Asian Studies Center

Synonyms: 
ASC
Asian Studies

Fall 2024 Global Distinction Drop-In Hours

Presenter: 
Molly McSweeney
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Tue, 11/05/2024 - 12:00 to 13:00

Attention: Undergraduate students! Are you looking to gain experience that will help prepare you for a globally-connected job market? Stop by Drop-In Hours to learn more about getting the Global Distinction added to your academic transcript, receiving special recognition at graduation, and standing out to prospective employers!

Location: 
Global Hub
Contact Person: 
Molly McSweeney
Contact Email: 
mcm206@pitt.edu

Fall 2024 Global Distinction Drop-In Hours

Presenter: 
Molly McSweeney
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 12:00 to 13:00

Attention: Undergraduate students! Are you looking to gain experience that will help prepare you for a globally-connected job market? Stop by Drop-In Hours to learn more about getting the Global Distinction added to your academic transcript, receiving special recognition at graduation, and standing out to prospective employers!

Contact Person: 
Molly McSweeney
Contact Email: 
mcm206@pitt.edu

Fall 2024 Global Distinction Drop-In Hours

Presenter: 
Molly McSweeney
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 12:00 to 13:00

Attention: Undergraduate students! Are you looking to gain experience that will help prepare you for a globally-connected job market? Stop by Drop-In Hours to learn more about getting the Global Distinction added to your academic transcript, receiving special recognition at graduation, and standing out to prospective employers

Location: 
Global Hub
Contact Person: 
Molly McSweeney
Contact Email: 
mcm206@pitt.edu

Front-Line Issues: War, Climate, and Refugees

Presenter: 
Daniel Briggs, Lauren Herzer Risi
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 03/27/2025 - 13:00 to 14:30

The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently predicted that global average temperatures will rise 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in the mid-2030s. Over the last decades, a global network of scholars, policy makers, activists, and others have organized to offer ways to mitigate and even reverse the effects of climate change. What offramps can these solutions and movements offer our collective humanity?

Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall

Kicking the Hydrocarbon Habit

Presenter: 
Pawel Czyzak, Zhaojin Zeng
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 02/06/2025 - 13:00 to 14:30

The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently predicted that global average temperatures will rise 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in the mid-2030s. Over the last decades, a global network of scholars, policy makers, activists, and others have organized to offer ways to mitigate and even reverse the effects of climate change. What offramps can these solutions and movements offer our collective humanity?

Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall

Eurasian Environments in Global Context

Presenter: 
Eve Darian Smith
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 15:00 to 16:30

The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently predicted that global average temperatures will rise 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in the mid-2030s. Over the last decades, a global network of scholars, policy makers, activists, and others have organized to offer ways to mitigate and even reverse the effects of climate change. What offramps can these solutions and movements offer our collective humanity?

Location: 
Zoom

Korea-China Relations and China's Northeast Asia Project

Presenter: 
Dr. Wonyoup Lee
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 15:00

This talk will analyze the various parts of China’s “Northeast Asia Project” and its role in the structure of Korea-China relations. The Northeast Asia project was a scholarly project conducted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences on the history of the region. It views the region as a unified multiethnic Chinese state and provides the historical basis for current regional relations. 

Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall

2024 AIU Social Studies Symposium. A Confluence of Concepts!

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 08:00

The 2024 AIU Social Studies Symposium with the theme “A Confluence of Concepts “is geared toward K-12 Social Studies educators. The event brings together teachers from western Pennsylvania to share resources, opportunities, and research for the benefit of students. The conference features 35-minute PowerTalk’s from educators, curriculum providers and community organizations to stimulate thinking about the best ways to engage students in learning historical thinking concepts.

Location: 
Allegheny Intermediate Unit
Contact Person: 
Veronica Dristas
Contact Email: 
dristas@pitt.edu

Global Migrations: Political, Economic, and Climatic Changes Faculty PD Conference

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 11/08/2024 - 08:30 to 15:30

Please join us on Friday, November 8, 2024 from 8:30 am-3:30 pm ET for this FREE online faculty professional development conference that will explore the topic of migration today through the lens of politics, economics, and climatic changes. The day's schedule will be comprised of four presenters who will each address the topic through different globally thematic and regional perspectives. A Zoom meeting link will be emailed to registrants one week before the conference and again the day before the conference.

Contact Person: 
Global Studies Center
Contact Phone: 
412-648-5085
Contact Email: 
global@pitt.edu

Global Partnership: A New Frontier of Japan-US Relationship with Ambassador Mikio Mori

Presenter: 
Ambassador Mikio Mori
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 15:30

“The U.S.-Japan Alliance has reached unprecedented heights “. This was clearly stated in the Joint Leaders Statement released this past April. Cooperation between the two countries has never been so necessary, not only from bi-lateral perspective, but also from global point of view. Ukrainian crisis, the situation in Middle East, successive missile launches by North Korea, unilateral attempts to change the status quo - these are all urgent issues that must be addressed by Japan and the United States.

Location: 
University Club Ballroom A

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