Friday Time Plenary Session 7:00PM - 9:00PM Welcoming remarks from the Institutional Hosts Profs. Ji-Yeon Jo and Morgan Pitelka Address by the President of SEC-AAS Prof. Joshua Howard Report by the Representative to Council of Conferences Prof. Catherine Phipps … Read more
Friday Time Plenary Session 7:00PM - 9:00PM Welcoming remarks from the Institutional Hosts Profs. Ji-Yeon Jo and Morgan Pitelka Address by the President of SEC-AAS Prof. Joshua Howard Report by the Representative to Council of Conferences Prof. Catherine Phipps … Read more
This session will feature Paige Cottingham-Streater, executive director of the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission, “Black Americans and U.S.-Japan Relations,” and will be moderated by Morgan Pitelka, chair of the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill. Cottingham-Streater directs … Read more
Presentation on February 3, 4 PM by Professor Nadia Kim (Loyola Marymount University), moderated by Morgan Wilson (Ph.D. candidate, UNC Department of History). Nadia Y. Kim, professor of sociology at Loyola Marymount University, focuses on US race and citizenship inequalities … Read more
This spring will mark the tenth anniversary of the triple disaster that on March 11, 2011, brought an earthquake, a tsunami, and a nuclear meltdown to eastern Japan. To reflect on this anniversary, we present Alone Again in Fukushima, a … Read more
The Carolina Asia Center is proud to offer Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowships with the support of the U.S. Department of Education. Find out more about these scholarships on our FLAS webpage or more about the application process at the … Read more
Phillips Ambassadors is an experiential scholarship program for students who seek to study and/or intern in Asia on one of UNC’s approved study abroad programs. Ambassadors receive a $6000 scholarship, engage in a unique Global Studies course and attend networking … Read more
Protestors on the streets of Mandalay on February 11, 2021. Captured from the Facebook account of Swan Yee. This special panel hosted by the Carolina Asia Center will talk about what is happening in Myanmar (also known as Burma) … Read more
Hear from a virtual panel of phenomenal UNC alumni in globally focused careers! Panelists represent a variety of career options: government, private industry, NGOs, and more. They will share their professional journeys from studying (like you!) at UNC, through the … Read more
“What can I do? The people need a god,” said Joseph Stalin as he was endeavoring to wipe out religious traditions in the Soviet Union. As occurred in many other countries where communist parties came to power, the Vietnamese communists … 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.
