Spring 2019 Newsletter

Dear Friends of CAS, In 1998, a small group of CU faculty met with a vision for an Asian area studies center that would bring together Asian Studies scholars from all corners of campus. With a start-up grant from then-Provost Phil DiStefano , the Center for Asian Studies was born...

As noted elsewhere in the Newsletter, this year we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Center for Asian Studies. Hats off to its first two Directors Dennis McGilvray and Laurel Rodd and to the current CAS Team ably led by Faculty Director Tim Oakes and Executive Director Danielle Rocheleau...

Asian Studies Faculty Updates Loriliai Biernacki (Associate Professor of Religious Studies) gave several invited talks last year, one in particular for the opening plenary panel of a conference in Sanchi, India (see photo) in December. This talk was titled “Sarvasākṣinī: The Goddess’ Wondrous Feat,” addressing Śākta Tantra. Biernacki published two...

In Summer 2018, Colleen Berry (Instructor of Asian Studies and CAS Associate Director) took 12 students to China on a Global Seminar with scholarship funding supplied by the CAS Tang Endowment. Students from a variety of majors participated in the “Urban China: Tradition, Modernity, and Nostalgia” course in Beijing, Xi’an,...

2018 CAS Speaker Series Events In 2018, CAS sponsored 42 events. Some highlights include: a talk by Tsering Shakya of the Institute of Asian Research at the University of British Columbia on how the 13th Dalai Lama became a global figure; Tyler Harlan , postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University, demonstrating...

Updates from the Program for Teaching East Asia Program for Teaching East Asia Grant: Builds US-Japan Elementary School Partnerships With a grant from the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP), the Program for Teaching East Asia (TEA) is conducting a two-year project focused on building Japan-U.S. elementary school partnerships,...

During my time at CU I dreamed of someday moving to Japan to work in marketing or communications. Thanks to luck, good timing (and perhaps grit), I did just that, moving to Tokyo two weeks after graduating. I initially worked in market research, and later shifted gears, working in international...

2018 Asian Studies Graduates The interdisciplinary major and minor in Asian Studies allow students to study the astonishing diversity of the Asian region. Information is available on the Academics tab of our website. Asian Studies BA Fiona Bradley Alexander Brown Alexander Carter Lillian Poush Yu Wang Asian Studies Minor Austin...

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