Event Category: Arts
Arts
Screening of “Letter from Masanjia”
FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1005 Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesRecently qualified for the 2019 Oscars, the award-winning and feature documentary "Letter from Masanjia" will be coming to you at the University of North Carolina! "Letter from Masanjia" tells the story of how a desperate SOS note from a Chinese … Read more
Gamelan Nyai Saraswati Spring Concert & Workshop
Gamelan Nyai Saraswati Spring Concert & Workshop The Spring 2019 Concert of UNC's Nyai Saraswati Gamelan will be held on Wednesday evening, April 24, at 8:00 PM, in Hill Hall room 1007. The concert is free and open to the … Read more
Cities of Cinema: Hollywood and Bollywood
Cities of Cinema: Hollywood and Bollywood Located on opposite sides of the globe, the cities of Los Angeles and Mumbai are homes to thriving international film industries known as Hollywood and Bollywood. This Dialogues seminar will compare and contrast these … Read more
Kathakali Performance: Free and Open to the Public
FedEx Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us for a lecture-demonstration and abridged performance of the Kathakali dance-drama plays from Kerala in South-western India: Damayanthi & the Woodsman and Damayanthi & the Hamsam (Golden swan) featuring reowned artist Kalamandalam Manoj Kumar and lecturer V. Kaladharan! For … Read more
Kathakali Performance: Free and Open to the Public
FedEx Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us for a lecture-demonstration and abridged performance of the Kathakali dance-drama plays from Kerala in South-western India: Damayanthi & the Woodsman and Damayanthi & the Hamsam (Golden swan) featuring reowned artist Kalamandalam Manoj Kumar and lecturer V. Kaladharan! For … Read more
Japan’s Floating World: Politics, Art, and Society During the Edo Period (1603-1868)
FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1005 Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThe Edo period (江戸時代, Edo jidai) or Tokugawa period (徳川時代) in Japan from 1603 to 1868 was a critical period in Japanese social, economic, political and cultural history. The Carolina Asia Center, Ackland Art Museum, and North Carolina Teaching Asia … Read more
Film Screening: Part-time Spy
FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJang Young-Sil (Gang Ye-Won) barely lands a job at the NSA (National Security Agency). She is hired as a contract worker to write positive comments for the NSA. Na Jung-An (Han Chae-Ah) is a detective who often uses foul language. … Read more
Live Concert with Munni Begum
Hanes Art Center Auditorium 121 E Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin world-renowned vocalist Munni Begum for a live concert, SHAAM-E GHAZAL (an evening of song). Munni Begum is a Pakistani ghazal singer. She began her career as a singer in Karachi in the 1970s and released her first album of … 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.