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Please join us in welcoming our newest staff member, Carla Stansifer! Carla not only graduated from ALC in 2000 with a M.A. in classical Japanese, but she also taught Asian art history at CU as an adjunct instructor. Her area of specialty is East Asian visual arts. After graduating from...

The Center for Asian Studies is pleased to help host Khenpo Tsultrim Lodrö, a renowned Buddhist teacher from Larung Buddhist Academy in eastern Tibet for a public lecture on Tuesday, April 28 . Khenpo Tsultrim Lodrö is a leading figure at Larung Buddhist Academy in eastern Tibet, the largest Buddhist...

The Center for Asian Studies is pleased to partner with the Department of Religious Studies to bring Dr. Joseph Alter, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh, to CU on Thursday, April 23. In this lecture, Alter presents an answer to the question of why the practice of yoga...

This Friday is the 4th annual CAS symposium. In this day-long conference, we will continue to examine our year-long theme, "Mediating Asia." A great deal of our current knowledge about Asia comes to us via traditional media channels (such as print & broadcast journalism, feature films, and documentaries) and, increasingly,...

This Friday is the 4th annual CAS symposium. In this day-long conference, we will continue to examine our year-long theme, "Mediating Asia." In addition to our keynote addresses, this year's conference will also feature three panels on "Media and Environmental Politics in Asia," "Authoritarian States, Nationalism, and the Unruly Media,"...

This Friday is the 4th annual CAS symposium. In this day-long conference, we will continue to examine our year-long theme, "Mediating Asia." A great deal of our current knowledge about Asia comes to us via traditional media channels (such as print & broadcast journalism, feature films, and documentaries) and, increasingly,...

On Tuesday, April 14, the Center for Asian Studies is partnering with Critical Media Practices and the Department of Anthropology to bring People's Park to campus. Produced by Libbie D. Cohn and J.P. Sniadecki, People's Park is a 78-minute single shot documentary that immerses viewers in an unbroken journey through...

It's time for the annual Asian Language Night. This Wednesday, April 8, join the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations in celebrating the languages and cultures of Asia with student performances and food. There will be presentations from each of the six language programs offered through the department: Arabic, Chinese,...

In late February, Tibetan artist Ang Tsherin Sherpa spent a week at CU-Boulder, engaging students and community members alike with his experiences as an artist in one of the newest fields of Asian art history, contemporary Himalayan art. The Center for Asian Studies provided significant support for Tsherin’s campus visit...

This Thursday, April 2, Rachel Fleming, Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Anthropology, will present her research on working women in Bangalore as part of our Luncheon Series. In the past three generations and especially since economic liberalization in the 1990s, the southern Indian city of Bangalore has become a...