Upcoming Workshop: Letters & Epistolary Culture in China

Aug. 28, 2012

CAS is pleased to announce an upcoming workshop, Letters & Epistolary Culture in China, taking place across campus on August 17th and 18th. Epistolary communication, literature, and culture have been crucial elements of Chinese social life for more than two thousand years. This workshop will bring together twenty scholars working...

How I Got a Teaching Job in Thailand - CAS Alumnus Steve Cutillo Shares His Story

Aug. 8, 2012

The Center for Asian Studies prepares its students for life beyond graduation. Recent CAS alumnus Steve Cutillo, who currently teaches at Grace International School in Chiang Mai, Thailand, shares some post-graduate experience and advice: When in college, I was a Chinese major, as I always had a great love of...

Teachers "Re-imagine" Japan at TEA Summer Institute

Aug. 2, 2012

What are the challenges and opportunities facing Japan today? How do Japanese and the world perceive Japan in the context of two "lost decades" and the "triple tragedies" of March 2011? Why do these questions matter to American educators and students? From July 8-13, 20 secondary teachers considered these questions...

The Jai Ho Hindi-Urdu Language Program a Resounding Success

Aug. 1, 2012

The CU Center for Asian Studies, in collaboration with the department of Asian Languages and Civilizations (ALC) and the Anderson Language Technology Center (ALTEC), successfully concluded its first Hindi-Urdu STARTALK language program. 鈥淪TARTALK: Jai Ho Hindi-Urdu Student Language Program鈥 was an intensive, five week non-residential program for students entering grades...

New Asian Studies BA Requirements

July 2, 2012

The Center for Asian Studes welcomes all incoming students and invites those interested in continuing an education in Asian Studies to apply for the Asian Studies Major. We have made minor changes to the Asian Studies Major requirements, applicable for those declaring Fall 2012 or later. Students who have declared...

Asian Studies Graduates

July 2, 2012

Congratulations to this spring and summer Asian Studies BA graduates: Spring: Sonia Gilbertson - BA Asian Studies, minor Business Administration James Hendren - BA Asian Studies, Chinese, minor Philosophy Daniel Ryan - BA Asian Studies, Chinese, minor History Lauren Trujillo - BA Asian Studies, History Kevin Peters - BA Asian...

CAS Event: "Aftershock: Japan One Year after the Tohoku Earthquake"

July 2, 2012

On Friday, April 13, the Center for Asian Studies hosted 鈥 Aftershock: Japan One Year after the Tohoku Earthquake ,鈥 a panel discussion addressing the aftermath of the Japanese earth quake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster of March 11, 2011 and the ongoing recovery efforts occurring on the ground from a...

CU Graduating Senior Honored with International Fellowship

July 2, 2012

The Center for Asian Studies is pleased to share information about recent graduate Dana E. Anderson. After receiving a radio research grant from Journalism and Mass Communication, Dana spent part of July 2011 visiting a community radio station in southeast India operated by the Deccan Development Society. Upon returning to...

"It's Elementary" Service Project Concludes Its Fifteenth Year of Service in Boulder Valley

July 2, 2012

For the fifteenth year, the Program for Teaching East Asia at the Center for Asian Studies continued the "It's Elementary" Service Project, an internship course designed to provide CU students studying Japan, China and India with an opportunity to share their knowledge about Asia with elementary students in Boulder Valley...

Global Seminar, "Beijing: Window on Modern China" unites CU students with Chinese culture

July 2, 2012

Twelve CU students from a variety of backgrounds and with diverse academic interests recently completed a two-week Global Seminar in Beijing entitled, "Beijing: Window on Modern China" (History 4698). The upper division course was taught by Tim Weston , Associate Professor in the Department of History and Associate Director of...

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