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Over the weekend of 24 and 25 February 2024, the CU Boulder Asian Studies Graduate Association (CUBASGA) held our 25 th annual conference at UMC. CUBASGA is the largest graduate student conference in our field and is run entirely by graduate students from the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations...

The Problem of Being: Ontology in Contemporary Islamic Philosophy HUMN 230 | Monday, 15 April 2024, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Register here Mullā Ṣadrā (d. 1640) is one of the greatest of all Islamic philosophers matched only by the likes of Ibn ʿArabī (d. 1240), Avicenna (d. 1037) and...

Friday, April 12, 8:45am - 5:30pm Center for British and Irish Studies, Norlin Library 5th floor This symposium explores themes of physical and social fluidities in Asia. There are many dimensions to water, as a liquid, a basis of all living organisms, a biotic infrastructure for life, a material around...

One of my favorite undergraduate courses to teach is Memory and the Politics of Heritage in Asia. This class uses examinations of material objects (not only museums, monuments, and memorials, but also archives, school curriculum, and oral histories) to explore how history does not exist as a passive, fixed account,...

GETSEA Simulcast Film Screening of Indigenous Cambodian Filmmakers GETSEA Simulcast Film Screening of Indigenous Cambodian Filmmakers On April 9 th from 4:00 pm-5:30pm the Center for Asian Studies, in partnership with GETSEA and the Bophana Institute will present a unique Simulcast Film Screening of short films by Indigenous Cambodian filmmakers,...

Towards Contemplative Fluency: Framing Tibetan Meditation Practices Wednesday, April 3, 2024, 6pm - 7:30pm Eaton Humanities 250 Meditation is an ancient human practice. Our ability to artfully cultivate attentive, imaginal, and embodied modes of consciousness, and more so, intentionally design and apply techniques to transcend ordinary experience are deeply integral...

The Center for Asian Studies offices will be open during spring break, but we will not have any events. If you are taking some time off, we hope you enjoy!

CU Boulder PhD candidate Tracy Fehr’s research examines the intersecting identities limiting Nepali women’s access to disaster relief funds following the devastating 2015 earthquakes The devastating 2015 earthquakes in Nepal affected nearly 30% of the country’s population, causing an estimated 9,000 deaths, displacing 2.8 million people and destroying or severely...

Gandasari Abdullah Win, 1934-2024 Ibu Riri: Center for Asian Studies The Center for Asian Studies community is heartbroken to have recently lost a beloved member of the Center’s family. Gandasari Abdullah Win, dearly known as Ibu Riri, passed away on January 19, 2024, concluding a remarkable life of 89 years...

CU Boulder is well-represented at this year's Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference in Seattle! You can find additional information and panel listings at the conference website . Thursday, March 14 A019 Looking to the Future: Community Engagement and Capacity Building in Asian Studies Panelist: Danielle R Salaz , Executive...