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On October 8-10, 2015, the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations hosted the Annual Meeting of the American Oriental Society, Western Branch to great success. They hosted about 80 domestic and international participants, 52 of which presented papers. The feedback received from participants as well as the audience—mostly colleagues and...

Join us for our final Luncheon Series event of Fall 2015 as we listen to Tim Weston, Associate Professor in the Department of History and Associate Director of the Center for Asian Studies, give a talk on his current book project. In this talk he'll discuss portions of a chapter...

In the Spring 2016 semester, the Center for Asian Studies is offering a 2-credit internship at Rowman & Littlefield Publishers to an undergraduate student with an interest in Asia. Rowman & Littlefield is a leading independent academic press located in Boulder that is committed to publishing enduring works of scholarship,...

On Monday, November 9, 2015, the Center for Asian Studies was pleased to host the "Walk in U.S., Talk on Japan" delegation from the Japanese Prime Minister's Office. The delegation featured Ken Shimanouchi, former Japanese ambassador to Spain and Brazil, as well as four other Japanese citizens who spoke on...

This Tuesday, November 17, Yujie Zhu, Postdoctoral Fellow at Australian National University, will present our next Luncheon Series event on "Cultural Heritage in China; Discourse and Practices." Since the UNESCO World Heritage Convention was ratified by China in 1985, the country has had forty-eight of its national sites inscribed as...

Proposals for summer faculty-led courses in China and surrounding countries are due this Sunday, November 15. CU faculty members are encouraged to submit proposals to organize and teach an undergraduate course in China (or China and neighboring countries) in summer 2017 or later. (Note that faculty may propose offering a...

In light of the current crisis in the Middle East, the Center for Asian Studies is holding a panel discussion featuring four CU professors on "ISIS from Multiple Perspectives" on Wednesday, November 11 . Aun Hasan Ali : "Is ISIS Islamic?" Jeanne M. Nijhowne : "ISIS's War on the Past"...

Colorado China Council is accepting applications from graduates who are interested in teaching in a Chinese university in AY 2016-17. Overview for university teaching in China: Must have a B.A., MA, or PhD. Couples and professional teachers encouraged to apply Teaching background preferable but not absolutely necessary No Chinese language...

Our biannual "Career Tracks in Asia" will be held Tuesday, November 3. This semester's Career Tracks in Asia will feature Boli Medappa, Tyler Rauert, and Colleen Berry. After the panel discussion, there will be a networking reception. The panel discussion begins at 5:00 p.m., and both the presentation and the...

Miriam Kingsberg, Assistant Professor in the Department of History, will present her current research at our next Luncheon Series event, "Fieldwork and Empire: The Making of Japan's Transwar Generation of Human Scientists." This talk introduces what Kingsberg terms the “transwar generation” of Japanese human scientists: students of human diversity as...