Acclaimed Chinese-American novelist, poet, short story author Ha Jin (Xuefei Jin) is a Professor of English at Boston University. He has been the recipient of the National Book Award for Fiction, the PEN/Faulkner Award, the PEN/Hemingway Award, and was a … Read more
Free general admission | Parking $5 per car | Preferred seating available for a fee Diwali is the most widely celebrated religious and cultural event in India and marks the victory of good over evil, light over dark, and the … Read more
Please join the Carolina Seminar in Transnational and Global History on Monday, October 19 for a discussion of the creation of Pakistan. Venkat Dhulipala is Associate Professor of History at UNC-Wilmington and teaches courses on the history of modern South Asia, … Read more
The Nomads from Liberty in North Korea (LiNK) headquarters are coming to UNC to talk to us about the current situation regarding the North Korean people and what we as “outsiders” can do to help! This will be a great … Read more
Join World View on October 21-22 to explore one of the world’s most pressing global issues – the sustainability of our environment. Through keynote addresses, a film screening of Landfill Harmonic and 30 different concurrent sessions, we will explore themes … Read more
Central to the idea of a Japanese garden is the concept that a garden is never finished. Instead, it is fostered through care and pruning that is therapeutic for the tree, the landscape, as well as the pruner. The North … Read more
Join us for the 2015 UNC-Chapel Hill K-Pop Singing Contest and sing your heart out in Korean! Open to all UNC students, faculty and staff. Participants may perform solo or as part of a group. The top three will be … Read more
In collaboration with the North Carolina Opera’s performance of Madama Butterfly. October 24, 2015 On February 17, 1904, nine days after the start of the Russo-Japanese war—a conflict that confirmed Japan’s status as a major world power–Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly … Read more
Join us for a moment of respite in the Duke Gardens teahouse, where you will experience the warmth of a traditional Japanese tea gathering. Tea guests meet at the Doris Duke Center to be escorted to the teahouse for these … Read more
Come learn about Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships from UNC Area Studies staff. For more information about FLAS, visit http://areastudies.unc.edu/flas/.
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.
