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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

Sarod with Abhisek Lahiri

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

The Carolina Asia Center is proud to present an evening of classical Indian music   Featuring Abhisek Lahiri from Kolkata widely considered the best young Sarod player in the world today introduced by Raga Against the Machine (UNC Professor Mark … Read more

Sufiyana: A Night of Music

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

Sufiyana is a unique trio of three excellent artists presenting traditional ragas created by the Sufi saints of India, to ghazals, folk tunes, semi-classical and light classical melodies and devotional music and bhajans of India.   This event is Co-Sponsored … 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.