Vietnamese Spring Games
Cobb Residence HallJoin our Vietnamese FLTA, Sunny Vo, in learning about games played in Vietnam! This event will take place on the 1st floor lobby of Cobb Residence Hall.
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Hinamatsuri : Japanese Dolls Festival
FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesHinamatsuri is a traditional Japanese festival to celebrate the health and prosperity of young women. The festivities include a traditional seven-tiered display of dolls representing women court attendants of the emperor in historical Japan. Come and join an interactive presentation … Read more
Vietnamese Calligraphy
Cobb Residence HallJoin our Vietnamese FLTA, Sunny Vo, as you learn and practice Vietnamese Calligraphy! QR Code provides directions to Cobb Residence Hall.
Hinamatsuri : Japanese Dolls Festival
FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesHinamatsuri is a traditional Japanese festival to celebrate the health and prosperity of young women. The festivities include a traditional seven-tiered display of dolls representing women court attendants of the emperor in historical Japan. Come and join an interactive presentation … Read more
Crossing the Boundaries: Welcome to Invisible Chinese Science Fiction
Epilogue BookCafe 109 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesInvisible to most of the world in the past century, Chinese science fiction is now rising dramatically. Professor Wang Yao (award-winning SF writer Xia Jia) will briefly introduce the history of Chinese science fiction and share her personal experience: how … Read more
A Letter to A’ma and Q&A with director Hui-ling Chen
FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThe Carolina Asia Center and UNC's Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies are proud to sponsor this screening of the acclaimed documentary A Letter to A'ma. Taiwanese art teacher Hui-Ling returns to her hometown to mourn her deceased grandmother. … Read more
Rakugo: Comical Tales from Japan
Hanes Art Center, Room 121 Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesDate: Friday, March 24, 2023 Time: 5:15 - 7:15 PM Location: Hanes Art Center 121 Parking info: https://parkonthehill.com/public-parking RAKUGO: Comical Tales from Japan Join nationally-acclaimed storyteller Motoko for an evening filled with humor, charm, and elegance. A native … Read more
The Magic of Chinese Calligraphy
Learn the basics and background of Chinese calligraphy, enjoy a live demonstration, and try it yourself! featuring UNC alum Giff Ransom Contact Yi Zhou for more information. No Chinese language proficiency required!
Jieun Lee, Performing Transnational Adoption: Unsettling Scripts in and out of Korea
FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1009 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesIn this lecture, Dr. Jieun Lee will talk about her work-in-progress book project entitled Performing Transnational Adoption: Unsettling Scripts. This research examines twelve contemporary theater and performance works from the 2010s which depict Korean transnational adoptees’ birth search and reunion. … Read more
A Conversation with Max Lane: Contemporary Politics in Indonesia and How Pramoedya’s Buru Quartet Killed a Dictatorship
Max Lane, Visiting Senior Fellow, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore Discussants: Annette Lienau, Department of Comparative Literature, Harvard University & Mattias Fibiger, Harvard Business School Sponsored by the Harvard Asia Center and the Carolina Asia Center, University of North Carolina … 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.