Asian Studies Center | UCIS Outreach

The Asian Studies Center is Western Pennsylvania’s regional resource for research, teaching, learning and building connections about Asia. Through 106 affiliated faculty with expertise spanning the academic disciplines, we foster multidisciplinary academic programming and community engagement. Founded in 1969, the Center is widely recognized as one of the best and most comprehensive in the country for programs in Chinese and Japanese language and culture studies, with growing strengths in Indian and Korean studies.

Web Site:

http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc

Services Offered:

Cultural Festivals

Internships

Professional Development Workshops

Resource Lending Library

Activities Presented in Conjunction with Asian Studies Center

Resources

Here is a sample of materials generated by the Asian Studies Center or as a result of programming in which they participated.

Weblinks

Summer Institute for Global Educators 2021: Math, Art, and Culture and the Boy Who Dreamed of Infinity

Intended Audience:

K-12

In this presentation, Indian Nationality Room Scholarship recipient and children's book author, Amy Alznauer, ties the themes of math, art, and culture into her children's book, "The Boy Who Dreamed of Infinity," and offers strategies for creative ways to teach math and art in the K-12 classroom.

Math, Art, and Culture and the Boy Who Dreamed of Infinity

Summer Institute for Global Educators 2021: Reflecting on Depictions of the ‘Other’: Images of Russia and Russians

Intended Audience:

Higher Education, K-12

In this presentation, Dr. Sean Guillory, Digital Scholarship Curator of the Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies Center at UCIS, presents on “Sketching Russia: American Caricatures of Russia since the 19th c."

Reflecting on Depictions of the ‘Other’: Images of Russia and Russians”

Summer Institute for Global Educators 2021: Resources for Secondary Educators

Intended Audience:

9-12

In this presentation, Dr. Susan Dawkins, Engagement Coordinator for the Center for Russian, East European & Eurasia Studies at UCIS, shares resources for secondary educators.

Resources for Secondary Educators