Jane Ferguson's book: Repossesing Shanland Prof. Jane Ferguson of the Australian National University will speak on her new book: Repossessing Shanland: Myanmar, Thailand, and a Nation-State Deferred (University of Wisconsin Press, 2021). Around five million people across Southeast Asia identify as Shan. Though … Read more
Dr. Goodlander is a master dalang (puppeteer) and a professor of comparative literature, theater, performance studies, folklore and ethnomusicology at Indiana University.The workshop is free and open to the public. If you cannot attend in person, please join via this Zoom … Read more
Southeast Asian Approaches Carolina Seminar welcomes NC poets Ina Cariño and Eric Tran to do a reading of their selected poetry and host a question and answer session.This event will be moderated by Trisha Remetir, a graduate student in the … Read more
Come learn some Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) or practice the language with native speakers! Each week the Carolina Asia Center will have a theme for discussions; if you are interested in knowing in advance about our topic, join the mailing list … Read more
Please join the Carolina Asia Center in a talk from Dr. Mai Na Lee, Associate Professor of History and Asian American Studies at University of Minnesota, entitled: Hmong Veterans of the Secret War and their Fight for Recognition in America. … Read more
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 … Read more
The Carolina Asia Center and the Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs are proud to present a conference on Indonesia in International Relations. Join us on Jan. 26 for a keynote address from Ambassador Piper Campbell, former U.S. … Read more
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 … Read more
The Asia Scholar Network exists to create a community of scholars working on Asia-related topics in North Carolina. (This has grown out of strong partnerships across the 16 UNC system campuses and the North Carolina Community College network, but welcomes participation from any … Read more
As part of the Carolina Asia Center's Asia Week, join this presentation of research by Brenda S.A. Yeoh, who leads the research cluster on Asian Migration at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, a strategic partner of UNC-Chapel … Read more
