CAS Director Tim Oakes Wins Three-Year Grant From Henry Luce Foundation for Infrastructure Studies!

Feb. 15, 2018

This past December, CAS Director Professor Tim Oakes won a three-year grant from the Henry Luce Foundation for the development of research programs in Chinese Infrastructure. Recently, Professor Oakes sat down with the CU Boulder Arts and Sciences Magazine to discuss this exciting project! "As the United States steps back...

CU Senior Elise Brizes Shares Her Experiences in Singapore!

Feb. 12, 2018

As part of our commitment to the development of Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for Asian Studies, in collaboration with the CU Boulder Education Abroad Office, runs a Southeast Asia Study Abroad​ Scholarship Program to help CU students explore Southeast Asia and develop valuable knowledge about this oft under-studied region...

Professor Brian Catlos Wins the Charles Homer Haskins Medal!

Feb. 8, 2018

CAS would like to congratulate CAS-affiliated faculty member Professor Brian Catlos on the commendations for his recent book, Muslims of Medieval Latin Christendom ! Catlos' book was recently awarded the Homer Haskins Medal from the Medieval Academy of America. Professor Brian Catlos has been a member of the Religious Studies...

CU Senior Helen McGinnis Shares Her Experiences in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam!

Feb. 5, 2018

As part of our commitment to the development of Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for Asian Studies, in collaboration with the CU Boulder Education Abroad Office, runs a Southeast Asia Study Abroad​ Scholarship Program to help CU students explore Southeast Asia and develop valuable knowledge about this oft under-studied region...

CU Senior Kaitlyn Greaney Shares Her Experiences in Khon Kaen, Thailand!

Feb. 1, 2018

As part of our commitment to the development of Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for Asian Studies, in collaboration with the CU Boulder Education Abroad Office, runs a Southeast Asia Study Abroad​ Scholarship Program to help CU students explore Southeast Asia and develop valuable knowledge about this oft under-studied region...

Dolpo, The Hidden Land with Dorje Dolma Wednesday, January 31 @ 5 p.m.

Jan. 29, 2018

Please join us this Wednesday, January 31, 2018 in HUMN 250 at 5 p.m. as Dorje Dolma talks about her new book Yak Girl: Growing Up in the Remote Dolpo Region of Nepal ! Dorje Dolma was born in the remote Dolpo region of Nepal, high in the mountains bordering...

CAS is Now Offering CLAC Course Development Grants for Summer 2018!

Jan. 24, 2018

CAS is currently accepting applications for Culture and Language Across the Curriculum (CLAC) course development grants. Please see the announcement below for more information about the grants offered and the application process! Culture and Language Across the Curriculum (CLAC) is a national framework designed to promote the use of foreign...

CU Alumnus Jeremy Sjodahl-Brainard Speaks on Education Abroad and Life in Japan!

Jan. 18, 2018

Last Fall, CU Alumnus Jeremy Sjodahl-Brainard, who now works for the Department of Education in Japan, sat down with Bri Dascher of the Global Buffs Gazette to discuss his education abroad experience and how his experiences in the Kansai Gaidai program helped him launch a successful career overseas. The following...

Center for Asian Studies Awarded Luce Foundation Grant!

Dec. 13, 2017

The Center for Asian Studies is the recipient of a 3-year Asia Responsive Grant from the Henry Luce Foundation for the project Chin a Made: Asian Infrastructures and the ‘China Model’ of Development . Asia Responsive Grants provide opportunities to improve understanding between the United States and the Asia-Pacific region,...

CU Boulder Â鶹ÒùÔº Put Their Language Skills to the Test with the JLPT!

Dec. 7, 2017

The Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) was developed in Japan, and has been offered since 1984 in countries all around the world as a means of evaluating the proficiency of non-native learners of Japanese. In the beginning, there were approximately 7,000 examinees worldwide. By 2011, there were more than 600,000 examinees...

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