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11 Oct 2024
October 17, 3:30 PM, University Club, Ballroom A: Guest speaker, Ambassador Mikio Mori, will provide reflections/perspective on how it has changed/grown/deepened since his first appointment as consul in New York in the 1980s.
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9 Apr 2023
Be sure to check the Harris Theater’s film screening of RETURN TO SEOUL today through Wednesday at 5PM ET! Visit trustarts.org/production/879… for tickets and to learn more about the film.
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4 Apr 2023
Join us TONIGHT at 6 PM in 5201 Posvar Hall for the next installment of the Asia Pop Lecture Series where Dr. Lu Chen from Guangzhou University will speak on Consumer activism among players of Chinese female-oriented mobile games.
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3 Apr 2023
Join us today at 3 PM in 3415 WWPH for a screening of the film Those Four Years which follows the journey of the Chinese who settled in India in the 19th century. Following will be a Q&A with creator Dr. Joe Thomas Karackattu!
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29 Mar 2023
Join us this Friday, March 31st at 3 PM in 211 DL Hall or via Zoom for another lecture in the South Asia Lecture Series. Dr. Christopher Chapple will speak on Jain Yoga as a model for diversity and inclusion!
To attend via Zoom, please register at tinyurl.com/ChappleLecture
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27 Mar 2023
Join us TOMORROW, March 28th at 6 PM ET in person in 5201 Posvar Hall for another exciting lecture in the spring Asia Pop: Fan Cultures series as Dr. Ju Oak Kim speaks on The Power of Interdependent Connections: K-pop Fan Culture and Social Media!
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22 Mar 2023
Screening of the hit film The Orphanage is TONIGHT at 5 PM in 4130 Posvar Hall followed by a Q&A with director Shahrbanoo Sadat! The Orphanage follows a 15-year-old Quodrat (Quodratollah Qadiri) and his journey from the streets of Kabul to a juvenile detention “the orphanage.”
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Pitt Asian Studies Center retweeted
15 Mar 2023
Be sure to view the screening of Shahrbanoo Sadat’s film, The Orphanage, next Wednesday, March 22nd, from 5-7pm in room 4130 of Posvar Hall. Following the film, ask questions to the director with an in-person Q&A. If you have any questions, email screenshot@pitt.edu
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1 Mar 2023
Join us Friday, March 3rd at 2 PM in 4130 Posvar Hall or via Zoom for a book talk with author Carla Nappi on Translating Early Modern China: Illegible Cities. Books will also be on sale for purchase. tinyurl.com/TranslatingChina…
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21 Feb 2023
#PittDayofGiving is here! Can you help the Asian Studies Center raise the most money in 24 hours? Help us top the leaderboards by making your #PDoG23 gift and follow our progress here: tinyurl.com/PittDayofGivingA…
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20 Feb 2023
#PittDayofGiving is tomorrow!
On #PDoG23, support the Asian Studies Center, and you can help us transform tomorrow, too: tinyurl.com/PittDayofGivingA…
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15 Feb 2023
Join us this Friday, February 17th at 12 PM ET in 4130 Posvar for the first lecture of our South Asia Lecture Series. This presentation by Dr. Banu Subramaniam, University of Massachusetts Amherst, is titled, “Perhaps the World Ends Here: Spicy Embranglements in the Postcolony.”
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8 Feb 2023
Please join us this Sat, Feb. 11th 11 AM-12:30 PM ET via Zoom for a roundtable with editors of the Journal of Asian Studies. The workshop will focus on increasing range, breadth, and quality of journal article manuscripts for early career scholars.
tinyurl.com/PittASCBoundaryP…
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1 Feb 2023
Join us February 3rd and 4th via Zoom for an online international conference: Global Asia Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities. For more information on this event or to register, please visit bit.ly/globalasia23
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25 Jan 2023
Join us Friday, January 27th at 2 PM in 4130 Posvar Hall or via Zoom for a guest lecture with Dr. Victor Seow as he speaks on his book, Carbon Technocracy: Energy Regimes in Modern East Asia. Please register for this event if attending remotely via tinyurl.com/SeowLecture
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20 Jan 2023
Join the Asian Studies Center for a Lunar New Year Celebration Wednesday, January 25th from 1-3 PM in Posvar’s Global Hub. Food, music, photo booth, crafts and other activities will be provided!
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19 Jan 2023
Join us Tuesday, January 24th at 6 PM ET in person in 5201 Posvar Hall for the first lecture of the spring Asia Pop: Fan Cultures series as Dr. Keisuke Yamada speaks on Exploring Media Ecosystems and Participatory Culture in Contemporary Japan.
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18 Nov 2022
Join us Wed, Nov 30th at 4:30 PM in 211 David Lawrence Hall or via Zoom for the last Asia Now lecture of 2022! Dr. Nancy Guy from the University of California, San Diego will speak on Garbage, Music and Environmental Sustainability in Contemporary Taiwan. tinyurl.com/AsiaNowGuy
16 Nov 2022
Join us Monday, November 28th at 6 PM ET via Zoom for the next Asia Now series lecture. Dr. Shiori Shakuto, Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Sydney will present on Gendered Consumption and Household Plastic Waste in Japan. tinyurl.com/AsiaNowShakuto
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