Southeast Asian Language Workshops (Session 1)
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Asian Studies at UNC and Abroad
FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1009 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesInterested in an Asian Studies major or minor? Thinking of study abroad in Asia? Don't miss this info-packed workshop on Asian Studies at UNC and Abroad! Bring your questions and a notebook. Refreshments provided. Lunch will be served beginning … Read more
2017 UNC System Asia Scholar Network Conference
Registration for this event is now full. 8:30-9:00 AM: Registration, Coffee & Pastries 9:00-9:15 AM: Welcome Remarks 9:15 AM-12:45 PM: Chinese Language Pedagogy Roundtables Roundtable 1: Course Design and Teaching Methodology: Chinese as a Foreign Language in the UNC … Read more
Duke-UNC Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Graduate Student Workshop, ‘Affect in Dissent: Past and Present’
Campus Y, Queen Anne Lounge Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesMuslims across the globe, from the Middle East, North America, South Asia and beyond, have been in constant engagement with the changing material and social conditions of human experience. The conference will explore the multiple ways that Muslims in various … Read more
Southeast Asian Language Workshops (Session 3)
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Southeast Asia Speaker Series: Anne Hansen: “Buddhist Temporality and Interpretations of Mass Atrocity in Cambodia”
FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1009 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesA lecture by Anne Hansen, Professor of Religious Studies and Southeast Asian History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Buddhist Temporality and Interpretations of Mass Atrocity in Cambodia Buddhist prophesies about the end of our time and the dawning of a … Read more
Ecological Exceptionalism at the Border: Landscapes of Hope and Impossibility in the Korean Demilitarized Zone
Rubenstein Library, Room 249 411 Chapel Dr, Durham, NC, United StatesDespite its name, the 60-year-old Korean Demilitarized Zone has more than one million soldiers facing off across the four-km-wide area and an equal number of landmines within it. Enduring national division makes the DMZ a naturalized feature and yet created … Read more
Asia Project
Join the Carolina Union Activities Board is hosting The Asia Project performance group. They combine spoken word with music and will be performing on Tuesday, March 28th at 7:00 pm in the Union Auditorium. Admission is entirely free, and there will … Read more
Sowa Rigpa: The Science of Healing as Local Practice, National Heritage, and Global Brand
Rubenstein Library, Room 249 411 Chapel Dr, Durham, NC, United StatesA lecture by Sienna Craig, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Dartmouth College. Sienna Craig is a professor of cultural anthropology at Dartmouth College, invested in understanding the multiple ways that so-called 'traditional' medical systems interact with biomedicine: from patient-healer relationships … Read more
The Carolina Asia Center supports diverse Asia-related events. However, CAC co-sponsorship of any talk, seminar, documentary screening, film screening, performance or celebration does not constitute endorsement of or agreement with the views presented therein. As an academic institution, we value diverse perspectives that promote dialogue and understanding.