Global Studies Center

Synonyms: 
GSC
Global Studies

China's 1911 Revolution: How it Continues to Influence China (and the World)

Presenter: 
Dr. Kristin Stapleton, Director of the Asian Studies Program, Director of the Confucius Institute, and Associate Professor, Department of History, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 09/24/2011 - 09:30 to 12:00

This is the 11th seminar presented by the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA), the Global Studies Center (UCIS), and the World History Center at the University of Pittsburgh. The general public is welcome.

Location: 
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Patrick Hughes
Contact Email: 
hughespw@pitt.edu

Secrets and Lies

Subtitle: 
Adoption on Film: Families Lost and Found
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 09/17/2011 - 19:30 to 21:30

Mike Leigh’s spare Secrets and Lies provides a lovely and lively contrast to high dramatic representations of adoption and loss. The film asks: What happens after a successful adopted woman, who is black, contacts her birthmother, who is white (played by Brenda Blethyn)?
Nominated for 5 Oscars, Secrets and Lies won 29 other awards, including the Palme d’Or.

Location: 
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
Contact Email: 
mnovy@pitt.edu

To Each His Own

Subtitle: 
Adoption on Film: Families Lost and Found
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 09/17/2011 - 15:00 to 17:00

Olivia de Havilland stars in an Academy-Award winning performance as Jody, a mother managing the complexities of a life with and without her son Griggsy, whom she shares with his adoptive mother and her friend Corinne. A sublime women’s film of the studio era, To Each His Own reveals a sophisticated sense of a birth parent’s loss while demonstrating the sensibilities of its era and genre.

Location: 
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
Contact Email: 
mnovy@pitt.edu

Adopted: For the Life of Me

Subtitle: 
Adoption on Film: Families Lost and Found
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 09/17/2011 - 13:00 to 15:00

Documentarist Jean Strauss follows two older men in search of their first families. Shown on PBS stations in 2010, Adopted: For the Life of Me is especially timely given pending Pennsylvania state legislation addressing closed birth records.

Location: 
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
Contact Email: 
mnovy@pitt.edu

Wo Ai Ni Mommy

Subtitle: 
Adoption on Film: Families Lost and Found
Presenter: 
Stephanie Wang-Breal
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 09/16/2011 - 19:30 to 21:30

This compelling documentary follows the journey of an eight- year-old girl taken from a foster home in China to live with her new parents on Long Island, from first moments together through their first year and a half as a family. The film won the Silverdocs Medal for Best American Feature of 2010. Director Stephanie Wang-Breal will present and discuss.

Location: 
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
Contact Email: 
mnovy@pitt.edu

Celebrating Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sun, 10/02/2011 - 15:00 to 17:00

Join us for a Celebration of Indian Culture, with activities celebrating the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi and his teachings, featuring performances, inter-faith presentations, and more!

There will also be a lecture by Dr. Uma Majmudar, Gandhian researcher and published author:
Gandhi's Legacy of 'Satyagraha' in the Modern World
What is "satyagraha"? Is it passive resistance? Is it civil disobedience?
Why and how did Gandhi coin this term 'satyagraha and what did it mean to him?

Location: 
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
Event Web Site: 
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/gandhi.html
Contact Person: 
sOm Sharma
Contact Phone: 
412-856-6520

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