Spotlight East Asia

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...

From 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 18, Dr. Sonja Arntzen (Professor Emerita at the University of Toronto) gave a fascinating lecture titled, “ The Sarashina Diary : A New Collaborative Translation and Study.” Approximately 30 people were in attendance, including faculty, staff, graduate students, and undergraduates. Dr. Arntzen’s...

Study abroad this summer in one of the most ancient cities in China and integrate into campus life at Xi'an Jiaotong University. Students will study China in the making through studying local literature and history on site. Excursions include: the Terra Cotta Warriors, the Tang Dynasty tombs, Beijing and the...

We are pleased to partner with the Voice Area of the College of Music at CU to bring "Songs of East Asia" to campus on Friday, October 23 . This is a lecture-recital on Art Songs from Japan, China, and Korea, featuring Dr. Jung Woo Kim, baritone, from Hope College,...

Call for proposals for summer faculty-led courses in China (and surrounding countries). 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 course AGAIN that has...

Join the Center for Asian Studies and the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations tonight as we welcome Dr. Sonja Arntzen, Professor Emerita of the University of Toronto, to campus to give a public lecture on "The Sarashina Diary: A New Collaborative Translation and Study." The talk will begin at...

The Center for Asian Studies is pleased to be a local host for the 2015 CHINA Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections event. CHINA Town Hall is a national day of programming on China involving about 70 cities throughout the United States. The 2015 CHINA Town Hall event will be...

Amy Schubert, Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Geography, will present our next Luncheon Series event on Thursday, October 1 . Schubert explores how divergent historical, social, and economic experiences in northeastern China have produced spatial variation in gender norms among the ethnic Korean Chinese minority there. From the Japanese...

Join us on Thursday, September 17 , for our second CAS Luncheon Series event of the semester, presented by Carla Stansifer, CAS Events Coordinator. Her talk will begin at 12:00 p.m. in the CAS Conference Room (1424 Broadway). Lunch will be provided for attendees. By the Goryeo dynasty (918-1392), Korean...

Guests enjoying the reception for A New Fine Line at Metro. State Univ. at Denver’s Center for Visual Art, Aug. 27 (Photo by C.S.) Don’t miss the fantastic exhibition, A New Fine Line , presented by the Asian Art Coordinating Council! Julie Segraves, Executive Director of AACC since 1987, and...