As the largest and oldest area studies center on campus, CAS supports a wide variety of initiatives to enhance the research and teaching activities of Asian Studies faculty at °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼. ÌýThese initiatives seek to connect and broaden disciplinary approaches to the study of Asia not only in the humanities and social sciences, but in the environmental and physical sciences as well as professional fields such as music, education, business, engineering, media, and information sciences.

Many employers in this increasingly interconnected world seek job applicants with an international perspective.ÌýThe study of Asia is highly relevant in this global age, and its influences can be seen in the fields of politics, economics, the arts, religion, music, film, and more, while a majority of the State Department's Critical Languages, including Arabic, Farsi, Hindi, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, and Indonesian, are Asian languages.

CAS is the administrative home of the Asian Studies BA at °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼. TheÌýAsianÌýStudiesÌýmajor,Ìýminor, and graduate certificate encompassÌýa diverseÌýinterdisciplinary curriculum. ÌýIn addition, CASÌýworks closely with theÌýÌýto promote undergraduate and graduateÌýstudy and internship opportunities in Asia, many of which are scholarship funded. CAS also supports the Library'sÌýEast AsianÌýCollectionÌýand works withÌý´Ú²¹³¦³Ü±ô³Ù²âÌý³¾±ð³¾²ú±ð°ù²õÌýacross campus to build Asian Studies resources.


Research Highlights

²ú²âÌýAtreyee Bhattacharya, J.S Leonard-Pingel, S. Sarkar, G. Arora, R. Ray, A. Ambilili, A.V. Michelson, P.K. Mishra, M. Desimone, S. Chakraborty, P. Sabale, K. Bajaj, A. Bhattacharya, R. Balaji and A. BazazÌýÌý

Human-made water bodies, calledÌýtalavs, are common features of arid and semiarid regions of South Asia. Multi-disciplinary research into theseÌýtalavsÌýdemonstrates untapped potential to investigate the long-term response of coupled human–environment systems to climate fluctuations in these regions.

Examining Research Practices of Asian Studies ScholarsÌýby Xiang Li

²ú²âÌýRanjini Ray, Atreyee Bhattacharya, Gaurav Arora, Kushank Bajaj, Keyle Horton, Shi Chen, Supriyo Chakraborty & Amir BazazÌý

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