baby直播app Journal of Asian Studies
We are pleased to announce the upcoming 2020 issue of the baby直播app Journal of Asian Studies, which will be published at the end of the Spring 2021 semester. This issue contains papers written by students in last year鈥檚 ASIA 4830 Senior Seminar class and听excerpts from an honors thesis in International Affairs, as well as a special section featuring two policy-oriented papers from the IAFS 4500 Culture and Conflict in South Asia course. These papers cover a wide range of topics and cultures, including听鈥淪exuality and Gender Expression in Male K-Pop Groups: Queering Hwarang Culture, Contemporary Korean Masculinity, and Fandom Desires鈥� (搁别颈濒濒测听骋补产别濒); 鈥淧ainting Identity on the Peninsula: A Century-Long Search for 鈥楰orean鈥� Art鈥� (础苍苍别听Feller); 鈥淩ural-to-Urban Migration in Shanghai: Institutional Barriers and Temporary Migrants鈥� (Renee听Gagne); 鈥淚nvesting in Equitable Development in Post-Conflict Sri Lanka鈥� (Thomas听Raney); and 鈥淓missions Trading in India: A Policy for Combatting Toxic Air and Global Warming鈥� (Colton听Zadkovic).
2020 Asian Studies Graduates
The interdisciplinary major and minor in Asian Studies allow students to study the astonishing diversity of the Asian region.听
Spring 2020
- Joseph Archer
- Reilly Gabel
- Kyle Gorges
- Dean Kaplan
- Jonathan Rockford听
Summer 2020听
- Ga Eun Choi
- Lan Li
- Matthew Palmeri
Asian Studies Minors
Spring 2020
- Zhiyuan He
- Sean Jones
- Samantha Lauckner
- Anthony Striner
- Wuyinan Yuan
Japanese Studies Fellowships
This endowment allows us to provide graduate student support to recognize and encourage the study of Japanese history, anthropology, literature, and language.
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- Cameron Lea
- Dean Leininger 听 听 听 听 听 听听
- Sixuan Lu 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听听
- Catherine Otachime 听 听 听
- Ji Y. Shouse 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听听
- Mikhail Skovoronskikh听
- Tetiana Topolian 听 听 听 听 听听
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Alumni Updates
Since graduating from CU,听Leslie Dong听(Asian Studies and International Affairs 2015) has become a听successful entrepreneur, an international radio host, and a recipient of a听Fulbright-Hayes Public Diplomacy Grant. Leslie has had the chance to host and interview some of the world鈥檚 most influential people, including the听legendary primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall; the world鈥檚 first armless pilot, Jessica Cox; iHeartRadio host Marissa Pei; and the President and Chairman of BP China, Xiaoping Yang. Her team also became the first recipient of the WeWork China Creator鈥檚 Award听in 2018 along with a听$72,000 award.听During Leslie鈥檚 time at CU-Boulder, she won over 30 scholarships, so amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Leslie has created a new initiative () to teach students how to secure scholarships and graduate debt-free.听
Shae Frydenlund听graduated with a PhD in Geography in May 2020. Her dissertation was titled 鈥淪upport from the south: How refugee labor reproduces cities鈥� and concerned Rohingya and other Burmese Muslim refugees, based on fieldwork in Yangon, Myanmar; Cox鈥檚 Bazaar, Bangladesh; Kuala Lumpur Malaysia;听and Aurora, baby直播app.听
Renee Gagne听graduated听magna cum laude听in May 2020 with a B.A. in International Affairs and minors in Business and Chinese. She completed an听听about the housing and education of migrants in Shanghai, China.听听She is currently working toward an M.S. in Business Analytics and Security at CU鈥檚 Leeds School of Business, and will graduate in May of 2021, after which she aspires to lead a career that allows her to combine her studies of Mandarin, Analytics, and International Affairs.听
In late 2020听David Gotsill听(Japanese听2001) moved back to Japan, this time to Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture.听 He has taken a position as deputy general counsel for Tadano, a Japanese mobile crane manufacturer听with major operations in the US, Europe, and elsewhere.听 David is excited to be back for his third time working in Japan, after studying there through CU study abroad programs.听 He says he is always happy to connect with anyone heading his way or otherwise interested in Japan.听听
Dorje Tashi听(Duojie Zhaxi) graduated in May 2020 with a PhD in Geography. His dissertation was titled 鈥淭ibetan farmers in transitional Urbanization, development and labor migration in Amdo.鈥� He is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Tourism at Qinghai Minzu University.
Patricia Yarrow听(MA Japanese 2005) started ",鈥� a new group of academics and colleagues who hold monthly Zoom sessions featuring academic presentations about Japan or the Asian region. This simple idea has brought scholars and friends together from around Japan and beyond, including the U.K., Singapore, Australia, Tasmania, and the USA.听 It has brought a bit of joy into the lives of sequestered scholars. Informasia meets at 7:00 p.m. JST on the third Monday of every month. The Zoom session opens at 6:30 before formally starting at 7:00. A website is under development.
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