FIRST TITLE VI-FUNDED PAN-ASIA NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER IN THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES
About Us
Carolina Asia Center is the flagship Asia institute of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the leading center of its kind in the southeastern U.S. Our mission is to promote intercultural exchange between the U.S. and Asia, and to improve and support education and research on Asia.
We develop resources for engagement with Asia-related topics through seminars, language study, outreach, cultural competency, study abroad and visiting scholars programs. Beyond Carolina, we collaborate with regional and international institutions to develop educational programs that focus on Asia.
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Our Work
Learn about our collaborations with professional schools, departments, centers, and student organizations as well as with regional and international institutions to develop educational programs on Asia.
This interactive map to the right lays out every UNC-Chapel Hill connection with Asian schools, universities, governments and research groups! Search for programs here.
Carolina Asia Map
Scholarships
Fund your travel abroad to Asia with the Phillips Ambassadors program, Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships, Mahatma Gandhi Fellowship, or the Weir Honors Fellowship in Asian Studies.
Outreach
Check out the global resources we have available for K-12 and community college educators including over 140 lesson plans, partnerships, professional development in North Carolina and beyond Carolina.
Recent News
Educators Explore Food, Water, and Sustainability around the World and at Home during International Education Week
Food, water, and sustainability are crucial issues around the world—and right here in North Carolina. This fall, the UNC-Duke Area Studies Centers and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) provided teacher education on these vital and interconnected issues … Continued
UNC Area Studies Centers Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge the land and sovereignty of the native peoples in North Carolina and by extension indigenous communities around the world that have been subject to negative effects of colonization, displacement, and historical erasure. We reject this historical erasure by … Continued
Meet our Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants Vy Ton and Kanika Bhalla
The Carolina Asia Center is excited to introduce Vy Ton and Kanika Bhalla, our new Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants (FLTA) for this upcoming year! They will be joining the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at UNC for … Continued
Carolina Asia Center Statement Supporting Tenure for Nikole Hannah-Jones
The Carolina Asia Center stands with the other centers and departments at UNC in urging the UNC Board of Trustees to immediately offer Nikole Hannah-Jones the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism position with tenure. As a Pulitzer Prize … Continued
Upcoming Events
Book Launch: Beyond Liberal Order
Wednesday 4:00 pm
Korean Cinema: The Work of Bong Joon-Ho
Wednesday 7:00 pm
Jane Austen and India, Jane Austen in India
Friday 10:00 am
Southeast Asian Indigeneity
Wednesday 6:00 pm
Global Career Night 2022
Wednesday 5:30 pm
Korean Pop
Tuesday 4:00 pm