Events
Duke-UNC Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Graduate Student Workshop, ‘Affect in Dissent: Past and Present’
Campus Y, Queen Anne Lounge Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesMuslims across the globe, from the Middle East, North America, South Asia and beyond, have been in constant engagement with the changing material and social conditions of human experience. The conference will explore the multiple ways that Muslims in various … Read more
Event at Transplanting Traditions
Transplanting Traditions Farm 2912 Jones Ferry Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThis Saturday, please join local members of the Karen/Burmese community as their share their culture and cuisine at Transplanting Traditions Farm. This is a great opportunity to visit and build community with local Karen/Burmese students and see the transnational space they have … Read more
Tai Chi in the Galleries
Ackland Art Museum Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesTai chi is an ancient Chinese movement practice known to reduce pain and improve your mental and physical balance and well-being. This class uses gentle Sun-style tai chi routines that are safe, easy to learn, and suitable for all ages … Read more
From Concentration Camps to Muslim Bans: A Discussion with Japanese American WWII Internee Hiro Nishikawa
UNC School of Law, Room 5042 Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesSponsored by Professor Eric Muller, the American Constitution Society, and the Asian American Law Student Association.
Southeast Asian Language Workshops (Session 3)
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Unani Medicine in India: Early Families, Colonial Contestations and Modern Practice
Caldwell Hall, Room 105 Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesTranslocal Melancholy: Ba Jin’s Anarcho-Humanism in Republican Shanghai
Ahmadieh Family Conference Hall, Room 240 2204 Erwin Rd., Durham, NC 27708 United States, NC, United StatesBa Jin (1904-2005) is one of the most celebrated authors of twentieth-century China. Most widely known for his novel Family (first serialized in 1931), Ba Jin was an anarchist inspired by Kropotkin and Bakunin who corresponded with such prominent international … Read more
“Who’s Afraid of Xu Nini? Rural Women, Unruly Memories, and China’s Collective Past”
Professor Hershatter is a two-time recipient of the American Historical Association's Joan Kelly Memorial Prize in Women's History: for Dangerous Pleasures: Prostitution and Modernity in Twentieth-Century Shanghai (University of California Press, 1997); and for The Gender of Memory: Rural Women and China's Collective Past (University … Read more
Carolina Asia Center Tea & Talk Series: Sebastian Strangio: “Cambodia at the Crossroads”
Join us for a discussion with journalist Sebastian Strangio on his book Hun Sen’s Cambodia. The book charts the country’s history since the collapse of the murderous Khmer Rouge regime in 1979, a period that has been dominated by the … 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.