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  Created in 1856 and addressed by Said to his enslaver, the manuscript contains an Islamic blessing and two biblical texts: the 51st psalm and the Lord’s Prayer. A stylized detail of the newly acquired manuscript, an 1856 document addressed by Said to his enslaver, James Owen. The document [...]

Members of the LGBTQ+ community play key roles in international business, diplomacy, advocacy, and scholarship, but they can also face unique challenges in global careers because of their sexuality, sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or gender expression (on top of all the other challenges of global careers).  On October 5, this [...]

Six doctoral students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were awarded grants under the 2021 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellows Program (DDRA). Carolina consistently ranks among the top producers of Fulbright-Hays DDRA fellows.  UNC-Chapel Hill was awarded $210,398 in funding for the program by the U.S. Department of Education. These [...]

From left to right: Mega Puspita, Samia Touati, and Cecilia Polanco The UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University area studies centers connected with North Carolina educators in kitchens across the state in three virtual Cultural Kitchen sessions that explored dishes from Latin America, Southeast Asia and North Africa. The [...]

  Banu Gökarıksel Banu Gökarıksel, professor of geography at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been appointed to a four-year term as chair of the Curriculum in Global Studies.    Gökarıksel holds an impressive record of leadership and scholarship at Carolina. A faculty member since 2005, she recently completed a three-year term as [...]

  Educators from minority-serving institutions (MSI) and community colleges across the southeast led panels about how they utilize resources from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke area studies centers to advance global scholarship and integrate global curricula in their classrooms. The “Connecting Your Classroom to the [...]

by Kristin Waterbury Song, particularly hip hop, provides women with a unique platform to amplify their voices, combat stereotypes, and address social issues. The importance of music to women around the world is reflected in the lyrics of Palestinian artist Shadia Mansour: Give me, give me, give me the mic [...]

Throughout the school year, North Carolina educators request culture kits from Carolina Navigators to aid their classroom lessons. (Photo By Jeyhoun Allebaugh/UNC-Chapel Hill).   Carolina Navigators, a service-learning and global education outreach program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, took K-12 classes around the world [...]

  Women have long been underrepresented in key sectors of the United States federal government, particularly in positions of national security leadership, and this is especially true for women of color. In Spring 2021, the area studies centers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill convened a panel conversation with women who [...]

How to Teach about the Middle East -- and Get it Right: Experiential Learning about the Middle East through the Senses Barbara Petzen presents to educators on March 18, 2021 The five major senses of touch, sight, hearing, smell, and taste provide creative and memorable opportunities for engaging [...]

Angela Chin’20 and Radhika Arora’18   Following a highly competitive nationwide selection process, Radhika Arora and Angela Chin were awarded a 2021 Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Fellowship. The Rangel Fellowship, funded by the U.S. Department of State and administered by Howard University, supports extraordinary individuals who want [...]

The Ever Given is underway again, but the global supply chain is reeling from the Suez Canal closing. A UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School professor explains why.   Satellite imagery of the container ship Ever Given stuck in the Suez Canal. (Image courtesy of Maxar Technologies)   On March [...]