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Looking for language opportunities in the spring semester? Check out ALTEC's spring schedule of noncredit language courses, with offerings in beginning Japanese and Korean. Courses range from 5-8 weeks long, meeting once or twice a week. CU students can enroll for $75 per class, $150 for community members. For a...

Professor Rachel Silvey, of the Department of Geography of the University of Toronto, gave a talk on December 2 at CU Boulder. Her lecture and research, “Infrastructures of Eviction: Indonesian migrant labor in the Transnational City,” was set within the context of the recent boom in urbanism in Asia, the...

In the Spring 2017 semester, the Center for Asian Studies is offering a 2-credit internship at Rowman & Littlefield Publishers to an undergraduate student with an interest in Asia. Rowman & Littlefield is a leading independent academic press located in Boulder that is committed to publishing enduring works of scholarship,...

On October 7, the University of Colorado was host to Dr. Sara Shneiderman, associate professor of anthropology at the University of British Columbia. While on campus Dr. Shneiderman met with students in the graduate seminar "Anthropology of Tibet and the Himalayas," and gave a public lecture titled "Restructuring Life: Citizenship,...

Fredy González, professor of history at CU Boulder, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for the 2016-17 year. González's work focuses on Chinese immigrants in secret societies from the mid-19th century through the 1930s. In the 1920s, many leaders of different secret societies assassinated each other. “I am hoping I...

The Center for Asian Studies Japan internship program and executive director Danielle Rocheleau Salaz have been recently highlighted in the Daily Camera! Last summer, CAS launched its Japan internship program with three companies in Tokyo. CAS will hold an information session about 2017 internship positions next month. For more information...

Freeman-ASIA provides scholarships for U.S. undergraduate students applying to study abroad in East or Southeast Asia. A Freeman-ASIA Award provides need-based funding to assist the recipient with the cost of the study abroad program and related expenses, including airfare, basic living costs, local transportation, books, etc. Student Deadline: October 20,...

Call for Abstracts | Deadline for Submission: Friday, October 14, 2016 by 11:59PM HST. Hawaii Imin International Conference Center Honolulu, Hawaii, USA February 16-18, 2017 Opening Ceremony: Thursday, February 16, 2017 Conference Paper Presentations: Friday-Saturday, February 17-18, 2017 For updates about the conference, please check out the IGSC Facebook page...

Asian Studies major Lillian Poush has been awarded a Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship to study in Osaka, Japan during the 2016-2017 school year! Lillian is double majoring in Asian Studies and Linguistics. Congratulations, Lillian! Gilman scholars receive up to $5,000 to apply toward their study abroad or internship program costs...

Found in Translation: A review of Last Life in the Universe Last Life in the Universe is a cinematic collaboration between artists in Thailand and Japan released in 2003. This enigmatic film is directed and co-authored by the famed Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, dubbed the hipster filmmaker of Thailand. The co-screenwriter is...