Dr. Crandol will share insights about his latest publication, Ghost in the Well (Bloomsbury 2021), the first study to provide a full history of the horror genre in Japanese cinema, from the silent era to Classical period movies such as Nakagawa Nobuo’s Tokaido Yotusya kaidan (1959) to the contemporary global popularity of J-horror pictures like the Ring and Ju-on franchises.
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Join us for a lecture by Dr. Rosalind Galt, "Return of the PONTIANAK: Southeast Asian Horror as Postcolonial Cinema."

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JOIN US FOR A VIRTUAL SERIES of films based on the Malay folktales of a blood-sucking ghost born from a woman who dies in childbirth. The smash hit premiered in April 1957 and screened for nearly three months at the local Cathay cinemas. Its success spawned many sequels, including in 2004 and 2019. It is also said to have launched the Pontianak genre in Singapore and Malaysia, with rival Shaw producing its own Pontianak trilogy.
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Mass protests have been seen across Myanmar since the military seized power in February. As an extension of Dr. Will Womack's March 30th lecture about how the political coup and protests have affected the peace process in Myanmar, please join us on April 27th from 5:00-6:30 pm ET for a K-12 educator workshop which will include an interview with Myanmar-based Ei Shwe Sin, Project Manager-Alternative Solutions to Hate and Violence, Search for Common Ground | End Violent Conflict.

Elizabeth Echevarria, Founder and CEO of Living in Liberty discusses her decision to start the organization to combat human trafficking and the work the organization does to aid women and children in Pittsburgh. Services, funding, volunteering, employees, and outreach are all part of the organization's efforts.

November 15th, 2020
6:30-7:30pm
Zoom Discussion

Zoom Link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9238996364?pwd=UFMrTUlQN1QxazFFdmNsenVIdnI5UT09

Federal Employee Wendy Walsh discusses her career at FEMA, as well as her education and prior work that led her to that position.

Please join us for the 8th annual Undergraduate Research Conference, hosted by the Pittsburgh Asia Consortium. This interdisciplinary event will be held virtually this year! Please join us on Zoom for the following student papers:

Telling the China Story: Roots of Tianxia Discourse in River Elegy
Esther Liu, University of Pittsburgh

Blood Isn’t Everything: Transnational Adoption’s Effects on Identity Formation, Racial Identification, and Kinship
Hannah Ku, University of Pittsburgh

Please join us for the 8th annual Undergraduate Research Conference, hosted by the Pittsburgh Asia Consortium. This interdisciplinary event will be held virtually this year! Please join us on Zoom for the following student papers under the topic, "Tolerance and Hatred in Asian Contexts."

The Yasukuni Controversy: History Overtaking Tradition
Amanda Marcus, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

English Vinglish, a comedy directed by acclaimed director Gauri Shinde,follows a housewife Shashi as sheattempts to learn English to stopher husband and daughter from mocking her and gain some much-needed self respect. The beloved film superstar Sridevi shines as Shashi in a performance that the Time of India called "a master-class for actors." This female-directed, woman-centric film explores the roles of family, class, and gender in contemporary India. The film will be streamed on Vimeo, with introduction and Q&A by Silpa Mukherjee,

This is a professional development workshop aimed primarily at faculty and instructors who are interested in teaching on global geopolitics. Participants are encouraged to attend all sessions.

REGISTER: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqce6rqz4qEtd2CGDgQGiXIQXxb8E7k8...

SCHEDULE

8:30 a. m. (EDT)
Welcome and Program Overview