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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, С»ÆÊé BoulderAs 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, С»ÆÊé Boulder)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