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- After the chaos of the recent US exit, Afghanistan has been much on our minds. Because of decades of war and turbulence, there are already an estimated 2.2 million refugees from Afghanistan, and since early 2021, hundreds of thousands more have fled
- Monday, October 18 at 4pm MDTRegister for the Zoom Meeting here.Over the past few months, Afghanistan has experienced the US withdrawal, the Taliban takeover, the fall of the US backed government, followed by a chaotic evacuation of some
- CAS Affiliate Faculty William Taylor has written about new discoveries in Mongolia, as the ice melts.From the article in A&S Magazine:In the world’s high mountain regions, life needs ice. From the Rockies to the Himalayas, glaciers and other
- AbstractUsing information contained in the eighteenth to twentieth century British administrative documents, preserved in the National Archives of India (NAI), we present a 218-year (1729–1947 AD) record of socioeconomic disruptions and human
- The Center for Asian Studies will hold a virtual version of our lunch series this fall. While we are exercising caution about returning to live events, we look forward to reestablishing contact with our community of Asianists on campus.The luncheons
- Thanks to the financial support from the Edward G. Seidensticker Japan Summer Research Grant, I was able to join the summer Japanese language program Princeton in Ishikawa, which lasted from June 11 to August 6 in 2021. Through its intermediatory
- The Center for Asian Studies is hosting three focused workshops exploring the similarities and differences in Japanese and Chinese experiences of nuclear energy development. Already engaged in a broader examination of Asian infrastructure
- As a new academic year begins, I am deeply honored and excited to be taking on the role of faculty director of the Center for Asian Studies. A few months ago, many of us thought the COVID-19 pandemic was winding down. And then over the summer, India
- The Center for Asian Studies welcomes all students, faculty and staff back for the Fall 2021 semester!We are hoping everyone has a safe and productive fall, that we get to see friends - old and new - again and that the transition back to campus
- We’re excited to share our theme for this academic year and look forward to working with colleagues across campus to discover all that we can do with it!The CAS theme for the 2021-22 academic year is “Intermountain Asia”. With this theme we seek to