In Korea there is a saying: "If the hen crows, the household collapses." This refers to the centuries-old belief that women are to be subservient to men, much in Confucian tradition. When South Korea hosted the Winter Olympics in 2018, … Read more
FLAS fellowships fund the study of less commonly taught languages and area studies coursework. This program provides academic year and summer fellowships to assist graduate students and advanced undergraduates in foreign language and area studies. The goals of the fellowship … Read more
The Other Milk examines how, why, and through what means nutrition science came to matter in China by exploring the ways in which self-styled laymen and scientific nutritional activists re-invented the soybean, and soybean milk, for the modern age. I … Read more
FLAS fellowships fund the study of less commonly taught languages and area studies coursework. This program provides academic year and summer fellowships to assist graduate students and advanced undergraduates in foreign language and area studies. The goals of the fellowship … Read more
Larry Diamond will speak on the vital issues he addresses in his major new book, Ill Winds: Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition and American Complacency (Penguin Random House). The book has been described as a “personal, passionate call to … Read more
Louis Dumont’s insight that mutual interdependence through difference informs hierarchical arrangements helps make sense both of Southeast Asia’s long-standing gender binarism and of the relative tolerance historically afforded people of non-normative gender and sexuality in the region. Even when gender … Read more
FLAS fellowships fund the study of less commonly taught languages and area studies coursework. This program provides academic year and summer fellowships to assist graduate students and advanced undergraduates in foreign language and area studies. The goals of the fellowship … Read more
When Dian was six years old, she heard a deep rumble and turned to see a tsunami of mud barreling towards her village. Her mother scooped her up to save her from the boiling mud. Her neighbors ran for their … Read more
Join us for the 2019 Gamelan Concert featuring UNC's Javanese Gamelan "Nyai Saraswati" on December 4th, 8:00PM, Moeser Auditorium, Hill Hall! Stay after the concert to try out the instruments! Children are welcome! For more info, contact John Caldwell, asiaweb@email.unc.edu
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