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Global Studies MA Information Session

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 3024 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Please join the Curriculum in Global Studies on November 17th from 4:00-5:00pm EST for an information session about the Global Studies MA program admissions for Fall 2023. You can join in-person in the FedEx Global Education Center Room 3024, or … Read more

Latin America FLAS Info Session

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 3024 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Information session for the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship. Come learn about opportunities to study less-commonly-taught languages, such as Portuguese and the indigenous and creole languages of Latin America! Location: FedEx GEC room 1009 and on Zoom.

Russian Short Film Series • Спасибо / Thank you! (2020)

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 3024 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join CSEEES for a short film screening, discussion, and pizza! The film will be introduced by Daria Zhuravleva, Fulbright Teaching Assistant of Russian. Film description:  Fast-food worker Vitalik has an incredible chance to get rich – for this he must … Read more

Romanian Film Screening: Moromeții I (The Moromete Family)

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 3024 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Moromeții I (The Moromete Family) is an iconic Romanian movie depicting in neo-realist fashion the dynamics of rural life in a traditional Romanian community before the Second World War and the subsequent advent of communism. As a precursor of the … Read more

CANCELED: Film: ‘Moromeții I’ (1987)

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 3024 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

'Moromeții I' ('The Moromete Family') is an iconic Romanian movie depicting in neo-realist fashion the dynamics of rural life in a traditional Romanian community before the Second World War and the subsequent advent of communism. As a precursor of the … Read more

CANCELED: Pasang Yangjee Sherpa, ‘Sustainability at Stake: Sherpas and Science in the Mt. Everest Region of Nepal’

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 3024 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The Sherpas and the Mount Everest region of Nepal have been extensively and systematically studied for decades for the advancement of Western science, namely in the fields of anthropology, genetics, geography, glaciology, and physiology. Recent institutional scientific reports have claimed … Read more

Languages Across the Curriculum Workshop

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 3024 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Languages Across the Curriculum courses combine content with language. By using the foreign language to teach the topic, instructors help their students become more knowledgeable about the topic and the culture surrounding it. Imagine teaching a course on archeology in … Read more

Boren Awards Interest Meeting

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 3024 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The Boren Awards are an opportunity for UNC-Chapel Hill students to further their language and cultural studies in Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America and the Middle East.

Cultural Event, ‘Urdu Majlis’

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 3024 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The March monthly meeting of Urdu Majlis, the Triangle’s Urdu Literary Forum, will take place Saturday March 23. This Urdu Majlis will concentrate on the life and works of Gulzar, poet, lyricist and film director. Participants are invited to bring … Read more

Film Screening, ‘Blood and Oil’ (2015)

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 3024 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Created my Marty Callaghan, this film portrays the timeline of events which preceded modern day conflict in the Middle East. ‘Blood and Oil’ is a detailed account about the motivation behind the birth of the Middle Eastern nations and the … Read more