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Welcome to the Anthropology of Japan public lecture series, hosted by Dr. Kathryn Goldfarb (University of Colorado Boulder Department of Anthropology) and sponsored by the University of Colorado Boulder Center for Asian Studies! This lecture series runs parallel to the undergraduate course, “Introduction to the Anthropology of Japan.” Please join...

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships For CU-Boulder Graduate and Undergraduate Students and Metropolitan State University of Denver Undergraduate Students Application Deadline: February 15, 2024 Program Description FLAS fellowships administered by the Center for Asian Studies (CAS) are awarded competitively to students studying modern Asian languages. The U.S. Department...

Fall 2023 was CU Boulder’s first semester as a host for the Indonesian International Student Mobility Awards (IISMA), through which the Indonesian government provides study abroad opportunities for undergraduate students. We look forward to hosting another group in fall 2024. Two of the 2023 cohort wrote about their experiences. What...

Over winter break, the Center for Asian Studies moved from our temporary locatuon in the CASE Building to our permanent home in the Denison Building. View location on the Campus Map We are busy setting up new office space, but please come by and say "hi"! Our official address is...

ASIA 1000 - Origins of Contemporary Southeast Asia T/Th 2pm-3:15pm Shae Frydenlund ( Shae.Frydenlund@Colorado.EDU ) Explores the dynamic present of Southeast Asia in light of its complex past. Introduces the shared historical experiences that have shaped diverse Southeast Asian societies, with a focus on the continuing effects of colonialism, nationalism,...

From all of us at the Center for Asian Studies - we wish you a happy holiday season! The Center will be closed from Friday, December 22 until Tuesday, January 2. We will be taking time off, and we hope you, too, enjoy the holiday season and find time to...

The Colorado Journal of Asian Studies is now accepting submissions! Submit by January 12, 2024. The Colorado Journal of Asian Studies invites undergraduate students from all Colorado universities and beyond to submit their work on Asia—from any discipline—to be considered for publication in our undergraduate research journal. The journal is...

Students are invited to submit a 500-word essay with their reflections and impressions after having viewed the Waging Peace Exhibit. The student with the winning essay, as selected by the guest judge, will receive an award of $500. Nick Ut, Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer of the “Napalm Girl” image, will serve...

Tuesday, November 14 at 6:15pm Humanities 135 Martin Kern, “The Voice of the Historian in Early China” This lecture focuses on the “Grand Lord Archivist says” 太史公曰 statements throughout the Shiji . It examines in detail the highly formulaic and rhetorical nature of their composition and proposes that these statements...

To celebrate International Education Week (November 13-17), StudyColorado is hosting a photo/video contest. We encourage international students to submit a picture or short video (30 seconds or less) of themselves at a favorite spot on campus or in Colorado. Enter the StudyColorado photo contest for a chance to win prizes!...