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October 2022
Keohane Distinguished Lecture: Let’s Not Celebrate Asian Americans, Let’s Fight for Them
National recognition and respect of Asian Americans is surging, whether in politics, media, the corporate sphere or elsewhere. And yet, racial violence against Asian Americans is rising as well. How can we make sense of this seeming contradiction? Rather than seeing these as opposing trends, it makes more sense to understand how they are connected. To combat anti-Asian violence, we need to get at the root of what’s behind it. Celebrating Asian Americans will not adequately meet that goal. Join Pawan…
Find out more »November 2022
Boren Awards Information Session
Learn about the Boren Scholarship Program, which provide funding to U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to study a wide range of critical languages, including Arabic, Hindi, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian and Swahili. Boren Awards are available to students of all proficiency levels who are committed to enhancing their skills. Registration for Zoom required.
Find out more »Nixon and Kissinger’s Opening to China: A Good or Bad Idea with Hindsight
The Krasno Lecture Series will host a Diplomatic Discussion with Winston Lord in conversation with Klaus Larres, Richard M. Krasno Distinguished Professor in the history department. Lord previously served as U.S. Ambassador to China (1985-89), assistant secretary of state (1994-97) and special assistant to former National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger (1970-1973). The Diplomatic Discussions series through UNC-Chapel Hill's Diplomacy Initiative brings top foreign affairs practitioners from the U.S. and around the world to Carolina to give public talks and classroom discussions…
Find out more »Latin America FLAS Fellowship Info Session
Information session for the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship. Come learn about opportunities to study less-commonly-taught languages, such as Portuguese and the indigenous and creole languages of Latin America! Location: FedEx GEC room 1009 and on Zoom.
Find out more »Global Studies MA Information Session
Please join the Curriculum in Global Studies on November 17th from 4:00-5:00pm EST for an information session about the Global Studies MA program admissions for Fall 2023. You can join in-person in the FedEx Global Education Center Room 3024, or remotely through the Zoom registration below. Register here.
Find out more »The Art of the Warlis with Sampada Kodagali Agarwal
Modern Indian Studies, the Carolina Asia Center, and UNC Global proudly present: The Art of the Warlis Learn the traditional tribal art of the Warlis (from Western India) and create your own work of art with local artist Sampada Kodagali Agarwal. Samosas and chai will be provided. Sampada Kodagali Agarwal is a passionate visual artist, who has spent more than 15 years exploring traditional Indian folk and tribal arts. Her work has been accepted in a number of exhibitions/shows and she…
Find out more »Conversation with Foreign Service Officer Justin Walls
Interested in the Foreign Service? Join us for a conversation with Foreign Service Officer Justin Walls Learn about UNC alum Justin Walls’ journey as an undergraduate student at Chapel Hill to serving three tours in China as a Foreign Service Officer at the Department of State. Hear about Justin’s experience serving in Guangzhou, Beijing, Shenyang, and Bangkok, as well as his future posting coming up this summer in Ho Chi Minh City. Justin speaks French, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, and Thai.
Find out more »December 2022
FLAS Information Session
What is FLAS? Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships support students taking less commonly taught language and area studies coursework. This program provides both academic year and summer fellowships to graduate and undergraduate students at the intermediate level and above. The goals of the program include: to assist in the development of knowledge, resources, and trained personnel for modern foreign language and area/international studies; to stimulate the attainment of foreign language acquisition and fluency; and to develop a pool…
Find out more »Rioting for Representation: Local Ethnic Mobilization in Democratizing Countries
Ethnic riots are a costly and all too common occurrence during political transitions in multi-ethnic settings. Why do ethnic riots occur in certain parts of a country and not others? How does violence eventually decline? Drawing on rich case studies and quantitative evidence from Indonesia between 1990 and 2012, this book argues that patterns of ethnic rioting are not inevitably driven by inter-group animosity, weakness of state capacity, or local demographic composition. Rather, local ethnic elites strategically use violence to…
Find out more »January 2023
FLAS Information Session
What is FLAS? Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships support students taking less commonly taught language and area studies coursework. This program provides both academic year and summer fellowships to graduate and undergraduate students at the intermediate level and above. The goals of the program include: to assist in the development of knowledge, resources, and trained personnel for modern foreign language and area/international studies; to stimulate the attainment of foreign language acquisition and fluency; and to develop a pool…
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