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What Are the Area Studies Centers?

UNC-Chapel Hill’s six Global Area Studies Centers provide services and resources for instruction, learning and research related to global issues, world regions and modern foreign languages. The Centers cooperate to better serve the University and public by hosting their own events as well as informing a wider audience about events, research, and funding through newsletters, event calendars, and social media.

By pooling resources, the Centers develop programs that provide a deeper understanding of the world’s regions and the importance of international education.

We encourage you to visit each Center’s website and sign up for our newsletters – or come by and visit us in the FedEx Global Education Center. Please feel free to reach out via email as well.

 

Explore the Centers

A picture of a shallow coastal landscape with a text overlay that says: African Studies Center.

A picture of a square filled with people and pigeons in front of a mosque with a text overlay that says: Carolina Asia Center.

A picture of a mime holding up a sign that says: Save the NHS, as a red bus approaches from the right. The image has a text overlay that says: Carolina Asia Center.

A picture of a person sitting on a cement wall with a bunny on a leash. The image has a text overlay that says: Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies.

A picture inside a building with red carpet of a woman in a hijab as people walk past her. The image has a text overlay that says: Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies.

A picture of a parade in Cuba with people wearing ornate white, blue, and red dresses and holding rainbow flags. The image has a text overlay that says: Institute for the Study of the Americas.