Hybridize the Dragon: Bruce Lee and the Reconstruction of Asia

Oct. 7, 2013

Daryl Joji Maeda, Associate Professor in CU's Department of Ethnic Studies, will present a Brown Bag lecture on Bruce Lee. Dr. Maeda examines Lee as a transnational figure thoroughly enmeshed in trans-Pacific flows of people and culture dating back to the nineteenth century and accelerating in the twentieth century. He...

Chinese and Global Governance: From Rule-Followers to Rule-Makers

Oct. 3, 2013

Scott Kennedy, Associate Professor of the Departments of Political Science and East Asian Languages and Cultures at Indiana University, will come to CU to give a talk on China and its role in global governance as Chinese government agencies, companies, and NGOs are becoming much more significant players in every...

The Latest Volume of the Colorado Journal of Asian Studies has been Published

Sept. 30, 2013

The Center for Asian Studies is pleased to announce the release of the latest volume of the Colorado Journal for Asian Studies (CJAS). Every year, seniors in Asian Studies complete a research project under the guidance of a faculty advisor. In the spring, they present their work in a public...

What's in a Claim? Bureaucracy and the Ontology of Land Holdings in South Asia

Sept. 26, 2013

Professor Matthew Hull, a member of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Michigan, will come to CU on Friday, September 27 to deliver the keynote lecture for the annual interdisciplinary graduate student conference sponsored by the Department of Anthropology. In this lecture, he will address bureaucracy and corporations...

(In)Visible Boundaries: The Spatialization of Class in the Uneven Housing Development of Nanjing

Sept. 24, 2013

In this Brown Bag event, Sarah Tynen, a graduate student in the Department of Geography, will discuss her research on housing developments in Nanjing. She will take an ethnographic approach to examining urban redevelopment in order to address the everyday nuances of the uneven geographies of housing development. This project...

What’s in a Claim? Bureaucracy and the Ontology of Land Holdings in South Asia

Sept. 20, 2013

On Friday, September 27, Professor Matthew Hull of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Michigan will deliver the keynote lecture for the annual interdisciplinary graduate student conference, which is sponsored by the Department of Anthropology. Professor Hull is known for his research on colonial and contemporary bureaucracy, documents,...

The Chinese Crises of 1900

Sept. 18, 2013

Next Thursday, September 26, Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Chancellor’s Professor of History at UC Irvine, will come to CU to talk about the Boxer Crisis of 1900. This illustrated talk will looked at how this crisis has been linked to “catastrophes†of different sorts. A drought, interpreted by the anti-Christian Boxers as...

China through TIME, Summer 2013

Sept. 16, 2013

ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ 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...

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