Can trade be a force for good? That’s what Ambassador Katherine Tai, current United States Trade Representative, is pursuing through worker-centered trade policy by prioritizing workers and their livelihoods, not just low costs and maximum efficiencies, and bringing underrepresented and underserved … Read more
Test your trivia skills on Asia at Linda's Bar and Grill! As a part of the 2023 Asia Week, the Carolina Asia Center is hosting an Asia trivia night at Linda's Bar & Grill! A music and movie round will … Read more
As a part of the 2023 Asia Week, the Carolina Asia Center will be holding a scholarship information table in the Pit. Stop by to learn more about the Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, Phillips Ambassadors Program, conference and … Read more
The Carolina Asia Center is proud to host a book launch for the release of Questioning Borders: Ecoliteratures of China and Taiwan by Robin Visser, Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies … Read more
Please join the UNC Department of Religious Studies for a colloquium talk hosted by Dr. Shahzad Bashir on September 27th! “Knowledge is not Territory: Episodes from the Archive for Early Colonial India” In the wake of historiographical movements … Read more
Stop by our table in the FedEx Global Education Center Atrium to ask questions about the various scholarship opportunities the Carolina Asia Center offers! We will have information on the Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, Modern Indian Studies Student … Read more
A poster reading “Pemoeda: Dasar tiang Negara” (Youth: the Pillar of the Country), from a book of propaganda posters by an Indonesian collective of artists in the 1940s, presented to Frank Porter Graham during his time in Indonesia. Source: Frank … Read more
Round out Asia Week with a celebration of the Vietnamese Language Program at UNC! Enjoy Vietnamese food and games and sign a commitment to the expansion of Southeast Asian Studies.
Dr. Terese Gagnon, a post-doctoral fellow with the Bringing Southeast Asia Home project and housed in the Department of Anthropology, will give the first UNC Anthropology Colloquium of the year. In this talk I illustrate the ways in which the … Read more
As part of Diplomacy Week, join this panel discussion on careers in national security featuring Ned Kelly of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Office of Technology and Long Range Analysis and Matt Hasty. Moderated by Erinn Whitaker, Professor of 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.
