Center for Asian Studies-Center for Media, Religion, and Culture Joint Initiative Gives Voice to Underrepresented Muslim Communities in the Mountain West Region

Dec. 26, 2013

Muslim communities in the United States, especially in the post-9.11 era, have figured prominently in studies on the Islamic diaspora – those of the big cities of the East and West coasts, that is. The subjects who have been all but excluded from this rich field of study are those...

Millie Creighton's "Japanese Fandom and the Korean Wave": A Transcultural Appreciation of Asia

Dec. 23, 2013

On November 11th, the Center for Asian Studies hosted Distinguished Professor Millie Creighton of the University of British Columbia. Her visit to Boulder was made possible by a grant from the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) Distinguished Speaker Bureau, and by the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ President’s...

Congratulations to Our Fall 2013 Graduates!

Dec. 19, 2013

The Center for Asian Studies is proud to recognize our students who are graduating tomorrow, Stanley Barnes, an Asian Studies, Chinese, and Economics major, and Son Pham, an Asian Studies and Psychology major. As part of the Asian Studies major, both Stanley and Son completed ASIA 4830, an independent study...

CHINA Town Hall 2013 Engaged and Informed

Dec. 17, 2013

On Monday, October 28, Boulder joined sixty cities in a live program featuring the Madeleine Albright, the former U.S. Secretary of State. CHINA Town Hall is an annual event held by the National Committee on United States-China Relations in which participants can view a live broadcast interview with a leader...

Congratulations to the 2013-14 CU Faculty and Staff Fulbright Awardees

Dec. 12, 2013

The Center for Asian Studies congratulates the seven CU-Boulder faculty and staff who received Fulbright awards for 2013-14. Of these seven faculty, two are doing research in Asia: Paul Erhard, professor of double bass, in India; and Mark Williams, professor of geography and fellow of the Institute of Arctic and...

Teach English in China with the Colorado China Council

Dec. 9, 2013

The Colorado China Council, founded 1977 in Boulder, sends graduating seniors and recent college grads to China for a year to teach English reading, writing, listening and speaking at Chinese universities. We provide a training program in China. Must have a minimum of a 3. GPA, flexibility, humor and strong...

CAS is Pleased to Announce a New Minor in Asian Studies

Dec. 5, 2013

Starting in Spring 2014, the Center for Asian Studies is offering a new minor program in Asian Studies. We are very excited for this addition to our program as the minor in Asian Studies allows students to engage in interdisciplinary study of Asia, adding an important global focus to their...

Final Brown Bag Event of the Year is this Friday

Dec. 2, 2013

Adam H. Lisbon, the Japanese Studies Librarian, will give a presentation on Multi-Lingual Zotero (MLZ). Many citation management programs don’t really provide an easy, efficient, means of citing an item in multiple languages. MLZ proposes to solve this issue for researchers who work in multiple languages. MLZ lets researchers provide...

The Inaugural Lecture in the Collaboration on Buddhist Studies Lecture Series was a Huge Success!

Nov. 26, 2013

The collaboration on a Buddhist Studies lecture series—between the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ and Naropa University—got off to a wonderful start on Thursday, October 17th. Janet Gyatso from Harvard University spent the day visiting both institutions and interacting with faculty and students. There were two main events: a luncheon hosted by...

Applications are Being Accepted for the Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Editorial Acquisitions Internship

Nov. 20, 2013

The Center for Asian Studies is offering a 2-credit internship at the locally-based, nationally-renown Rowman & Littlefield Publishers to an undergraduate student with an interest in Asia. The intern will assist the History, International Studies, and Geography acquisitions group with a variety of tasks, including contacting scholars for endorsements and...

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