2016 Newsletter

In Summer 2015, thanks to the CAS Tang scholarship, 12 students had the opportunity to study modern Chinese history in Shanghai with history professor and CAS Associate Director Tim Weston. Students gained a strong appreciation for both the content of modern Chinese history and how that history is remembered and...

Colorado Journal of Asian Studies The Center for Asian Studies is pleased to announce the publication of the fourth volume of our Colorado Journal of Asian Studies . Each Asian Studies major is required to complete a thesis based on original research, and each year, some of these outstanding theses...

Students at CU that recognize that studying Asia will help them for years to come as they move out into the world. CAS Summer Language Fellows CAS Summer Language Fellowships are awarded to CU graduate students studying Asian languages in summer language programs. Summer 2015 recipients: Bazil Manietta (LING) -...

Students at CU recognize that studying Asia will help them for years to come as they move out into the world. CAS coordinates the undergraduate major and minor in Asian Studies, an interdisciplinary program that allows students to study the astonishing diversity of the Asian region. Information about the major...

Eben Yonnetti is a 2nd year MA student in Religious Studies. Last summer he spent eight weeks studying intensive Tibetan in the immersion environment of Dharamsala, India through support of a CAS Summer Language Fellowship. He is currently continuing his Tibetan and Chinese language studies as well as working his...

In December 2015, the University Libraries was the recipient of the Korea Foundation’s E-Resources grant. Covering half the cost of an annual subscription, the grant helps libraries provide access to Korean scholarly databases. The Libraries now subscribes to DBpia, a multidisciplinary database that covers scholarly output in Korea from across...

A group of Beginning Japanese students won 1st place in the category of skit presentations at the 29th Colorado/Wyoming Japanese Speech Contest held at the Colorado Convention Center on November 7th, 2015. Twelve schools and 160 people attended the event. Their skit, titled おかしい！(Strange!), comically depicted the frustration of a...

On Monday, November 9, 2015, the Center for Asian Studies was pleased to host the "Walk in U.S., Talk on Japan" delegation from the Japanese Prime Minister's Office. The delegation featured Ken Shimanouchi, former Japanese ambassador to Spain and Brazil, as well as four other Japanese citizens who spoke on...