Pitt's Asian Studies Center to Present Fall 2009 "Asia Over Lunch" Lecture Series
PITTSBURGH-The University of Pittsburgh's Asian Studies Center will present the Fall 2009 "Asia Over Lunch" lecture series at noon on Thursdays beginning Oct. 8 in 4130 Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. Asian Studies is part of Pitt's University Center for International Studies.
The dates, presenters, and titles of the lectures are as follows:
Oct. 8
Young Rae Oum, Pitt postdoctoral student studying Japanese and Korean cultures, "Skewed Sex Ratio at Birth and Women's Roles and Status in South Korea";
Oct. 15
Benjamin Pachter, Pitt PhD candidate in music, "Performing Past and Present: Tradition and Modernity in Japanese Group Taiko Performance";
Oct. 22
Eric C. Shiner, Milton Fine Curator of Art, Andy Warhol Museum, "Reading Warhol into Asian Contemporary Art";
Oct. 29
Chenchen Tang, Pitt graduate student, Graduate School of Pubic and International Affairs (GSPIA), TBA;
Nov. 4
Xiuying Zou, public services librarian, East Asian Library, University of Pittsburgh, "Introduction to Library Resources and Services on Korean Studies at the University of Pittsburgh";
Nov.12
William W. Keller, Pitt professor, GSPIA, "Will the Ecosystem for Information Technology Implode? The Case of Semiconductors in India"; and
Nov. 19
John C. Camillus, Donald R. Beall Professor of Strategic Management, Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, "Humanity, Innovation, and Business Strategy: Lessons From the Indian Experience."
For more information, contact the Asian Studies Center at 412-648-7370 or visit http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/
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