In the Spotlight

CU Boulder is well-represented at this year's Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference in Seattle! You can find additional information and panel listings at the conference website . Thursday, March 14 A019 Looking to the Future: Community Engagement and Capacity Building in Asian Studies Panelist: Danielle R Salaz , Executive...

ASIA 1700 Introduction to Tibetan Civilization T/Th 12:30-1:45 Instructor TBD, contact Lauren Collins with questions ( collinlk@colorado.edu ) Explores the dynamic history of Tibet from its early empire to the present. An area in Asia the size of Western Europe, Tibetan cultural and ethnic communities span parts of China, Nepal,...

Foodie Tuesday Lunar New Year Tuesday, March 5, 5pm-7pm Williams Village East Lobby Open to all CU Boulder Students Learn to cook dumplings! Red Enelopes! Mahjong! Anthropology of Japan Series: Affect and the Diversity of Feeling Bodies Wed, Mar 6, 2024, 12:20-1:10pm MT, on Zoom Register in advance: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJApfumvrzwsHNTa28SNBJwgo-b3u... Daniel...

The Center for Asian Studies and Partnership for International Strategies in Asia (PISA) joined Norlin Library and several departments on campus to host the exhibit, Waging Peace in Vietnam: U.S. Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War . Curated by Ron Carver, the display of photographs, documents, and oral histories...

Indonesian Potluck Saturday, March 2, 2024, 5pm to 7pm CU Rec Center, Ice Overlook Large Meeting Room Please join a potluck! BRING YOUR FAVORITE DISH TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE! NURUL.WAHYUNI@COLORADO.EDU (720) 541-0104 Co-Sponsored by the Center for Asian Studies and the Metropolitan State University Denver Asian Studies Program. “We are...

Feeding Asceticism: Himalayan Buddhist Renunciation, Devotion, and Embodied Intimate Care Thursday, February 22 at 6pm Humanities 250 In Tibetan and Himalayan Buddhist biographies, devotion frames stories of the intimate, emotionally intense connections between gurus and disciples. By contrast, Tibetan Buddhist accounts of renunciation often highlight separation, departure, and absence, themes...

CLAC Course Development Grants Call for Proposals Culture and Language Across the Curriculum (CLAC) is a national framework designed to promote the use of foreign languages to enhance the study of non-language subjects. The Center for Asian Studies invites CU Boulder faculty who would like to add CLAC techniques to...

The inaugural celebration honored recipients of the prestigious Fulbright award from across campus, and highlighted CU Boulder’s support for those unique and diverse experiences. A joyous gathering in December brought together enthusiastic CU Boulder faculty Fulbright awardees , who had visited locations worldwide, to share their stories. Some attendees, including...

Lunar New Year Celebration at MSU Denver Tuesday, February 13, 11:30am to 1:30pm Tivoli Turnhalle, Auraria Campus, Denver Join CAS and the Asian Studies Program at MSU in celebrating Lunar New Year! Free and open to the public Free food and crafts Chinese Lion Dance Gamelan Manik Kusuma K-Pop Dance...

Friday, February 9, 4pm-5pm UMC Room 425 Professor of Music Ruzibi Khodjaeva of the Uzbekistan State Conservatory in Tashkent will demonstrate her instrument, the dutar, and Professor of Music, UC Santa Cruz Tanya Merchant will accompany her on the dutar and also explain the music, its traditions, and the gendered...