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January 2023
Jen Shyu: Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses
Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses is dedicated to Jen Shyu’s late mother and father who are now reunited: Ana Lay Shyu 徐轉寄 (May 16, 1944 – December 8, 2021) and Tsu Pin Shyu 徐澤濱 (January 19, 1941 – April 2, 2019). Commissioned by John Zorn, the premiere in October 2019 of Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses was dedicated to Jen’s father, who passed away unexpectedly during a nap in his favorite chair while she was on a 5-month research fellowship in…
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Ambassador W. Robert Pearson ‘Turkey’s Difficult but Powerful Role in Russia’s War Against Ukraine’
Please join TFED and the Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs as we welcome Ambassador W. Robert Pearson on February 9 to discuss “Turkey’s Difficult but Powerful Role in Russia's War Against Ukraine.”
Find out more »Palm Oil Voices: Making Audible and Tactile Deforested Futures in Indonesia
In cooperation with the Center for Asian Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, the Carolina Asia Center is proud to co-host Palm Oil Voices: Making Audible and Tactile Deforest Futures in Indonesia with Bonnie Etherington Dr. Etherington is Lecturer in Literary & Creative Communication in the School of English, Film, Theatre, Media Studies, and Art History at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.
Find out more »Mary Stevens Reckford Memorial Lecture in European Studies
Howard University professor Ana Lucia Araujo will deliver the 2023 Mary Stevens Reckford Memorial Lecture in European Studies on Feb. 23 with a presentation titled “Slavery as History and Memory.” The lecture will examine the recent international developments surrounding the fall of pro-slavery monuments and demands of symbolic and material reparations for slavery and colonialism. By exploring the history of the public debates about slavery and the Atlantic slave trade, the lecture aims to illuminate why and how these debates…
Find out more »Russia’s War on Ukraine: Should and Will Ukraine take back Crimea?
Lieutenant General (ret.) Ben Hodges will discuss Crimea and Russia's war on Ukraine with Klaus Larres, Richard M. Krasno Distinguished Professor. This event will take place on Zoom. No registration or RSVP required. This event is organized by the Krasno Global Events Series. This event is supported by the Office of Vice Provost for Global Affairs, the Triangle Institute for Security Studies, the UNC College of Arts and Sciences, and the Department of History.
Find out more »March 2023
The Center for the Middle East and Islamic Studies 20th year anniversary: Comedy and Hip-Hop Show
Students, faculty, and members of the community are all invited to join us for an evening of entertainment featuring Tehran Ghasri, a Black-Persian stand-up comedian, followed by a performance by Syrian-American hip-hop artist Omar Offendum and accompanied by Palestinian-American musician Ronnie Malley and NC local DJ Rang. More about the performers: Tehran Ghasri is a comedian, actor, host, television and radio personality, and philosopher with a law degree. Self-described as part Black, part Persian and part amazing, Tehran has been compared to a mix of Dave…
Find out more »Forum on Southeast Europe-The War in Ukraine: Language, Identity and the Legacy of the Yugoslav Conflicts
This presentation explores the cultural and linguistic ramifications of the ongoing war in Ukraine arguing that the Russian invasion has accelerated processes of Ukrainianization especially among the country’s Russian speakers. These processes have arisen in direct defiance of Vladimir Putin’s declared aims of liberating and protecting Ukraine’s Russian speaking population. Like Slobodan Milošević in the Yugoslav conflicts of the 1990s, Putin has used historical grievances and language issues to justify his country’s attacks on Ukrainian cities, towns and villages. As…
Find out more »Business in Africa Series: UNDP Africa’s Anthonia Joy Kategwa
Dr. Joy Kategekwa is UNDP’s Strategic Advisor for Africa.
Find out more »Germany’s Global Influence: From Trading Power to the Ukraine War
William Glenn Gray, Associate Professor of History at Purdue University, and Dr. Ulrike Franke, Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, will discuss Germany's global influence and Russia’s war on Ukraine with Klaus Larres, Richard M. Krasno Distinguished Professor. This event will take place on Zoom. No registration or RSVP required. This event is organized by the Krasno Global Events Series. This event is supported by the Office of Vice Provost for Global Affairs, the Triangle Institute for Security Studies,…
Find out more »African Studies Center Language Fair 2023
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 campus. This year’s event will be mostly in-person with student performances and guest artists. Swahili (Jabali Afrika) Wolof (Diali and Diable) Yoruba (Talking Drum by Oluwadamilare Adeoye)
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