Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Program in China Studies External deadline: Nov. 9, 2016 The program offers three competitions: pre-dissertation summer travel grants; postdoctoral fellowships; collaborative reading-workshop grants. Applications in all disciplines of the humanities and related social sciences are welcome. Faculty, graduate/professional students, … Read more
Join UNC and Amit Zutshi Foundation for the screening of The Last Smile, an independent film. The movie has been inspired by a true story based on a book written by Jeevan Zutshi. The film highlights the dangers of over the counter … Read more
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This international workshop brings together scholars and archivists who are seriously engaged in the films of the early twentieth century and their divided legacies and afterlives in Asia. Together we reexamine the lived and imagined experiences of modernity in these … Read more
UNC Global will once again sponsor UNC's annual Passport Drive, November 15 and 16 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on the 4th floor of the FedEx Global Education Center. Each year, UNC Global hosts officials from the U.S. Department … Read more
Younmi Kim (Art History, Yale University) will present a talk on Buddhist imagery, stemming from her academic work on symbolic rituals, in which an architectural space serves as a non-human agent; the interplay between visibility and invisibility in Buddhist art; … Read more
Duke alum, New York Times translator, and Los Angeles Times correspondent Scott Savitt returns to talk about his extraordinary two decades in the People's Republic of China as a foreign reporter through the formative 80's and 90's. As a journalist, … Read more
Film Screening: "Assassination" (CHOI Dong-hoon, 2015, 139 min, South Korea, in Korean w/ English subtitles, Color, Blu-Ray) / "Assassination" was the highest grossing film in 2015 and the eighth all-time highest grossing film in Korean cinema. The film is set … Read more
The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is a fully-funded overseas language and cultural immersion program for American undergraduate and graduate students. With the goal of broadening the base of Americans studying and mastering critical languages and building relationships between 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.
