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*CANCELLED* Korea’s Global Reach
FedEx Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesWe sincerely apologize for this inconvenience but this event has been cancelled to adhere to UNC's policies regarding COVID-19. To honor the 70th anniversary of the Korean War, the Carolina Asia Center is proud to present a collaborative event with … Read more
Looking Back and Looking Forward: 70 Years since the Korean War
NC, United StatesThis event, in collaboration with the Korean Economic Institute of America, will discuss the importance of the Korean War as a major twentieth century conflict, look at the legacies of the war on Korea and the wider world today, and … Read more
In and Out of South Korean University: New Inter-Asia Mobility Higher Education Conference
NC, United StatesSession 1: Presenter: Jiyeon Kang, Associate Professor, University of Iowa & Kyongah Hwang, Lecturer, Kyung Hee University Following the South Korean government’s drive in the 1990s for globalization and deregulation of higher education, Korean universities aggressively recruited Chinese students … Read more
Black American Relations with South Koreans and Korean Americans: Historical Origins and Present Trajectories
Presentation on February 3, 4 PM by Professor Nadia Kim (Loyola Marymount University), moderated by Morgan Wilson (Ph.D. candidate, UNC Department of History). Nadia Y. Kim, professor of sociology at Loyola Marymount University, focuses on US race and citizenship inequalities … Read more
Korean Cinema: The Work of Bong Joon-Ho
Join us for a discussion with Prof. Joseph Jonghyun Jeon (University of California at Irvine) and Prof. Nam Lee (Chapman University) about the work of acclaimed Korean filmmaker Bong Joon Ho. This event will kick off a series of discussions … Read more
Korean Pop
As part of our Spring 2022 series on contemporary Korean culture, please join us for an event with Prof. Erica Vogel (Saddleback College) and Prof. Hyewon Kim (Kennesaw State University) looking at Korean pop music, or K-Pop. This event will … Read more
Korean Beauty
As part of our Spring 2022 series on contemporary Korean culture, please join us for an event with Prof. S. Heijin Lee (New York University) and Prof. Hye-Kyoung Kwon (UNC-Chapel Hill) looking at Korean beauty products and standards of beauty. … Read more
Korean Film Night: Dust-Man
FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin 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
Jieun Lee, Performing Transnational Adoption: Unsettling Scripts in and out of Korea
FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1009 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesIn 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 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.