Asian Studies Center

Synonyms: 
ASC
Asian Studies

Mid-Autumn Festival

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Mon, 09/12/2022 - 13:00 to 15:00

Join the Asian Studies Center for a Mid-Autumn Festival! Come enjoy mooncakes, candy, tea, a lantern-making activity, and the chance to win prizes!

Location: 
Global Hub

Japanese Language Pedagogy Workshop: Using Nihongo Now! Activities to Supplement K-12 Japanese Language Lessons

Presenter: 
Dr. Stephen Luft
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 09/15/2022 - 18:00

Join the University of Pittsburgh Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures and Pitt's Asian Studies Center for a workshop focusing on new learning techniques in K-12 Japanese Language Education. This course is geared towards enhancing the teaching of K-12 Japanese Language Educators.

Location: 
Online via Zoom
Contact Person: 
Stephen Wludarski
Contact Email: 
swludarski@pitt.edu

Video Party and DJ Night: Celebrating Asian Music/Music Videos

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 09/09/2022 - 20:00

Join Screenshot: ASIA for a Video Party and DJ Night celebrating Asian music and music videos. Videos are by Warren Fu, director (Doja Cat, Daft Punk, Maggie Rogers) and mamesjao, director (Trippie Red, Amber Liu, August 08). Live Q&A with: no_4mat, director and musician; Kwan Au, director and CGI artist; mui zyu, director and musician. Music by: DJ Formosa (from Jellyfish, a queer DJ collective). Snacks, pizza, and refreshments will be provided! This event is geared toward undergraduate students.

Location: 
O'Hara Student Center Ballroom, 2nd Floor

The Emergence of "Noise" in Industrial Japan: An/aesthetic Strategies for Factory Management

Presenter: 
Dr. Keisuke Yamada, Dr. Andrew Niess
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 09/07/2022 - 16:30 to 17:45

In this first lecture of the Asia Now 2022 fall lecture series, Dr. Keisuke Yamada and Dr. Andrew Niess discuss how early twentieth-century Japanese intellectuals, policymakers, and bureaucrats understood the nexus of sound, music, and labor in industrial management. Japanese authors considered how to contend with sō-on (noise) in factories, which, for managers, threatened productivity.

Location: 
211 David Lawrence Hall or online via Zoom

Global Carnival

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 08/25/2022 - 17:00

Join us as we celebrate diverse cultures with Pitt's cultural departments and student organizations along with local Pittsburgh partners.

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