Pitt Asian Studies Center

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.

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.

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 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 “the orphanage.”

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

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/TranslatingChi…

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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 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/PittASCBoundar…

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

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

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.

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

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