The Edo period (江戸時代, Edo jidai) or Tokugawa period (徳川時代) in Japan from 1603 to 1868 was a critical period in Japanese social, economic, political and cultural history. The Carolina Asia Center, Ackland Art Museum, and North Carolina Teaching Asia … Read more
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
Like many fields in the Humanities, Asian Studies is undergoing a process of rapid digitization, and students and researchers of Asia are increasingly relying on digitized data sources. A broad range of developments ranging from the compilation of large-scale digital … Read more
Public Lecture by Visiting Scholar Dr. Geetanjali Joshi "Bauls, Bhakti, Beats and Bob: Tracing the Indian Oral tradition in the poetry and songs of Ginsberg and Dylan." Dr. Geetanjali Joshi is from Lucknow, India and is currently a Fulbright Fellow at Portland … Read more
"What would happen if one women told the truth about her life?" Muriel Rukeyser asked. Her response was short: "The world would split open". And Adrienne Rich, who believed "Lying is done with words, and also with silences," argued, "When … Read more
Join The Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations and UNC Persian Studies department for a Persian Lecture Series presented by Dr. Mohsen Kadivar, a professor at Duke University. The lecture will be about the … Read more
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
Please join the Carolina Asia Center for a discussion of the ongoing tension between the U.S. and North Korea, focusing on the history of the division of the Korean peninsula, life in North and South Korea, and what further conflict … 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.
