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Congratulations to the CU-Boulder Class of Fall 2014! We would also like to extend a special congratulations to Alec Vishal Rouben, our graduating senior in Asian Studies. Yesterday, Alec and Jeremy Sjodahl-Brainard each presented their senior Asian Studies theses to a crowd of about fifteen students, faculty, and community members...

Celebrating over 30 years, the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations offers small class sizes which allow our Graduate Students the opportunity to work closely with expert faculty who have extensive research experience and publish regularly on topics which form an essential component in the education of our students. Generous...

Space is still open for our Spring 2015 course, ASIA 4300: Introduction to Modern Asia! This is an interdisciplinary Asian Studies course that looks at the idea of Asia as a coherent entity and at the ways in which Asia is increasinlgy knit together and integrated into global economic and...

The Center for Asian Studies is pleased to announce a new internship for undergraduate students at CU. The Jaipur Literature Festival Boulder is seeking an Executive Assistant Intern to help organize next year's Boulder festival. As the largest FREE literary festival on earth, the Jaipur Literature Festival brings together some...

On September 29, 2014, renowned Syrian-American composer and pianist gave a lecture and concert at the college of music that highlighted artistic ways of engaging the on going conflicts in Syria. The event was sponsored by the Center for Asian Studies, with additional supporting funds from the College of Music,...

From October 8 through 12, the Center for Asian Studies was pleased to co-host an extended visit to the University of Colorado by Dr. Haruo Shirane, the Shinchō Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture at Columbia University. As the author or editor of nearly thirty books, Professor Shirane is undoubtedly...

In the Spring 2015 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,...

Faculty, students and visitors enjoyed a three-part event on Wednesday, October 1st exploring Tibetan texts—their materials, production, and compilation. The events spanned from the CU Art Museum to Norlin Library and covered an array of media: painting, photography and video, and textual analysis. A group of 40-50 started at the...

The Department of Religious Studies is pleased to announce a new course in Asian Studies: RLST 3820: Buddhist Ritual and Art with Dr. Ariana Maki Spring 2015 | MWF 3:00-3:50pm in Humanities 1B80 Beginning with the life of the Buddha, this course will explore how Buddhist art developed in India...

Every semester, CU’s Center for Asian Studies holds a career panel featuring speakers with a variety of Asian focuses in their careers. This year we heard from three particularly successful individuals, Jeffery King, Pam Reichert, and Julie Segraves. They discussed how they got where they are today and offered advice...