Join the Korean Studies Program, the Carolina Asia Center, and the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies for a film screening of a contemporary Korean film: Dust-Man (2021). Here is a summary of the movie: Taysan, a young homeless … Read more
In this lecture, Dr. Jieun Lee will talk about her work-in-progress book project entitled Performing Transnational Adoption: Unsettling Scripts. This research examines twelve contemporary theater and performance works from the 2010s which depict Korean transnational adoptees’ birth search and reunion. … Read more
The Carolina Asia Center and the Art and Art History Department of UNC-Chapel Hill are proud to welcome Soni Kum as Hanes Visiting Artist in Fall 2023. Soni Kum is an interdisciplinary artist born and raised in Tokyo, Japan as … Read more
Join the Carolina Asia Center for a film screening as part of our Korean diaspora series in Fall 2023. We are proud to screen "The Woman, The Orphan, and The Tiger" (2010) by Jane Jin Kaisen, a visual artist, filmmaker, … Read more
Dr. Younghan Cho will present a seminar on "Playing Between Empires: Baseball in South Korea and Zainichi Players as the Cold War Paradox." This study delves into the cultural construction of Cold War Korea by tracing the historical narratives of … Read more
The Carolina Asia Center and the Art and Art History Department are proud to host Deann Borshay Liem. Deann Borshay Liem is an Emmy Award-winning documentarian known for films that explore war, memory, family, and identity. ABOUT THE MOVIE: In … Read more
Join the CAC and the UNC Korean Department for the showing of the hit Korean blockbuster 12.12: The Day. The movie is a dramatic retelling and reimagining of the immediate aftermath of President Park's assassination in 1979. It was … Read more
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