My presentation explores the way the rhetoric of Black victimization has been exploited to bolster the perception that Asian American college applicants are oppressed by affirmative action admissions policy. Several prominent organizations have argued that race-conscious admissions policy discriminates against … Read more
Five prominent Indian practitioners from the disciplines of Ayurvedic, Unani, and Homeopathic medicine will share insights from their respective fields about the pandemic and the global efforts to combat it. The experts include government officials, academics, and business leaders. … Read more
This webinar series is part of the Modern Indian Studies Initiative at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a leading public university and home to the largest Asia Studies Center in the southeastern U.S., Carolina is uniquely … Read more
Session 1: Presenter: Jiyeon Kang, Associate Professor, University of Iowa & Kyongah Hwang, Lecturer, Kyung Hee University Following the South Korean government’s drive in the 1990s for globalization and deregulation of higher education, Korean universities aggressively recruited Chinese students … Read more
WeChat and TikTok are tremendously popular apps out of China—one for communication, payments, and all kinds of personal business, and the other for social media and entertainment content. They have also become political footballs over the past several months, … Read more
Phillips Ambassadors is an experiential scholarship program for students who seek to study and/or intern in Asia on one of UNC’s approved study abroad programs. Ambassadors receive a $6000 scholarship, engage in a unique Global Studies course and attend networking … Read more
This spring will mark the tenth anniversary of the triple disaster that on March 11, 2011, brought an earthquake, a tsunami, and a nuclear meltdown to eastern Japan. To reflect on this anniversary, we present Alone Again in Fukushima, a … Read more
Phillips Ambassadors is an experiential scholarship program for students who seek to study and/or intern in Asia on one of UNC’s approved study abroad programs. Ambassadors receive a $6000 scholarship, engage in a unique Global Studies course and attend networking … Read more
Women have long been underrepresented in key sectors of the United States federal government, and especially in positions of leadership in the US federal government. This is particularly true for women of color. While recognizing these facts, this panel highlights … 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.
