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Africa Fest Community Event

FedEx Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The African Studies Center in collaboration with campus and community partners plans to hold Africa Fest, a celebration of African culture, art and history. This family event, the first of its kind on campus, will take place on Saturday, November 13, starting … Read more

The Diplomacy Initiative: Meet the Mentors

Online

The American College of National Security Leaders (ACNSL) and the Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs at UNC-Chapel Hill are piloting a program to enable undergraduate and graduate students to explore careers in national security and related fields.  In Meet the Mentors, five ACNSL mentors will introduce themselves and describe their diverse … Read more

Peace, Power & Prestige: Metal Arts in Africa

Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The exhibition Peace, Power & Prestige: Metal Arts in Africa explores the roles of metal objects in sustaining, unifying, and enhancing life in African communities while demonstrating the aesthetic and expressive power of metal arts. For millennia, African metalsmiths have drawn upon … Read more

The Diplomacy Initiative: Meet the Mentors

Online

The American College of National Security Leaders (ACNSL) and the Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs at UNC-Chapel Hill are piloting a program to enable undergraduate and graduate students to explore careers in national security and related fields.  In Meet the Mentors, five ACNSL mentors will introduce themselves and describe their diverse … Read more

Virtual ‘Peace, Power & Prestige’ Curator Conversation

Susan Cooksey (Harn Museum of Art) in conversation with Victoria L. Rovine (Art History, UNC-Chapel Hill) Join the Ackland Art Museum for a free virtual conversation about Peace, Power & Prestige, with exhibition curator Dr. Susan Cooksey (Curator Emerita of … Read more

Cash Transfers in Africa: A New Approach to Poverty Alleviation?

Flyleaf Books 752 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This talk sponsored by Carolina Public Humanities will be given by ASC Co-Director and Professor of Public Policy, Sudhanshu (Ashu) Handa as a hybrid event offered both in person and on Zoom. This hybrid lecture series will travel around the … Read more

Reckford Lecture with Magdalena Zaborowska

Magdalena Zaborowska will deliver the 2022 Mary Stevens Reckford Lecture in European Studies on Feb. 24, 2022. Zaborowska is a professor of American Studies and Afroamerican and African Studies at the the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science, and the … Read more

Lessons from a Diplomatic Career in Africa with Ambassador Mary Yates

FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

In this Diplomatic Discussion on March 22, former Ambassador Mary Yates will share personal experiences from her career spanning 30 years in the American Foreign Service with the U.S. Department of State and discuss the challenges she believes future global leaders … Read more

Virtual – ASC Language Fair 2022

Virtual

Celebrate African Languages at UNC-Chapel Hill. The African Language Fair has become one of UNC’s traditions of celebrating Africa’s linguistic and cultural presence on the campus. This year’s Language Fair theme is “Supporting Modern African Languages and U.S. National Needs.” … Read more