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ASIA 1700 - Introduction to Tibetan Civilization MW 3:35 - 4:50pm Tenzin Tsepak ( tenzin.tsepak@colorado.edu ) Explores the dynamic history of Tibet from its early empire to the present. Offers interdisciplinary perspectives on Tibetan civilization, including arts and literature, religion and politics, society and culture. ASIA 2852/GEOG 2852: Contemporary Southeast...

Thursday, March 16 Carla Jones (Anthropology) – Chair Labor of Piety in Southeast Asia Thursday, March 16, 7pm – 8:30pm Gardner B (3rd Floor) Keller Kimbrough (Asian Languages and Civilizations) Mercy of the Court: Narratives of Law, Litigation, and Criminal Codes in Medieval Japanese Fiction Cultures of Law and Litigation...

Join the conversation about social movements circulating in Global Asia and Asian America. Event Information: Date : Tuesday, March 7, 2023 Time : 12:30pm - 1:30pm MT Location : Virtual | Zoom Registration : https://cuboulder.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMpfuyqrTIjH9U1nPV_6dYq2FWkUk8Ynk5e Event is free and open to the public. Event Description: The event topic on the...

On February 24 th , 2023, the University of Colorado Boulder ushered in the new Tibetan year of the Water Hare with Losar celebrations. Losar (ལོ་གསར་) meaning New Year in Tibetan is celebrated widely across the Tibetan Plateau and in the Himalayan regions of Nepal, India, and Bhutan. Taking place...

Batik Cutting Board Coloring Tuesday, February 28, 2023 4pm-5pm The Hive @ALTEC Hellems 159. Epigraphy and the Rise of Islam: the religious landscape of late pre-Islamic Arabia Thursday, March 2 at 5pm Humanities 135 This talk will present new epigraphic discoveries from the late 5th to early 7th-century Hijaz region...

Tuesday, February 21 at 3pm MST In person CASE room W313 - in-person capacity is very limited or Register for the zoom here Bonnie Etherington will be speaking via Zoom, and will not be on the Boulder Campus for this event. Event hosted by Carla Jones , Associate Professor of...

Monday, February 20, 5:00-6:30pm, HUMN 135 Joshua Frydman , University of Oklahoma Excavations in recent decades have uncovered inscriptions of poetry from the seventh through tenth centuries in Japan, many of which are on objects that were thrown away, as well as “graffiti” on buildings. These inscriptions comprised networks of...

The Center for Asian Studies has several upcoming deadlines for scholarships and other funding opportunities. Click the links for more details about each opportunity below. Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships FLAS fellowships administered by the Center for Asian Studies (CAS) are awarded competitively to students studying modern Asian...

The Center for Asian Studies has several upcoming deadlines for scholarships and other funding opportunities. Click the links for more details about each opportunity below. CAS Student Assistant The Center for Asian Studies is seeking an undergraduate student to join the CAS staff as an hourly CAS Student Assistant, to...

This anniversary marks 50 years since the end of combat in Vietnam Vietnam and the USA: Looking Forward and Back Nothing Is Impossible, America’s Reconciliation with Vietnam: A Talk by Ambassador Ted Osius Hearts and Minds