Events
Week of Events
Duke-UNC Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Graduate Student Workshop, ‘Affect in Dissent: Past and Present’
Muslims across the globe, from the Middle East, North America, South Asia and beyond, have been in constant engagement with the changing material and social conditions of human experience. The conference will explore the multiple ways that Muslims in various … Read more
Tai Chi in the Galleries
Tai Chi in the Galleries
Tai 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
From Concentration Camps to Muslim Bans: A Discussion with Japanese American WWII Internee Hiro Nishikawa
From Concentration Camps to Muslim Bans: A Discussion with Japanese American WWII Internee Hiro Nishikawa
Sponsored by Professor Eric Muller, the American Constitution Society, and the Asian American Law Student Association.
Southeast Asian Language Workshops (Session 3)
Unani Medicine in India: Early Families, Colonial Contestations and Modern Practice
Translocal Melancholy: Ba Jin’s Anarcho-Humanism in Republican Shanghai
Translocal Melancholy: Ba Jin’s Anarcho-Humanism in Republican Shanghai
Ba 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”
“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”
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
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
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.