Dialect and the Making of Modern China
By studying fangyan and regional languages, such as Shanghainese and Cantonese, Dr. Gina Anne Tam hopes to reveal how these lesser spoken languages differ from Mandarin, China's official national language. Her research finds that 1920's folksong collectors, communist-period playwrights, contemporary hip-hop artists, and popular protestors perceived fangyan to be more authentic and representative of China's national culture and its history than Mandarin. She will discuss her research and findings in her lecture "Dialect and the Making of Modern China." Please join us on Thursday, November 7th at 4 PM in 3703 Posvar Hall.
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NUCLEAR ENERGY 2.0: FUNDAMENTALLY SAFE AND MANUFACTURED SYSTEMS
Dr. Ning Li from Xiamen University is the co-founder and senior advisor of the Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation, a United States based company dedicated to advanced nuclear development and commercialization based on fuel and micro-modular reactors. His talk "Nuclear Energy 2.0: Fundamentally Safe and Manufactured Systems" will focus on how the world can mollify global warming while meeting the increased demands for 24-hour energy. Please join us on Wednesday, November 6th at 12 PM in 4130 Posvar Hall.
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LOOKING OUT FROM GUJARAT
The keynote address titled "Looking Out from Gujarat: The Local and the Cosmopolitan in South Asia's Eighteenth Century" by Dr. Samira Sheikh of Vanderbilt University will conclude a day-long workshop focused on rethinking India's eighteenth century. We invite you to attend the public lecture on Friday November 8 at 4:30 pm 602 Cathedral of Learning. For more information, please visit earlymodernworlds.pitt.edu. If you would like to attend the workshop, please contact Dr. James Pickett at pickettj@pitt.edu.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
November 6
Nuclear Energy 2.0
NING LI
12 PM | 4130 Posvar
November 7
Dialect & the Making of Modern China
GINA TAM
4 PM | 3703 Posvar
The Cloud of Doubt: Making Sense of the Sensible in Postwar Chinese Cinema
WEIHONG BAO
5:30 PM | 602 CL
November 8
Looking Out from Gujarat
SAMIRA SHEIKH
4:30 pm | 602 Cathedral
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SPRING INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY
The Center is offering a 3 credit pre-professional internship for undergraduate students through the Partnership Advancing Globalized Education (PAGE) program. This internship is perfect for students who may be interested in secondary Social Studies with a focus on the history, culture, and present-day issues of China. The intern will work closely with a student teacher from Pitt's School of Education to observe a high school class and craft lessons about Asia for the classroom curriculum. Preference will be given to applicants who are currently pursuing the Asian Studies Certificate. For more information or to apply, please e-mail asia@pitt.edu before Friday, November 8th.
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 THE CLOUD OF DOUBT: MAKING SENSE OF THE SENSIBLE IN POSTWAR CHINESE CINEMA WITH WEIHONG BAO
The University's Film Studies Program is hosting an event that will be led by Weihong Bao. Bao will analyze several movies released by the Shanghai cinema industry during the country's post-war phase to speak about how war changes one's social dynamics and perceptions of the world. The close examination of works that range from psychological thriller to noir to horror, she believes, will show how the public is captivated by works built around doubt and ambivalent atmospheres. Please join us on Thursday, November 7th at 5:30 PM in 602 Cathedral of Learning.
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