ASIA OVER LUNCH LECTURE – Noon in 4130 Posvar. Please feel free to join us for this lecture – all are welcome to bring their lunch or a snack along if you wish and enjoy!

ASIA OVER LUNCH LECTURE – Noon in 4130 Posvar. Please feel free to join us for this lecture – all are welcome to bring their lunch or a snack along if you wish and enjoy!

Students are invited to a study abroad information session hosted by Alliance for Global Education. Attendees will be introduced to four study abroad programs in China and India. Alliance representative Clay Harmon will discuss:

• China Now: Development, Politics, and Social Change in Beijing
• Contemporary Chinese Society and Language in Shanghai
• Globalization Then and Now: Xi'an
• Contemporary India: Development, Environment, and Public Health

Russell E. Martin is Professor of History at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Penna.   He took his BA in History from the University of Pittsburgh (1986) and his Master's (1989) and Ph.D.

French Immersion institutes are designed for middle and high school French teachers, as well as French majors to broaden their cultural understanding of current events and international studies regarding French-speaking countries, to strengthen their French listening and speaking skills, and to share strategies for the teaching of French language and culture. We will be offering the following workshop spring, 2012

Topic: "Les Elections Présidentielles et Législatives Françaises de 2012

Do you know how to prove how well you speak Chinese, Japanese, or Korean? Come join us to hear from Pitt instructors & students about how to show off what you know for scholarships, jobs, and more! We'll talk about options, which tests are right for you, and even do a sample "OPI" interview in Chinese & Japanese!

Open to all students of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages. Refreshments will be served.

Why do post-conflict countries in Africa have double the rates of female legislative representation compared with countries that have not undergone conflict? In this lecture, Professor Tripp draws from her current book project to explore why post-war countries in Africa have been more open to passing legislation and making constitutional changes relating to women's rights. Her study draws from comparative research across Africa as well as fieldwork in Uganda, Liberia, Congo-Kinshasa and Angola.

Bandai-Namco is offering several internships for talented Japanese-speaking college students. These internships will serve as trial employment periods for students who would like to work at the company headquarters in Japan after graduation.

Those interested in more information are invited to attend an information session with Bandai Namco representatives, to be held on the Carnegie Mellon University campus.

Please register for the event by contacting Yasufumi Iwasaki by email at yiwasaki@andrew.cmu.edu.

Amigos del Cine Latinoamericano Spring 2012 Film Series presents:

Alamar (México, 2009) Director, Pedro González-Rubio. Spanish with English subtitles.

Special Supervisory Agent Bradley Orsini (FBI), who's also a member of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Anti-Human Trafficking Coalition will be speaking about what Human trafficking looks like here in Western PA and the scope of the problem. Light refreshments will be served.