In recognition of the somber second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Carolina Asia Center in partnership with the Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies presents Ukraine Every Day with artist Weixin Xu Prof. Xu was … Read more

The history of U.S. military intervention in Southeast Asia complicates attempts to center Southeast Asian refugees in public commemorative spaces. Southeast Asian refugees remind the American nation of a tumultuous and divisive era, a morally questionable and unsuccessful war, and … Read more

This event, in collaboration with the Korean Economic Institute of America, will discuss the importance of the Korean War as a major twentieth century conflict, look at the legacies of the war on Korea and the wider world today, and … Read more

We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience but this event has been cancelled to adhere to UNC’s policies regarding COVID-19. To honor the 70th anniversary of the Korean War, the Carolina Asia Center is proud to present a collaborative event with … Read more

Join Jake Sherman, a senior majoring in history and double minoring in Japanese and political science, as he presents research from his honors thesis. Jake studied abroad in Japan in summer 2018 as a Phillips Ambassador on the UNC Summer … Read more

“Air-Conditioned Socialism” examines the transformative atmospheres of modernity in Vietnam, from the days of revolutionary struggle to the rise of market socialism. This transformation is most starkly visible during the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam War, when America’s chemical … Read more

When people think of American veterans, individuals of Asian descent rarely come to mind. It’s been all but forgotten that up to 20,000 Chinese Americans (about a quarter of the Chinese American population at the time) served in World War … Read more

A lecture by Carol Gluck, George Sansom Professor of History, Columbia University.

Speaker: Prof. Namhee Lee (UCLA, Modern Korean History) Many South Korean blockbuster films released in the 1990s and 2000s probe the “public memory” at the heart of South Korean national identity. This talk will focus on the ways in which … Read more

    Come join Wayne Karlin and Eric Henry for a discussion, and an account by each of how they first came to know Trần Văn Thủy. Wayne Karlin is a United States Marine Corps Veteran of the Vietnam War … Read more