China through TIME, Summer 2013

Sept. 16, 2013

Students from Journalism and Mass Communications, International Affairs and Asian Studies spent two weeks in Beijing this summer, participating in one of CU's Global Seminars. The courses are part of a campus effort to give undergrads more opportunities to study abroad. JMC Professor and UNESCO Chair Meg Moritz designed the...

CAS Associate Director Reflects on His Experiences as Scholar-Expert for a Delegation of U.S. Congressional Communication Directors to China

Sept. 10, 2013

Last month, Professor Tim Weston, CAS Associate Director, served as the scholar-expert for a delegation of Communications Directors for members of the U.S. Congress. During this trip, they met with numerous Chinese government and business leaders. Reflecting on the experience, Weston said, "What I found most interesting is that I...

"My Very Fun Ride" - Teaching in Japan from the Perspective of a University English Teacher

Sept. 5, 2013

The Center for Asian Studies welcomes Patricia Yarrow, a CU Alumna, who is visiting from Japan and will give a presentation about her working her way through the Japanese education system as an English teacher. Her ultimate goal after gaining her M.A. in Japanese Literature at CU was to return...

Explore Study Abroad!

Sept. 3, 2013

Explore study abroad program options in 70+ countries at http://studyabroad.colorado.edu , including Asian countries, such as China, India, Japan, Nepal, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand. Programs exist for all majors, all language levels, and fall within a wide range of program costs (and financial aid applies!). Come to Study Abroad...

Peking Opera Comes to CU

Aug. 29, 2013

From September 5-8, the Qi Shu Fang Peking Opera Company will be at CU presenting workshops and public performances to offer the students and community a deeper understanding of the art form. Founded in 1987 by Qi Shu Fang, the Company is dedicated to the preservation and performance of the...

CAS Offers Exciting Internship Opportunity for Undergraduate Students Interested in the World of Academic Publishing

Aug. 22, 2013

The Center for Asian Studies is now accepting applications for the Rowman & Littlefield Editorial Acquisitions Internship. Rowman & Littlefield is a Boulder-based, nationally-renowned independent academic press that is committed to publishing enduring works of scholarship, serious trade books, and upper-division classroom texts across the social sciences. The intern will...

The CU Chinese and Japanese Graduate Programs Have Joined the Western Regional Graduate Program

Aug. 19, 2013

The Chinese and Japanese graduate programs at CU have been selected for inclusion in the Western Regional Graduate Program (WRGP). Through the WRGP, graduate students who are residents of 15 participating states may enroll in certain distinctive programs at public institutions on an in-state resident tuition basis. The following states...

CAS Associate Director Serves as Scholar-Escort for a Delegation of Communication Directors of the U.S. Congress

Aug. 12, 2013

On Friday, August 9th, CAS Associate Director Timothy Weston left for China to serve as a scholar-escort for a delegation of Communication Directors for members of the U.S. Congress. This delegation, hosted in China by the National People鈥檚 Congress, has been jointly arranged by the National Committee on United States...

"STARTALK: Hindi in the Rockies" was a Big Success

Aug. 5, 2013

The CU Center for Asian Studies, in collaboration with the department of Asian Languages and Civilizations ( ALC ) and the Anderson Language Technology Center ( ALTEC ), has successfully concluded its second Hindi-Urdu STARTALK language program. Our program titled 鈥淪TARTALK: Hindi in the Rockies鈥 was an intensive, three-week, non-residential...

CAS Assistant Director Reflects on Her Experiences as Part of the Denver Delegation to Tokyo

July 29, 2013

Last month, I was fortunate to have been selected to join 70 business, government, and higher education professionals participating in a goodwill delegation to Japan in celebration of the inauguration of a direct flight between Denver and Tokyo . Headed by Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock, our group left Denver...

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