Event Category: South Asia
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South Asia
Diwali Night
It's that time of the year! As the celebration of lights and joy comes around UNC Yuva and Carolina Asia Center are coming together to once again host our annual Diwali Night! It's going to be a night filled with … Read more
Film Screening: “Remarkable Journey: Founding the Asian Indian Community in North Carolina” – Steven Channing, Director and Coproducer
FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesExplore the pioneer generation of immigrants from India and the challenges faced in passing the “essence of India” on to their children. A panel discussion will follow the film screening. Presented with Video Dialog Inc. and the Southern Documentary … Read more
ASIA 231 Student Film Screenings and Chollywood Awards
FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin the students of "Bollywood Cinema" for their film project screenings. You can vote for best film, best actors, etc. From 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Refreshments will be provided. For more info contact Afroz Taj at taj@unc.edu.
Deadline: FLAS Fellowship
The Foreign Language & Area Studies(FLAS) Fellowship gives students funding to study a not commonly studied language such as Arabic, Chinese, Hindu, Japanese, Korean, Persian and Urdu. Grants are available for both the academic year and summer and are available … Read more
Deadline: UNC Summer in Singapore
Join Dr. Peter Coclanis and fellow UNC students on this summer faculty-led experience in Singapore. The program is hosted at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and is designed as a hybrid experience in collaboration with their Faculty of Arts … Read more
Deadline: UNC Summer in India
UNC-CH is proud to offer students the opportunity to study Indian culture and Hindi language in this summer immersion program that travels to several cities! Led by UNC Department of Asian Studies faculty members Afroz Taj and John Caldwell, this program … Read more
MGF INFO Session
Frank Porter Graham Student Union Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesCome out to Union Room 3201 this Friday (February 23) at 3:30 for the second INFO SESSION about the Mahatma Gandhi Fellowship. We will be talking about the details of the fellowship, the application process, and we will have Mary … Read more
DEADLINE: Mahatma Gandhi Fellowship
Apply to the Mahatma Gandhi Fellow here!
Spirits in a New Age: Philippine Centers of the Global Esoteric
FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1009 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesIn the variegated landscape of Filipino paranormal practice, one phenomenon garnered worldwide attention in the last quarter of the twentieth century: psychic surgery. A form of spiritual healing in which the practitioner, or espiritista, usually male, operates on the body of … 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.