Spotlight East Asia

The Center for Asian Studies and the International Film Series are pleased to present "Korean Film Series" this week on the CU campus. On Thursday, October 2, and Friday, October 3, there will be screenings of two Korean films, Oldboy and The Host . On Friday, there will be a...

In the contemporary world, most of us move from one place to another and experience placelessness, the difficulty of building deep knowledge of and relationship with the specific culture or place we migrated to. Today’s nomadic culture and lifestyle is multicultural, transcending geographic locations and ethnic characteristics. Such experiences lead...

On Friday, September 19, Professor Yoshikazu Kawaguchi will be at CU to address fundamental issues in effective Japanese language teaching, including such aspects as teaching Japanese phonetics, teaching kanji, and engaging students in communication. This presentation, held at 3:00 p.m. in Humanities 370, will be conducted in Japanese. Yoshikazu Kawaguchi...

The Center for Asian Studies welcomes all those who are interested in undergraduate scholarships to Japan or in taking the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. Join Susan Schmidt of the American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ) on Monday, September 15 at 2:00 p.m. to find out more about the Japanese...

We are pleased to announce that Consul General Dong Man Han of the Consulate of the Republic of Korea in San Francisco will be at CU on Thursday, September 4 to discuss the current state of the Korean peninsula, including South Korean economic development, its relationship with North Korea and...

Recipient of 2014 Foreign Minister's Commendation Dr. Laurel Rasplica Rodd On Thursday, July 24 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan announced recipients of the Japanese Foreign Minister’s Commendation for 2014, including one individual from within the jurisdiction of the Consulate General of Japan in Denver. Dr. Laurel Rasplica Rodd...

This article, written by Amy Bounds, was originally published in the Daily Camera on July 23, 2014. To see the full article, please click here . Mandarin Chinese teachers are spending 10 days learning to incorporate technology that encourages active learning in their K-12 classrooms at a summer workshop at...

Are you looking for something to do this weekend? Head out to Sloan's Lake Park to the Dragon Boat Festival, which will be held on Saturday from 10-7, and Sunday from 10-5. This annual event features Dragon Boat races, a martial arts stage, the Japanese Obon dance, lion dancing, and...

For the first time, CU will be a testing site for the popular Japanese-Language Proficiency Test. The Center for Asian Studies is excited to work with JLPT and the Association for American Teachers of Japanese to bring this test to Colorado, as the JLPT currently has no testing sites in...

The Conference on World Affairs Athenaeum Program, sponsored by the Center for Asian Studies, brought Alison Klayman to CU Boulder’s campus March 10th-13th. Alison Klayman directed the film Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry. Her important work with Ai Weiwei highlighted an artist with unrelenting spirit and defiance who blurs the line...