Events
Week of Events
Border Crossing: Hong Kong’s ‘Mailbag Rush’ and China’s Great Famine
Border Crossing: Hong Kong’s ‘Mailbag Rush’ and China’s Great Famine
During the Cold War, when the border between British Hong Kong and Communist China was known as the “bamboo curtain,” the boundary between Hong Kong’s New Territories and China’s Bao’an County—today’s Shenzhen—was seen as a closed frontier. Yet the everyday … Read more
The River Grew Tired of Us: New Flows Along the Mekong River
The River Grew Tired of Us: New Flows Along the Mekong River
Open lecture with Andrew Johnson, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Princeton University. Along the Mekong, where it creates the border between Thailand and Laos, hydropower projects have triggered a transformation. Strange floods and ebbs disrupt fish migrations, undercut riverbanks, and … Read more
Princeton in Asia Fellowships Information Session
Princeton in Asia Fellowships Information Session
Interested in teaching on the coast of Thailand, studying environmental conservation in Sri Lanka, reporting for a leading newspaper in Hong Kong, or working on local economic development in Mongolia? Then step out of the country, out of your comfort … Read more
Driving Innovation: Technology and India’s Rise as a Global Power
Driving Innovation: Technology and India’s Rise as a Global Power
The Modern Indian Studies Initiative at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will host a conference entitled Driving Innovation: Technology and India’s Rise as a Global Power on October 10-11, 2019. Driving Innovation will explore India’s increased role … Read more
Driving Innovation: Technology and India’s Rise as a Global Power
Driving Innovation: Technology and India’s Rise as a Global Power
The Modern Indian Studies Initiative at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will host a conference entitled Driving Innovation: Technology and India’s Rise as a Global Power on October 10-11, 2019. Driving Innovation will explore India’s increased role … Read more
Live Concert with Munni Begum
Live Concert with Munni Begum
Join world-renowned vocalist Munni Begum for a live concert, SHAAM-E GHAZAL (an evening of song). Munni Begum is a Pakistani ghazal singer. She began her career as a singer in Karachi in the 1970s and released her first album of … Read more
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