Qi is a key element in Chinese cosmology and is important for understanding how people practice Traditional Chinese Medicine and fengshui in Taiwan. As qi is an intangible, invisible concept, it is important to determine how people sense the existence of it. In response, Sung looks at material culture to examine new Taiwanese fengshui objects and modern diagnoses devices of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Join the Center at the first of our country-themed social gatherings with a celebration of Oktoberfest! Enjoy music, rootbeer flights and pretzels, and get to know our Center Director, staff, and some of our affiliated faculty. Meet with other students interested in German and/or European Studies, and if you are a student who has traveled to Germany and would like to submit a photo from your travels, enter your favorite for a chance to win our photo contest. Please send your photo to euce@pitt.edu as an attachment prior to the event.

Mircea Geoana served as President of the Romanian Senate from 2008 to 2011 and Chairman of the Social Democratic Party from 2005 to 2011. In 2009 he was a candidate for President of the country. He has served as Ambassador to the United States and as Chair in Office of the OSCE. Goeana’s views on foreign policy, transitional economies and globalization have been featured in the New York Times, International Herald Tribune, The Atlantic, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, CNN, BBC, PBS, Bloomberg, TV5 and Fox Business.

Professor Jonathan Harris has taught courses in international relations, comparative politics, and on Soviet and Russian foreign and domestic policies at the University of Pittsburgh since the mid-1960s. He has also served as the editor of the Russian and East European Series for the University of Pittsburgh Press since the mid-1980s. His most recent books are Subverting the System: Gorbachev’s Reform of the Party’s Apparat, 1986-1991 and The Split in Stalin’s Secretariat, 1939-1948. He has recently begun research on decision making during the reign of N.S. Khrushchev.

Dr. Martens is Chief Executive of The European Policy Centre, a Brussels-based think tank set up to promote European integration. He is the founder of Martens International Consulting, specializing in international consultancy and customized training for a number of major companies, and the author of a number of books and articles on European integration, monetary affairs, and business strategies for the European market. Questioning whether Europe finally has the Euro crises under control, Martens will also present his analysis of the future direction of European integration.

ACTR representative Graham Hetlinger will meet with undergraduate and graduate students to discuss potential funding opportunities for research and language fellowships. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and to get a sense of what kinds of ACTR support is best matched to your interests and stage of study. For background information (to prepare questions in advance, so as to use the time better), see http://www.americancouncils.org/researchFellowships.php. Please attend!

The Cultural Arts of the Holocaust: A Conference Offering Teaching & Educational Perspectives

A new play about Raphael Lemkin by Robert Skloot. Followed by Q&A with the author.

Testimonies of Kristallnacht read by Pitt students and a lecture by professor Robert Skloot (University of Wisconsin).

China's rapid development and Sino-American relations have a direct impact on the lives of just about everyone in the United States. CHINA Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections, is a national day of programming designed to provide Americans across the United States and beyond the opportunity to discuss these issues with leading experts.