As of July 1, 2020, the Department of Asian Studies (DAS) is changing its name to the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (DAMES). The faculty voted unanimously in the fall of 2019 to change our name to more … Read more
Ana Vinea, the department’s newest Assistant Professor, describes herself as “a cultural anthropologist of the Middle East with general research and teaching interests in medicine, occult practices, and popular culture.” In the long-form essay below, she explores themes of language, … Read more
Andrew Nenow is a rising senior with an Asian Studies major and a Computer and Information Science major. He hails from Boone, North Carolina, and came to Chapel Hill as a transfer student from Appalachian State University. He recently was … Read more
2020 has brought us the COVID-19 Pandemic, and its attendant rise in both anti-Asian racism and anti-immigrant actions. Socioeconomic inequities have been amplified by the disease and a host of public health policy failures, with the worst outcomes occurring in … Read more
The Department of Asian Studies stands united with our students, university colleagues, and community members against racism and police brutality. We reject systemic bias and violence against people of color. At this moment in particular—amidst anti-Asian discrimination in the age … Read more
To our Asian Studies majors and minors of the Class of 2020: We close out the year not only wishing you well, but celebrating you for all that you are: our strong, determined, wonderful graduates who have filled the halls … Read more
Professors in our department are working hard to meet the needs of our students as they adjust to taking our courses online across a variety of digital platforms. But how are the professors themselves adjusting, you ask? Find out firsthand as … Read more
How do you adjust a large course with 70 students to an online, remote format? How can we rescue UNC Summer in India, a study abroad program that has been running for more than 20 years? And what does the … Read more
As we all adjust to our strange new world during the COVID-19 crisis, professors in our department are working hard to meet the needs of our students as they scatter to homes near and far. But how are the professors … Read more
What do love, marriage, outsiders, transgression, and Persian literature have in common? Professor Claudia Yaghoobi talks about her research and multiple publications to fill us in on the details. For more profiles of students and faculty, and to learn about … Read more
