Asian Studies Center

Synonyms: 
ASC
Asian Studies

Talk Time - English Conversation Hour

Presenter: 
Rob Mucklo
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 16:00 to 17:00

Come meet international students, make friends, practice conversational English, and have fun together, during these weekly discussion groups coordinated by the English Language Institute. Feel free to bring your lunch :)

Location: 
Global Hub
Contact Person: 
Rob Mucklo
Contact Email: 
rob.mucklo@pitt.edu

Talk Time - English Conversation Table

Presenter: 
Rob Mucklo
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Mon, 11/13/2023 - 16:00 to 17:00

Come meet international students, make friends, practice conversational English, and have fun together, during these weekly discussion groups coordinated by the English Language Institute. Feel free to bring your lunch :)

Location: 
Global Hub
Contact Person: 
Rob Mucklo
Contact Email: 
rob.mucklo@pitt.edu

Talk Time - English Conversation Hour

Presenter: 
Rob Mucklo
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Mon, 11/06/2023 - 16:00 to 17:00

Come meet international students, make friends, practice conversational English, and have fun together, during these weekly discussion groups coordinated by the English Language Institute. Feel free to bring your lunch :)

Location: 
Global Hub
Contact Person: 
Rob Mucklo
Contact Email: 
rob.mucklo@pitt.edu

Japanese Demons: Oni

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Presenter: 
Noriko Reider
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
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Date: 
Wed, 11/08/2023 - 16:00

Dr. Reider is a leading authority of Japanese tales and the supernatural. Her scholarly publications include Tales of the Supernatural in Early Modern Japan: Kaidan, Akinari, Ugetsu
Monogatari (2002), Japanese Demon Lore: Oni form Ancient Times to the Present (2010), Seven Demon Stories from Medieval Japan (2016) and Mountain Witches: Yamauba (2021).

Location: 
Cathedral of Learning 501
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FLAS Fellows Study Break

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 13:00

You've worked hard this semester -- now it's time to celebrate! Come take a break from finals to enjoy some refreshments with faculty, advisors from UCIS, and other FLAS Fellows.

Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Krystal Marsh
Contact Email: 
klm244@pitt.edu

How Prime Ministers Decide

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Presenter: 
Neerja Chowdhury
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
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Date: 
Wed, 11/15/2023 - 15:30

Award wining journalist Neerja Chowdhury will discuss her recent book: How Prime Ministers Decide India’s prime ministers have taken decisions that changed the course of the country’s history.

This book by Neerja Chowdhury, an award-winning journalist and political commentator, goes beyond the news headlines to provide an eye-opening account of how some of the most important political decisions in independent India were taken.

Location: 
4130 Wesley W Posvar Hall
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FLAS Fellowship Information Session

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Mon, 11/13/2023 - 12:00

The Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship program is a prestigious and competitive federal award from the U.S. Department of Education that allows select Pitt undergraduate and graduate students to devote full time attention to their chosen modern foreign language and area studies specialty. There are separate competitions for the Academic Year FLAS Fellowship and the Summer FLAS Fellowship. Advanced doctoral students conducting field or archival research in a supported world language may also be eligible.

Location: 
Global Hub, First Floor Posvar Hall

Africa-China Relationship and its Global Impact

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Virtual Conference
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 11/10/2023 - 08:30 to 16:00

This seminar delves into the multifaceted nature of the Africa-China relationship and its impact on the international stage. Exploring the economic, political, socio-cultural, and developmental dimensions of this dynamic partnership, the workshop seeks to analyze how the growing interaction between Africa and China is shaping and influencing the global geopolitical landscape and economic development.

Location: 
Zoom meeting

English Chinese Social Hour

Presenter: 
Linda Lieu
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 10/25/2023 - 12:00 to 13:00

Join the Asian Studies Center in a language and cultural exchange between University of Pittsburgh language learners and international speakers. Registration required.

Location: 
Global Hub
Contact Person: 
Linda Lieu
Contact Email: 
lieul@pitt.edu

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