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  Virtual Event: Black Americans and U.S.-Japan Relations

  Paige Cottingham-Streater, ‘Black Americans and US-Japan Relations,’ January 21, 2021, 4 PM ET PART OF THE 2020-21 SPEAKER SERIES, “BLACKNESS IN ASIAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES”   Please be sure to register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NyogOAE2Qcue0ZO1jiGluA This session will feature Paige Cottingham-Streater, executive … Continued

• Thank you for celebrating with us!

  In the fall of 2019, our department set out an ambitious goal: to celebrate our fortieth anniversary by producing forty stories about students, faculty, and alumni, and by increasing participation in our modest fundraising efforts by encouraging forty donations over … Continued

• Internationalizing DAMES Courses: Dr. Yaghoobi Builds Bridges between UNC and Iran

  As part of UNC’s Connecting Carolina Classrooms with the World (CCCW) initiative, Dr. Claudia Yaghoobi of DAMES internationalized two of her courses in the Fall 2020 semester. What does that mean, you ask? It means global collaboration and incredible experiences: … Continued

• Making Language Learning Meaningful: Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) for Chinese Language Classes with Professor Zhou

  The idea of doing something meaningful with my students this semester originated partially from a request email from Christy Parrish, the program manager of the Kidzu Children’s Museum in Chapel Hill. Before fall semester started, she asked for student translators … Continued