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Virtual: Clouding: Shape and Sign in Asian Art

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

From January 20, 2021-February 13, 2022, the Ackland Art Museum will be exhibiting a year-long installation that explores the diverse forms and functions of clouds in the arts of Asia. This exhibition will juxtapose works of art in different media … Read more

Off-Record Communications: Reading Three-Body in China and the US

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1009 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The conventional wisdom of Western media continues to characterize communication in China as censored, sanitized, and, with the hyper-technologized dominance in facial recognition technologies, “techno-authoritarian.” This talk presents evidence that, although ubiquitous, off-record communications are often not the results of … Read more

Queering Later-Life Desire in Chinese and Sinophone Cinema

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1009 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Chinese seniors are often painted as loving elders, but seldom as elderly lovers. The prevalence of dating among seniors after the 1980s has done little to dispel the common perception that the elderly are physically and emotionally asexual. This talk … Read more

Book Launch: Precarious Asia

Online

UNC Professor Arne Kalleberg, UNC Professor Emeritus Kevin Hewison, and Professor Kwang-Yeong Shin of Chung-Ang University in Seoul, Republic of Korea, launch their latest book, Precarious Asia: Global Capitalism and Work in Japan, South Korea, and Indonesia. Precarious Asia assesses the … 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

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

Korean Cinema: The Work of Bong Joon-Ho

Join the Carolina Asia Center for a discussion with Prof. Joseph Jonghyun Jeon (University of California at Irvine) and Prof. Nam Lee (Chapman University) about the work of acclaimed Korean filmmaker Bong Joon Ho. This event will kick off a … Read more