Dr. Smeliansky is a theatre scholar, writer and critic, who has published extensively on Konstantin Stanislavsky, the history of the Moscow Art Theatre, and the literary legacy of Mikhail Bulgakov. He is the Associate Artistic Director of the Moscow Art Theatre, Dean of the Moscow Art Theater School, and a founding director of the joint graduate acting and dramaturgy program between the Moscow Art Theater School and the A.R.T. Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University.

This lecture will explore the manner in which Darwin prepared his case and crafted his text to meet the skeptics. This analysis will raise questions about the criteria demanded for the acceptance of evidence and prompt reflection on the present state of the subject.

In conjunction with the traveling exhibit "Rewriting the Book of Nature: Charles Darwin and the Rise of Evolutionary Theory" from the National Library of Medicine.

A screening of works and a conversation with Masayo Kajimura, a Berlin-based video and installation artist. In her work Masayo creates a rich multi-layered flow of images that draw on settings and motifs from various global locations and cultural settings. Sharp insights and provocations underlie these evocative, lyrical, and associative projects.

Chinese gazetteers are local histories that contain information about a site or a region. Gazetteers generally collect previous works concerning a place, often in a variety of genres (essays, poems, inscriptions, biographies, etc.). They are typically difficult to use even for native readers. Even locating the relative texts can prove challenging. This workshop will introduce participants to work with two large collections of Buddhist temple gazetteers published in Taiwan and China over the last 30 years.

The Asian Studies Center and the Global Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh are teaming up with the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations (NCUSCR) to present CHINA Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections.

In Korean, the liquid was avoided in word-initial position until the late nineteenth century although it was used intervocalically and syllable-finally. Since Chinese vocabulary was imported around the eighth century, the Chinese lateral [l] in word-initial position was borrowed as [n]. This substitution is still strictly applied to Sino-Korean common words by orthographic regulation. However, since the late nineteenth century, the word-initial liquid has manifested itself in loanwords and Sino-Korean proper names.

Join us for a networking event and panel discussion!
* What are the challenges faced by individuals taking their companies global from the US?
* What challenges do foreign entrepreneurs experience when bringing their companies to the US?
* What are some solutions to close the divide and open up opportunities?
* Who is providing these solutions?

Panelists:
Ilana Diamond, Sima Corporation
David Iwinski, Blue Water Growth, LLC
More to be announced soon!

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Bellefield Auditorium: 315 S. Bellefield Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Doors open at 7:00 PM
FREE WITH PITT ID!
General Admission: $5
Free for children under 12
Tickets sold at the door.

A corollary to the traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine: "Rewriting the Book of Nature: Charles Darwin and the Rise of Evolutionary Theory."