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Southeast Asian Language Workshops

The Carolina Asia Center invites the entire Chapel Hill community to participate in the 2016 Southeast Asian Language Workshops. Taught by experts and designed for learners with no previous experience, these workshops will offer a basic introduction to Bahasa Indonesia, … Read more

Asian Bilingual Career Forum

Hynes Convention Center

DISCO International, Inc. organizer of some of the world's largest job fairs for bilinguals including the Boston Career Forum, is pleased to announce the Asian Bilingual Career Forum 2016 Nov. 18th - 20th, Boston, MA http://asian.careerforum.net/?ref=082416a *Travel scholarhships available This … Read more

Nancy Peluso: “The Remittance Forest : Turning Mobile Labor into Agrarian Capital”

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1009 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

How does labor migration affect Southeast Asian forests? Political forests and agroforests in Indonesia have been declining rapidly as millions of hectares are given over to industrial plantations and mines, aggravating rural labor surpluses and increasing rates of domestic and … Read more

Nyai Saraswati Gamelan Open House and “Petting Zoo”

FedEx Global Education Center Atrium Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Interested in learning how to play the Javanese Gamelan?  Stop by on Friday, November 10 between 1:30 and 3:00 pm in the Atrium of the FedEx Global Education Center to explore some of the instruments of the gamelan and meet John … Read more

Deadline: FLAS Fellowship

The Foreign Language & Area Studies(FLAS) Fellowship gives students funding to study a not commonly studied language such as Arabic, Chinese, Hindu, Japanese, Korean, Persian and Urdu. Grants are available for both the academic year and summer and are available … Read more

UNC Gamelan Syai Saraswati Fall Concert

Hill Hall, Room 107 301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC

Gamelan, the traditional ensemble music of Java, Indonesia, features gongs and other metallophones of all shapes and sizes. We will perform a selection of lancaran, ladrang, and ketawang, as well as have a "petting zoo" where you can try playing … Read more

Gamelan Nyai Saraswati Spring Concert & Workshop

Gamelan Nyai Saraswati Spring Concert & Workshop The Spring 2019 Concert of UNC's Nyai Saraswati Gamelan will be held on Wednesday evening, April 24, at 8:00 PM, in Hill Hall room 1007. The concert is free and open to the … 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.