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- CAS Briefs - Nepal’s Gen Z Protests and Political Uprising: A Response to Long-term Corruptionby Tracy FehrOn September 8th, 2025, young Nepalis took to the streets as part of Gen Z protests organized across the country. What began in the morning as
- Fall 2025 Faculty Director’s UpdateDear Friends of the Center for Asian Studies,Despite the challenges of the past several months, 2025 was a busy and productive year for CAS. Our events, scholarships and grants, teaching, and outreach efforts
- Welcome to the graduation week edition of the Center for Asian Studies e-News. Keep reading to learn about some of the activities of our students, faculty, and staff this semester.Center for Asian StudiesStudent and Faculty AchievementsAsian Studies
- CAS Briefs - Bangladesh 2.0: A Nation Reimagined by Its Youth, Upholding DemocracyBy Musabber Chisty, a PhD student in SociologyIn the summer of 2024, Bangladesh witnessed a profound and transformative moment in its history, a wave of
- Fluid Asia Through Two Blockages: Labor Unfreedom and Geothermal Justice A CAS Brief by Shae FrydenlundThe theme of this year’s Center for Asian Studies symposium – Fluid Asia – invites critical engagement with the social and
- Rachel Rinaldo Returns After FulbrightJust a few weeks ago, I returned to Boulder after spending a wonderful sabbatical year as a Fulbright Scholar in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.As I step back into the CAS faculty director position, I am excited to
- The Center for Asian Studies celebrates the following students who have earned a B.A. in Asian StudiesFall 2022 Gabriel Hooper Spring 2023 Katie Edelson Derek Arlo Niederer
- (Re)Conceptualizing Climate Justice: The importance of place, scale, and social relations by Denise Fernandes, PhD Student, Department of Environmental Studies, Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulderAs CAS prepares for its annual Asia Symposium, we
- Looking Back Fifty Years, America in Vietnam:Commemorating the 50 Year Anniversary of the Paris Peace Accordsby Steven Dike (History and Honors, Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder)American combat in Vietnam ended 50 years ago with the signing of the Paris Peace
- Two new factsheets on China’s global development model publishedOver the past decade, China has seemingly exploded onto the international development scene. President Xi Jinping’s 2013 launch of the ‘Belt & Road Initiative’ heralded a