Registration for Japanese Language Proficiency Test in the United States begins August 10

Aug. 2, 2022

The Center for Asian Studies will resume holding the JLPT this year. After a hiatus due to Covid, CU Boulder will once again be the testing center in the Mountain West region. The exam will be administered on Sunday, December 4th. Registration for different levels of the exam is staggered...

The enduring legacy of Bruce Lee

July 18, 2022

‘First Asian American global superstar’ prefigured, influenced today’s interconnected world, CU Boulder professor writes in new book Nearly a half century after his untimely death at age 32, the American-born, Hong Kong-raised martial artist, actor, filmmaker and philosopher Bruce Lee remains one of the most enduring cultural icons on earth...

The ֲý Boulder is one of the top research programs in the country in Tibet and Himalayan Studies

July 11, 2022

The ֲý Boulder is one of the top research programs in the country in Tibet and Himalayan Studies, but undergraduate students have been unable to pursue a directed course of study in that field—new language classes, area studies classes and the chance to earn a certificate in Tibet...

China’s Nuclear Belt & Road Workshop Report

July 4, 2022

In April, 2022 the Center for Asian Studies at the ֲý Boulder, in partnership with the China Made Project, hosted the 2-day workshop “China’s Nuclear Belt & Road: Socio-technical Perspectives on China’s Export Nuclear Infrastructures.” The workshop was the second of three workshops organized for the project A...

Civil engineering student, a tsunami survivor, awarded fellowship to study disaster recovery

June 27, 2022

From the College of Engineering blog: Ilham Siddiq survived the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami and is now using his firsthand disaster knowledge to evaluate the effectiveness of recovery policies. Siddiq, a civil engineering PhD student at the ֲý Boulder and native of Indonesia, has earned...

Scholar reframes Western history away from Europe to the hot bed of the Mediterranean - A & S Magazine

June 20, 2022

A new book by a religious studies professor and CAS affiliate explores the West’s origins in the ambiguities, intersections and nuances of the Mediterranean. European history has long been written in the tales of kings. Together with two colleagues, a ֲý Boulder professor wants to reframe that narrative...

Professionalization Development Grant for ֲý and Himalayan Studies

June 13, 2022

Carole McGranahan Department of Anthropology Report to the Center for Asian Studies: Professionalization Development Grant for ֲý and Himalayan Studies A Center for Asian Studies professionalization grant enabled me to research and read new publications in the anthropology of the Himalayas. Based on this, I have created a syllabus for...

Tea as a health aid - Research by Professor Francisca Antman

June 6, 2022

Could an explosion in tea-drinking explain a decline in deaths in England during the industrial revolution? Professor Francisca Antman, an economist at the ֲý Boulder believes it might. Tim Harford discovers that dusting down the data from tea shipments and local burial records gives us surprising insight into...

CAS Affiliated Faculty wins fellowship at National Humanities Center

May 31, 2022

Emmanuel David, Associate Professor in the Women and Gender Studies Department at CU Boulder. He is an interdisciplinary feminist, queer, and trans studies scholar with a qualitative research focus on gender, sexuality, labor, and globalization. Emmanuel has served on the Executive Board and the Curriculum Committee at the Center for...

CAS Faculty Director Rachel Rinaldo selected as a Fulbright Scholar in Indonesia for 2022-2023

May 23, 2022

CAS Faculty Director Rachel Rinaldo has been selected as a Fulbright Scholar in Indonesia for 2022-2023. She will be studying how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected women's work in Indonesia, and what challenges and barriers Indonesian women face in working during the pandemic recovery period. She is especially interested in...

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