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Virtual: Film Forum: ‘Fire’ (1996) Watch Party and Panel

Online

Join the Ackland Art Museum for the third film in the Ackland Film Forum’s Global Queer Cinema Series, Deepa Mehta’s Fire (1996, Canada/India). The series is a collaboration with the Film Studies Program in the Department of English and Comparative … Read more

Virtual: UNC Professor Erinn Whitaker: Uncloaking the CIA

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Join UNC Professor of the Practice, Erinn Whitaker, sharing her perspective on the daily life of a CIA analyst, as well as her work with the U.S. State Department. Register for the webinar. This webinar is sponsored by the Peace, … Read more

‘Afghanistan and the Future of American Foreign Policy:’ A Conversation with Ambassador P. Michael McKinley

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

Ambassador P. Michael McKinley (Ret.) shares his experience with the U.S. Foreign Service and his thoughts on the current state of American foreign policy. Register Ambassador P. Michael McKinley (Ret.) served as the U.S. ambassador to Peru (2007-2010), Colombia (2010-2013), … Read more

Global Fashion in the Age of Jane Austen

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Presented by Jane Austen & Co., fashion historian Hilary Davidson will talk about the Indian textile trade and influences of eastern fashion in English Regency dress. Sign up. Sponsors: Carolina Public Humanities and UNC English and Comparative Literature Department.

Aisha as Adaptation of Austen’s Emma

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Tristanne Connolly (University of Waterloo, Canada) will speak on Rajshree Ojha’s 2010 film Aisha as an adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel Emma, connecting British regency literature to modern-day Bollywood. This talk is free and open to the public, and will be held virtually over Zoom. … Read more

Global Cult Classics: ‘The Big Boss’ (1971)

Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The next Global Cult Cinema screening is the kung-fu classic that made Bruce Lee famous. The Big Boss Wei Lo, Hong Kong, 1971, 1h 40m Introduced by Martin Johnson, UNC-Chapel Hill FILM SYNOPSIS Cheng, played by Bruce Lee, is a … Read more

Global Cult Classics: ‘Om Shanti Om’ (2007)

Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

A murder-mystery and romance combine in this Indian cult film that caps off the Global Cult Cinema series. Om Shanti Om Farah Khan, 2007, India, 2h 42m Introduction by Priya Shanker, UNC-Wilmington FILM SYNOPSIS In the 1970s, Om, an aspiring actor, … Read more