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The Center for Asian Studies is partnering with the Korea Foundation to bring the Lee Mi Sook Dance Company of South Korea to the University of Colorado Boulder. On Wednesday, February 18, the dance company will begin their two-part music and dance program, featuring over ten tradition songs and dances...

Adam Smith will come to CU on Thursday, February 12, to present a documentary he recently co-directed, The Land of Many Palaces , and to offer a preview screening another film, Mountain Town . China is currently experiencing the most rapid urbanization of any place in history, with plans to...

On Thursday, February 12, Ariana Maki will present the first in our Spring 2015 Luncheon Series Program. In 2006, the CU Art Museum (CUAM) exhibited Waves on the Turquoise Lake, the world’s first museum show dedicated to contemporary Tibetan art, a field that emerged only in the late 1990s. Since...

Miriam Kingsberg, Assistant Professor of History, recently published a book on the intersection of empire, identity, and drugs in 19th and 20th century Japan. Bill Sewell's (Saint Mary's University) review of Moral Nation: Modern Japan and Narcotics in Global History speaks to the strength of Kingsberg's publication. "In Moral Nation,...

After a successful start last semester, Project Pengyou is at full steam for the Spring! We are continuing our mission to build cooperation and understanding between the United States and China - both through engagement of Chinese community here at CU, as well as activities and discussions surrounding Chinese culture...

The Center for Asian Studies is working with Jaipur Literature Festival Boulder to bring another internship to students in Spring 2015. As the largest FREE literary festival on earth, the Jaipur Literature Festival brings together some of the greatest thinkers and writers from across South Asia and the world. More...

The Institute of International Education is still accepting applications until Thursday, February 12 , from graduate students enrolled in U.S. universities for support to conduct doctoral research at one of 15 prestigious universities in China under the Joint AVÃûʪ Ph.D. Fellowship of the Confucius China Studies Program. The Joint AVÃûʪ...

On December 7, 2014, the Center for Asian Studies hosted the Japanese Language Proficiency Test! Almost 100 students and community members came to CU to take one of five levels of this highly-esteemed annual test. For those who are interested in taking the JLPT in 2015, CAS is pleased to...

Would you like to pursue a global career but don't know how to get started? Aga Sypniewska of CU's Office of International Education recently published an article on "Developing Your Global Career." In this article, she identifies and discusses four steps that will help you land the global career you've...

We are pleased to announce that we have developed a new fellowship program for graduate students studying modern Asian languages, the Center for Asian Studies Summer Language Fellowship. Graduate students who enroll in a formal summer Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, or Tibetan language course who are not...