In collaboration with the North Carolina Opera’s performance of Madama Butterfly. October 24, 2015 On February 17, 1904, nine days after the start of the Russo-Japanese war—a conflict that confirmed Japan’s status as a major world power–Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly … Read more
Today, half of the world’s population live in cities. From ancient Rome, through medieval London, to industrial New York and modern Shanghai, urban spaces have offered residents access to modern conveniences, but also increased crime, disease, and pollution. This seminar … Read more
In 1949, with Mao and the Communists’ victory over Chiang Kai-Shek and the nationalists, China was split in two. The nationalists retreated to the island of Taiwan/Formosa and established the Republic of China there. Ever since, a bitter standoff with … Read more
John Kerry’s whirlwind tour of the five “Stans” in October 2015 put Central Asia again on the map of U.S. policymakers. With its gas and oil wealth, repressive governments, bizarre personality cults, and overwhelmingly Muslim population, this region remains poorly … Read more
India is the world’s second most populous country and recent analyses suggest it will overtake China soon. Its economy is one of the world’s fastest growing and its footprint in international affairs is ever-expanding. Yet the road to such success … Read more
Turkish Lunch Didem Havlioğlu, Lecturer in Turkish Interested in polishing or refreshing your foreign language speaking skills? Join UNC faculty discussion leaders at Flyleaf Books for a lunch where participants are encouraged to speak only in a foreign language for the … Read more
Tenure-Track and Non Tenure-Track Faculty: Do you have something to share with the public on the topic of refugees, migration, and contact between cultures in the world today? Do you like to share your ideas with the general public? Would you … Read more
Please join UNC Humanities for a special screening of George Takei’s Broadway musical Allegiance with a pre-show lecture by Professors Eric Muller and Heidi Kim. Tuesday, December 13, 2016 Pre-show lecture begins at 7:00PM, the show begins at 7:30PM. … Read more
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