Join Us this Thursday for Our Last Luncheon Series Event of the Year!

April 18, 2016

This Thursday, April 21, Kathryn E. Goldfarb, Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, will present at our last Luncheon Series event of the semester on, "Anonymity, Ancestry, and Family Registry: Adoption Debates in Contemporary Japan." In 2007, the Catholic Jikei Hospital in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, began operating the 鈥渒艒notori...

South Asia Speaker Series Presents: An Evening with David Gilmartin on Tuesday, April 19

April 14, 2016

The South Asia Speaker Series is bringing Dr. David Gilmartin, Professor of Anthropology at North Carolina State University, on Tuesday, April 19, to speak on "Voting and Party Symbols in India: The Visual and the Law in Constituting the Sovereign People." Dr. Gilmartin's talk will begin at 5:00 p.m. and...

Listen to Eric Fish Discuss His Research on China's Millennials this Thursday

April 11, 2016

Eric Fish, author of China's Millennials: The Want Generation and writer at Asia Society, will give a presentaiton at CU on Thursday, April 14, on "Struggle, Disillusionment, and Rebellion Among Chinese Youth." In 1989, students marched on Tiananmen Square demanding democratic reform. A generation later, Chinese youth have grown a...

DJ Spooky Will Present at Our Next Luncheon Series Event!

April 7, 2016

Next Tuesday, Paul D. Miller, a.k.a. DJ Spooky, will present at our next Luncheon Series event on his work, "Exploring Water, Cities, Climate, and Music in India." DJ Spooky is an electronic and experimental hip hop musician. His work has included recordings in Antarctica , and his current project is...

Apply Today to Intern with CAS!

April 4, 2016

Are you an undergraduate student looking for internship opportunities in Asian studies? Apply today to internship with us in Fall 2016. For more information about each internship, visit http://www.colorado.edu/cas/internships . Center for Asian Studies Internship at Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Editorial Acquisitions Intern Application Deadline: Monday, April 18, 2016 In...

Tibetan Artist Gonkar Gyatso to Visit CU Next Week for Tibetan Arts Week!

March 30, 2016

Widely considered the father of cotemporary Tibetan art, Gonkar Gyatso was one of a number of young Tibetans seeking new vehicles for creative expression and co-founded the Sweet Tea House artists鈥 collective in Lhasa in in 1984. Later he left Tibet first for the exile community in Dharamsala and then...

CU at AAS: Special Panel Honoring Professor Laurel Rodd and More!

March 22, 2016

The annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies is coming up next week, March 31-April 3, and CAS would like to recognize the many CU professors who will be presenting their work at this meeting, as well as spotlight the special panel in honor of Professor Laurel Rodd, who...

Applications for the CAS Graduate Research Position Due this Friday!

March 15, 2016

The Center for Asian Studies is looking for a graduate student in a field related to Asian studies to join the CAS staff as a GRA for Data Collection and Communications for Fall 2016, with the possibility of continuation in Spring 2017 and beyond. Applications are due this Friday, March...

David Atherton to Present His Research at the Next CAS Luncheon Series on Tuesday!

March 13, 2016

David Atherton, Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations, will present his current research at our next Luncheon Series event on Tuesday, March 15. His talk will be on "Birthing a Book: Imagining Authorial Creativity in Early Modern Japan." What is an author? What does an author...

The CAS Annual Symposium is Coming this Wednesday!

March 7, 2016

The Center for Asian Studies is pleased to present our fifth annual symposium, "Transcultural Asia." The symposium will be held this Wednesday, March 9. Keynote speaker, Rudolf Wagner of Heidelberg University, and panelists from the CU faculty and graduate students present their views on "Transcultural Asia." Rudolf Wagner is Senior...

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