Watanabe Scholarship Offers Funding for Japan-Bound Undergrads and Graduates!

Dec. 6, 2017

The U.S.-Japan Council recently announced the opening of applications for their Toshio Watanabe Endowed scholarship fund, which supports semester/year-long study abroad programs in Japan for graduates and undergraduates in the U.S.. There will be virtual information sessions for interested applicants December 6th at 6 p.m. and December 11th at 3...

Nuclear North Korea: Perspectives from Science and Journalism Offers Perspectives on Current Events

Nov. 29, 2017

On Wednesday, November 8, the Center for Asian Studies hosted a discussion of the scientific and media perspectives on what we know about North Korea’s nuclear program and how it is portrayed and perceived around the world, and especially in the US. The panel was introduced by Tim Oakes, the...

Applications Now Open for the 2018 Asia Internship Programs in Japan and China!

Nov. 27, 2017

The Center for Asian Studies is excited to announce that applications are now open for the Asia Internship Program - Japan (AIP-Tokyo) and, for the first time this year, the Asia Internship Program - China (AIP-Shanghai)! AIP-Tokyo and AIP-Shanghai provide opportunities for selected CU students to spend 4-6 weeks working...

CAS now accepting applications for Rowman & Littlefield and CAS Videography Internships!

Nov. 15, 2017

The Center for Asian Studies is currently seeking applications from qualified undergraduate students at CU Boulder for two exciting internship opportunities for Spring 2018! Please see below for more details. Center for Asian Studies Videography Internship The Center for Asian Studies is looking for a motivated and energetic intern for...

The International Student Experience at CU - A Discussion of Student Perspectives, November 15 at 3 p.m.!

Nov. 13, 2017

Please join us this Wednesday at afternoon in UMC 425 at 3 p.m. for a special forum on the International Student Experience at CU! How do international students experience inclusion and exclusion during their time at CU Boulder? This student-driven discussion will explore specific challenges international students face, as well...

The Road Film Screening with an Introduction by Professor Tim Oakes, Thursday, November 9 at 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 8, 2017

Please join us tomorrow evening at 7:30 p.m. in the Muezinger Auditorium for a film screening of "The Road" with Introduction by Tim Oakes, professor of Geography and Director of the Center for Asian Studies! "For almost four years, Chinese filmmaker Zhang Zanbo documented the construction of a massive highway...

"Nuclear North Korea: Perspectives from Science and Journalism" Wednesday, November 8 at 4 p.m.

Nov. 6, 2017

Please join us this Wednesday at 4 p.m. in Eaton Humanities 250 for a panel discussion with Jerry Peterson (Professor Emeritus of Physics), Hun Shik Kim (Associate Professor of Journalism; College of Media, Communication and Information), and Brian Toon (Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences & Laboratory for Atmospheric...

Enduring Korea-U.S. Alliance and Partnership with Deputy Consul General Jimin Kim, Thursday, November 2

Oct. 30, 2017

Please join us this Thursday, November 2, 2017, at 5 p.m. in Eaton Humanities, HUMN 250 as Mr. Jimin Kim, Deputy Consul General of the Republic of Korea in San Francisco, gives a talk on U.S.-Korean Relations. "Forged in blood during the Korean War 1950-53, the alliance between the Republic...

"The Phoenix Years: Art, Resistance, and the Making of Modern China" with Madeleine O'Dea, Wednesday, October 25 at 5 p.m.!

Oct. 18, 2017

Please join us next Wednesday, October 25, 2017, at 5 p.m. in Eaton Humanities, HUMN 1B80 as Sydney-based foreign correspondent and writer Madeleine O'Dea talks about her new book, The Phoenix Years. The riveting story of China's rise from economic ruin to global giant in four decades is illuminated by...

Shoyeido Lecture and Workshop Teaches CU to "Listen" to Japanese Incense

Oct. 16, 2017

On Wednesday September 27, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., CU hosted Masataka Hata, the twelfth generation head of the Shoyeido Incense Company, as he delivered a lecture on the aesthetics of traditional Japanese incense and performed a live interactive workshop on “listening” to incense. Mr. Hata was joined by incense...

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