Events
Translocal 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 15th Annual North Carolina Japanese Language Speech Contest For High School Students
This contest promotes the study and understanding of Japanese as a foreign language at the high school level and encourages students to use their language skills to communicate ideas and information in a natural and culturally appropriate context. Parent and … 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
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
Women and Animals: Culinary Dilemmas and Karmic Entanglement
FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1009 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesLate sixteenth-century China witnessed a surge in the popularity of the Buddhist practice of buying animals and then setting them free. Releasing life, as it was called, could be practiced informally or as part of highly elaborate releasing-life ceremonies organized … Read more
Rare Book Collection Recent Acquisitions Evening
Fearrington Reading Room, Wilson LibraryPlease join us for a not-under-glass display of additions to the Rare Book Collection from the past two years, including the Library’s eight-millionth volume, presented by the Hanes Family Foundation. This year’s event features important works on the history of … Read more
Southeast Asia Speaker Series: Anne Hansen: “Buddhist Temporality and Interpretations of Mass Atrocity in Cambodia”
FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1009 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesA lecture by Anne Hansen, Professor of Religious Studies and Southeast Asian History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Buddhist Temporality and Interpretations of Mass Atrocity in Cambodia Buddhist prophesies about the end of our time and the dawning of a … 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.