Events
Week of Events
The 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Games: A First-Time Visit to Asia
The 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Games: A First-Time Visit to Asia
UNC Assistant Professor Jonathan Jensen, a recipient of the Carolina Asia Center’s Cox Travel Grant, shares details of his academic, cultural, and professional experiences during his trip to South Korea for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Jonathan Jensen is Assistant … Read more
Film as Racial Interstice: Temporalizing Film in 1920s Global Modernity
Film as Racial Interstice: Temporalizing Film in 1920s Global Modernity
In the early twentieth century, the anthropological function of film was carried out on the mimetic dimension of the gesture. Everywhere, from South America to East Asia, intellectuals and theorists addressed the increasing importance of the movies for the transnational transformation … Read more
Screening of “Letter from Masanjia”
Screening of “Letter from Masanjia”
Recently qualified for the 2019 Oscars, the award-winning and feature documentary "Letter from Masanjia" will be coming to you at the University of North Carolina! "Letter from Masanjia" tells the story of how a desperate SOS note from a Chinese … Read more
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