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.

Video

Global Sustainability Amazonia

Intended Audience:

K-12, Post-Secondary

The lectures from this faculty development workshop provide an opportunity to learn about issues related to Amazonia, particularly development, sustainability and conservation.

Global Sustainability Amazonia conference recording sessions 2-5

Re-Imagining the World of Art through Story and Collaboration

Intended Audience:

K-5

In this presentation, author and University of Pittsburgh Nationality Rooms Scholarship recipient, Amy Alznauer, offers ways to incorporate themes from her book about two boys who persevere through the upheavals of China's Cultural Revolution in the 1970s by painting together.

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Summer Institute for Pennsylvania Teachers Presentations

Intended Audience:

K-12

Dr. Michael Giazzoni, Director of College in High School, and Cindy McNulty, Global Competence Director at Oakland Catholic High School, discuss the benefits of dual credit programs and infusion of global content into the curriculum.
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