Celebrate Africa brings together guests from the continent with Pitt community
On September 16 and 17, 2022, the Center for African Studies will host the Celebrate Africa event in celebration of the vibrant, diverse cultures of the African continent.
Cruising into Pittsburgh: International graduate students welcomed on Gateway Clipper trip
Nearly 200 international graduate students started their Pitt journeys with a Gateway Clipper river cruise on August 18.
Local Students Excel at the 2021 High School Japanese Speech Contest
PITTSBURGH, PA – The Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania (JASP) and the University of Pittsburgh’s Asian Studies Center jointly hosted the 24th Annual High School Japanese Speech Contest. The contest was held online the week of March 1, and the awards ceremony was broadcast to YouTube on Friday, March 12.
Japan Studies Postdoctoral Fellow: Keisuke Yamada
Keisuke Yamada, (PhD University of Pennsylvania, 2020) is an ethnomusicologist who studies Japanese cultural formations.
Edo Avant-Garde Film Screening with Introduction and DIscussion with Linda Hoaglund
Thursday, January 21, 2021
7:00pm - 9:00pm (Eastern Time) / 6:00pm - 8:00pm (Central Time)
Largest Collection of Tsukioka Kōgyo’s Woodblock Prints Digitized by the University of Pittsburgh Library System
The University of Pittsburgh Library System, which holds the largest collection of artist Tsukioka Kōgyo’s (1869-1927) color woodblock prints outside of Japan, has digitized four complete sets that depict Noh theatre. This online collection comprises the largest digital representation of Kōgyo’s work freely available online.
Remembering E. Maxine Bruhns
The staff of the Asian Studies Center join with our colleagues in UCIS to remember the life of E. Maxine Bruhns who served as director of the Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Program from 1965 until her retirement in January of this year.
Local Students Excel at the 2020 High School Japanese Speech Contest
PITTSBURGH, PA – The Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania (JASP) and the University of Pittsburgh’s Asian Studies Center jointly hosted the 23rd Annual High School Japanese Speech Contest. The contest was held on Friday, March 6th at the William Pitt Union on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh.
In Memoriam: Mae Smethurst
Mae Elizabeth Johnson Smethurst was born 28 May 1935 in Hancock, Michigan and spent her early childhood in nearby Houghton, on the wolf's tongue of Lake Superior. The granddaughter of Finnish immigrants, she spoke Finnish before English.
Local Students Excel at the 2019 High School Japanese Speech Contest
The Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania (JASP) and the University of Pittsburgh’s Asian Studies Center jointly hosted the 22nd Annual High School Japanese Speech Contest on Friday, March 1st at the William Pitt Union on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh. This year 52 students from Western PA competed in this daylong competition.
Dangdut Cowboys to perform in Indonesia as part of cultural exchange program
The Dangdut Cowboys, a Pittsburgh-based band made up of Pitt and CMU faculty, alumni, and graduate students, will perform music in Indonesia as part of a cultural exchange program sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta. The band will perform in Indonesia’s three largest cities – Jakarta, Surabaya, and Medan – from March 8 to March 18, 2019.
Conference on Himalayan Environmental Education and Policy
On November 29 through December 1, a group of over 15 international scholars met in Mussoorie, India to produce informed insight on experiential educational programs that take advantage of the Himalayan region as a vast, outdoor classroom, highlighting the challenges of climate change and the importance of conservation and sustainable, environmentally conscientious deve
ASC Receives National Resource Center and Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowships
The Asian Studies Center has been designated a National Resource Center for East Asia by the U.S. Department of Education. This four-year grant recognizes the ASC for outstanding contributions to undergraduate Asian studies and supports research, outreach, course development, and other academic activities.
Building Development for a New Era available now
Available for download here, Building Development for a New Era: China's Infrastructure Projects in Latin America and the Caribbean is the result of a truly global partnership between three institutions: the University of Pittsburgh, the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), and the Renmin University of China.
Vice Provost Armony writes on Chinese-Latin America Relations
Dr. Ariel Armony, Vice Provost for Global Affairs, has written an article in Dialogo Chino on the subject of China-backed infrastructure worldwide, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean.