In the Spotlight

The Center for Asian Studies is holding a Meet & Greet for CU students, faculty, and staff who are interested in Asia on Thursday, September 18, at 4:30 p.m. Join us at Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe on the Hill for an afternoon of socializing over coffee and scones. All...

Are Indian women seen as passive victims or agents of change? Please join this roundtable discussion of professors and students for a lively conversation on how Indian women are represented (or misrepresented) in Western media as we discuss popular perceptions and stereotypes. Friday, September 12, 4:00 p.m., Hale 230, CU-Boulder...

The Center for Asian Studies welcomes all those who are interested in undergraduate scholarships to Japan or in taking the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. Join Susan Schmidt of the American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ) on Monday, September 15 at 2:00 p.m. to find out more about the Japanese...

Caste, a social-economic-cultural-religious construction has ruled the Indian minds for over three thousand years and have gradually been institutionalized. Caste continues to serve as the fabric of Indian society, co-existing with modernity and a profound and progressive legal framework. Often the differences in approach to address the issue have become...

We are pleased to announce that Consul General Dong Man Han of the Consulate of the Republic of Korea in San Francisco will be at CU on Thursday, September 4 to discuss the current state of the Korean peninsula, including South Korean economic development, its relationship with North Korea and...

The Center for Asian Studies extends a hearty welcome to all new and returning CU students, faculty, and staff. We hope you had a great summer and are looking forward to another great semester here at the University of Colorado Boulder. This fall, we are offering a number of events,...

Professor Padmatso of Southwest Nationalities University and Holly Gayley of the CU Religious Studies Department are co-presenting the first Luncheon Series lecture of the Fall 2014 semester, entitled "Non-Violence as a Shifting Signifier on the Tibetan Plateau." In eastern Tibet, along the border of Kham and Golok, Tibetan nomads are...

The second volume of Persian: Here and Now (Mage: summer 2014) authored by our Persian instructor and coordinator of Persian (Farsi) program recently released and will be used this year as a course book for Farsi Intermediate. Extract from preface of the book: "In this volume, as in the first...

Recipient of 2014 Foreign Minister's Commendation Dr. Laurel Rasplica Rodd On Thursday, July 24 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan announced recipients of the Japanese Foreign Minister’s Commendation for 2014, including one individual from within the jurisdiction of the Consulate General of Japan in Denver. Dr. Laurel Rasplica Rodd...

This article, written by Amy Bounds, was originally published in the Daily Camera on July 23, 2014. To see the full article, please click here . Mandarin Chinese teachers are spending 10 days learning to incorporate technology that encourages active learning in their K-12 classrooms at a summer workshop at...