Fall 2015 Asia-Related Courses - ASIA 4300 and More!

Aug. 17, 2015

The Fall 2015 semester is right around the corner! There is still room for students in our Asian Studies major course, ASIA 4300 "Introduction to Modern Asia." Sign up today! ASIA 4300 Open Topics in Asian Literature and Culture: Introduction to Modern Asia MWF 10:00-10:50 3 Credits Dr. Colleen Berry...

Featured Resources from the Network of Business Language Educators

Aug. 11, 2015

Earlier this year, the Network of Business Language Educators released a list of featured resources for Language & Career Advocacy. Check them out by clicking on the links below. The Importance of Taking Initiative Intercultural Competence Immersion and the Real World They also offered a list of 2014-15 Webinar recordings...

The Annual Boulder Asian Pacific Alliance Festival is This Weekend!

Aug. 6, 2015

The Boulder Asian Pacific Alliance is proud to announce the 21st Annual Boulder Asian Festival this weekend, August 8-9, from 11 until 5 both days. Come enjoy a long-standing summer tradition on downtown Boulder's Pearl Street Mall! The festival highlights the thriving Asian culture in the Denver/Boulder area and showcases...

Miriam Kingsberg Publishes Article in the Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus

Aug. 3, 2015

Miriam Kingsberg, Assistant Professor of History at CU, published an article in the April issue of the Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus . In "Repatriation But Not 'Return': A Japanese Brazilian Dekasegi Goes Back to Brazil," Kingsberg considers issues of adjustment and identity upon 鈥渞eturn鈥 through a case study of 鈥淒iogo...

Emily Yeh Discusses "Taming Tibet" with "New Books in East Asian Studies"

July 27, 2015

On June 15, Emily Yeh, chair of the Department of Geography here at CU, was interviewed by New Books in East Asian Studies , about her recent book, Taming Tibet: Landscape Transformation and the Gift of Chinese Development , published in 2013. Taming Tibet is "an award-winning critical analysis of...

The Decline of International Studies

July 20, 2015

The Council on Foreign Relations recently published on article on "The Decline of International Studies: Why Flying Blind is Dangerous." The article discusses the recent decline in funding for language and cultural studies despite the the reality that these are very relevant to today's global issues. "In October 2013, the...

Two alumni awarded Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellowships

July 15, 2015

"Two of the five recipients of the 2015 Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellowship are CU-Boulder alumni. Ari Beser (PolSci鈥11) and Ryan T. Bell (Hist鈥01) will study and document international stories over the next year. "Beser will travel throughout Japan to study the impact of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and...

An Interview with CU Faculty Miriam Kingsberg on Her New Book, "Moral Nation: Modern Japan and Narcotics in Global History"

July 6, 2015

Miriam Kingsberg's fascinating book offers both a political and social history of modern Japan and a global history of narcotics in the modern world. Moral Nation: Modern Japan and Narcotics in Global History (University of California Press, 2013) locates the emergence of a series of three 鈥渕oral crusades鈥 against narcotics...

CU Offers New Business Minor Program

June 30, 2015

Asian Studies and other liberal arts students should consider enrolling in this new innovative program offered through the Business School. "More than 600 non-business students are now enrolled in the integrative business minor program at the 精品SM在线影片. The program underwent a massive overhaul and debuted its slick...

Congratulations to Kelsey Thibdeau!

June 22, 2015

We would like to extend our congratulations to Kelsey Thibdeau for her recent selection for 2015-16 Fulbright Student Award to Jordan. Thibdeau is a graduate student in ethnomusicology in CU's College of Music, and is a past FLAS recipient through the Center for Asian Studies. She also was instrumental in...

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