Non-CAS Event August 30, 2017 to October 27, 2017 Special Collections & Archives, Reading Room N345, Norlin Library Open 11-4, M-F Japanese calligraphy exhibition. A collaboration between traditional Japanese calligraphy and enigmatic "Nihonga" (Japanese Style Painting) "Enjoy a glimpse into the heart of Hikaru Genji as he speaks of his love in Lady Murasaki Shikibu's Waka from the Heian Period, revel in the ephemera of Haiku, or relish in the...
Non-CAS Event Open through November 19, 2017 Denver Art Museum, North Building - Level 5 Depth and Detail: Carved Bamboo from China, Japan, and Korea showcases a variety of carved, cut, incised, and etched bamboo objects. The exhibition demonstrates how artists used bamboo, carving deeply through it to achieve different colors and textures. The intricate decoration of the items on view includes religious imagery as well as people, animals, birds,...
Non-CAS Event Tuesday, October 24, 2017, 5:00pm SIE Complex—1st Floor Forum—Room 1020 University of Denver 2201 S. Gaylord St., Denver, CO 80208-0500 The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations is pleased to announce that Ambassador Susan E. Rice will be the national webcast speaker for our eleventh annual CHINA Town Hall, to be held on October 24, 2017. In addition to her foreign policy experience as national security advisor (2013-2017) and...
Non-CAS Event Wednesday, October 25, 5-6 p.m. International English Center's Student Lounge 1030 13th Street Join the English-Arabic Conversation Club! 5-6 pm on Wednesday, September 13, September 27, October 11, October 25, November 8, November 29 Meet in the International English Center's Student Lounge, located at 1030 13th Street (on the Hill) in Boulder IEC Students: sign up outside the front office; questions: luke.coffelt@colorado.edu Arabic Students: sign up from your...
CAS Event Wednesday, October 25, 2017, 5 pm HUMN 1B80 Please join us as Sydney-based foreign correspondent and writer Madeleine O'Dea talks about her new book, The Phoenix Years. The riveting story of China's rise from economic ruin to global giant in four decades is illuminated by another, equally fascinating, narrative beneath its surface―the story of the country's emerging artistic avant-garde and the Chinese people's ongoing struggle for freedom of...
CAS Event Thursday, November 2, 2017, 5 p.m. HUMN 250 Please join us as Mr. Jimin Kim, Deputy Consul General of the Republic of Korea in San Francisco, gives a talk on U.S.-Korean Relations. "Forged in blood during the Korean War 1950-53, the alliance between the Republic of Korea(ROK) and the United States has served as a linchpin for peace and security of the Korean Peninsula, the Asia-Pacific Region and...
Non-CAS Event Sunday, November 5, 2017, 2:00-3:00 p.m. Imig Music Building, Room C112 University of Colorado Boulder The CU Japanese ensemble studies and performs Japanese music and dance. The performance, which will feature music and dance from many regions of Japan, will take place in Room C112 of Imig Music on the CU Boulder campus. For more information, consult the CU Presents website .
CAS Event Wednesday, November 8, 2017; 4-5:30 p.m. HUMN 250 A panel discussion with Jerry Peterson (Professor Emeritus of Physics), Hun Shik Kim (Associate Professor of Journalism, Department of Journalism College of Media, Communication and Information), and Brian Toon (Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences & Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics). Free and open to the public
Non-CAS Event Wednesday, November 8, 7:30 PM Muenzinger Auditorium, CU Boulder The CU International Film Series presents: "The Departure" "Death hangs over The Departure in grandly cosmic fashion. Lana Wilson’s documentary is a portrait of Ittetsu Nemoto, a Buddhist priest in Japan who’s devoted his life to preparing people for death and trying to talk people out of taking their own lives. The film’s opening sequence captures in detail one...
CAS Event Thursday, November 9, 2017, 7:30 p.m. Muezinger Auditorium, CU Boulder The CU International Film Series presents: "The Road" with Introduction by Tim Oakes, professor of Geography and Director of the Center for Asian Studies "For almost four years, Chinese filmmaker Zhang Zanbo documented the construction of a massive highway through a rural district in Hunan Province. Organising his often startling up-close footage into chapters, he reveals a project...
Non-CAS Event Sunday, November 12, 2018; 6-9 p.m. Boulder Photo Gallery 1930 Central Ave, Ste A, Boulder, CO 80301 Join us for an evening of food, drinks, and fun with a Nepali flair. All proceeds will go towards our non-profit partner Himalayan HealthCare. This event is open to the public, tickets are available starting at $25. Event Information and tickets are available here . GlobeMed is a national organization that...
Non-CAS Event Open through November 19, 2017 Denver Art Museum, North Building - Level 5 Included in general admission This exhibition features 65 examples of contemporary Japanese ceramic arts, created by 35 Japanese artists, from the celebrated collection of Robert and Lisa Kessler. The works include pieces made by master ceramists who were designated as Living National Treasures in Japan, as well as by emerging artists. The diversity of these...
Non-CAS Event Wednesday, November 29, 2017, 6-7pm Sharp Auditorium, Hamilton Building - Lower Level, Denver Art Museum 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204 Born in Guangdong at the beginning of the Chinese Cultural Revolution in 1966, Xiaoze Xie's work has remained deeply affected by the loss of tradition, culture, and learning since moving to the US in 1992. His most recent series traces the practice of banning books...
CAS Event Open through December, 2017 1 st floor, Norlin Library, Underground West Gallery. Library Exhibit: The Vibrant Landscapes of Mustang, Nepal Visit the 1st Floor of Norlin Library for an exhibit of photographs of Mustang by Kevin Bubriski from his book, Mustang in Black and White. "Mustang, Nepal, is known for its vibrant landscapes – blue skies, vermillion-colored cliffs, uted canyons of deep ochre. It is a tapestry of...
Non-CAS Event Friday, December 15, 2017, 6:30 p.m. Sharp Auditorium, Hamilton Building, Denver Art Museum 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204 Dr. Rowan Flad, John E. Hudson Professor of Archaeology, Harvard University, shares the findings of his work in Gansu, China on the Tao River Archaeological Project (TRAP), 2012-2017. Tracing the nature of technology and technological change migrating along the routes of the proto Silk Roads, and the...
Non-CAS Event Wednesday, January 17, 2018, 12 p.m. Congdon Board Room, Hamilton Building - Lower Level, Denver Art Museum Professor Bentley’s talk examines three Chinese incised lacquer folding screens produced between 1665 and 1800. All three screens include segments depicting Europeans hunting exotic animals and parading with gifts; two screens specifically indicate that the Europeans are Dutch. Analysis highlights the ways in which these Chinese screens borrowed “foreigner” imagery from...
