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Talk • Trajectories of Ukraine’s Local Governance: How Formal and Informal Institutions Shape Local Politics

1009 FedEx Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro St, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Uliana Movchan is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. She has conducted research at the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (George Washington University); Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (University … Read more

Forum on Southeast Europe • The War in Ukraine: Language, Identity and the Legacy of the Yugoslav Conflicts

1009 FedEx Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro St, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This presentation explores the cultural and linguistic ramifications of the ongoing war in Ukraine arguing that the Russian invasion has accelerated processes of Ukrainianization especially among the country’s Russian speakers. These processes have arisen in direct defiance of Vladimir Putin’s … Read more

Career Event • The Intersection of Research and Policy

1009 FedEx Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro St, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The Carolina Asia Center is proud to host Amb. Piper Campbell (former US ambassador to Mongolia and now Hurst Senior Professional Lecturer in the School of International Service at American University) for a discussion of the nexus of academic research … Read more

Info Session • Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship

1009 FedEx Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro St, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships support students taking less commonly taught language and area studies coursework. This program provides both academic year and summer fellowships to graduate and undergraduate students at the intermediate level and above. The Center … Read more

Info Session • Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship

1009 FedEx Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro St, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships support students taking less commonly taught language and area studies coursework. This program provides both academic year and summer fellowships to graduate and undergraduate students at the intermediate level and above. The Center … Read more

Policy Brief Workshop

1009 FedEx Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro St, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Prof. Bob Jenkins is offering a workshop in developing winning policy briefs. If you are a student that is participating in the Policy Brief Competition in either Fall 2022 or Spring 2023, you may want to attend this workshop where … Read more

Islamization in the Golden Horde and Communal Identity among the Türkmens: The Subtle Social Legacies of Közlük Ata

1009 FedEx Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro St, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Dr. Devin DeWeese is a professor of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University. His research focuses on Islamic Central Asia, Sufism, Islamization, and Islamic hagiography. He is the recipient a Guggenheim Fellowship and was named a Carnegie Scholar in 2006. … Read more