Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh

Don’t forget ! We have a movie screening today ! Free tickets (first come, first serve) ! Grab your friends and see you there ! 🥳

THIS PITT DAY OF GIVING, SUPPORT THE WORK WE DO AT THE ASIAN STUDIES CENTER

February 27th is Pitt Day of Giving, the University of Pittsburgh’s annual drive to make a bigger impact in our communities. Each year, the Center sponsors dozens of events including scholarly panels, student language groups, films, and k-12 club visits. It also funds students and faculty studying Asia and works with the Office of Global Experiences to help create educational, fulfilling study-abroad semesters for undergraduates in diverse places, from Kyoto to the Himalayas. If you would like to help support our programming, donate at the link in the bio ! Thank you for your continued support 🥳

Want to learn more about Asian American representation in history? Join our book discussion group of Yunte Huang's Anna May Wong biography DAUGHTER OF THE DRAGON. Wong was the first Asian American actress in Hollywood. Her decades-long career, as well as her foray into European films, speaks the challenges that many Asian American actors have faced in Hollywood and also to the question of Asian American erasure in Hollywood history. We will be providing copies of the book and refreshments!

One course credit option available. For more information or to sign up, please email Emily Rook Koepsel at [email protected]

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Hello everyone! Recharge your batteries with our movie screening HIDDEN LETTERS! Hidden Letters follows two Chinese millennial women united by the secret language of sisterhood, Nüshu, revealing their challenges and aspirations in a patriarchal society.
There are some free tickets while supply lasts, so grab yours today!
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SCREENSHOT: Asia Trailer watch party!
Come watch all the trailers of all the movies that will be showcased during the SCREENSHOT Asia Festival and enjoy good food like dumplings, Asian snacks and more!
Win prizes like T-shirts and many more!
Date: 14th September 2023
Time: 5 to 6pm
Location: Global Hub
of Pittsburgh

Be sure to check the Harris Theater’s film screening of RETURN TO SEOUL today through Wednesday at 5PM ET! Visit https://trustarts.org/production/87919/return-to-seoul for tickets and to learn more about the film.

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.

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!

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 https://tinyurl.com/ChappleLecture

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!

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 called “the orphanage” where he daydreams of action-packed Bollywood heroics while the Soviets maintain control and the Mujahideen fight to take their land back.

Questions? Email us at [email protected]

Join us Friday, March 3rd at 2 PM in 4130 Posvar Hall or via Zoom for a book talk with author Carla Nappi from the University of Pittsburgh on Translating Early Modern China: Illegible Cities which offers a new interpretation on the history of translation in China. Books will also be on sale for purchase.

For Zoom attendees, please register via https://tinyurl.com/TranslatingChinaPitt

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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.”

Please join us this Saturday, February 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.

To register for this event, please visit https://tinyurl.com/PittASCBoundaryPushing

Join us February 3rd and 4th via Zoom for an online international conference: Global Asia Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities. The faculties of the Asian Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman and the Asian Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh will join to deliver a series of papers that focus on several aspects of Global Asia, including Asia’s critical and ever-expanding role on the global stage regarding issues such as globalization, environmental sustainability, health, and labor migration.

To register or view the presenter abstracts visit bit.ly/globalasia23

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 https://tinyurl.com/SeowLecture

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!

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. Vocaloid and DMT (desktop music) phenomena will be discussed to illustrate how interactive media has empowered fan bases.

Join us Wednesday, November 30th at 4:30 PM ET in 211 David Lawrence Hall or via Zoom for the last lecture in the 2022 fall Asia Now series! Dr. Nancy Guy from the University of California, San Diego will speak on Garbage, Music and Environmental Sustainability in Contemporary Taiwan.

To view via Zoom, please register at https://tinyurl.com/AsiaNowGuy

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.

To register for Zoom, please visit https://tinyurl.com/AsiaNowShakuto

Join us Wednesday, November 16th at 5:45 PM ET via Zoom for a China Town Hall discussion about China’s Belt and Road initiative by Matthew D. Johnson, AltaSilva VP and Director of Research.

To register, please visit https://tinyurl.com/ChinaTownHallLecture

Join CMU IFF, SCREENSHOT: Asia, UPitt Asian Studies Center supported by aKDPhi, and Big Straw Magazine for a night of short films produced by Asian filmmakers, followed by a keynote presentation from Milky Tran.

NOVEMBER 9th, 7PM @ McConomy Auditorium (Jared L. Cohon University Center, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh) - FIRST 50 PEOPLE TO ATTEND GET FREE BOBA!

Register to reserve your spot: https://bit.ly/3DoO97j

Join us this Wednesday, November 2nd at 4:30 PM ET in 211 David Lawrence or via Zoom for the next Asia Now lecture. Montana State University Professor of History, Dr. Brett L. Walker, will speak about the World War II-era Japanese destroyer, Yukikaze, which fought in most of the major battles of the Pacific Theater.

For Zoom registration, please visit https://tinyurl.com/AsiaNowWalker

Don’t forget to join us THIS SATURDAY at 7 PM for an exciting byeonsa (변사) performance of the silent film Crossroads of Youth (청춘의 십자로)! The event will be held on the 7th floor of Alumni Hall and is FREE to all community members.

To register, please visit https://tinyurl.com/byeonsa2022

SCREENSHOT: Asia presents KOREAN BYEONSA! Join us Saturday, November 5th at 7 PM ET in Alumni Hall 7th floor for a screening of the silent film Crossroads of Youth (청춘의 십자로). Just as in the Byeonsa era of Korea, the screening will be accompanied by live narration, music and actors.
This event is FREE! To register please visit https://tinyurl.com/byeonsa2022

Interested in living and working in Japan? Join us for the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program Info Session on Wednesday, October 19 at 6 pm ET in 4130 Posvar or via Zoom to learn about this opportunity. Both JET alumni and the Consulate General of Japan in New York will present.

For more information, check out https://www.japanstudies.pitt.edu/events-news/news-and-events #1120
To register for the virtual session, please visit https://tinyurl.com/JETvirtual