In the Spotlight

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...

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, 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

It's one thing to learn to read with an alphabet that has 26 letters. It's something else to entirely master an alphabet with 2,600+ different letters, or "kanji." Once you master the basic principle of ideographic writing, anyone can start reading the kanji. On April 8, T.R. Reid is coming...

Tomorrow, Professor Brian Toon of the CU-Boulder Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences will wrap up the 2014 Annual CAS Symposium: "Catastrophic Asia" with his talk entitled "Self-Assured Destruction: The Climate Impacts of Nuclear War." Climatic Consequences and Agricultural Impact of Regional Nuclear Conflict - Brian Toon. A nuclear war...

Dr. Jerry Peterson is our second featured scholar at the CAS Annual Symposium: Catastrophic Asia , to be held this Friday, April 4 beginning at 1:00 p.m. in the Center for British and Irish Studies room on the fifth floor of the Norlin Library. Dr. Peterson will follow Magdalena's talk...