This article originally appeared in the Carolina Asia Center Spring 2016 newsletter. Read the entire newsletter here. “What brings you to China?” The question I get most often is sometimes the most difficult to answer. I always want to respond, … Continued

This article originally appeared in the Carolina Asia Center Spring 2016 newsletter. Read the entire newsletter here. The Carolina Asia Center invited the campus community to the FedEx Global Education Center this fall for an interdisciplinary discussion of Chinese urbanization. … Continued

Ackland Art Museum Appoints First Curator of Asian Art CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina ― The Ackland Art Museum at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill today announced the appointment of Bradley M. Bailey as its new associate curator … Continued

This article originally appeared in the Carolina Asia Center’s fall 2014 newsletter. Read the entire newsletter here. Through the Jimmy and Judy Cox Asia Initiative Awards, the Carolina Asia Center awarded eight research travel grants and four conference travel awards … Continued

Award an exciting first for UNC’s Carolina Asia Center CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – A recent award from the U.S. Department of Education firmly positions the Carolina Asia Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as the first … Continued

The Carolina Asia Center has received the prestigious John E. Sawyer Seminars on the Comparative Study of Cultures grant. This is a significant addition to the Center’s work, enhancing our focus in a new and cutting-edge research.

CHAPEL HILL — The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded $2 million from the Freeman Foundation to support its Asian studies program. The gift will fund faculty positions, course development grants, … Continued