Event Category: Academic
Week of Events
Border Crossing: Hong Kong’s ‘Mailbag Rush’ and China’s Great Famine
Border Crossing: Hong Kong’s ‘Mailbag Rush’ and China’s Great Famine
During the Cold War, when the border between British Hong Kong and Communist China was known as the “bamboo curtain,” the boundary between Hong Kong’s New Territories and China’s Bao’an County—today’s Shenzhen—was seen as a closed frontier. Yet the everyday … Read more
The River Grew Tired of Us: New Flows Along the Mekong River
The River Grew Tired of Us: New Flows Along the Mekong River
Open lecture with Andrew Johnson, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Princeton University. Along the Mekong, where it creates the border between Thailand and Laos, hydropower projects have triggered a transformation. Strange floods and ebbs disrupt fish migrations, undercut riverbanks, and … Read more
Driving Innovation: Technology and India’s Rise as a Global Power
Driving Innovation: Technology and India’s Rise as a Global Power
The Modern Indian Studies Initiative at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will host a conference entitled Driving Innovation: Technology and India’s Rise as a Global Power on October 10-11, 2019. Driving Innovation will explore India’s increased role … Read more
Driving Innovation: Technology and India’s Rise as a Global Power
Driving Innovation: Technology and India’s Rise as a Global Power
The Modern Indian Studies Initiative at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will host a conference entitled Driving Innovation: Technology and India’s Rise as a Global Power on October 10-11, 2019. Driving Innovation will explore India’s increased role … Read more
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