Strong Turnout for Lecture and Exhibits on Tibetan Texts

Nov. 20, 2014

Faculty, students and visitors enjoyed a three-part event on Wednesday, October 1st exploring Tibetan texts—their materials, production, and compilation. The events spanned from the CU Art Museum to Norlin Library and covered an array of media: painting, photography and video, and textual analysis. A group of 40-50 started at the...

New Spring 2015 Asian Studies Course in Religious Studies Now Open for Registration

Nov. 17, 2014

The Department of Religious Studies is pleased to announce a new course in Asian Studies: RLST 3820: Buddhist Ritual and Art with Dr. Ariana Maki Spring 2015 | MWF 3:00-3:50pm in Humanities 1B80 Beginning with the life of the Buddha, this course will explore how Buddhist art developed in India...

Career Tracks in Asian Studies Again a Great Success

Nov. 13, 2014

Every semester, CU’s Center for Asian Studies holds a career panel featuring speakers with a variety of Asian focuses in their careers. This year we heard from three particularly successful individuals, Jeffery King, Pam Reichert, and Julie Segraves. They discussed how they got where they are today and offered advice...

Last Luncheon Series Event of the Semester Features Visiting Scholar in Geography

Nov. 10, 2014

On Friday, November 14, Yinhe Li, Ph.D. Candidate in Geography at Ewha Women's University and current visiting scholar at the 91ÖÆƬ³§¹ú²úAV, will present the last luncheon series event of the semester, "Transnational Migration of Korean-Chinese between China and Neighboring States." This talk will discuss ethnic identity among...

Yoshikazu Kawaguchi's Presentation on Japanese Pedagogy Generated Discussion on Effective Language Teaching Methods

Nov. 6, 2014

On September 19, 2014, Yoshikazu Kawaguchi, Professor Emeritus of Japanese at Waseda University in Tokyo, spoke to an audience of about two dozen that included members of the Boulder community, as well as faculty and students from CU and other Colorado institutions. Professor Kawaguchi is widely published and acclaimed for...

Now Accepting Applications for Our Spring 2015 "It's Elementary" Internship!

Nov. 3, 2014

Are you studying Japanese, Chinese, Hindi or any subject related to Japan, China or India? Are you interested in teaching or simply sharing your knowledge about Asia with school-age children? Earn one CU upper division credit hour teaching about a country of your interest to 1st and 2nd graders! Build...

Hospitality Hosts Needed for Boulder Friends of International Students!

Oct. 30, 2014

The 91ÖÆƬ³§¹ú²úAV is experiencing an increase in the numbers of international students. The international student population at CU-Boulder is now over 2,200 students, with the majority of them from China, India, Saudi Arabia, Korea and Kuwait, although students are from more than 85 countries. Aside from adjusting...

Political Science Visiting Professor Sam Sonntag to Speak on the Depoliticization of Hindi in India

Oct. 27, 2014

We are pleased to have Sam Sonntag join us on Friday, October 31, for our next Luncheon Series talk, "Depoliticizing Hindi through Linguistic Federalism." While the politics of Hindi dominated the language policy debate in India for much of the 20th century, by the turn of the new millennium many...

Summer 2014 Issue of the Colorado Journal of Asian Studies Available!

Oct. 24, 2014

Every year, graduating students in Asian Studies work with a faculty advisor to complete a senior research project on any topic related to Asia. Each year, students produce excellent work on a wide variety of topics, and this year was certainly no exception, and we have included five of these...

Emily Yeh to Give Presentation on Her Recent Book, "Taming Tibet"

Oct. 22, 2014

CU Geography Professor and Chair Emily Yeh recently finished a book on the recent development efforts in Tibet by the PRC. On Friday, October 24, she will give a public presentation on this book in a talk by the same title, Taming Tibet: Landscape Transformation and the Gift of Chinese...

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