Come learn more about the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships offered by the area studies centers at UNC. This information session will allow students (or eligible prospective students) to ask their questions about the fellowship or about the … Read more
The Duke-UNC area studies centers and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction are delighted to host this panel discussion, as an aspect of our Learning-through-Languages celebration of teaching and learning. Both to serve an increasingly diverse population in … Read more
The Duke-UNC area studies centers and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction are delighted to host this panel discussion, as an aspect of our Learning-through-Languages celebration of teaching and learning. North Carolina is an established national leader in dual-language immersion … Read more
The UNC System Asia Scholar Network exists to create a community of scholars working on Asia-related topics across the 16 UNC system campuses and community colleges across the state. We build on the strengths of each college and university, providing scholars with … Read more
The conventional wisdom of Western media continues to characterize communication in China as censored, sanitized, and, with the hyper-technologized dominance in facial recognition technologies, “techno-authoritarian.” This talk presents evidence that, although ubiquitous, off-record communications are often not the results of … Read more
Noriyuki Harada (Keio, Japan) will speak on "Translation and Transformation in Japanese Reception of Austen's Novels." This talk is free and open to the public, and will be held virtually over Zoom. This event is run by Jane Austen … Read more
Come learn more about the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships offered by the area studies centers at UNC. This information session will allow students (or eligible prospective students) to ask their questions about the fellowship or about the … Read more
Chinese seniors are often painted as loving elders, but seldom as elderly lovers. The prevalence of dating among seniors after the 1980s has done little to dispel the common perception that the elderly are physically and emotionally asexual. This talk … Read more
UNC Professor Arne Kalleberg, UNC Professor Emeritus Kevin Hewison, and Prof. Kwang-Yeong Shin of Chung-Ang University in Seoul, Republic of Korea, launch their latest book, Precarious Asia: Global Capitalism and Work in Japan, South Korea, and Indonesia. Precarious Asia assesses the … Read more
This talk presents an aspiring Chinese fashion designer, Ma Ke, and her fashion exhibit Useless (2007). Ma intends to draw attention to the loss of the emotional bond between the maker and the user of clothes in the age of … 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.
