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.

Presentation Slides (e.g PowerPoint)

Exploring the Asian Diaspora: The Vietnam War and "Inside Out & Back Again"

Intended Audience:

K-12

This PPT is designed for K-12 eudators who are interested in augmenting their study of the Vietnam War and its aftermath. Through the use of award-winning author Thanhhai Lai's "Inside Out & Back Again," this presentation explores themes such as war, loss, immigration, alienation, prejudice, imperialism, assimilation, and diaspora, and offers teaching strategies and materials for various...

Inside Out & Back Again Final PPT.pptx

Exploring the Asian Diaspora: Nailed It

Intended Audience:

K-12, Post-Secondary

Nearly 2 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. This PPT provides K-12 educators with a historical background of Vietnam, the Vietnam War, and the diaspora to the United States and western Pennsylvania that followed in the 1970s and 80s in the hopes of creating new lives and...

Nailed It.pdf

Hunter School Curriculum Component: Global Issues Through Literature

Intended Audience:

K-12

The theme of Globalizing Marginalized Voices is explored through the book Hunter School by Sakinu Ahronglong. This book shares Ahronglong's recollections, folklore, and autobiographical stories from the perspective of an Indigenous Taiwanese man trying to reconnect with his lost tribal identity.

GILS 2024 Hunter School.pdf