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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 States

Explore 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 States

Join 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 States

Come 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

Spirits in a New Age: Philippine Centers of the Global Esoteric

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1009 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

In 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

UNC Gamelan Syai Saraswati Fall Concert

Hill Hall, Room 107 301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC

Gamelan, the traditional ensemble music of Java, Indonesia, features gongs and other metallophones of all shapes and sizes. We will perform a selection of lancaran, ladrang, and ketawang, as well as have a "petting zoo" where you can try playing … Read more

Cave 10: Myth, Mystery, and the Artisans of Ellora

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 3009

Ellora, Western India, is a World Heritage Site with thirty-four magnificent Hindu, Buddhist and Jain temple-caves excavated and sculpted from the mountain’s rock. Ellora Cave 10, a 7th-century Buddhist chaitya hall, or shrine, features a towering seated Buddha sculpted with … 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.

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