Event Category: Southeast Asia
Missing Piece Project
The history of U.S. military intervention in Southeast Asia complicates attempts to center Southeast Asian refugees in public commemorative spaces. Southeast Asian refugees remind the American nation of a tumultuous and divisive era, a morally questionable and unsuccessful war, and … Read more
Cultural Kitchen: Opor Ayam and Kolak from Indonesia
The Carolina Asia Center joins with the other UNC-Duke Area Studies Centers and Carolina Navigators to host a free, virtual Cultural Kitchen series for NC educators and community members this summer. Registration Link: go.unc.edu/culturalkitchen In each session, attendees will learn how to make … Read more
Meja Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian Table)
FedEx Global Education Center, Room 4003 Chapel Hill, NCCome learn some Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) or practice the language with native speakers! Each week we will have a theme for discussions; if you are interested in knowing in advance about our topic, join the mailing list by emailing Dr. … Read more
CANCELLED: Meja Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian Table)
FedEx Global Education Center, Room 4003 Chapel Hill, NCTHIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED IN RESPECT OF THE MENTAL HEALTH DAY ANNOUNCED BY THE UNC-CHAPEL HILL ADMINISTRATION FOR OCTOBER 12, 2021. Come learn some Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) or practice the language with native speakers! Each week we will have … Read more
International Symposium on the Dynamics of Integrated Socio-Environmental Systems: Implications for Natural Resource Management in Asia
FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NCSymposium Schedule || Abstracts & Biosketches || Program PDF || Video Recordings Human and natural environmental systems are closely linked to each other via the impacts of human actions on the environment, with the resulting changes (often not anticipated … Read more
Lao Cuisine in the Appalachian Foothills
The Carolina Asia Center at UNC-Chapel Hill, in coordination with the other Duke-UNC Area Studies Centers and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction is delighted to offer a variety of programming for teachers to recognize International Education Week 2021, … Read more
Film: In the Name of Belief
“Indonesian Pluralities” is a film documentary series that explores the social richness and political challenge of religious, ethnic, and gender diversity in Indonesia today. Funded by the Henry Luce Foundation (New York) and created and produced by Robert Hefner and … Read more
Southeast Asian Indigeneity
This panel brings together academics and local community activists to explore what indigeneity means within Southeast Asian contexts, including the US diaspora. Panelists will consider their own personal and conceptual understandings of what it means to be an indigenous person, … Read more
Jane Ferguson, Repossessing Shanland
FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1009 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NCProf. Jane Ferguson of the Australian National University will speak on her new book: Repossessing Shanland: Myanmar, Thailand, and a Nation-State Deferred (University of Wisconsin Press, 2021). Around five million people across Southeast Asia identify as Shan. Though the Shan … 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.