Department News

Congratulations, Sangbok Kim , Teaching Professor of Korean, for being selected the 2024 ASSETT Excellence in Teaching with Technology Award ! This award is presented to an Arts & Sciences faculty member (of any rank) who has been nominated by their peers and/or students. Awardees have a record of excellence...

Congratulations to our Manager of Finance and Business Operations, Jackie Coombs, for having been named for the Arts & Humanities Division’s Staff Recognition Awards! This award is given to up to three AHUM staff members who have embodied excellence in their work in the calendar year 2023. We are very...

The 36 th Colorado Japanese Speech Contest was held at Koelbel Library (5955 S. Holly St. Centennial, CO 80121) on Saturday, March 2. It is organized and sponsored by The Consulate-General of Japan in Denver and Colorado Japanese Language Education Association (CJLEA) annually. Sunday Gao, Ariel Moroka, Maxwell Stein and...

CHIN 3333-001 Race and Ethnicity in Chinese Literature: Sinophone Culture, Diaspora, and Identity Prof. Evelyn Shih | TTh 9:30am-10:45am | Eaton Humanities Bldg 125 | 3 credits Surveys Sinophone thought and culture through close reading and discussion of selected works of Chinese-language fiction in translation. Students will learn about the...

Hisako Schibli , Teaching Assistant Professor of Japanese, was elected as president of Colorado Japanese Language Education Association (CJLEA) during their fall assemby on Saturday, November 4. Her term begins on January 1, 2024. Congratulations, Hisako! The CJLEA serves as an important resource among the teachers of Japanese Language and...

We are pleased to announce a deadline extension for paper submissions for the CU Boulder Asian Studies Graduate Association (CUBASGA) Conference this coming February! We welcome paper submissions up until 15 December 2023 . We would appreciate your kind assistance in disseminating our call for papers to your colleagues and...

Are you interested in our graduate program in Japanese ? Join our weekly virtual Office Hour to learn more about the program and ask questions! Who: For prospective graduate students in Japanese When: Wednesdays in October (10/4, 10/11, 10/18, 10/25) and November (11/1, 11/8, 11/29) anytime between 1:00 - 2:00pm (MT) Meeting ID : 923 3294 6725

We will be offering the following courses this Summer 2023. Maymester (2023-05-15 through 2023-06-02) JPNS 3331-001 Business Japanese MTWThF 12:30pm-3:30pm Meets Remotely Yumiko Matsunaga Session A (2023-06-05 through 2023-07-07) CHIN 1010-100 Beginning Chinese 1 MTWTh 9:15am-12pm Meets Remotely F: Online JPNS 1010-100 Beginning Japanese 1 MTWThF 9:15am-12pm Meets Remotely JPNS...

Congratulations, Sarah Al Qallaf (Korean Minor) for receiving the Excellence Award for her outstanding Korean skills at the 2022 Online Korean Poetry Recitation Contest, held for the first time by the Korean Cultural Center in Los Angeles! ( Original Korean Article ) In this online competition, a total of 242...

The CU Boulder Asian Studies Graduate Association (CUBASGA) invites submissions for its annual graduate student conference, to be held fully in-person on the CU Boulder campus on February 4 & 5, 2023 . Current graduate students from across the US and around the world are encouraged to submit proposals on...