Event Category: Arts
Arts
Bhavayami: An evening of Indian Classical Dance
Swain Hall Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAn evening of Indian Classical Dance by Akhila Takkallapalli student of Smt. Sasikala Penumarthi, Academy of Kuchipudi Dance (Atlanta, Georgia) Thursday, October 5 & Friday, October 6 Swain Hall, Studio Six || 6:00 p.m. Sponsored by: Department of Religious Studies, … Read more
2017 Korean Fall Festival & K-Pop Contest
FedEx Global Education Center Atrium Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesPlease join us in the 2017 Korean Fall Festival & K-Pop Contest! Contest is open to the public! UNC student, faculty, and staff can register. Solo or group performances too! To register, please contact Dr. Eunji Lee (ejlee12@email.unc.edu) by Friday, … Read more
Guqin at Ackland
Ackland Art Museum Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesCome join Li-Ling Hsiao, an Associate Professor of Asian Studies at UNC, to the Guqin event in the Ackland.
Film Screening: “Remarkable Journey: Founding the Asian Indian Community in North Carolina” – Steven Channing, Director and Coproducer
FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesExplore the pioneer generation of immigrants from India and the challenges faced in passing the “essence of India” on to their children. A panel discussion will follow the film screening. Presented with Video Dialog Inc. and the Southern Documentary … Read more
Nyai Saraswati Gamelan Open House and “Petting Zoo”
FedEx Global Education Center Atrium Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesInterested in learning how to play the Javanese Gamelan? Stop by on Friday, November 10 between 1:30 and 3:00 pm in the Atrium of the FedEx Global Education Center to explore some of the instruments of the gamelan and meet John … Read more
ASIA 231 Student Film Screenings and Chollywood Awards
FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin the students of "Bollywood Cinema" for their film project screenings. You can vote for best film, best actors, etc. From 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Refreshments will be provided. For more info contact Afroz Taj at taj@unc.edu.
CineMASH: A Food and Film Festival
CineMASH is UNC MASH’s (Mixed API Student's Heritage) inaugural celebration of the Asian American experience through two essential aspects of our cultures: food and film! We are watching films that tell stories not often told in mainstream Hollywood. These selected … Read more
Sound, Architecture, and Islamic Reform: The Attenuation of Ritual Resonance in the Built Environment of Cairene Saint Veneration
Dr. Michael Frishkopf’s latest edited volume brings together the perspectives of ethnomusicology, Islamic studies, art history, and architecture to investigate how sound production in built environments is central to Muslim religious and cultural expression. Join us for a discussion about … Read more
Intertwined Histories and Perspectives: Contrapuntal Reading of Attar A book talk by Claudia Yaghoobi
FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1009 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesCan modern concepts such as transgression, inclusion/exclusion, self/the other help us to better understand medieval subjectivity? Can medieval works shed light on out understanding of modern subjectivity? By looking at Attar's poetry contrapuntally with medieval European literature and modern theory, … 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.