Another Excellent CU Boulder Asian Studies Graduate Association Annual Graduate Student Conference

May 12, 2014

CU Boulder’s Asian Studies Graduate Association (CUBASGA) held its annual graduate student conference on March 7th and 8th. Beginning in 1998, this conference has been organized to provide current graduate students with a forum to present original research on East Asia, particularly on topics in the humanities and social sciences...

Congratulations to the Graduating Class of Spring 2014!

May 6, 2014

The Center for Asian Studies is pleased to announce our Spring 2014 graduates! Sharon Chang is graduating with a dual degree in the College of Arts & Sciences, majoring in Asian Studies and Japanese, and in the Leeds School of Business, where she studied Marketing and Management. This semester, she...

Critical Geography Keynote Talk, Muddying the Waters, was a Success

May 1, 2014

On Friday February 21, Professor Richa Nagar of the University of Minnesota gave a lecture, sponsored by CAS entitled Muddying the Waters: Co-authoring feminisms across scholarship and activism . The talk was based on her forthcoming book by the same title. Held in ATLAS 100, the lecture was very well...

Dennis McGilvray of the Department of Anthropology to Present His Research in Sri Lanka at the Final Luncheon Series Event of the Semester

April 28, 2014

Dennis McGilvray, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, will discuss his recent research in Sri Lanka at the final CAS Luncheon Series event of Spring 2014. This event will be held on Thursday, May 1, at 12:00 p.m. in the CAS Conference Room at 1424 Broadway on the CU-Boulder campus. The century-old...

"Materiality of Transmutation": Korean Artist Kim Jongku Comes to CU

April 24, 2014

February 11th, observers watched Kim Jongku combine physical and digital media, where rust filings simultaneously become poetry, calligraphy, and landscape. The performance lasted only fifteen minutes, but wonderfully transmitted what it means to be a master of one’s craft. Kim plays with the traditions and conventions of East Asian art,...

Anna Shields to Give a Lecture on Friendship and Literary Culture in Mid-Tang China

April 21, 2014

Anna Shields, Associate Professor of Chinese at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, is coming to CU this week to give a talk entitled "The Body of the Friend: Friendship and Literary Culture in Mid-Tang China." This talk will be on Thursday, April 24 at 5:00 p.m. in Humanities 180...

Panel Discussion Commemorating the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Tiananmen Protests and Crackdown Next Wednesday

April 17, 2014

Join the Center for Asian Studies for an evening during which we commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Tiananmen protests and June 4th Crackdown with a panel discussion entitled "Tiananmen Retrospective: Reflections on Violence, Power, and Protest in China and Beyond." We will discuss not only the events of Tiananmen...

CU Art Museum Associate Curator of Asian Art Ariana Maki to Discuss Temple Art in Early Modern Bhutan

April 14, 2014

This Thursday, the Center for Asian Studies invites the Ariana Maki, Associate Curator of Asian Art at the CU Art Museum, to present at the second-to-last Luncheon Series event of the year. In this presentation, entitled "Temple Art and Authority in Early Modern Bhutan," Maki will discuss her research on...

Application Deadline is Monday for the Center for Asian Studies Rowman & Littlefield Internship

April 11, 2014

Applications are due Monday for the Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Editorial Acquisitions Intern position. This is one of the few internships available at CU that has a specific focus on Asia, and it is a great opportunity for undergraduate students to get hands-on experience at a renowned publishing house. Rowman...

Asian Language Night Returns this Thursday

April 9, 2014

Every year, the Center for Asian Studies partners with the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations to present Asian Language Night. This year, Asian Language Night will be on Thursday, April 10, from 5:00 until 7:30 in Humanities 1B80, and it will be followed by a reception at 7:30 in...

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