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Professor Bella Mody of the Journalism and Mass Communication Program will present our next Luncheon Series event where she will discuss newspapers and citizen education in the context of the Maoist insurgency, considered by the government to be India's "greatest internal security threat" in a talk entitled "Mao in India:...

Richa Nagar, Professor of Geography at the University of Minnesota, will deliver the Keynote Address for the 20th Annual Critical Geography Conference, to be held February 21-23. Nagar's lecture will be on Friday, February 21, at 4:00 p.m. in Atlas 100. Nagar's work focuses on the politics and practices of...

Emily Yeh, Associate Professor of Geography at CU, will be at Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe on the Hill on Wednesday, February 12 at 7:00 p.m. to talk about her new book, Taming Tibet: Landscape Transformation and the Gift of Chinese Development , published by Cornell University Press in 2013...

Seoul-based artist, Kim Jongku, began a two-week residency at CU on February 3. Jongku works in sculpture, video, painting, and photography. Using black, steel powder - the result of an industrial grinding process - he "writes" calligraphic inscriptions on the floor of a pristine, white environment, as if the powder...

Robert A. Kapp, President of Robert A. Kapp & Associates, Inc, of Port Townsend, Washington, will come to CU on Friday, February 7, to give a lecture on corporate responsibility in contemporary China at 11:00 a.m. in Koelbel S125. Dr. Kapp's firm provides consulting services to companies and nonprofit organizations...

Have you been looking for a community of students who are interested in Asia? Have you heard about the Asian Studies major and are wondering how it can fit into your academic plan? Would you like to incorporate Asia into your undergraduate career but don't have the time to study...

The first Luncheon Series talk of the year will be on Thursday, January 30. Marcus Perman of the Tsadra Foundation will discuss the culture of books in Tibet. In the context of written documents, if you ask the question, "what is sacred?" you get interesting answers from different religious thinkers,...

We are sorry to announce that "Catastrophies in Asia: The North Korean Nuclear Issue" featuring Ambassador Christopher Hill on January 30 has been canceled due to external circumstances.

The first Luncheon Series talk of the year will be on Thursday, January 30. Marcus Perman of the Tsadra Foundation will discuss the culture of books in Tibet. In the context of written documents, if you ask the question, "what is sacred?" you get interesting answers from different religious thinkers,...

We are pleased to announce that we are re-launching our Luncheon Series in lieu of the Brown Bag events. Unlike at Brown Bag events, to which participants were encouraged to bring their lunches, at the Luncheon Series events the Center for Asian Studies will provide lunch to participants. Additionally, we...