The Carolina Asia Center and the Chinese Language Program at UNC-Chapel Hill are pleased to welcome a Chinese yangqin performer, Ms. Xiaonan Sun, and Crescent Chinese Music Studio from Research Triangle Park to present Chinese folk music featuring the yangqin … Read more
In collaboration with Prof. Rick Warner's class CMPL 144, "Engaging Film and Media," the Carolina Asia Center is happy to host a screening of the Hong Kong blockbuster Drunken Master II (a.k.a., The Legend of Drunken Master) A young martial … Read more
In recognition of the somber second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Carolina Asia Center in partnership with the Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies presents Ukraine Every Day with artist Weixin Xu Prof. Xu was … Read more
Prof. Deborah Seligsohn of Villanova University will speak from both her recent research on US-China health, climate and science diplomacy, and her long experience as a practitioner, both as the Science Counselor at the US Embassy in Beijing (2003-2007) and as … Read more
The Carolina Asia Center and the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies are proud to welcome Dr. Gang Sun, Professor of Chinese Martial Arts at Shandong Normal University, to run a martial arts workshop for students at UNC.
Prof. Laurence Coderre of New York University will speak on her recent monograph, Newborn Socialist Things: Materiality in Maoist China (Duke University Press, 2021). Whereas the contemporary era in China is often depicted in terms of rampant, ideologically vacuous commodification, … Read more
The Carolina Asia Center and the Chinese program of UNC's Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies are proud to welcome Prof. Hsiu-Chuang Deppman to Chapel Hill for a lecture on her research. Since the debut of his award-winning feature … Read more
In this presentation, Prof. Tan will discuss the concept of “queer homecoming” as a critical intervention into the normative patrilineal kinship structure in Sinophone societies, defined by traditional family values such as those of Confucianism. He will argue that queer … Read more
Join Associate Professor of History, Michelle T. King, and Associate Director for the Asian American Center, Jung Min (Kevin) Kim, for a conversation on Dr. King's new book, Chop Fry Watch Learn: Fu Pei-mei and the Making of Modern Chinese … Read more
The Carolina Asia Center and the Chinese Program of the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies will host a screening of the documentary film All Static and Noise. Testimony and action from survivors of China’s network of “re-education camps" … 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.
