Two new factsheets on China’s global development model published

Oct. 17, 2022

Over the past decade, China has seemingly exploded onto the international development scene. President Xi Jinping’s 2013 launch of the ‘Belt & Road Initiative’ heralded a newly assertive posture on China’s part, and since then there has been a lot of interest in what China is doing in places like...

Announcing a new certificate in Tibetan and Himalayan Studies at CU Boulder

Oct. 10, 2022

The Center for Asian Studies is excited to announce that CU Boulder students who are interested in learning about the Tibet and Himalayan region are now able to pursue a certificate in Tibetan and Himalayan studies. Culturally and ethnically Tibetan areas constitute ¼ of the land area of the People’s...

Announcing a new Southeast Asian Studies track for Asian Studies majors

Oct. 3, 2022

We are excited to announce that CU Boulders students who are interested in learning about Southeast Asia are now able to specialize in Southeast Asian studies through the newly approved Southeast Asia track for Asian Studies majors. Southeast Asia is one of the most geostrategic and economically important regions in...

Finding Beauty in Data: Exploring the Indian Subcontinent Through Climate Research

Sept. 26, 2022

Over the summer I had the opportunity to work on an incredibly exciting project to gather climate data on the Indian subcontinent to be made available to the scientific community. I have always had a deep love for the environment, spending all of my free time in the mountains or...

Nebil Husayn of the University of Miami discusses early Islamic history, the Civil Rights Movement, and Modernist readings of the Quran.

Sept. 19, 2022

Nebil Husayn of the University of Miami visited CU Boulder from 9/15/22 to 9/16/22 to deliver three talks on a wide range of subjects. In his first talk, titled “Rehabilitating Ali: Historiography and the Tools of Orthodoxy,” Husayn deconstructed the nearly universal portrayal of Ali ibn Abi Talib in Muslim...

Welcoming the 2022-23 academic year: new (and not so new) faces and a new theme at CAS

Sept. 12, 2022

Welcome back to another academic year at the Center for Asian Studies! While August brought the exciting news that we had received Federal Title VI National Resource Center and FLAS funding , we are also excited to welcome (and welcome back) some new and not so new faces to the...

Virtual Shakuhachi Research Made Possible by Seidensticker Grant

Sept. 6, 2022

The Center for Asian Studies offers support for summer research or language study to graduate students working on Japan through the Edward G. Seidensticker Japan Summer Research Grant . Brandon Stover was a 2022 grant recipient and reports on his activities below. Applications for summer 2023 will be due on...

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships Application for AY 22-23 now open

Aug. 29, 2022

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships Program Description: FLAS fellowships administered by the Center for Asian Studies (CAS) are awarded competitively to students studying modern Asian languages. The U.S. Department of Education (ED) funds and oversees these awards, under the provisions of Title VI of the Higher Education Act...

The Center for Asian Studies Welcomes Students for the 2022-2023 Academic Year!

Aug. 22, 2022

The Center for Asian Studies is excited to welcome incoming and returning students at the beginning of the Fall 2022 semester! Things are exciting here at CAS, especially because we have been notified recently that we have been awarded $2.2 million in funding from the US Department of Education to...

CAS Wins Grants from US Department of Education

Aug. 16, 2022

Dear Friends of Asian Studies, I write with the exciting news that the Center for Asian Studies has been awarded $2.2 million in funding from the US Department of Education to support our role as a National Resource Center (NRC) in Asian Studies and to provide Foreign Language and Area...

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