This lecture by Dr. Marc Steinberg, Associate Professor of Film Studies at Concordia University, will situate Japanese mobile gaming within the longer history of mobile platforms in Japan in an effort to better understand the close relationship between mobile gaming and what we now know as the platform economy.

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In this lecture, Dr. Kerry Brown, Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute at King’s College, London, will reveal how the island's shifting fortunes have been shaped by centuries of conquest and by a cast of dynamic characters. Using the backdrop of Cold War intrigue and the rise of its neighbor as a global power, this lecture will examine how this tiny island, caught between the agendas of two superpowers, is attempting to find its place in a rapidly changing world order.

Mottainai with Azby Brown via Zoom. Registration:

Mar 17, 2022 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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The Central Intelligence Agency invites University of Pittsburgh Asian Studies Center students to an hour long Information Session on March 15 from 5-6 pm in Posvar Hall 4217. Two CIA officers will provide information about the mission of Agency and how the organization performs that mission around the world. They will discuss student internship and career opportunities and the application process, specifically highlighting the Directorate of Operations and the Directorate of Analysis.

As we come to know more about trauma, describing a single event—physical or psychological, as ‘traumatic’ often ignores its role as a historical-political-social phenomenon that pertains to much more than an individual’s experience. Perhaps it is the lack of appropriate language within the fields of trauma studies that has caused this disconnect as the stories of survivors are more often than not, tossed aside and regarded as anomalous.

Introduction to Japanese culture for a local cultural awareness club.

Margarita led a tai chi demonstration at Oakland Catholic High

Table for Two will hold a presentation and cooking demonstration about Japanese soy-based foods. This event will be held in-person in the Global Hub on the first floor of Posvar Hall.

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Medoruma Shun is an Okinawan activist, writer, and second-generation survivor of The Battle of Okinawa. He garnered recognition for his writings when he received the Akutagawa Prize in 1997 for his short story Droplets. Many of his short stories include what has been dubbed ‘magic realism’ in which he introduces a hint of mysticism or a touch of the supernatural into stories that take place in the real world. As an activist, Shun speaks out against the many U.S.

Are you interested in doing independent research? Are you unsure about how to take a broad topic of interest and turn it into a research question? This workshop, led by Dr. K. Frances Lieder, UCIS Visiting Professor of Contemporary Global Issues, will help you to begin thinking through potential research topics in a generative and generous low-stakes environment. Any student with an interest in developing an independent academic research project in the social sciences and humanities is welcome. Bring your questions and a general sense of the topics that interest you!