Asian Studies Center

Synonyms: 
ASC
Asian Studies

ADDEV Company Info Session

Subtitle: 
A fast-growing company with locations in Pittsburgh and Europe
Presenter: 
ADDEV Associates
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Tue, 02/04/2020 - 16:30 to 18:00

Students, considering career options or a paid summer internship in Europe? Attend the upcoming info session with ADDEV, a fast-growing company with multiple opportunities and locations in Pittsburgh and throughout Europe, to learn more about how you can grow in their company. ADDEV provides high performance materials for aerospace, defense, and transportation industries. They also serve energy, electronics, and the healthcare field. ADDEV is seeking students with backgrounds in business, engineering, finance, project management, economics, and HR.

Location: 
Posvar Hall, Global Hub
Contact Person: 
Steve Lund
Contact Phone: 
412-648-7422
Contact Email: 
slund@pitt.edu

Lantern Festival

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 02/06/2020 - 13:30 to 15:00

Join us in the Global Hub for refreshments, crafts, and games as we celebrate the Lantern Festival, or Yuan Xiao, in honor of the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar.

Location: 
Global Hub

Militarizing the Belt and Road

Subtitle: 
How China's Geoeconomics Impacts Regional Security Architecture in Asia and Beyond
Presenter: 
Matthew Johnson
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 01/31/2020 - 15:00 to 16:30

As China’s global interests expand, how do its leaders envision security abroad? How is their security vision being implemented on the ground? This talk examines the security implications of Xi Jinping’s One Belt, One Road connectivity and investment project from three angles: case studies highlighting cultivation of military and security partnerships; privatization of security; and extension of the security concept into non-traditional domains.

Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall

Engineering Nationalization: State Capacity and Social Reconfiguration in the People’s Republic of China

Presenter: 
Zhaojin Zeng
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 01/23/2020 - 14:00 to 15:30

Nationalization is one of the most important epochal events in the history of twentieth-century China. Through the large-scale expropriation of factories, mines, and plants first from the Nationalists in the late 1940s and then from private businesspeople in the early 1950s, the Communist regime transformed the Chinese economy into full state ownership. More importantly, by eliminating capitalists and private business, nationalization laid the ideological foundation of the Communist rule, a legacy that continues to resonate in contemporary China.

Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh

Exploring the Asian Diaspora: "Nailed It"

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 02/01/2020 - 08:30 to 12:00

Nearly two million Vietnamese immigrants escaped to the United States in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, many of them prospering in America's $8 billion nail economy. Join us as we explore this topic with a screening of the film documentary, "Nailed It," followed by a panel discussion with members of Pittsburgh's Vietnamese community on the enduring economic entrepreneurialism of 20th & 21st century Vietnamese immigrants to the United States, and a K-14 educator workshop on how to utilize digital storymapping in the classroom.

Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall

Local leadership and China’s low-carbon policy experimentation

Presenter: 
Weila Gong
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 01/16/2020 - 12:00 to 13:30

Globally cities are on the front lines of dealing with greenhouse gas and air pollution issues, particularly Chinese cities that are growing rapidly. Steps Chinese cities take to become truly low carbon will ultimately determine China's success to address climate change emissions. Through the case studies of three cities - Shenzhen, Nanchang, Xiamen and Zhenjiang - the research seeks to bring a more nuanced understanding to how China’s pioneer low-carbon city model contributes to China’s climate governance and the bottom-up approach in the world.

Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall

UCIS International Career Toolkit Series: ARYSE Info Session

Presenter: 
Jenna Baron
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 01/30/2020 - 13:00

ARYSE is a local organization that facilitates after school and summer programming for immigrant youth in Pittsburgh. They are currently recruiting for directors and counselors (paid positions) for their summer program, PRYSE Academy.

Through engaging academic curricula, creative expression workshops, team-building activities, field trips, and soccer programming, PRYSE is proven to help participants develop literacy skills, build personal confidence, prepare for the school year, and deepen their sense of belonging.

Location: 
Pitt Global Hub

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