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 ŔÖ˛Ą´«Ă˝ 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...

“It’s Elementary” Service Project

Nov. 18, 2013

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...

The FLAS Information Session will be on Thursday, November 21

Nov. 14, 2013

We are beginning the next round of competitions for the Foreign Languages and Area Studies Fellowship for Summer 2014 and academic year 2014-2015. In order to give students an opportunity to learn more about the fellowship and the application process as well as to field any questions students may have,...

CAS Brown Bag: Chinese Migration in Eastern Europe

Nov. 11, 2013

In this Brown Bag event, Amy Liu, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, will discuss Chinese Migration in Europe. In the past twenty years, Eastern Europe has become an increasing popular destination for Chinese migrants. In fact, Hungary is the top destination outside the OECD countries. What explains...

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