Chinese seniors are often painted as loving elders, but seldom as elderly lovers. The prevalence of dating among seniors after the 1980s has done little to dispel the common perception that the elderly are physically and emotionally asexual. This talk … Read more
This talk presents an aspiring Chinese fashion designer, Ma Ke, and her fashion exhibit Useless (2007). Ma intends to draw attention to the loss of the emotional bond between the maker and the user of clothes in the age of … Read more
The project of knowing China finds itself in varying loops. Around the turn of the twentieth century, new communicative technologies’ contention with existing print media provided both the material infrastructure and the discursive content for science and technology to encroach … Read more
Authors in the new edited collection Beyond Liberal Order: States, Societies and Markets in the Global Indian Ocean (Hurst, 2021) will speak on their research in Asia. Dr. Harry Verhoeven (a co-editor of the volume) will introduce the volume, with … Read more
OVERVIEW This semester the North Carolina Teaching Asia Network and the South Carolina Center for Teaching About Asia will present a three-session workshop on Popular Culture in Asia. Specialists in Asian Studies will present key themes in popular culture from … Read more
On March 9th, at 7:00 p.m., PPD hosts a Debating Public Policy Series event: "What To Do About China? Taiwan and the Future of US/China Relations." The online discussion features the following contributors: Moderator: Klaus Larres, Richard M. Krasno Distinguished Professor … Read more
OVERVIEW This semester the North Carolina Teaching Asia Network and the South Carolina Center for Teaching About Asia will present a three-session workshop on Popular Culture in Asia. Specialists in Asian Studies will present key themes in popular culture from … Read more
OVERVIEW This semester the North Carolina Teaching Asia Network and the South Carolina Center for Teaching About Asia will present a three-session workshop on Popular Culture in Asia. Specialists in Asian Studies will present key themes in popular culture from … Read more
Speakers participating in the China Visiting Scholars Program and the Vietnam Implementation Science Advancement Program (VISA) will present their work-in-progress during their time at UNC Chapel Hill. UNC faculty members Mike Cohen, Irving Hoffman, Joe Tucker, Vivian Go, and Weiming … Read more
To celebrate National Poetry Month, come learn about Chinese garden poetry and how to integrate this subject into the North Carolina curriculum for English and Language Arts. This webinar will introduce the history and form of Chinese garden poetry, a … 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.
