Every year at the beginning of March, the High School Japanese Speech Contest takes place at the William Pitt Union on the University of Pittsburgh's Oakland Campus. Japanese language learners of all...
Our Past Activities
Friday, February 28, 2020 to Saturday, February 29, 2020
Chasing Leviathan: the Environmental, Social and Economic Impacts of Whaling
Friday, February 28
5:30-8:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 29
8:30 a.m. (registration and breakfast) to 4:00 p.m.
Join us...
Thursday, February 27, 2020
This reading group for K-12 educators explores literary texts from a global perspective. Content specialists present the work and its context, and together we brainstorm innovative pedagogical...
Saturday, February 15, 2020
Kamishibai (Paper Theater) is a Japanese art that makes stories come alive for kids. It started in the late 1920s, but is part of a long tradition of picture storytelling. With the advent of...
Saturday, February 1, 2020
Nearly two million Vietnamese immigrants escaped to the United States in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, many of them prospering in America's $8 billion nail economy. Join us as we explore...
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Nuclear Fallout: Science and Society in Europe, "Exposing Cherynobyl"
The hit HBO mini-series Chernobyl thrust the nuclear disaster back into public consciousness. What are its legacies in and...
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Anne Nesbet's novel, Cloud and Wallfish, invites middle-school readers into Berlin in 1989. A limited number of books will be available free of charge to the first registrants for this book...
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Contact Iris at irm24@pitt.edu to participate remotely.