Asian Studies Center

Synonyms: 
ASC
Asian Studies

From Africans to India: Sidi Music from the Indian Ocean Diaspora

Presenter: 
Dr. Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Mon, 03/18/2019 - 17:00 to 20:00

Closing Reception for Africans in India: From Slaves to Rulers and Generals Exhibition
5:00-6:00 pm | University Art Gallery

Film Screening: From Africa to India: Sidi Music from the Indian Ocean Diaspora
and Q&A w/ director Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy
6:00-8:00 pm | 125 Frick Fine Arts Auditorium

Location: 
125 Frick Fine Arts Auditorium

"I See Dh Everywhere Now!"

Subtitle: 
Teaching the Challenges and Possibilities of East Asian Digital Humanities
Presenter: 
Molly Des Jardin
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
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Date: 
Fri, 01/25/2019 - 16:30 to 18:00

This talk will examine the course "East Asian Digital Humanities" taught by Dr. Des Jardin at Penn, covering the format and content of the course, the students and their expertise, and its broader implications for digital humanities pedagogy and community building. By introducing several specific aspects of digital humanities methods that are complicated by the vagaries of data based in East Asian sources, Dr. Des Jardin will demonstrate how she approached teaching about the seminar's various topics through examining real-world research cases in addition to theory and method.

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4130 Posvar Hall
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Meppi Japan Lecture Series

Subtitle: 
Beyond Haiku: Japanese Poetry In Time and Art
Presenter: 
Elizabeth Oyler
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
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Date: 
Thu, 01/17/2019 - 19:00 to 20:30

Haiku, arguably Japan’s most recognized form of poetry, developed into the poetic form we know and love today through hundreds of years of evolution. Inseparably integrated with Japanese history, Haiku has a notable influence on Japanese poetry, art, and society.

Location: 
Alphabet City Word Cellar, 40 W North Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15212
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The New Triangular Relationship Between the U.S., China, Latin America, and the Caribbean

Subtitle: 
Socioeconomic Conditions and Challenges
Presenter: 
Enrique Dussel Peters
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Tue, 01/15/2019 - 15:00 to 16:30

The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS), the Asian Studies Center, and the University Center for International Studies (UCIS) at the University of Pittsburgh present:

The New Triangular Relationship Between the U.S., China, Latin America, and the Caribbean: Socioeconomic Conditions and Challenges
With Enrique Dussel Peters
Professor of Economics, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)

January 15, 2019
Alcoa Room - Barco Law Building
3:00 p.m.

Location: 
Alcoa Room, Barco Law Building
Cost: 
Free
Contact Email: 
asia@pitt.edu

CERIS Spring 2019 Book Discussions for Educators

Subtitle: 
Islam after Communism
Presenter: 
James Pickett
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 02/15/2019 - 17:00

Please join us for dinner and what promises to be an informative read & book discussion on Islam After Communism by Adeeb Khalid.
James Pickett, Assistant Professor, History Department, University of Pittsburgh will facilitate the discussion.
Please register at: https://cerisnet.secure.pitt.edu/resource/faculty-readers-forum

Location: 
4217 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Global Studies Center
Contact Email: 
global@pitt.edu

Characters and Words in Learning and Teaching Chinese

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Presenter: 
Dr. Lin Chen
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
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Date: 
Fri, 12/07/2018 - 12:00 to 13:30

Writing systems, the ways that orthography maps to phonology and semantics, influence word reading. In written Chinese, the character is a basic writing unit maps onto a single syllable morpheme. The morphosyllabic nature of the Chinese writing system brings some challenges to Chinese learning and Chinese teaching. Dr.

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4130 Posvar Hall
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The Making of God's Subject:

Subtitle: 
Christian Conversion and Urban Youth in China
Presenter: 
Wonji Yoo, PhD Candidate
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Fri, 12/07/2018 - 10:00 to 11:30
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3106 WWPH, Anthropology Lounge
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Cinema after 3/11

Presenter: 
Akira Lippit
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 11/30/2018 - 15:00 to 16:30

Dr. Lippit is the T.C. Wang Family Endowed Chair in Cinematic Arts in the Division of Cinema and Media Studies from University of Southern California. His published work includes Electric Animal: Toward a Rhetoric of Wildlife (2000), Atomic Light (Shadow Optics) (2005), Ex-Cinema: From a Theory of Experimental Film and Video (2012), and Cinema without Reflection: Jacques Derrida's Echopoiesis and Narcissism Adrift (2016).

Location: 
501 Cathedral of Learning

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