Please join us at the Asian Studies Center Welcome Reception on Thursday August 29 from 3-5 pm @ Posvar Patio.

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Welcome Back! 9

We are looking forward to celebrating the start of the new academic year with all of you at our welcome reception this Thursday from 3-5 pm on the Posvar Patio. We had a very exciting summer with the inaugural launch of the Summer Institute for Chinese Studies, the addition of new center staff and our director Joseph Alter playing a key role in the chancellor's trip to India. This Fall, we will kick off our Asia Pop Speaker Series with a focus on the Global Legacy of Asian Popular Music starting with a keynote lecture by Dr. Suk-Young Kim on K-Pop next Thursday September 5 @ 5:30 pm at the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium.

BUILDING ASIA: THE ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY IN POSTWAR EAST ASIA
Professor Maohong Bao from Peking University will examine the steel industry's global environmental history from four aspects: the development of the iron and steel industry in postwar East Asia, East Asia's iron ore and coal import and the environmental impact of resource extraction in production areas; the environmental consequences of iron processing in East Asia; and East Asia's steel exports and their recycling. The lecture will be held at 12 Noon on Wednesday September 4 in 4130 Posvar.

ASIA POP SPEAKER SERIES: KEYNOTE BY DR. SUK-YOUNG KIM
The Asian Studies Center is pleased to present our new Asia Pop Series where we explore a different facet of Asian popular culture. In this first year, we will focus on the global legacy of Asian popular music including K-pop, Idol Pop, Canto and Mando Pop. Dr. Suk-Young Kim, Professor of Theater and Performance Studies at UCLA will deliver the keynote on K-pop on Thursday September 5 at 5:30 pm in the 125 Frick Fine Arts Auditorium. Her lecture is made possible through the generous support of the AAS Northeast Asia Council of Korean Studies.

UPCOMING EVENTS
August 29
Asian Studies Center
Welcome Reception
3-5 pm | Posvar Patio

September 4
Building Asia: The Environmental History of the Iron and Steel Industry in Postwar East Asia
Maohong Bao
12 pm | 4130 Posvar

September 5
Asia Pop Speaker Series: Keynote
Suk-Young Kim
5:30 pm | 125 Frick Fine Arts Auditorium

September 9
Celebrating the Relationship with Pittsburgh and Japan with Garden Design
Shunsaku Miyagi
Humanities Center
602 Cathedral of Learning

BOSTON CAREER FORUM

Thinking about your future in Japan? Looking for an internship or first job? Through the generous support of the Mitsubishi Japan Studies Endowment, the Asian Studies Center will take a group of Pitt students to the Boston Career Forum, the world's largest Japanese Bilingual job fair from November 1-3, 2019. Funding is available for lodging and airfare. To find out more or to apply, please contact us at asia@pitt.edu.

CHINESE VIDEO ART EXHIBITION AT UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY
Materializing Memory presents the work of five young Chinese artists, all born after 1980. Through the medium of video art, these artists explore contemporary Chinese society during a period of profound technological and urban transformation. The exhibition curated by Ellen Larson will be on view at the University Art Gallery from September 3 to October 11. For more information, please click here.