CAS Event: Lecture on The Last days of the Mighty Mekong

April 15, 2019

Wednesday, April 17 at 4:30pm CASE room E422 above Euclid Car Park Last Days of the Mighty Mekong Brian Eyler Celebrated for its natural beauty and its abundance of wildlife, the Mekong river runs thousands of miles through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Its basin is home to...

Asia-Related Classes offered in the Fall

April 11, 2019

There will be many Asia-related courses taught at CU in the Fall. Gain an international perspective or explore something you have always been curious about! Below you can find a variety of courses about Asia-related topics that might round out your Fall semester registration. Courses Offered through the Center for...

Event Recap: Center for Asian Studies Roundtable on Xinjiang: Perspectives from the field on China’s mass incarceration of Turkic Muslims

April 8, 2019

On March 21st CAS hosted a roundtable on the current imprisonment of Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities in China’s Xinjiang Uyghurs Autonomous Region. The roundtable featured five speakers, all major scholars of Xinjiang. Rian Thum , a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham and author of The Sacred...

CAS-Initiated Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum featured in Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine

April 4, 2019

The March 21 issue of the Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine features an article entitled Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum uses foreign languages as a tool to ‘open new avenues of inquiry and communication to enhance whatever you are studying'. The article outlines the CLAC initiative which was launched...

Great turnout at CAS reception during the Association for Asian Studies Conference in Denver

March 25, 2019

CAS and the Asian Art Department of the DAM co-hosted a reception at the Denver Art Museum this past Saturday evening in honor of the 20th anniversary of the founding of CAS at the CU 鶹 campus, and also because for the first time, the Association for Asian Studies held...

Event Tomorrow: Justifying Violence in a Buddhist World Colloquium with Michael Jerryson

March 18, 2019

Cas Event--Tuesday, March 19 at 2pm CASE Building E422 at CU 鶹 (above Euclid garage) In many ways, Buddhist-inspired violence may seem like an oxymoron, yet there is a robust history of Buddhist revolts, just-war theory, and violence in Asia. Dr. Jerryson analyzes the patterns behind these historical examples and...

CU 鶹 Faculty presenting at the Association for Asian Studies conference in Denver

March 14, 2019

Many CU Faculty members will be chairing panels and presenting research at the Association for Asian Studies Conference in Denver March 21-24. Find a full list of presenters here .

CAS and THI Event: Political Contests and Moral Battles: A Perspective on Bhutan's Democratic Transition

March 12, 2019

CAS Event/Tibet Himalaya Initiative Event Wednesday, March 20 at 5pm British and Irish Studies Room, Norlin Library Dr. Sonam Kinga is an important political figure, scholar, and writer in the Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan. Now that the country is a decade into its transition to democracy, Dr. Kinga will present...

Rebels & Reform - a contemporary photo showcase from Burma opens March 8

March 7, 2019

CAS is pairing with Ryan Libre on a photo exhibit that opens March 8. This showcase of exhibitions and screenings will give context and faces to stories you have never heard, from a country you don’t know how to call. As freedom of expression starts to peak its head out...

CAS Event: Roundtable on Xinjiang: Perspectives from the Field on China’s Mass Incarceration of Turkic Muslims

March 4, 2019

CAS Event Thursday, March 21 at 11:00-1:00 Center for Community Flatirons Room, CU 鶹 The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is engaged in the mass detention of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, the “autonomous region” in northwestern China which is home to several Turkic groups. It...

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