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Spring 2015 Friends of Asian Laurel Rodd Alumni Updates Outreach News Asian Library Student News Studies Recognized with Collection They studied Asia at This year’s Program for Help us celebrate our Prestigious Award Become our Friend and CU, but where are they Teaching East Asia’s outstanding fellowship support Asian Studies Former CAS Director now? K-12 outreach recipients and Asian at CU. awarded Japanese Page 7 activities. Studies graduates! Page 2 Foreign Minister’s Page 8 Back Cover Commendation Page 5 Asian materials have a new home in Norlin Library. Page 11
consumption. And while the digital Kenneth Chan of the University of Friends of CAS, ‘globalization’ of media production Northern Colorado in early March, as Greetings from our humble brick and consumption has certainly he presented on Hong Kong director cottage in Boulder! This year at CAS enabled further the market penetration Stephen Fung’s martial arts films. With we are focusing on the of Western media support from the Korea Foundation, theme of Asian media. content within Asian our own Hun Shik Kim, associate We’re interested in the societies, by no means professor of journalism and mass rising power and has Asian media been communication, is offering a course influence of media subsumed under the this spring on Korean media and industries within Asia. hegemony of ‘the West.’ popular culture. We’ll conclude the While the rise of social Indeed, Asian media and year with our annual symposium on media has changed the entertainment industries April 17th, featuring an international way people communicate are more powerful, and group of invited experts, including all over the world, we’ve media of Asian origin is journalists working in Asia, as well as been thinking about the implications easier to consume, than ever before. our own Asian Studies faculty and of digital media (and other, more graduate students. We hope you can Some of our events this year on media traditional, forms of media) for how join us for this exciting event! and Asia have included a panel we understand Asia. The rise of formal discussion, “Preferably Unheard: In addition to our media theme, there media industries and institutions in Indian Women in Western Media,” have been many other events at CAS Asia is not by any means a novel featuring Rashna Singh, Purvi Metha, this year. Some highlights have phenomenon; traditional print media, and Krithika Vachali of Colorado included hosting Korean Consul broadcast & satellite television and College and Aditi Mitra of CU General Dong Man Han, Yoshikazu film, and the broader culture and Colorado Springs, and a Korean Film Kawaguchi of Waseda University, entertainment industries have been Series that also featured talks by Syrian-American musician Malek well established throughout Asia for Korean film experts Hye Seung Jandali, Andrew Quintman of Yale generations. What has changed, Chung and Scott Diffrient from University, Grace Ge Gabriel of the arguably, is the integration of Asia’s Colorado State University. In February, Fund for Animal Welfare, and Haruo media industries into global media we hosted documentary filmmaker Shirane of Columbia University. (For streams. This has largely been the Adam Smith, screening his film about more information about our events, result of a digital media revolution urbanization in China: The Land of see page 10.) which has transformed profoundly all Many Palaces, and we just hosted aspects of media production and continued on page 2
CAS NEWSLETTER continued from page 1 Studies curriculum with new gateway Studies,” who also provide valuable and capstone courses for the major, financial assistance to the Center. As CAS also hosted the annual China Colleen will help us build the program Federal funding for area studies Town Hall event which this year with new internship opportunities, centers like CAS continues to decline, featured former President Jimmy study-travel, and community we rely more and more on individual Carter and Lionel Jensen of Notre outreach. It’s great to have her on donations to fulfill our mission of Dame University, as well as a forum board! building Asian Studies capacity at CU- discussion on the Hong Kong protests Boulder and in the broader Front featuring CU Asian Studies faculty CAS is fortunate also to have an active Range community. If you have and graduate students. Advisory Council of community contributed to CAS in the past, Thank leaders, chaired by Alice Renouf, CAS is fortunate to have recently hired You! If not, I invite you to become a Executive Director of the Colorado Colleen Berry as our new full time “Friend of Asian Studies.” To learn China Council (see Alice’s report instructor in Asian Studies (see page more, visit http://cas.colorado.edu/ below). Our Council members support 6). Colleen brings with her many years content/friends-asian-studies. You can the Center with their time, energy, of experience as an award winning easily donate online at our website as creative and inspiring ideas, and with teacher and scholar of Chinese from well. Just click on the “Make a Gift generous donations. We also have a the University of North Dakota. In Online” link. growing group of community addition to developing the Asian supporters, our “Friends of Asian Tim Oakes, CAS Director
Asian Studies Become a Friend of Asian Studies! Leadership Circle
The Center for Asian Studies As mentioned above, CAS is excited 2014-15 Friends of Asian Studies recognizes donors who give $1000 or about our new Friends of Asian Studies France Addington-Lee more each calendar year as members of initiative, a membership program for Betsy Armstrong our Asian Studies Leadership Circle. supporters of programming and Asian Richard Armstrong We are pleased to recognize our 2014 Studies curricular developments on Ariana Maki Leadership Circle member, Keiko Beer, campus. Inaugural members for the Jon Rush wife of the late Professor Larry Beer, a 2014-15 academic year follow. We thank Sara Sheldon longtime supporter of CAS and Asian them for their support and encourage Beth Ann Taylor Studies and professor of Political you to join them as a Friend of Asian Ronny Wells Science. Thank you, Keiko, for your Studies. support of Asian Studies!
Our second initiative is to create and oversee international CASAC Chair Report internships in Asia for our students. Many Advisory Council As the Chair of CAS Advisory Council members have suggested Asian companies with local outlets such (CASAC), now serving my second year, I as Subaru which might have a strong interest in hiring CU majors wanted to briefly report on one of our as interns. If you know of any companies whom you think would major initiatives. In order to broaden and be interested in this connection please contact me or Danielle at enrich our community outreach and the above email addresses. This would be an extraordinary university base of support we have started opportunity for our majors to explore Asia from inside the socio- to actively promote Friends of Asian economic culture. Details as to length and compensation for an Studies. We have had a positive response internship would be worked out on an individual basis. from the public and members of our And finally, if you know of graduating seniors or recent CU grads university community. We are organizing who are interested in teaching English at the university level in events and gatherings for our new Friends China for a year please contact me. this semester. Anyone with an interest in We have seen a lot of growth in our program attendance over the Asia is welcome to join by contacting me at [email protected] last few years and we would like to maintain this upward trend. or Danielle Salaz at [email protected]. Feel free to recommend Please help us in our mission! that friends and colleagues consider joining too. Everyone is welcome. Alice Renouf, CASAC Chair