Please join the UNC Department of Asian Studies and Dr. Daniel Aldrich for an exciting talk, Black Wave: How Networks and Governance Shaped Japan’s 3/11 Disasters, on 11/18 at 5:30pm in the FedEx GEC in room 4003. A description of … Read more
Join Jake Sherman, a senior majoring in history and double minoring in Japanese and political science, as he presents research from his honors thesis. Jake studied abroad in Japan in summer 2018 as a Phillips Ambassador on the UNC Summer … Read more
A sensory archive reveals the urban development history and the lived experience of the demolition and displacement of the Tokyo Olympics. Mapping Tokyo Olympics 3.0 uses hybrid spatial and sensory ethnography and intermedial approaches to collaboratively map the imperial (1940), … Read more
The case of Carlos Ghosn - former world traveler and head of Nissan Motors, Renault and Mitshibishi until arrested in Japan and held in confinement for 130 days while being vigorously and continually questioned by Japanese prosecutors presents an interesting … Read more
This spring will mark the tenth anniversary of the triple disaster that on March 11, 2011, brought an earthquake, a tsunami, and a nuclear meltdown to eastern Japan. To reflect on this anniversary, we present Alone Again in Fukushima, a … Read more
This webinar, with Dr. Shigeto Kawahara (Associate Professor at the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies) investigates the differences in properties of Pokémon names (in Japanese) before and after "evolution" in order to shed light on factors in sound pronunciation … Read more
Today, Americans are some of the world’s biggest consumers of black teas; in Japan, green tea, especially sencha, is preferred. These national partialities, Robert Hellyer reveals, are deeply entwined. Tracing the trans-Pacific tea trade from the eighteenth century onward, this talk will show … Read more
Today, Americans are some of the world’s biggest consumers of black teas; in Japan, green tea, especially sencha, is preferred. These national partialities, Robert Hellyer reveals, are deeply entwined. In his new book, Green with Milk and Sugar: When Japan Filled America’s … Read more
Come and learn about Hinamatsuri! Hinamatsuri, also called Dolls Day or Girls Day, is a Japanese holiday celebrating young girls. During this holiday, Japanese families display a set of dolls depicting members of the royal court. The students of … 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
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.
