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*CANCELLED* Raga and Tala: Exploring Hindustani Classical Music

FedEx Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience but this event has been cancelled to adhere to UNC's policies regarding COVID-19. Hindustani classical music is developed through two interwoven elements: raga and tala. Raga is the melodic element and is crafted by … Read more

*CANCELLED* Korea’s Global Reach

FedEx Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience but this event has been cancelled to adhere to UNC's policies regarding COVID-19. To honor the 70th anniversary of the Korean War, the Carolina Asia Center is proud to present a collaborative event with … Read more

UNC’s Javanese Gamelan Fall 2021 Concert

Moeser Auditorium 135 E. Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

UNC's Javanese Gamelan: "Nyai Saraswati" and Angklung Ensemble presents its Fall Concert 2021 With special guest artist Bapak Midiyanto of the University of California at Berkeley Wednesday, November 3, 2021 8:00 P.M. Moeser Auditorium, Hill Hall (145 E. Cameron Ave., … Read more

Screening: “The Problem with Apu”

FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Please join us for a screening of the film The Problem with Apu (2017), as part of a suite of events on the depiction of South Asians: "From Dave Carson to Apu: Global Circulations of Indian Brown Voice and Brownface." … Read more

Dave Carson’s Brownface Empire

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 4003 Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This is part of a suite of events on the depiction of South Asians: “From Dave Carson to Apu: Global Circulations of Indian Brown Voice and Brownface.”   In October 1861, blackface minstrel performer Dave Carson staged the début of … Read more

Off-Record Communications: Reading Three-Body in China and the US

The conventional wisdom of Western media continues to characterize communication in China as censored, sanitized, and, with the hyper-technologized dominance in facial recognition technologies, “techno-authoritarian.” This talk presents evidence that, although ubiquitous, off-record communications are often not the results 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.