K-12 Teachers in NC and SC, interested in learning more about Buddhism and Asia? NCTAN is offering an online lecture and monastery trip next month! The deadline to register for the Monastery trip is THIS FRIDAY! #nccss24

Submissions are open for the 2024 Asia Scholar Network Conference! Asia scholars across NC are invited to submit for the Sat., April 20 event by Fri., March 8. Learn more: carolinaasiacenter.unc.edu/event/2024-asn…

To celebrate Carolina Center for Public Service Carolina Engagement Week, we will be cohosting an event featuring Anna-Rhesa Versola community co-founder of Southern Mix on Thursday, February 29th at 12pm. This is a virtual event so please register here: engagementweek.unc.edu/event/3145/

We had such a great time talking to social studies teachers at this year's #nccss24 with UNC African Studies Center CSEEES & UNC European Studies. If you missed us at the conference, check out the Area Studies Center website to learn more about the outreach work we do: areastudies.unc.edu/k-16/

Join us along with Carolina Asia Center and the UNC Diplomacy Initiative TODAY @ 2 PM in Toy Lounge (Dey Hall) for a conversation on US-China #climate, health & science diplomacy with Prof. Deborah Seligsohn

TODAY!!! MONDAY, FEB 26 FROM 5-6PM Join us for an amazing experience! Instructor Dr. Gang Sun, Professor of Chinese Martial Arts, from Shandong Normal University in China will be hosting a CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS WORKSHOP! Come out to the FedEx Global Center’s Atrium TODAY!!

#Japan Matters for America/America Matters for Japan is on the road! Join us in Raleigh, North Carolina for a #panel and #networking reception to celebrate the robust commercial ties between Japan and the Tar Heel State: bit.ly/3ST5htB

CFA: Last Call to submit your panel/paper for the Carolina Asia Center 2024 Asia Scholar Network Conference! Proposal Deadline: March 8th Conference: April 20 (UNC-Chapel Hill) tinyurl.com/3cwnwkyk #CFP #ConferenceCFP

CFA: Carolina Asia Center is accepting applications for the 2024 Bringing Southeast Asia Home Workshop! Two types of proposals accepted - research based or community partner presentations. Sponsored by Henry Luce Foundation App Deadline: March 29 Workshop Date: May 13 tinyurl.com/35fxa9nb

Swipe left for our upcoming events! * 3/26: Asian Americans in an Anti-Black World * 3/26: GiveUNC Day * 4/5: First Friday Films - Shang-Chi & the Legend of the 10 Rings * 4/5: Silent Auction at Durham Academy * 4/13: Arts & Research Showcase

Thanks, Tim Hall, Ph.D., for sharing these photos from the Buddhist Monastery visit this weekend! This trip was led by Dr. Becky Butler for the Teaching Asia Network of the Carolinas (TANC).

Join the CAC and the Chinese Program of UNC's Dept. Asian and Middle Eastern Studies for a talk by Professor Hsiu-Chuang Deppman titled "The Good Life in Jia Zhangke's Cinema." Tues. April 2 (5:30pm-7:00pm) 📍: FedEx Center Rm. 1005

Dr. Nala Lee joins Carolina Asia Center for a webinar titled, “Baba Malay: Evolving ecologies, evolving language” with comments by Andrea Pham April 11 @ 8 PM EDT tinyurl.com/y58juzhr #Malaysia #Linguistics #malay #Asialanguages #SoutheastAsia #Webinar #AcademicTwitter

📣Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most honored college honorary society, recently inducted 298 UNC students including Phillips Ambassadors Campbell Mah, Audrey Lin, Tia Malika Chawla, Divya Patel and Rashika Rahman. Congratulations on this honor! uncnews.unc.edu/2024/04/04/298…

Next Wed. April 17! Lunch and Learn lecture with Dr. Cuong Mai from App State University entitled, "The Savage Maiden’s Baby: Traces of a Buddhist Rainmaking Cult in Medieval Đại Việt." To register for lunch: unc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cv…

The Carolina Asia Center is pleased to welcome EK Tan, Associate Professor of Cultural Studies in the Department of English and Asian & Asian American Studies at Stoney Brook University TOMORROW! We hope to see you there!

Need some music for your Wednesday night? Come watch UNC's Nyai Saraswati Gamelan and Angklung Ensemble Present: “GAJAHENDRA – Lord of the Elephants,” Spring 2024 Concert. Admission is free and all are welcome!

Local opportunity provided by Town of Chapel Hill | A Place for Everyone - "Interpreting for Social Justice." The program prioritizes applications from those who would do language work in their Arabic, Burmese, Karen, and Chinese communities!

We're thrilled to announce this year's AAC June Yom Student Award winner, Divya Aikat! Divya will be working on a research project this summer focused on a 30+ oral history collection documenting histories of student, faculty & community advocates for Asian American Studies.

We are elated to announce that a minor in Southeast Asian Studies is now available! Learn more about the requirements here: carolinaasiacenter.unc.edu/2024/06/03/sea…