Student Networking Trip to Washington, D.C. on April 2 - 4
The Asian Studies Center is excited to take a limited number of students on a networking trip to Washington D.C. to learn about working in Asian Studies related fields. Students will depart from campus on Thursday, April 2nd and return on Saturday, April 4th. Students will have the opportunity to work one-on-one with advisors and set up individual informational interviews, as well. If you are interested, please complete the following application. For more information, please contact Emily Rook-Koepsel (rookkoepsel@pitt.edu).
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THE AUSTRIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, HISTORY AND CHINA IN THE 1930S
Rebecca E. Karl, a history professor at New York University, will talk about Wang Yanan, Chinese social scientist and economic philosopher, and his 1930s Chinese critique of the Austrian School of Economics. Wang spent a great deal of the 1930s attempting to refute Austrian theories and teachings about the world. Drawing from her recent release, The Magic of Concepts, Karl will present a historical consideration of capitalist economic concepts as they shaped Chinese understandings of their local yet global worlds. Please join us on Friday, February 21st at 3 PM in 3703 Posvar Hall.
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MAKING GREEN TEA FOR AMERICA - AND FOR JAPAN
Professor Robert Hellyer from Wake Forest University will discuss the socio-economic history of green tea in America and Japan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Japan dramatically expanded tea production — especially of high-quality sencha green tea — specifically to meet demand from the United States, then a green tea consuming nation. Soon, a change in American tastes to black teas produced in South Asia brought a decline in Japanese tea exports to the United States. Facing a glut, Japanese tea merchants aggressively marketed sencha at home for the first time, emphasizing its health benefits, which led to a trend that made sencha the definitive daily beverage it remains today. Please join us on Friday, February 21st at 3 PM in 4130 Posvar Hall.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
February 19
Social Movements and Resistance in Global Politics: a conversation
Binalakshmi Nepram, Simten Coşar,
Emily Rook-Koepsel
2 PM | Global Hub
February 20
"Women, War, and Peace in Northeast India"
Binalakshmi Nepram
12 PM | 4130 Posvar
February 21
Making Green Tea for American - and for Japan
Robert Hellyer
3 PM | 4130 Posvar
The Austrian School of Economics, History, and China
Rebecca E. Karl
3 PM | 3703 Posvar
February 28
Pitt in the Himalayas
Information Session
4 PM | 3106 Posvar
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 OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY EAST ASIAN STUDIES CENTER CONFERENCE
Ohio State University (OSU) will host their 50th anniversary East Asian Studies Center conference from Sunday, March 29th to Monday, March 30th. This year's theme, "The Role of East Asian Studies in the 21st Century," will highlight East Asia's vast global significance. The conference will be a great chance to network with others interested in East Asian Studies and will feature several prominent scholars of East Asian Studies. To learn more and register, please visit here.
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 SCREENSHOT: ASIA PRESENTS A THROW OF DICE
Screenshot: [Silent] Asia is excited to announce “A Throw of Dice with live accompaniment by Rez Abbasi.” The special event is a screening of the 2006 digitally restored print of A Throw of Dice (dir. Franz Osten), a 1929 silent Indian film based on a story from the Mahabharata. This screening will be accompanied live by a musical score created for the film by New York jazz artist Rez Abbasi and his quartet. Please join us on Tuesday, March 3rd at 6:30 PM in the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium. Tickets are free but limited. To reserve a spot, please visit here.
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