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CLAC Course Development Grants Call for Proposals Culture and Language Across the Curriculum (CLAC) is a national framework designed to promote the use of foreign languages to enhance the study of non-language subjects. The Center for Asian Studies invites CU Boulder faculty who would like to add CLAC techniques to...

The inaugural celebration honored recipients of the prestigious Fulbright award from across campus, and highlighted CU Boulder’s support for those unique and diverse experiences. A joyous gathering in December brought together enthusiastic CU Boulder faculty Fulbright awardees , who had visited locations worldwide, to share their stories. Some attendees, including...

Lunar New Year Celebration at MSU Denver Tuesday, February 13, 11:30am to 1:30pm Tivoli Turnhalle, Auraria Campus, Denver Join CAS and the Asian Studies Program at MSU in celebrating Lunar New Year! Free and open to the public Free food and crafts Chinese Lion Dance Gamelan Manik Kusuma K-Pop Dance...

Friday, February 9, 4pm-5pm UMC Room 425 Professor of Music Ruzibi Khodjaeva of the Uzbekistan State Conservatory in Tashkent will demonstrate her instrument, the dutar, and Professor of Music, UC Santa Cruz Tanya Merchant will accompany her on the dutar and also explain the music, its traditions, and the gendered...

February 5, 2024, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Institute of Behavioral Science 1440 15th Street, S 155A Boulder, CO 80302 Join in person or via Zoom , email ibs-contact@colorado.edu for the password. *Light lunch served at 11:45, please RSV P . Title: The Long Climate Crisis: Global Political Ecologies of...

Welcome to the Anthropology of Japan public lecture series, hosted by Dr. Kathryn Goldfarb (University of Colorado Boulder Department of Anthropology) and sponsored by the University of Colorado Boulder Center for Asian Studies! This lecture series runs parallel to the undergraduate course, “Introduction to the Anthropology of Japan.” Please join...

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships For CU-Boulder Graduate and Undergraduate Students and Metropolitan State University of Denver Undergraduate Students Application Deadline: February 15, 2024 Program Description FLAS fellowships administered by the Center for Asian Studies (CAS) are awarded competitively to students studying modern Asian languages. The U.S. Department...

Fall 2023 was CU Boulder’s first semester as a host for the Indonesian International Student Mobility Awards (IISMA), through which the Indonesian government provides study abroad opportunities for undergraduate students. We look forward to hosting another group in fall 2024. Two of the 2023 cohort wrote about their experiences. What...

Over winter break, the Center for Asian Studies moved from our temporary locatuon in the CASE Building to our permanent home in the Denison Building. View location on the Campus Map We are busy setting up new office space, but please come by and say "hi"! Our official address is...

ASIA 1000 - Origins of Contemporary Southeast Asia T/Th 2pm-3:15pm Shae Frydenlund ( Shae.Frydenlund@Colorado.EDU ) Explores the dynamic present of Southeast Asia in light of its complex past. Introduces the shared historical experiences that have shaped diverse Southeast Asian societies, with a focus on the continuing effects of colonialism, nationalism,...