Congratulations to Professor Emerita Laurel Rodd on her Imperial Commendation!

July 10, 2017

The Center for Asian Studies would like to congratulate Professor Emerita Laurel Rodd on her recent award of The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, presented by the Japanese government in recognition of her distinguished achievements in and contributions to Japanese education and cultural research! Professor...

Professor Meichun Liu Explores What Chinese Has to Teach Us Ƶ Grammar and Linguistics in Her May 1st Talk!

July 3, 2017

On May 1, 2017 Prof. Meichun Liu, Chair of the Department of Linguistics and Translation of the City University of Hong Kong, gave a talk entitled: "The Chinese Mind: what does Chinese tell us about grammar?" The abstract of the talk follows: "Chinese grammar is underspecified in a number of...

Don't Miss Out on these Asia-Related Courses for Fall 2017!

June 29, 2017

Looking for more Asia-related courses in Fall 2017? Click course titles below for descriptions and schedules! ASIA 2000 : Gateway to Modern Asia: Exploring Regional Connections CHIN 3321 : Culture & Literature of Ancient China FRSI 1051 : Masterpieces of Persian Literature GEOG/ASIA 2852: Contemporary Southeast Asia: Environmental Politics HIND...

Congratulations to Professor Terry Kleeman on the Commendations for his Recent Book!

June 26, 2017

CAS would like to congratulate Professor Terry Kleeman on the commendations for his recent book, Celestial Masters: History and Ritual in Early Daoist Communities ! Celestial Masters was recently awarded both an Honorable Mention from the Kayden Book Award Committee and the prestigious Médaille Stanislas Julien by the Académie des...

Introducing Patrick Chimenti!

June 19, 2017

Please join us in welcoming our new Graduate Research Assistant, Patrick Chimenti! Patrick graduated with a dual B.A. in International Letters & Visual Studies and Psychology from Tufts University in 2013 and he currently studies modern Japanese literature as an M.A. student in the Department for Asian Languages & Civilizations...

Introducing Liza Williams!

June 12, 2017

The Center for Asian Studies is pleased to announce that Liza Williams has joined our staff as our new Event Coordinator. Liza is replacing Carla Stansifer who worked for CAS for the last 2 years. Liza has an MFA in Theater Directing from the University of Iowa and a PhD...

Professor Emerita Jan Nattier Explores Narratives of Gender and Transformation in Her April 27 Talk

June 5, 2017

In April 2017, CU Ƶ was honored to host the eminent Buddhologist, Jan Nattier, Professor Emerita of Soka University, Japan. Her talk on Thursday, April 27th, "Gender and Awakening: Sexual Transformation of Mahāyāna Sūtras," was well attended by faculty members and graduate students of the Department of Asian Languages &...

2nd edition of Reza Farokhfal's "Saidi’s Narrative of Exile" published

May 30, 2017

CAS would like to congratulate our affiliated faculty member and instructor of Farsi Professor Reza Farokhfal on the printing of the second edition of his book, "Saidi’s Narrative of Exile"! From the Center for Asian Languages and Civilizations: "The second edition of Saidi’s Narrative of Exile , a book by...

Matthias Richter Elected Member of International Center in Beijing

May 22, 2017

CAS would like to congratulate our affiliated faculty member and associate professor of Chinese Dr. Matthias Richter, on his recent appointment as a member of the International Center for the Study of Ancient Text Cultures at Renmin University in Beijing! From the Center for Asian Languages and Civilizations: "Matthias Richter...

CU Student and Author Narendra Stanislaus Martosudarmo talks with CAS about his newest book!

May 18, 2017

Narendra Stanislaus Martosudarmo is a CU English major and the author of 4 novels which currently make up the series The Chronicle of the Dra gon Brethren . He was born in Jakarta, Indonesia on March 3, 1995. Ever since his early childhood, Narendra demonstrated a great interest and passion...

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