Threat from India-Pakistan Nuclear War is the subject of research by Owen Toon and Jerry Peterson

Nov. 4, 2019

A new study about the outcome of a nuclear war between India and Pakistan was released recently. An article in CU Boulder Today interviews Owen Toon, who works at the Laboratory of Atmospheric and Space Physics . Toon first presented his research on the subject at the Center for Asian...

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CAS Event Friday: Dare Dara disturb the Universe?: Dara Shikoh’s translations as ‘trance-lessons’

Oct. 31, 2019

Friday, November 1 at 3pm Eaton Humanities 1B80 free and open to the public Dara Shikoh, the Mughal poet-prince, comes to limelight at intermittent intervals. This time it is because Dalhousie Road in Delhi has been renamed as Dara Shikoh Road; and also because Audrey Trusche has written a book...

Zee JLF Colorado coming to Boulder in September

June 10, 2019

This September, the "greatest literary show on Earth" returns for the fifth time to Colorado. A festival of literature from all over the world, ZEE JLF at Colorado promises to be an event unlike any other. Free and accessible to everyone, the Festival invites you to join us in examining...

Event Tomorrow: Justifying Violence in a Buddhist World Colloquium with Michael Jerryson

March 18, 2019

Cas Event--Tuesday, March 19 at 2pm CASE Building E422 at CU Boulder (above Euclid garage) In many ways, Buddhist-inspired violence may seem like an oxymoron, yet there is a robust history of Buddhist revolts, just-war theory, and violence in Asia. Dr. Jerryson analyzes the patterns behind these historical examples and...

'A House for Every Daughter' photography exhibit by Professor Emeritus Dennis McGilvray

April 17, 2017

CAS affiliated emeritus professor Dennis McGilvray's work in Sri Lanka is the culmination of nearly forty years of anthropologic research. Professor McGilvray's research interests focus on the Tamils and Muslims of south India and Sri Lanka. This exhibit of photography takes a look at dowry practices in the region and...

South Asia Speaker Series Presents: An Evening with David Gilmartin on Tuesday, April 19

April 14, 2016

The South Asia Speaker Series is bringing Dr. David Gilmartin, Professor of Anthropology at North Carolina State University, on Tuesday, April 19, to speak on "Voting and Party Symbols in India: The Visual and the Law in Constituting the Sovereign People." Dr. Gilmartin's talk will begin at 5:00 p.m. and...

DJ Spooky Will Present at Our Next Luncheon Series Event!

April 7, 2016

Next Tuesday, Paul D. Miller, a.k.a. DJ Spooky, will present at our next Luncheon Series event on his work, "Exploring Water, Cities, Climate, and Music in India." DJ Spooky is an electronic and experimental hip hop musician. His work has included recordings in Antarctica , and his current project is...

PhD Candidate Ashmi Desai to Present at Our Next Luncheon Series Event

Feb. 25, 2016

Next Thursday, March 3, Ashmi Desai, PhD Candidate in Communication, will discuss her research on "Media Representations of Maoism in Central India." For more than four decades, communist revolutionaries have been agitating for systemic change in India, leading to a loss of thousands of lives while highlighting pertinent issues of...

Join Us for Our First Spring 2016 Luncheon Series Event!

Jan. 19, 2016

Join us on Thursday, January 21, as we listen to Sociology Associate Professor Jennifer Bair's presention of her research on "Labor Compliance in Bangladesh’s Garment Sector: Rana Plaza and the Conversation about Global Supply Chains." Dr. Bair's talk will begin at 12:00 p.m., and will be held in the CAS...

Ph.D. Candidate Allison Shelton to Give the Next Luncheon Series Talk on Thursday, October 15

Oct. 12, 2015

Join us on Thursday, October 15 , for our next Luncheon Series event. Allison Shelton, Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of English, will present her dissertation research on "Narratives of Environment and Radical Localism in Indian Anglophone Fiction." The talk will be held at 12:00 p.m. in the CAS Conference...

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