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My semester in Japan

April 29, 2024

UNC senior and Phillips Ambassador Xenia Weakly documents her transformative semester in Japan. She learned through her study abroad experience that it is “all the more essential for us to learn about those who are different from ourselves.”

Courtney Halverson ’21 named 2024 Charles B. Rangel Fellow

April 2, 2024

Courtney Halverson ’21 has been selected as a 2024 fellow for the prestigious Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program. The Rangel Fellowship identifies and develops outstanding young professionals to enhance the excellence and diversity of the U.S. Foreign Service.

Bookmark This

December 2, 2022

Bookmark This is a feature that highlights new books by College faculty and alumni. This month’s featured book: “Reading Medieval Ruins: Urban Life and Destruction in Sixteenth-Century Japan” by Morgan Pitelka.

Bookmark This

February 4, 2022

Bookmark This is a feature that highlights new books by College authors. This month: “Precarious Asia: Global Capitalism and Work in Japan, South Korea and Indonesia” by Arne L. Kalleberg, Kevin Hewison and Kwang-Yeong Shin.

Spiritual Evolution

April 21, 2021

Through study of a “new” Japanese religion called Tenrikyo and centuries of Japanese history, PhD student Timothy Smith strives to understand how cultural shifts morph belief systems across generations.