In 2021 the United States declared an end to its military operations in Afghanistan and announced the withdrawal of US troops. While many in the media have heralded this as the end of America’s “longest war,” many others would argue … Read more
Kimiyo Ogawa (Sophia University, Japan) will be discussing the influential Japanese writer Natsume Soseki and his inspiration from Austen. The talk is free and open to the public, and will be held virtually over Zoom on Nov. 18 at 8 … Read more
At this free virtual panel, Ackland director Katie Ziglar speaks with Vice Provost for Global Affairs and former diplomat Barbara Stephenson about the power of cultural diplomacy, meditating on the provocative question, “Can Art Prevent War?” Questions about the power … Read more
The UNC System Asia Scholar Network exists to create a community of scholars working on Asia-related topics across the 16 UNC system campuses and community colleges across the state. We build on the strengths of each college and university, providing scholars with … Read more
Jane Austen & Co. presents the third event in the “Asia & the Regency” series. Among the many eighteenth-century European authors who took an interest in China without crossing or approaching its borders was Horace Walpole. The furthest east that … Read more
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
Noriyuki Harada (Keio, Japan) will speak on “Translation and Transformation in Japanese Reception of Austen’s Novels” and explore popular translations and adaptations of Pride and Prejudice in Japan from movies to comic books. This event is run by Jane Austen & Co, … Read more
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
Join "MEJO 437: Media in Asia" for a virtual screening of "Assignment: China - The Week that Changed the World." This year marks the 50th anniversary of President Nixon's trip to China that opened Beijing to international media and ended … Read more
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
