Japan's Meiji era (1868-1912) has been cast and recast in narratives that have focused on change: the overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate; the adoption of Western ideas and institutions; high-speed modernization, industrialization, and...

What would it take to realize a 100% renewable energy world? University of São Paulo's Professor Ildo Sauer will discuss the economic, technological and social barriers as countries transition from fossil fuels to renewable generation. This event...

The presentation will examine the role of Portuguese religious thinkers in constructing the ideological justification for racial slavery in the Atlantic world, and establishing a culture of control that secured domination over enslaved...

LOCATION: Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Educ Center, UNC-CH. >>> Dir. Cesc Gay (Argentina, Spain), 2015. 108min.Spanish with English subtitles >> When Julián receives an unexpected visit from his childhood friend Tomás, the...

A young woman who believes she's a cyborg hears voices and harms herself while at work making radios. She's hospitalized in a mental institution where she eats nothing and talks to inanimate objects. She's Young-goon, granddaughter of a woman who...

Award-winning journalist Min Zhang (张敏), who holds a master's degree from Beijing Broadcasting Institute (now the Communication University of China), has been with Radio Free Asia for almost two decades. She hosts a popular program called "...

Law, Dynasty, and Islam in Arab Monarchies, 1860s-1930s

LOCATION: Varsity Theatre, Chapel Hill. >>> Dir. Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and Wim Wenders (France/Brazil/Italy), 2014, 1h 50min. >>> For 40 years, photographer Sebastião Salgado has traveled across the world and witnessed some of...

Rethinking Development: China's Financial Prospects and the Future of its Currency

The Africa Initiative is thrilled to host this year's Let's Explore Africa State Championship. Let's Explore Africa is a quiz competition where 4th - 12th graders answer multiple choice questions on African topics, including geography,...