Please join the Asian American Center at Coker Arboretum for a walking tour and discussion on the intersections of horticulturalist naming practices with Asian American history and experiences.
The event is scheduled for Sunday, October 16th from 12-1pm.
Refreshments will be provided so pre-register to reserve yours: go.unc.edu/AACcoker
Picnic with us on Thursday, October 27th at 6:30pm! Afterward, we will walk over to the Carolina Inn for Dr. Pawan Dhingra's Keohane Distinguished Lecture at 7:30pm. We are located at 215 West Cameron Avenue (entrance faces Wilson Street). Register … Read more
Stone Center’s Author Discussion Series Hawai′i Is My Haven – Race and Indigeneity in the Black Pacific by Nitasha Sharma November 10, 3:30-5:00p | Virtual Event (Zoom Webinar) Nitasha Sharma, Professor of African American Studies and Asian American Studies at … Read more
Stop by the AAC during reading day for lunch and the drawing of this semester's raffle winners. Registration: go.unc.edu/AACStudyBreak
A Symphony, But With What Audience?: On the Need to Broaden the Reach of Asian American Studies Asian American studies has advanced our understanding of not only Asian Americans but of race(ism), empire, settler colonialism and more. But who … Read more
Join the AAC for a talk on the professional vs emotional résumés. Shinhee Han, PhD is a senior psychotherapist at the New School University Counseling Service and in private practice in New York City. She is an adjunct professor at the Center … Read more
Group reading and discussion of Monique Truong's A Love Letter to North Carolina's Red Bridges Barbecue Lodge, which details her culture clash from her life in Vietnam to her new surroundings in America. Pulled pork barbeque will be served. Registration required: go.unc.edu/AACbbq … Read more
Food & Identity in the South (and the Hunger of the Spirit) Panel Monday, March 27th from 3:30-4:40pm Anne Queen Room, Campus Y Writing Historical Narratives Panel Thursday, March 30th from 3:30-4:40pm Donovan Lounge, Greenlaw Hall
The Asian American Center and Frank B. Hanes Writer-in-Residence program are hosting a reading by Monique Truong, who is the 2023 Frank B. Hanes Writer-in-Residence, the Vietnamese American author of the bestselling, award-winning novels The Book of Salt, Bitter in … Read more
Moving Beyond Fighting Anti-Asian Racism March 29, 6:30 p.m., Nasher Museum of Art Auditorium UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke invite you to join Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professor Pawan Dhingra for a free public lecture on how to combat anti-Asian racism in … Read more
The AAC, Campus Recreation, Carolina Athletics and Student Life & Leadership welcome Dr. Lisa Upresa to discuss her book "Gridiron Capital: How American Football Became a Samoan Sport" on Wednesday, April 26th at 6pm! This webinar will be moderated … Read more
On Wednesday, June 21st at 2:30pm in the Graduate Student Center (211a West Cameron Ave) we will be screening India Sweets & Spices and having a discussion on how Asian Americans are portrayed in cinema. Registration: go.unc.edu/IndiaSS
