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)

Summer Screenshots: Journey From the Fall

Intended Audience:

K-12

This curriculum component and interview is part of the Summer Screenshots series and accompanied the screening of the film Journey from the Fall, which tells the story of one Vietnamese family's struggle in the aftermath of the Vietnam War.

Journey from the Fall Introduction & Curriculum Component.pdf,

Interview with Journey From the Fall director, Ham Tran

Summer Screenshots: The Missing Picture

Intended Audience:

K-12

This curriculum component is part of the Summer Screenshots Series and was accompanied by the film, The Missing Picture, an autobiographical reflection of the director Rithy Panh's harrowing struggle and survival under the brutal reign of the Khmer Rouge in 1970s Cambodia.

Summer Screenshots Cambodia.pptx

Video

Africa-China Relationship and Its Global Impact Faculty PD Conference

Intended Audience:

9-12, Faculty, Post-Secondary

This faculty professional development conference explores the history, current status, and future of Africa and China’s relationship through a global lens, providing examples of not only Chinese investments in infrastructure in Africa, but from other regions such as Europe, as well.

Africa-China Relationship and its Global Impact