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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
Colleen Woods – “The Freedom Sun of the Katipuneros:” Anti-Communism, Race, and the Politics of Covert Warfare in Cold War Southeast Asia
FedEx Global Education Center, Room 4003 Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThis talk will focus on the Freedom Company, a paramilitary organization created by a group of Filipino veterans and U.S. CIA agents to wage covert, anti-communist warfare in Southeast Asia. In the 1950s and 60s, the Company moved through U.S. … Read more
Global Spotlight Week: Crisis of Citizenship
These films, art, music and talks highlight critical issues of citizenship and belonging across world regions. As international debates center migration and belonging, these events will provide space for education and reflection on what it means to belong, what it … Read more
Documented Film Screening & Panel
FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesIn our screening of Documented, we will learn about the life of Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who is an undocumented immigrant and activist in the U.S. Vargas, a Filipino American, continues to be a strong proponent of … Read more
Dr. James Dobbins: Cats, Dogs, and Buddhism: D.T. Suzuki and the Welfare of Animals
Perkins Library, Room 217, Duke West Campus Durham, NC, United StatesDr. James Dobbins (James H. Fairchild Professor of Religion and East Asian Studies, Oberlin College) is a leading authority on the works of D.T. Suzuki (1870-1966), a Japanese Buddhist scholar who published extensively in English and was a key figure … Read more
Asian Exchanges Public Tour
Ackland Art Museum Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesPlease join us for a public tour at the Ackland Art Museum highlighting art that demonstrates artistic exchange between east and west. There will be a reception at 5:30 PM with sushi from Spicy Nine, followed by a guided tour … Read more
24th Annual Mary Stevens Reckford Lecture in European Studies, ft. Zia Haider Rahman
Hyde Hall, University Room Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThe lecture is entitled, “Brexit: The Reckoning.” About the author: Zia Haider Rahman was born in rural Bangladesh, raised in London, and educated in England, Germany, and the United States. He is a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University; a Fellow … 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
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.