In the Spotlight

The Center for Asian Studies is happy to announce the following event: " Legal Pluralism in South Indian Fisheries: A Typology of Interplays ," will take place on Friday, October 19 at 4 pm in Hale 230 on the CU-Boulder campus. A lecture by Dr. Maarten Bavinck, Director of the...

Please join us Thursday, October 18 at 6 p.m. in Humanities 250 on CU-Boulder campus for an exciting lecture by Dr. Nasrin Rahimieh. Dr. Rahimieh is a Professor of Comparative Literature and the Maseeh Chair and Director of Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture at the...

Our graduates go on to do amazing things. Below is one testament from a recent graduate, Patricia Helfenbein. A Norlin Scholar, Patricia graduated in 2008 summa cum laude in Asian Studies. She is now pursuing her master's degree and hopes to continue her scholarship in a doctorate program. Although my...

CAS Associate Director Tim Weston will be speaking on KGNU radio's program "Connections" about contemporary China and Sino-American relations during this election season on Friday, September 28 from 8:30 - 9:30 AM . KGNU is at 88.5 FM on the radio dial. Professor Weston is co-editor of China in and...

The Center for Asian Studies and The College of Music would like to present: Min'yo: Japan's Musical Roots . This two-part event will begin with a concert on Sunday, Septebmer 30 and conclude with a lecture on Monday, October 1. Min’yo folk songs in Japan provide a window on the...

In March 2011, CU-Boulder hosted a conference entitled "Publishing the Stage: Print and Performance in Early Modern Japan." The Center for Asian Studies was a proud sponsor of the conference, and helped convert conference papers into chapters of a book of the same name. Recently, the Journal of Japanese Studies...

CAS is please to announce the following event : On Sept. 23 - 26, the International Film Series will screen four rare, not-on-DVD, Japanese films released by the Nikkatsu Studio, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary. This will likely be the only chance area residents may ever have to see...

CAS is happy to report the success of one of our recent workshops, " Letters and Epistolary Culture in China " held on August 17 and 18. Dr. Antje Richter, Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations at CU-Boulder, organized the event and provided the following summary...

The Center for Asian Studies is happy to announce the following events, as part of our ongoing Speaker Series : The University of Colorado Boulder is pleased to host Dr. Joyce Flueckiger from Emory University's Department of Religion. Dr. Flueckiger will lead two presentations on Friday, September 21 on CU-Boulder...

Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting 2013 Los Angeles April 9-13th | Deadline: September 21, 2012 Session Title: Port Cityscapes: Dynamic Perspectives on the Port-City-Waterfront Interface. Ports, waterfronts, and their cities remain closely interconnected, despite the structural changes in global trade, shipping and logistics which have transformed their spatial...