2:00-2:30 - Cemented River, Forced Migrants, and Rainbow Trout: A Multispecies Tale of the Xin'anjiang Hydropower Plant, Ling Zhang, Boston College.

2:30-2:50 - Discussion, Jesse Rodenbiker, Cornell University, and Weila Gong, Technical University of Munich. Open forum Q/A.

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12:00-12:10 - Recap and overview, Ruth Mostern, University of Pittsburgh

12:10-12:30 - Equality of Life: A Buddhist Teaching for an Ecological Civilization, Jeffrey Nicolaisen, Duke University

12:30-12:50 - Rethinking the Nature-Culture Nexus in the Ethnic Rural Context of Southwest China, Luo Yu, City University of Hong Kong

12:50-1:10 - Discussion, Emily Yeh, University of Colorado, Boulder. Open forum Q/A.

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2:00-2:30 - Geopiety and the Rights of Nature--Unmaking the ChinAmeriComplex, Christopher Coggins, Bard College at Simon's Rock.

2:30-3:00 - Discussion, Jeffrey Nicolaisen, Duke University and Shiming Yang, University of Southern California. Open forum Q/A.

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12:00-12:10 - Welcome, Joseph S. Alter, University of Pittsburgh

12:15-12:35 - Making Ecology Developmental: A Global Geneology of China's Green Modernization, Jesse Rodenbiker, Cornell University and Rutgers University-New Brunswick

12:35-12:55 - Rubber's Reach: How Chinese rubber investments transform landscapes, livelihoods, and state control in China and Laos, Juliet Lu, UC Berkeley

12:55-1:15 - Discussion, Corey Byrnes, Northwestern University. Open forum Q/A.

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Have you wished for the opportunity to work with colleagues at your school to globalize a unit, lesson, or module?

Have you wished for the opportunity to work with colleagues at your school to globalize a unit, lesson, or module?

Have you wished for the opportunity to work with colleagues at your school to globalize a unit, lesson, or module?

The Pitt Global Hub and Asian Studies Center are excited to announce our last event in our programmatic series in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!

#PittAPAHM: Unpacking APIA Identity as Pitt Students is student-led panel discussion featuring Albert Tanjaya, Lauren Yu, and Weiyi Tu, moderated by Cynthia Truong.

Please join us on Saturday, May 30th from 5-6PM to close out the month! Register here: https://bit.ly/3bOMKY9

"The Missing Picture," the first film of our three-part series, is an autobiographical documentary by Rithy Panh. The film recounts Panh's childhood in Cambodia during the brutal takeover by the Khmer Rouge.

The film will be screened at 4:00 pm followed by a discussion at 6:00 pm. A curriculum module will be provided at the close of the program. To register, click here.

Join us for a K-14 educators companion online program to the 2020 Summer Institute for Chinese Studies (SICS) at the University of Pittsburgh. The curriculum workshop will provide a historical overview of China's relationship with the environment, ways to integrate it into the classroom and preview presentations by select 2020 SICS scholars. Participating educators will then be encouraged to attend online the key presentations of the summer institute. Register here.