seriousness or a social commentary on Korea's hasty modernization in general.

Part of the Travelling Film South Asia: A Documentary Film Series from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka

The Battle for Pakistan

Do extremism and madrassas converge?

Come to My Country: Journeys with Kabir and Friends

Unlikely bonds in quest for Kabir's 'country.'

Peace Corps Brown Bag Info Session

(Bring your lunch!)

Stop by the session to hear from a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer and Recruiter, Jonnett Maurer, about how Peace Corps might fit into your immediate future and get questions answered about your application.

Through this interactive presentation, I will describe my experiences with English language education in two of the largest countries on earth: China and Indonesia. My research as a graduate student has taken me to Indonesia to co-author a book on English for young learners and to China to work with volunteer teachers in migrant schools. Both nations are currently dealing with similar issues in English education, such as how to improve teacher quality and the evolving status of English in elementary schools.

Celebrate the coming of spring at this year's Cherry Blossom Festival, hosted by Pitt's JSS (Japanese Speaking Society)! There will be performances by a chorus group, kendo, and taiko drummers, as well as various activities such video games, origami, calligraphy, and anime drawing. There will also be FREE food!